New to KubeDB? Please start here.

Run Ignite with Custom PodTemplate

KubeDB supports providing custom configuration for Ignite via PodTemplate. This tutorial will show you how to use KubeDB to run a Ignite database with custom configuration using PodTemplate.

Before You Begin

At first, you need to have a Kubernetes cluster, and the kubectl command-line tool must be configured to communicate with your cluster. If you do not already have a cluster, you can create one by using kind.
Now, install KubeDB cli on your workstation and KubeDB operator in your cluster following the steps here.
To keep things isolated, this tutorial uses a separate namespace called demo throughout this tutorial.
```
$ kubectl create ns demo
namespace/demo created
```

Note: YAML files used in this tutorial are stored in docs/examples/ignite folder in GitHub repository kubedb/docs.

Overview

KubeDB allows providing a template for database pod through spec.podTemplate. KubeDB operator will pass the information provided in spec.podTemplate to the PetSet created for Ignite database.

KubeDB accept following fields to set in spec.podTemplate:

metadata:
- annotations (pod’s annotation)
- labels (pod’s labels)
controller:
- annotations (petset’s annotation)
- labels (petset’s labels)
spec:
- volumes
- initContainers
- containers
- imagePullSecrets
- nodeSelector
- serviceAccountName
- schedulerName
- tolerations
- priorityClassName
- priority
- securityContext

Read about the fields in details in PodTemplate concept,

CRD Configuration

Below is the YAML for the Ignite created in this example. Here, spec.podTemplate.spec.containers[].env specifies additional environment variables by users.

In this tutorial, we will register additional two users at starting time of Ignite. So, the fact is any environment variable with having suffix: USERNAME and suffix: PASSWORD will be key value pairs of username and password and will be registered in the pool_passwd file of Ignite. So we can use these users after Ignite initialize without even syncing them.

apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1alpha2
kind: Ignite
metadata:
  name: custom-ignite
  namespace: demo
spec:
  version: "2.17.0"
  replicas: 1
  podTemplate:
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: ignite
          env:
            - name: "Ignite_Key"
              value: KubeDB
            - name: "Ignite_Value"
              value: '123'
  deletionPolicy: WipeOut

$ kubectl create -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2025.6.30/docs/examples/ignite/custom-config/custom-podtemplate.yaml
ignite.kubedb.com/custom-ignite created

Now, wait a few minutes. KubeDB operator will create necessary petset, services, secret etc. If everything goes well, we will see that a pod with the name custom-ignite-0 has been created.

Check that the petset’s pod is running

$ kubectl get pod -n demo
NAME                 READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
custom-ignite-0      1/1     Running   0          30s

Now, check if the ignite has started with the custom configuration we have provided. First, we will exec in the pod. Then, we will check if the environment variable is set or not.

$ kubectl exec -it custom-ignite-0 -n demo ignite -- sh
$ echo $Ignite_Key
KubeDB
$ echo $Ignite_Value
123
exit

So, we can see that the additional environment variables are set correctly.

Custom Sidecar Containers

Here in this example we will add an extra sidecar container with our ignite container. So, it is required to run Filebeat as a sidecar container along with the KubeDB-managed Ignite. Here’s a quick demonstration on how to accomplish it.

Firstly, we are going to make our custom filebeat image with our required configuration.

filebeat.inputs:
  - type: log
    paths:
      - /tmp/ignite_log/
output.console:
  pretty: true

Save this yaml with name filebeat.yml. Now prepare the dockerfile,

FROM elastic/filebeat:7.17.1
COPY filebeat.yml /usr/share/filebeat
USER root
RUN chmod go-w /usr/share/filebeat/filebeat.yml
USER filebeat

Now run these following commands to build and push the docker image to your docker repository.

