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| # postgres operator prototype (WIP) | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ### Create minikube | ||||
| Postgres operator manages Postgres clustes in Kubernetes using the [operator pattern](https://coreos.com/blog/introducing-operators.html) | ||||
| During the initial run it registers the [third-party-resource (TPR)](https://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/thirdpartyresources/) for Postgres. | ||||
| The Postgres TPR is essentially a schema that describes the contents of the manifests for deploying individual clusters. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     $ minikube start | ||||
| One the operator is running, it performs the following actions: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ### Deploy etcd | ||||
| * watches for new cluster postgres manifests and deploys corresponding clusters. | ||||
| * watches for updates to existing manifests and changes corresponding properties of the running clusters. | ||||
| * watches for deletes of the existing manifests and deletes corresponding database clusters. | ||||
| * watches for updates to the operator definition itself and changes the running clusters when necessary. | ||||
| * checks running clusters against the manifests and acts on the differences found. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     $ kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreos/etcd/master/hack/kubernetes-deploy/etcd.yml | ||||
| For instance, when the user creates a new custom object of type postgresql by submitting a new manifest with kubectl, the operator fetches that object and creates the corresponding kubernetes structures (statefulsets, services, secrets) according to its definition. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ##  Set your go path and put the sources so that go build finds them | ||||
| Another example is changing the docker image inside the operator. In this case, the operator first goes to all statefulsets | ||||
| it manages and updates them with the new docker images; afterwards, all pods from each statefulset are killed one by one | ||||
| (rolling upgrade) and the replacements are spawned automatically by the statefulsets with the new docker image. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     $ export GOPATH=~/git/go | ||||
| ## Setting up Go. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Postgres operator is written in Go. Use the [installation instructions](https://golang.org/doc/install#install) if you don't have Go on your system. | ||||
| You won't be able to compile the operator with Go older than 1.7. We recommend installing [the latest one](https://golang.org/dl/). | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Go projects expect their source code and all the dependencies to be located under the [GOPATH](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/GOPATH). | ||||
| Normally, one would use a single GOPATH, by creating a directory (i.e. ~/go) and placing the source code under the ~/go/src subdirectories. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Given the schema above, the postgres operator source code located at `github.bus.zalan.do/acid/postgres-operator` should be put at | ||||
| `~/go/src/github.bus.zalan.do/acid/postgres-operator`. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     $ export GOPATH=~/go | ||||
|     $ mkdir -p ${GOPATH}/src/github.bus.zalan.do/acid/ | ||||
|     $ cd ${GOPATH}/src/github.bus.zalan.do/acid/ && git clone https://github.bus.zalan.do/acid/postgres-operator -b prototype | ||||
|     $ cd ${GOPATH}/src/github.bus.zalan.do/acid/ && git clone git@github.bus.zalan.do:acid/postgres-operator.git | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ### Install Glide and Staticcheck | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     $ make tools  | ||||
| ## Building the operator | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ### Install dependencies with Glide | ||||
| You need Glide to fetch all dependencies. Install it with: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     $ make tools | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Next, install dependencies with glide by issuing: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     $ make deps | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ### Build dependencies | ||||
| This would take a while to complete. You have to redo `make deps` every time you dependencies list changes, i.e. after adding a new library dependency. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     $ go build -i -v cmd | ||||
| Build the operator docker image and pushing it to pierone: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ## Run operator (as a pod) | ||||
|     $ make docker push | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     $ docker build -t postgres-operator:0.1 . | ||||
|     $ kubectl create -f postgres-operator.yaml | ||||
| You may define the TAG variable to assign an explicit tag to your docker image and the IMAGE to set the image name. | ||||
| By default, the tag is computed with `git describe --tags --always --dirty` and the image is `pierone.example.com/acid/postgres-operator` | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     If you are building docker image by yourself on OS X make sure postgres-operator is compiled with GOOS=linux flag | ||||
| Building the operator binary (for testing the out-of-cluster option): | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     $ make | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| The binary will be placed into the build directory. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ## Testing the operator | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| The best way to test the operator is to run it in minikube. Minikube is a tool to run Kubernetes cluster locally. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ### Installing and starting minikube | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| See [minikube installation guide](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases) | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| After the installation, issue the | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     $ minikube start | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Note: if you are running on a Mac, make sure to use the [xhyve driver](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/DRIVERS.md#xhyve-driver) | ||||
| instead of the default docker-machine one for performance reasons. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| One you have it started successfully, use [the quickstart guide](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube#quickstart) in order | ||||
| to test your that your setup is working. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Note: if you use multiple kubernetes clusters, you can switch to minikube with `kubectl config use-context minikube` | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ### Deploying the operator | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Before the operator is deployed, you need to tell your minikube cluster the OAuth2 secret token in order to communicate | ||||
| with the teams API. For a Live Zalando cluster, the token is populated in a secret described by `manifests/platform-credentials.yaml` | ||||
| via the infrastructure created by the Teapot team. The operator expects that secret (with the name set by the `oauth_token_secret_name | ||||
| variable to be present). That token is not present in minikube, but one can copy it from the production cluster: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     $ zkubectl --context kube_db_zalan_do get secret postgresql-operator -o yaml| kubectl --context minikube create -f -   | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Note that the token normally expires after ~ 30 minutes, therefore, you should fetch the new one(and delete the old one): | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     $ kubectl --context minikube delete secret postgresql-operator | ||||
|     $ zkubectl --context kube_db_zalan_do get secret postgresql-operator -o yaml| kubectl --context minikube create -f - | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| The fastest way to run your docker image locally is to reuse the docker from minikube. That way, there is no need to | ||||
| pull docker images from pierone or push them, as the image is essentially there once you build it. The following steps | ||||
| will get you the docker image built and deployed. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     $ eval $(minikube docker-env) | ||||
|     $ export TAG=$(git describe --tags --always --dirty) | ||||
|     $ make docker | ||||
|     $ sed -e "s/\(image\:.*\:\).*$/\1$TAG/" -e "/serviceAccountName/d" manifests/postgres-operator.yaml|kubectl create  -f - | ||||
|      | ||||
| The last line changes the docker image tag in the maniest to the one the operator image has been built with and removes | ||||
| the serviceAccountName definition, as the service account is not defined in minikube (neither it should, as one has admin | ||||
| permissions there). | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ### Deploy etcd | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Etcd is required to deploy the operator. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     $ kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coreos/etcd/master/hack/kubernetes-deploy/etcd.yml | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| ### Check if ThirdPartyResource has been registered | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|     $ kubectl get thirdpartyresources | ||||
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