only error on Sts creation

charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ configKubernetes:
   # label assigned to Kubernetes objects created by the operator
   cluster_name_label: version
   # annotations attached to each database pod
-  # custom_pod_annotations: keya:valuea,keyb:valueb
+  # custom_pod_annotations: "keya:valuea,keyb:valueb"
 
   # enables initContainers to run actions before Spilo is started
   enable_init_containers: "true"

manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ configuration:
     # - application
     # - environment
     # node_readiness_label:
-    #  status: ready
+    #   status: ready
     oauth_token_secret_name: postgresql-operator
     pdb_name_format: "postgres-{cluster}-pdb"
     pod_antiaffinity_topology_key: "kubernetes.io/hostname"

pkg/cluster/k8sres.go

@@ -788,11 +788,10 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateStatefulSet(spec *acidv1.PostgresSpec) (*appsv1.Statef
 	}
 
 	if spec.InitContainers != nil && len(spec.InitContainers) > 0 {
-		if c.OpConfig.EnableInitContainers != nil && *c.OpConfig.EnableInitContainers {
-			initContainers = spec.InitContainers
-		} else {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("initContainers specified but globally disabled")
+		if c.OpConfig.EnableInitContainers != nil && !(*c.OpConfig.EnableInitContainers) {
+			c.logger.Warningf("initContainers in use but globally disabled - next statefulSet creation would fail")
 		}
+		initContainers = spec.InitContainers
 	}
 
 	customPodEnvVarsList := make([]v1.EnvVar, 0)
@@ -882,13 +881,12 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateStatefulSet(spec *acidv1.PostgresSpec) (*appsv1.Statef
 
 	// generate sidecar containers
 	if sideCars != nil && len(sideCars) > 0 {
-		if c.OpConfig.EnableSidecars != nil && *c.OpConfig.EnableSidecars {
-			if sidecarContainers, err = generateSidecarContainers(sideCars, volumeMounts, defaultResources,
-				c.OpConfig.SuperUsername, c.credentialSecretName(c.OpConfig.SuperUsername), c.logger); err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not generate sidecar containers: %v", err)
-			}
-		} else {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("sidecar containers specified but globally disabled")
+		if c.OpConfig.EnableSidecars != nil && !(*c.OpConfig.EnableSidecars) {
+			c.logger.Warningf("sidecars in use but globally disabled - next stateful set creation would fail")
+		}
+		if sidecarContainers, err = generateSidecarContainers(sideCars, volumeMounts, defaultResources,
+			c.OpConfig.SuperUsername, c.credentialSecretName(c.OpConfig.SuperUsername), c.logger); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not generate sidecar containers: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1427,7 +1425,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) generatePodDisruptionBudget() *policybeta1.PodDisruptionBudget
 	pdbEnabled := c.OpConfig.EnablePodDisruptionBudget
 
 	// if PodDisruptionBudget is disabled or if there are no DB pods, set the budget to 0.
-	if (pdbEnabled != nil && !*pdbEnabled) || c.Spec.NumberOfInstances <= 0 {
+	if (pdbEnabled != nil && !(*pdbEnabled)) || c.Spec.NumberOfInstances <= 0 {
 		minAvailable = intstr.FromInt(0)
 	}
 

pkg/cluster/resources.go

@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ func (c *Cluster) listResources() error {
 
 func (c *Cluster) createStatefulSet() (*appsv1.StatefulSet, error) {
 	c.setProcessName("creating statefulset")
+	// check if it's allowed that spec contains initContainers
+	if c.Spec.InitContainers != nil && len(c.Spec.InitContainers) > 0 &&
+		c.OpConfig.EnableInitContainers != nil && !*c.OpConfig.EnableInitContainers {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("initContainers specified but globally disabled")
+	}
+	// check if it's allowed that spec contains sidecars
+	if c.Spec.Sidecars != nil && len(c.Spec.Sidecars) > 0 &&
+		c.OpConfig.EnableSidecars != nil && !*c.OpConfig.EnableSidecars {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("sidecar containers specified but globally disabled")
+	}
+
 	statefulSetSpec, err := c.generateStatefulSet(&c.Spec)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not generate statefulset: %v", err)

pkg/util/config/config.go

@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	ReplicaDNSNameFormat      StringTemplate    `name:"replica_dns_name_format" default:"{cluster}-repl.{team}.{hostedzone}"`
 	PDBNameFormat             StringTemplate    `name:"pdb_name_format" default:"postgres-{cluster}-pdb"`
 	EnablePodDisruptionBudget *bool             `name:"enable_pod_disruption_budget" default:"true"`
-	EnableSidecars            *bool             `name:"enable_sidecars" default:"true"`
 	EnableInitContainers      *bool             `name:"enable_init_containers" default:"true"`
+	EnableSidecars            *bool             `name:"enable_sidecars" default:"true"`
 	Workers                   uint32            `name:"workers" default:"4"`
 	APIPort                   int               `name:"api_port" default:"8080"`
 	RingLogLines              int               `name:"ring_log_lines" default:"100"`