$ docker build -t repository_name/custom_filebeat:latest .
$ docker push repository_name/custom_filebeat:latest

Now we will deploy our ignite with custom sidecar container and will also use the spec.initConfig to configure the logs related settings. Here is the yaml of our ignite:

apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1alpha2
kind: Ignite
metadata:
  name: ignite-custom-sidecar
  namespace: demo
spec:
  version: "2.17.0"
  replicas: 1
  podTemplate:
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: ignite
          resources:
            limits:
              cpu: 500m
              memory: 500Mi
            requests:
              cpu: 500m
              memory: 500Mi
        - name: sidecar
          image: docker.elastic.co/beats/filebeat:9.0.3
          resources:
            limits:
              cpu: 300m
              memory: 300Mi
            requests:
              cpu: 300m
              memory: 300Mi
  deletionPolicy: WipeOut

$ kubectl create -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2025.6.30/docs/examples/ignite/custom-config/sidecar-container.yaml
ignite.kubedb.com/ignite-custom-sidecar created

Now, wait a few minutes. KubeDB operator will create necessary petset, services, secret etc. If everything goes well, we will see that a pod with the name ignite-custom-sidecar-0 has been created.

Check that the petset’s pod is running

$ kubectl get pod -n demo
NAME                         READY   STATUS    RESTARTS      AGE
ignite-custom-sidecar-0      2/2     Running   0             33s

Now, let’s checked the ignite database with the 2 containers with their given resources:

kubectl get ignite -n demo ignite-custom-sidecar -oyaml

apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1alpha2
kind: Ignite
metadata:
  annotations:
    kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration: |
      {"apiVersion":"kubedb.com/v1","kind":"Ignite","metadata":{"annotations":{},"name":"ignite-custom-sidecar","namespace":"demo"},"spec":{"deletionPolicy":"WipeOut","podTemplate":{"spec":{"containers":[{"name":"ignite","resources":{"limits":{"cpu":"500m","memory":"500Mi"},"requests":{"cpu":"500m","memory":"500Mi"}}},{"image":"evanraisul/custom_filebeat:latest","name":"filebeat","resources":{"limits":{"cpu":"300m","memory":"300Mi"},"requests":{"cpu":"300m","memory":"300Mi"}}}]}},"replicas":1,"version":"2.17.0"}}      
  creationTimestamp: "2024-12-02T10:59:59Z"
  finalizers:
  - kubedb.com
  generation: 3
  name: ignite-custom-sidecar
  namespace: demo
  resourceVersion: "680005"
  uid: 03d2b334-c5fd-4c9a-b88f-797f9630cec5
spec:
  authSecret:
    name: ignite-custom-sidecar-auth
  deletionPolicy: WipeOut
  healthChecker:
    failureThreshold: 1
    periodSeconds: 10
    timeoutSeconds: 10
  podTemplate:
    controller: {}
    metadata: {}
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: ignite
        resources:
          limits:
            cpu: 100m
            memory: 100Mi
          requests:
            cpu: 100m
            memory: 100Mi
        securityContext:
          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
          capabilities:
            drop:
            - ALL
          runAsGroup: 70
          runAsNonRoot: true
          runAsUser: 70
          seccompProfile:
            type: RuntimeDefault
      - image: docker.elastic.co/beats/filebeat:9.0.3
        name: filebeat
        resources:
          limits:
            cpu: 300m
            memory: 300Mi
          requests:
            cpu: 300m
            memory: 300Mi
      podPlacementPolicy:
        name: default
      securityContext:
        fsGroup: 999
      serviceAccountName: ignite-custom-sidecar
  replicas: 1
  version: 2.17.0
status:
  conditions:
  - lastTransitionTime: "2024-12-02T10:59:59Z"
    message: 'The KubeDB operator has started the provisioning of Ignite: demo/ignite-custom-sidecar'
    reason: DatabaseProvisioningStartedSuccessfully
    status: "True"
    type: ProvisioningStarted
  - lastTransitionTime: "2024-12-02T11:00:01Z"
    message: All desired replicas are ready.
    reason: AllReplicasReady
    status: "True"
    type: ReplicaReady
  - lastTransitionTime: "2024-12-02T11:00:11Z"
    message: 'The Ignite: demo/ignite-custom-sidecar is accepting igClient requests.'
    observedGeneration: 3
    reason: DatabaseAcceptingConnectionRequest
    status: "True"
    type: AcceptingConnection
  - lastTransitionTime: "2024-12-02T11:00:11Z"
    message: 'The Ignite: demo/ignite-custom-sidecar is ready.'
    observedGeneration: 3
    reason: ReadinessCheckSucceeded
    status: "True"
    type: Ready
  - lastTransitionTime: "2024-12-02T11:00:11Z"
    message: 'The Ignite: demo/ignite-custom-sidecar is successfully provisioned.'
    observedGeneration: 3
    reason: DatabaseSuccessfullyProvisioned
    status: "True"
    type: Provisioned
  observedGeneration: 3
  phase: Ready

So, we have successfully checked our sidecar filebeat container in Ignite database.

