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## Prerequisites:
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In order to run the Postgres Operator locally in minikube you need to install
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the following tools:
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* [minikube](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/releases)
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* [kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/#install-kubectl-binary-via-curl)
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Note that you can also use built-in Kubernetes support in the Docker Desktop
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for Mac to follow the steps of this tutorial. You would have to replace
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`minikube start` and `minikube delete` with your launch actions for the Docker
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built-in Kubernetes support.
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Clone the repository and change to the directory. Then start minikube.
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```bash
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git clone https://github.com/zalando/postgres-operator.git
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cd postgres-operator
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minikube start
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```
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## Manual deployment setup
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The Postgres Operator can be installed simply by applying yaml manifests.
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```bash
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kubectl create -f manifests/configmap.yaml # configuration
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kubectl create -f manifests/operator-service-account-rbac.yaml # identity and permissions
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kubectl create -f manifests/postgres-operator.yaml # deployment
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```
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## Helm chart
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Alternatively, the operator can be installed by using the provided [Helm](https://helm.sh/)
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chart which saves you the manual steps. Therefore, you would need to install
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the helm CLI on your machine. After initializing helm (and its server
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component Tiller) in your local cluster you can install the operator chart.
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You can define a release name that is prepended to the operator resource's
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names. Use `--name zalando` to match with the default service account name
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as older operator versions do not support custom names for service accounts.
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```bash
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# 1) initialize helm
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helm init
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# 2) install postgres-operator chart
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helm install --name zalando ./charts/postgres-operator
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```
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## Create a Postgres cluster
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Starting the operator may take a few seconds. Check if the operator pod is
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running before applying a Postgres cluster manifest.
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```bash
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# if you've created the operator using yaml manifests
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kubectl get pod -l name=postgres-operator
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# if you've created the operator using helm chart
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kubectl get pod -l app.kubernetes.io/name=postgres-operator
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# create a Postgres cluster
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kubectl create -f manifests/minimal-postgres-manifest.yaml
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```
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After the cluster manifest is submitted the operator will create Service and
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Endpoint resources and a StatefulSet which spins up new Pod(s) given the number
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of instances specified in the manifest. All resources are named like the
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cluster. The database pods can be identified by their number suffix, starting
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from `-0`. They run the [Spilo](https://github.com/zalando/spilo) container
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image by Zalando. As for the services and endpoints, there will be one for the
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master pod and another one for all the replicas (`-repl` suffix). Check if all
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components are coming up. Use the label `application=spilo` to filter and list
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the label `spilo-role` to see who is currently the master.
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```bash
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# check the deployed cluster
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kubectl get postgresql
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# check created database pods
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kubectl get pods -l application=spilo -L spilo-role
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# check created service resources
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kubectl get svc -l application=spilo -L spilo-role
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```
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## Connect to the Postgres cluster via psql
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You can retrieve the host and port of the Postgres master from minikube.
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Retrieve the password from the Kubernetes Secret that is created in your cluster.
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```bash
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export HOST_PORT=$(minikube service acid-minimal-cluster --url | sed 's,.*/,,')
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export PGHOST=$(echo $HOST_PORT | cut -d: -f 1)
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export PGPORT=$(echo $HOST_PORT | cut -d: -f 2)
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export PGPASSWORD=$(kubectl get secret postgres.acid-minimal-cluster.credentials -o 'jsonpath={.data.password}' | base64 -d)
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psql -U postgres
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```
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## Delete a Postgres cluster
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To delete a Postgres cluster simply delete the postgresql custom resource.
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```bash
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kubectl delete postgresql acid-minimal-cluster
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# tear down cleanly
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minikube delete
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```
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## Running and testing the operator
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The best way to test the operator is to run it in [minikube](https://kubernetes.io/docs/getting-started-guides/minikube/).
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Minikube is a tool to run Kubernetes cluster locally.
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For convenience, we have automated starting the operator and submitting the
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`acid-minimal-cluster`. From inside the cloned repository execute the
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`run_operator_locally` shell script.
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```bash
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./run_operator_locally.sh
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```
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Note we provide the `/manifests` directory as an example only; you should
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consider adjusting the manifests to your particular setting.
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### Configuration Options
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The operator can be configured with the provided ConfigMap
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(`manifests/configmap.yaml`) or the operator's own CRD. See
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[developer docs](developer.md) for details.
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