by Edith Puclla | Jun 27, 2025 | Open Source, Percona Services, PostgreSQL
by Edith Puclla | Jun 25, 2025 | Cloud, Open Source, Percona Software
Percona Everest is a free and open source tool for running and managing databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB inside Kubernetes. It simplifies things by providing three ways to work with your databases: a web interface (UI), a set of commands (API), and direct...
by Cindy Neely | Jun 13, 2025 | Cloud, Database Trends, Percona Announcements, Percona Software
As a member of the Kubernetes Certified Services Provider program, Percona is now part of a select, “pre-qualified tier of vetted service providers who have deep experience helping enterprises successfully adopt Kubernetes…” Kubernetes (frequently abbreviated as K8s)...
by Sergey Pronin | Jun 11, 2025 | Cloud, Percona Software, PostgreSQL
This post was originally published in 2023, and we’ve updated it in 2025 for clarity and relevance, reflecting current practices while honoring its original perspective. Running PostgreSQL on Kubernetes promises flexibility, but storage decisions can quickly make or...
by Edith Puclla | May 15, 2025 | Cloud, Monitoring, Percona Software
Monitoring your databases is critical, especially in Kubernetes environments where visibility and automation are key. That’s why, in Percona Everest 1.6.0, we introduced a highly requested feature: the ability to automatically deploy Percona Monitoring and Management...
by David Quilty | May 2, 2025 | Cloud, MongoDB, Percona Software
If you’ve tried running MongoDB on Kubernetes, you’ve likely run into some unique challenges. Stateful workloads like replica sets and sharded clusters can be messy in containers, and things that should be easy, like backups, scaling, failovers, and...
by Juan Arruti | Apr 21, 2025 | Cloud, MySQL, Percona Software
When using the Percona Operator for MySQL based on Percona XtraDB Cluster (PXC), it’s common to encounter scenarios where cluster nodes request a full State Snapshot Transfer (SST) when rejoining the cluster. One typical scenario where a State Snapshot Transfer...
by David Quilty | Apr 18, 2025 | Cloud, Insight for DBAs, PostgreSQL
Remember when running databases in Kubernetes felt like a gamble? When unpredictable storage performance and complex state management made stability a constant battle? Thankfully, those days are largely behind us. With better tools, smarter operators, and field-tested...
by David Quilty | Apr 1, 2025 | Benchmarks, Cloud, Insight for DBAs, Percona Software, PostgreSQL
You know that moment when your team finally decides to move your PostgreSQL databases to Kubernetes? Everyone’s excited about the scalability and flexibility, but then someone asks the question that keeps you up at night: “Which storage are we going to...
by Chetan Shivashankar | Apr 1, 2025 | Cloud, Insight for DBAs, Insight for Developers
Kubernetes is becoming a popular choice for running containerized applications. While the core idea is to have a single container running the application in a Pod, there are many cases where one or more containers need to run alongside the application container, such...
by Sergey Pronin | Apr 1, 2025 | Cloud, MongoDB, Open Source, Percona Software
This blog was originally published in August 2022 and was updated in April 2025. In this blog, we’ll examine the increasingly popular practice of running MongoDB on Kubernetes. We will explore various solutions and approaches to this setup, from direct deployments as...
by Edith Puclla | Mar 6, 2025 | Cloud, Percona Software, PostgreSQL
If you are reading this blog post, chances are you’re either curious about Kubernetes Operators, or you’ve specifically decided to install the Percona Operator for PostgreSQL, which I am glad to know! Suppose your environment isn’t set up yet. In...
by Ege Gunes | Feb 7, 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...
by Edith Puclla | Jan 16, 2025 | Cloud, MongoDB, Open Source, Percona Software
The increase of cloud-native technologies is transforming how we manage databases. Since I stepped into the world of databases and cloud-native technologies, I have encountered several initiatives aimed at developing and optimizing database operations in the cloud,...
by Sergey Pronin | Dec 4, 2024 | Cloud, Open Source, Percona Software
Recently I listened to Lenny Rachitsky’s podcast, where he invited Shreyas Doshi for the second time. The session was titled “4 questions Shreyas Doshi wishes he’d asked himself sooner”. One of the questions Shreyas brought up was, “Do I actually have a good taste?”....
by Jan Wieremjewicz | Nov 6, 2024 | Cloud, Database Trends, Insight for DBAs, PostgreSQL
TL;DR Kubernetes was built for stateless apps, but as more stateful applications (like databases) run on it, operators include quite heavy implementations to Kubernetes workload management API (such as StatefulSets) deficits. While creating custom methods allows...
by Sergey Pronin | Nov 4, 2024 | Cloud, Percona Software, PostgreSQL
I wrote a blog post in the past about a generic approach on how to expose databases in Kubernetes with Ingress controllers. Today, we will dive deeper into PostgreSQL with ingress and also review two different ways that can be taken to expose the TCP service. The goal...
by Sergey Pronin | Sep 12, 2024 | Cloud, Insight for DBAs, MongoDB, Percona Software
Managing database users within complex CICD pipelines and GitOps workflows has long been a challenge for MongoDB deployments. With Percona Operator for MongoDB 1.17, we introduce a new feature, currently in technical preview, that streamlines this process. Now, you...
by Chetan Shivashankar | Sep 5, 2024 | Insight for DBAs, Insight for Developers
I still remember upgrading a Kubernetes cluster for the first time. Despite taking great care and following all the documentation, I managed to break some applications. Luckily, the impact was minimal, and the issue was solved quickly. The most interesting part is...
by Jaime Sicam | Aug 20, 2024 | Cloud, MySQL, Percona Software
Percona Operator for MySQL, based on Percona XtraDB Cluster (PXC), provides configuration to expose the ProxySQL, HAProxy, and the PXC instances themselves so that you can use Percona Toolkit to connect to MySQL from these endpoints externally. However, you can also...