Using Node Selector

Here in this example we will use node selector to schedule our ignite pod to a specific node. Applying nodeSelector to the Pod involves several steps. We first need to assign a label to some node that will be later used by the nodeSelector . Let’s find what nodes exist in your cluster. To get the name of these nodes, you can run:

$ kubectl get nodes --show-labels
NAME                            STATUS   ROLES    AGE   VERSION   LABELS
lke212553-307295-339173d10000   Ready    <none>   36m   v1.30.3   beta.kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,beta.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,beta.kubernetes.io/os=linux,failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,kubernetes.io/hostname=lke212553-307295-339173d10000,kubernetes.io/os=linux,lke.linode.com/pool-id=307295,node.k8s.linode.com/host-uuid=618158120a299c6fd37f00d01d355ca18794c467,node.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,topology.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,topology.linode.com/region=ap-south
lke212553-307295-5541798e0000   Ready    <none>   36m   v1.30.3   beta.kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,beta.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,beta.kubernetes.io/os=linux,failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,kubernetes.io/hostname=lke212553-307295-5541798e0000,kubernetes.io/os=linux,lke.linode.com/pool-id=307295,node.k8s.linode.com/host-uuid=75cfe3dbbb0380f1727efc53f5192897485e95d5,node.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,topology.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,topology.linode.com/region=ap-south
lke212553-307295-5b53c5520000   Ready    <none>   36m   v1.30.3   beta.kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,beta.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,beta.kubernetes.io/os=linux,failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,kubernetes.io/hostname=lke212553-307295-5b53c5520000,kubernetes.io/os=linux,lke.linode.com/pool-id=307295,node.k8s.linode.com/host-uuid=792bac078d7ce0e548163b9423416d7d8c88b08f,node.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,topology.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,topology.linode.com/region=ap-south

As you see, we have three nodes in the cluster: lke212553-307295-339173d10000, lke212553-307295-5541798e0000, and lke212553-307295-5b53c5520000.

Next, select a node to which you want to add a label. For example, let’s say we want to add a new label with the key disktype and value ssd to the lke212553-307295-5541798e0000 node, which is a node with the SSD storage. To do so, run:

$ kubectl label nodes lke212553-307295-5541798e0000 disktype=ssd
node/lke212553-307295-5541798e0000 labeled

As you noticed, the command above follows the format kubectl label nodes <node-name> <label-key>=<label-value> . Finally, let’s verify that the new label was added by running:

 $ kubectl get nodes --show-labels                                                                                                                                                                  
NAME                            STATUS   ROLES    AGE   VERSION   LABELS
lke212553-307295-339173d10000   Ready    <none>   41m   v1.30.3   beta.kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,beta.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,beta.kubernetes.io/os=linux,failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,kubernetes.io/hostname=lke212553-307295-339173d10000,kubernetes.io/os=linux,lke.linode.com/pool-id=307295,node.k8s.linode.com/host-uuid=618158120a299c6fd37f00d01d355ca18794c467,node.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,topology.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,topology.linode.com/region=ap-south
lke212553-307295-5541798e0000   Ready    <none>   41m   v1.30.3   beta.kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,beta.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,beta.kubernetes.io/os=linux,disktype=ssd,failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,kubernetes.io/hostname=lke212553-307295-5541798e0000,kubernetes.io/os=linux,lke.linode.com/pool-id=307295,node.k8s.linode.com/host-uuid=75cfe3dbbb0380f1727efc53f5192897485e95d5,node.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,topology.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,topology.linode.com/region=ap-south
lke212553-307295-5b53c5520000   Ready    <none>   41m   v1.30.3   beta.kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,beta.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,beta.kubernetes.io/os=linux,failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,kubernetes.io/hostname=lke212553-307295-5b53c5520000,kubernetes.io/os=linux,lke.linode.com/pool-id=307295,node.k8s.linode.com/host-uuid=792bac078d7ce0e548163b9423416d7d8c88b08f,node.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,topology.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,topology.linode.com/region=ap-south

