Feb 07, 2025 |
Cloud, Percona Software, PostgreSQL
The upcoming Percona Operator for PostgreSQL v2.6.0 release introduces support for PostgreSQL 17, which opens exciting possibilities for data security. Since pg_tde comes pre-installed in Percona’s official PostgreSQL 17 images, this release presents an excellent opportunity to implement Transparent Data Encryption in your Kubernetes-deployed databases. Let’s look at how to configure and use pg_tde with […]
Mar 15, 2023 |
Cloud, MongoDB, Percona Software
We at Percona talk a lot about how Kubernetes Operators automate the deployment and management of databases. Operators seamlessly handle lots of Kubernetes primitives and database configuration bits and pieces, all to remove toil from operation teams and provide a self-service experience for developers. Today we want to take you backstage and show what is really […]
May 12, 2022 |
Cloud, MongoDB, Open Source, Percona Software
Percona Operator for MongoDB supports multi-cluster or cross-site replication deployments since version 1.10. This functionality is extremely useful if you want to have a disaster recovery deployment or perform a migration from or to a MongoDB cluster running in Kubernetes. In a nutshell, it allows you to use Operators deployed in different Kubernetes clusters to […]
Jan 27, 2022 |
Cloud, MongoDB, Percona Software, Security
Managing database users and their passwords can be a hassle. Sometimes, they could even wait in various configuration files, hardcoded. Using certificates can help you avoid the toil of managing, rotating, and securing user passwords, so let’s see how to have x509 certificate authentication with the Percona Server for MongoDB Operator and cert-manager. cert-manager is […]
Oct 08, 2021 |
Cloud, MongoDB, Percona Software
As per the glossary, Disaster Recovery (DR) protocols are an organization’s method of regaining access and functionality to its IT infrastructure in events like a natural disaster, cyber attack, or even business disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. When we talk about data, storing backups on remote servers is enough to pass DR compliance checks […]
Jul 13, 2021 |
Cloud, MongoDB, MySQL, Percona Software
In Kubernetes, all resources have a status field separated from their spec. The status field is an interface both for humans or applications to read the perceived state of the resource. When you deploy our Percona Kubernetes Operators – Percona Operator for MongoDB or Percona Operator for MySQL – in your Kubernetes cluster, you’re creating a […]