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KubeBlocks for MongoDB

Cluster Management

Create and connect
Scale
Expand volume
Restart
Stop/Start
Switchover
Delete protection

Configuration

Configure cluster parameters
  1. Before you start
  2. Steps

Expand volume

You can expand the storage volume size of each pod.

Before you start

Check whether the cluster STATUS is Running. Otherwise, the following operations may fail.

kubectl get cluster mycluster -n demo > NAME CLUSTER-DEFINITION VERSION TERMINATION-POLICY STATUS AGE mycluster mongodb mongodb-5.0 Delete Running 27m
kbcli cluster list mycluster -n demo > NAME NAMESPACE CLUSTER-DEFINITION VERSION TERMINATION-POLICY STATUS CREATED-TIME mycluster demo mongodb mongodb-5.0 Delete Running Apr 10,2023 16:20 UTC+0800

Steps

  1. Apply an OpsRequest. Change the value of storage according to your need and run the command below to expand the volume of a cluster.

    kubectl apply -f - <<EOF apiVersion: apps.kubeblocks.io/v1alpha1 kind: OpsRequest metadata: name: ops-volume-expansion namespace: demo spec: clusterName: mycluster type: VolumeExpansion volumeExpansion: - componentName: mongodb volumeClaimTemplates: - name: data storage: "40Gi" EOF
  2. Validate the volume expansion operation.

    kubectl get ops -n demo > NAMESPACE NAME TYPE CLUSTER STATUS PROGRESS AGE demo ops-volume-expansion VolumeExpansion mycluster Succeed 3/3 6m
  3. Check whether the corresponding cluster resources change.

    kubectl describe cluster mycluster -n demo > ... Volume Claim Templates: Name: data Spec: Access Modes: ReadWriteOnce Resources: Requests: Storage: 40Gi
  1. Change the value of spec.components.volumeClaimTemplates.spec.resources in the cluster YAML file. spec.components.volumeClaimTemplates.spec.resources is the storage resource information of the pod and changing this value triggers the volume expansion of a cluster.

    apiVersion: apps.kubeblocks.io/v1alpha1 kind: Cluster metadata: name: mycluster namespace: demo spec: clusterDefinitionRef: mongodb clusterVersionRef: mongodb-5.0 componentSpecs: - name: mongodb componentDefRef: mongodb replicas: 1 volumeClaimTemplates: - name: data spec: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: 40Gi # Change the volume storage size terminationPolicy: Delete
  2. Check whether the corresponding cluster resources change.

    kubectl describe cluster mycluster -n demo > ... Volume Claim Templates: Name: data Spec: Access Modes: ReadWriteOnce Resources: Requests: Storage: 40Gi
  1. Configure the values of --components, --volume-claim-templates, and --storage, and run the command below to expand the volume.

    kbcli cluster volume-expand mycluster -n demo --components="mongodb" --volume-claim-templates="data" --storage="30Gi"
    • --components describes the component name for volume expansion.
    • --volume-claim-templates describes the VolumeClaimTemplate names in components.
    • --storage describes the volume storage size.
  2. Validate the volume expansion operation.

    • View the OpsRequest progress.

      KubeBlocks outputs a command automatically for you to view the details of the OpsRequest progress. The output includes the status of this OpsRequest and PVC. When the status is Succeed, this OpsRequest is completed.

      kbcli cluster describe-ops mycluster-volumeexpansion-8257f -n demo
    • View the cluster status.

      kbcli cluster list mycluster > NAME NAMESPACE CLUSTER-DEFINITION VERSION TERMINATION-POLICY STATUS CREATED-TIME mycluster demo mongodb mongodb-5.0 Delete Updating Apr 10,2023 16:27 UTC+0800
      • STATUS=Updating: it means the volume expansion is in progress.
      • STATUS=Running: it means the volume expansion operation has been applied.
  3. After the OpsRequest status is Succeed or the cluster status is Running again, check whether the corresponding resources change.

    kbcli cluster describe mycluster -n demo

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