As you see, the lke212553-307295-5541798e0000 now has a new label disktype=ssd. To see all labels attached to the node, you can also run:

$ kubectl describe node "lke212553-307295-5541798e0000"
Name:               lke212553-307295-5541798e0000
Roles:              <none>
Labels:             beta.kubernetes.io/arch=amd64
                    beta.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4
                    beta.kubernetes.io/os=linux
                    disktype=ssd
                    failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south
                    kubernetes.io/arch=amd64
                    kubernetes.io/hostname=lke212553-307295-5541798e0000
                    kubernetes.io/os=linux
                    lke.linode.com/pool-id=307295
                    node.k8s.linode.com/host-uuid=75cfe3dbbb0380f1727efc53f5192897485e95d5
                    node.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4
                    topology.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south
                    topology.linode.com/region=ap-south

Along with the disktype=ssd label we’ve just added, you can see other labels such as beta.kubernetes.io/arch or kubernetes.io/hostname. These are all default labels attached to Kubernetes nodes.

Now let’s create a ignite with this new label as nodeSelector. Below is the yaml we are going to apply:

apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1alpha2
kind: Ignite
metadata:
  name: ignite-node-selector
  namespace: demo
spec:
  version: "2.17.0"
  replicas: 1
  podTemplate:
    spec:
      nodeSelector:
        disktype: ssd
  deletionPolicy: WipeOut

$ kubectl create -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2025.6.30/docs/examples/ignite/custom-config/node-selector.yaml
ignite.kubedb.com/ignite-node-selector created

Now, wait a few minutes. KubeDB operator will create necessary petset, services, secret etc. If everything goes well, we will see that a pod with the name ignite-node-selector-0 has been created.

Check that the petset’s pod is running

$ kubectl get pods -n demo
NAME                        READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
ignite-node-selector-0      1/1     Running   0          60s

As we see the pod is running, you can verify that by running kubectl get pods -n demo ignite-node-selector-0 -o wide and looking at the “NODE” to which the Pod was assigned.

$ kubectl get pods -n demo ignite-node-selector-0 -o wide
NAME                        READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE     IP         NODE                            NOMINATED NODE   READINESS GATES
ignite-node-selector-0      1/1     Running   0          3m19s   10.2.1.7   lke212553-307295-5541798e0000   <none>           <none>

We can successfully verify that our pod was scheduled to our desired node.

Using Taints and Tolerations

Here in this example we will use Taints and Tolerations to schedule our ignite pod to a specific node and also prevent from scheduling to nodes. Applying taints and tolerations to the Pod involves several steps. Let’s find what nodes exist in your cluster. To get the name of these nodes, you can run:

$ kubectl get nodes --show-labels
NAME                            STATUS   ROLES    AGE   VERSION   LABELS
lke212553-307295-339173d10000   Ready    <none>   36m   v1.30.3   beta.kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,beta.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,beta.kubernetes.io/os=linux,failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,kubernetes.io/hostname=lke212553-307295-339173d10000,kubernetes.io/os=linux,lke.linode.com/pool-id=307295,node.k8s.linode.com/host-uuid=618158120a299c6fd37f00d01d355ca18794c467,node.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,topology.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,topology.linode.com/region=ap-south
lke212553-307295-5541798e0000   Ready    <none>   36m   v1.30.3   beta.kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,beta.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,beta.kubernetes.io/os=linux,failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,kubernetes.io/hostname=lke212553-307295-5541798e0000,kubernetes.io/os=linux,lke.linode.com/pool-id=307295,node.k8s.linode.com/host-uuid=75cfe3dbbb0380f1727efc53f5192897485e95d5,node.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,topology.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,topology.linode.com/region=ap-south
lke212553-307295-5b53c5520000   Ready    <none>   36m   v1.30.3   beta.kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,beta.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,beta.kubernetes.io/os=linux,failure-domain.beta.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,kubernetes.io/arch=amd64,kubernetes.io/hostname=lke212553-307295-5b53c5520000,kubernetes.io/os=linux,lke.linode.com/pool-id=307295,node.k8s.linode.com/host-uuid=792bac078d7ce0e548163b9423416d7d8c88b08f,node.kubernetes.io/instance-type=g6-dedicated-4,topology.kubernetes.io/region=ap-south,topology.linode.com/region=ap-south

As you see, we have three nodes in the cluster: lke212553-307295-339173d10000, lke212553-307295-5541798e0000, and lke212553-307295-5b53c5520000.

