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# Postgres Operator
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[](https://travis-ci.org/zalando-incubator/postgres-operator)
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[](https://coveralls.io/github/zalando-incubator/postgres-operator)
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[](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/zalando-incubator/postgres-operator)
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## Introduction
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The Postgres [operator](https://coreos.com/blog/introducing-operators.html)
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manages PostgreSQL clusters on Kubernetes:
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1. The operator watches additions, updates, and deletions of PostgreSQL cluster
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manifests and changes the running clusters accordingly. For example, when a
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user submits a new manifest, the operator fetches that manifest and spawns a
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new Postgres cluster along with all necessary entities such as Kubernetes
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StatefulSets and Postgres roles. See this
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[Postgres cluster manifest](manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml)
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for settings that a manifest may contain.
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2. The operator also watches updates to [its own configuration](manifests/configmap.yaml)
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and alters running Postgres clusters if necessary. For instance, if a pod
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docker image is changed, the operator carries out the rolling update. That
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is, the operator re-spawns one-by-one pods of each StatefulSet it manages
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with the new Docker image.
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3. Finally, the operator periodically synchronizes the actual state of each
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Postgres cluster with the desired state defined in the cluster's manifest.
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## Quickstart
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Prerequisites:
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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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### Local execution
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```bash
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git clone https://github.com/zalando-incubator/postgres-operator.git
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cd postgres-operator
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minikube start
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# start the operator; may take a few seconds
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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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# create a Postgres cluster
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kubectl create -f manifests/minimal-postgres-manifest.yaml
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# tear down cleanly
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minikube delete
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```
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We have automated these steps for you:
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```bash
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cd postgres-operator
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./run_operator_locally.sh
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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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### Configuration Options
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The operator can be configured with the provided ConfigMap (`manifests/configmap.yaml`).
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## Table of contents
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* [concepts](docs/concepts.md)
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* [tutorials](docs/tutorials.md)
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* [howtos](docs/howtos.md)
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* [reference](docs/reference.md)
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