check resource requests also on UPDATE and SYNC + update docs

docs/user.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ spec:
   databases:
     foo: zalando
   postgresql:
-    version: "10"
+    version: "11"
 ```
 
 Once you cloned the Postgres Operator [repository](https://github.com/zalando/postgres-operator)
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ you can find this example also in the manifests folder:
 kubectl create -f manifests/minimal-postgres-manifest.yaml
 ```
 
+Note, that the minimum volume size to properly run the `postgresql` resource is
+`1Gi`. If a lower value is set in the manifest the operator will cancel ADD,
+UPDATE or SYNC events on this resource with an error.
+
 ## Watch pods being created
 
 ```bash
@@ -182,6 +186,32 @@ See [infrastructure roles secret](../manifests/infrastructure-roles.yaml)
 and [infrastructure roles configmap](../manifests/infrastructure-roles-configmap.yaml)
 for the examples.
 
+## Resource definition
+
+The compute resources to be used for the Postgres containers in the pods can be
+specified in the postgresql cluster manifest.
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: "acid.zalan.do/v1"
+kind: postgresql
+metadata:
+  name: acid-minimal-cluster
+spec:
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      cpu: 10m
+      memory: 100Mi
+    limits:
+      cpu: 300m
+      memory: 300Mi
+```
+
+The minimum limit to properly run the `postgresql` resource is `256m` for `cpu`
+and `256Mi` for `memory`. If a lower value is set in the manifest the operator
+will cancel ADD, UPDATE or SYNC events on this resource with an error. If no
+resources are defined in the manifest the operator will obtain the configured
+[default requests](reference/operator_parameters.md#kubernetes-resource-requests).
+
 ## Use taints and tolerations for dedicated PostgreSQL nodes
 
 To ensure Postgres pods are running on nodes without any other application pods,
@@ -376,7 +406,7 @@ spec:
 
 ## Increase volume size
 
-PostgreSQL operator supports statefulset volume resize if you're using the
+Postgres operator supports statefulset volume resize if you're using the
 operator on top of AWS. For that you need to change the size field of the
 volume description in the cluster manifest and apply the change:
 

manifests/standby-manifest.yaml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ spec:
     size: 1Gi
   numberOfInstances: 1
   postgresql:
-    version: "10"
+    version: "11"
 # Make this a standby cluster and provide the s3 bucket path of source cluster for continuous streaming.
   standby:
     s3_wal_path: "s3://path/to/bucket/containing/wal/of/source/cluster/"

pkg/cluster/cluster.go

@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) Create() error {
 	c.setStatus(acidv1.ClusterStatusCreating)
 
 	if err = c.validateResources(&c.Spec); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unsufficient ressources: %v", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("insufficient resources specified: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	for _, role := range []PostgresRole{Master, Replica} {
@@ -595,6 +595,12 @@ func (c *Cluster) Update(oldSpec, newSpec *acidv1.Postgresql) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// check pod resources and volume size and cancel update if they are too low
+	if err := c.validateResources(&c.Spec); err != nil {
+		updateFailed = true
+		return fmt.Errorf("insufficient resources specified: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	// Volume
 	if oldSpec.Spec.Size != newSpec.Spec.Size {
 		c.logger.Debugf("syncing persistent volumes")

pkg/cluster/sync.go

@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ func (c *Cluster) Sync(newSpec *acidv1.Postgresql) error {
 		}
 	}()
 
+	if err = c.validateResources(&c.Spec); err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("insufficient resources specified: %v", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
 	if err = c.initUsers(); err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("could not init users: %v", err)
 		return err

pkg/controller/controller.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	rbacv1beta1 "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1beta1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func (c *Controller) initOperatorConfig() {
 
 	if c.opConfig.SetMemoryRequestToLimit {
 
-		isSmaller, err := util.RequestIsSmallerThanLimit(c.opConfig.DefaultMemoryRequest, c.opConfig.DefaultMemoryLimit)
+		isSmaller, err := util.IsSmallerQuantity(c.opConfig.DefaultMemoryRequest, c.opConfig.DefaultMemoryLimit)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (c *Controller) initOperatorConfig() {
 			c.opConfig.DefaultMemoryRequest = c.opConfig.DefaultMemoryLimit
 		}
 
-		isSmaller, err = util.RequestIsSmallerThanLimit(c.opConfig.ScalyrMemoryRequest, c.opConfig.ScalyrMemoryLimit)
+		isSmaller, err = util.IsSmallerQuantity(c.opConfig.ScalyrMemoryRequest, c.opConfig.ScalyrMemoryLimit)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}

pkg/util/util_test.go

@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ func TestIsSmallerQuantity(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range requestIsSmallerQuantityTests {
 		res, err := IsSmallerQuantity(tt.request, tt.limit)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("RequestIsSmallerThanLimit returned unexpected error: %#v", err)
+			t.Errorf("IsSmallerQuantity returned unexpected error: %#v", err)
 		}
 		if res != tt.out {
-			t.Errorf("RequestIsSmallerThanLimit expected: %#v, got: %#v", tt.out, res)
+			t.Errorf("IsSmallerQuantity expected: %#v, got: %#v", tt.out, res)
 		}
 	}
 }