Next, we are going to taint these nodes.

$ kubectl taint nodes lke212553-307295-339173d10000 key1=node1:NoSchedule
node/lke212553-307295-339173d10000 tainted

$ kubectl taint nodes lke212553-307295-5541798e0000 key2=node2:NoSchedule
node/lke212553-307295-5541798e0000 tainted

$ kubectl taint nodes lke212553-307295-5b53c5520000 key3=node3:NoSchedule
node/lke212553-307295-5b53c5520000 tainted

Let’s see our tainted nodes here,

$ kubectl get nodes -o json | jq -r '.items[] | select(.spec.taints != null) | .metadata.name, .spec.taints'
lke212553-307295-339173d10000
[
  {
    "effect": "NoSchedule",
    "key": "key1",
    "value": "node1"
  }
]
lke212553-307295-5541798e0000
[
  {
    "effect": "NoSchedule",
    "key": "key2",
    "value": "node2"
  }
]
lke212553-307295-5b53c5520000
[
  {
    "effect": "NoSchedule",
    "key": "key3",
    "value": "node3"
  }
]

We can see that our taints were successfully assigned. Now let’s try to create a ignite without proper tolerations. Here is the yaml of ignite we are going to createc

apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1alpha2
kind: Ignite
metadata:
  name: ignite-without-tolerations
  namespace: demo
spec:
  version: "2.17.0"
  replicas: 1
  deletionPolicy: WipeOut

$ kubectl create -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2025.6.30/docs/examples/ignite/configuration/ignite-without-tolerations.yaml
ignite.kubedb.com/ignite-without-tolerations created

Now, wait a few minutes. KubeDB operator will create necessary petset, services, secret etc. If everything goes well, we will see that a pod with the name ignite-without-tolerations-0 has been created and running.

Check that the petset’s pod is running or not,

$ kubectl get pods -n demo
NAME                              READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
ignite-without-tolerations-0      0/1     Pending   0          3m35s

Here we can see that the pod is not running. So let’s describe the pod,

$ kubectl describe pods -n demo ignite-without-tolerations-0 
Name:             ignite-without-tolerations-0
Namespace:        demo
Priority:         0
Service Account:  default
Node:             <none>
Labels:           app.kubernetes.io/component=connection-pooler
                  app.kubernetes.io/instance=ignite-without-tolerations
                  app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=kubedb.com
                  app.kubernetes.io/name=ignites.kubedb.com
                  apps.kubernetes.io/pod-index=0
                  controller-revision-hash=ignite-without-tolerations-5b85f9cd
                  statefulset.kubernetes.io/pod-name=ignite-without-tolerations-0
Annotations:      <none>
Status:           Pending
IP:               
IPs:              <none>
Controlled By:    PetSet/ignite-without-tolerations
Containers:
  ignite:
    Image:           ghcr.io/appscode-images/ignite:2.17.0
    Ports:           10800/TCP
    Host Ports:      0/TCP, 0/TCP
    SeccompProfile:  RuntimeDefault
    Limits:
      memory:  1Gi
    Requests:
      cpu:     500m
      memory:  1Gi
    volumeMounts:
    - mountPath: /ignite/data
      name: ignite-quickstart-data
    - mountPath: /tmp/config
      name: temp-config
    - mountPath: /ignite/config
      name: ignite-config
    - mountPath: /scripts
      name: init-scripts
    - mountPath: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount
      name: kube-api-access-62rc6
      readOnly: true
Conditions:
  Type           Status
  PodScheduled   False 
volumes:
  - name: ignite-quickstart-data
    persistentVolumeClaim:
      claimName: ignite-quickstart-data-ignite-quickstart-0
  - emptyDir: {}
    name: init-scripts
  - emptyDir: {}
    name: ignite-config
  - name: temp-config
    secret:
      defaultMode: 420
      items:
      - key: node-configuration.xml
        path: node-configuration.xml
      secretName: ignite-quickstart-config
  - name: kube-api-access-62rc6
    projected:
      defaultMode: 420
      sources:
      - serviceAccountToken:
          expirationSeconds: 3607
          path: token
      - configMap:
          items:
          - key: ca.crt
            path: ca.crt
          name: kube-root-ca.crt
      - downwardAPI:
          items:
          - fieldRef:
              apiVersion: v1
              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
            path: namespace
Node-Selectors:               <none>
Tolerations:                  node.kubernetes.io/not-ready:NoExecute op=Exists for 300s
                              node.kubernetes.io/unreachable:NoExecute op=Exists for 300s
Topology Spread Constraints:  kubernetes.io/hostname:ScheduleAnyway when max skew 1 is exceeded for selector app.kubernetes.io/component=connection-pooler,app.kubernetes.io/instance=ignite-without-tolerations,app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=kubedb.com,app.kubernetes.io/name=ignites.kubedb.com
                              topology.kubernetes.io/zone:ScheduleAnyway when max skew 1 is exceeded for selector app.kubernetes.io/component=connection-pooler,app.kubernetes.io/instance=ignite-without-tolerations,app.kubernetes.io/managed-by=kubedb.com,app.kubernetes.io/name=ignites.kubedb.com
Events:
  Type     Reason             Age                   From                Message
  ----     ------             ----                  ----                -------
  Warning  FailedScheduling   5m20s                 default-scheduler   0/3 nodes are available: 1 node(s) had untolerated taint {key1: node1}, 1 node(s) had untolerated taint {key1: node2}, 1 node(s) had untolerated taint {key1: node3}. preemption: 0/3 nodes are available: 3 Preemption is not helpful for scheduling.
  Warning  FailedScheduling   11s                   default-scheduler   0/3 nodes are available: 1 node(s) had untolerated taint {key1: node1}, 1 node(s) had untolerated taint {key1: node2}, 1 node(s) had untolerated taint {key1: node3}. preemption: 0/3 nodes are available: 3 Preemption is not helpful for scheduling.
  Normal   NotTriggerScaleUp  13s (x31 over 5m15s)  cluster-autoscaler  pod didn't trigger scale-up:

Here we can see that the pod has no tolerations for the tainted nodes and because of that the pod is not able to scheduled.

So, let’s add proper tolerations and create another ignite. Here is the yaml we are going to apply,

apiVersion: kubedb.com/v1alpha2
kind: Ignite
metadata:
  name: ignite-with-tolerations
  namespace: demo
spec:
  version: "2.17.0"
  replicas: 1
  podTemplate:
    spec:
      tolerations:
      - key: "key1"
        operator: "Equal"
        value: "node1"
        effect: "NoSchedule"
  deletionPolicy: WipeOut

$ kubectl create -f https://github.com/kubedb/docs/raw/v2025.6.30/docs/examples/ignite/configuration/with-tolerations.yaml
ignite.kubedb.com/ignite-with-tolerations created

Now, wait a few minutes. KubeDB operator will create necessary petset, services, secret etc. If everything goes well, we will see that a pod with the name ignite-with-tolerations-0 has been created.

Check that the petset’s pod is running

$ kubectl get pods -n demo
NAME                              READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
ignite-with-tolerations-0         1/1     Running   0          2m

As we see the pod is running, you can verify that by running kubectl get pods -n demo ignite-with-tolerations-0 -o wide and looking at the “NODE” to which the Pod was assigned.

$ kubectl get pods -n demo ignite-with-tolerations-0 -o wide
NAME                           READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE     IP         NODE                            NOMINATED NODE   READINESS GATES
ignite-with-tolerations-0      1/1     Running   0          3m49s   10.2.0.8   lke212553-307295-339173d10000   <none>           <none>

We can successfully verify that our pod was scheduled to the node which it has tolerations.

Cleaning up

To clean up the Kubernetes resources created by this tutorial, run:

kubectl delete -n demo pp custom-sidecar node-selector with-tolerations without-tolerations
kubectl delete ns demo

If you would like to uninstall KubeDB operator, please follow the steps here.

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