Open Source Databases on Kubernetes: Best Practices

Explore best practices and pitfalls to avoid when running Open Source Databases on Kubernetes in this DevConf.CZ 2023 conference talk. Delve into the intricacies of managing stateful applications on Kubernetes, with a specific focus on databases. Learn about crucial aspects such as high availability, security, backups, and disaster recovery. Discover how to implement these practices using Percona Operators for MySQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL, a leading solution for Open Source Databases on Kubernetes. Gain insights on topics including automation, operators, performance optimization, troubleshooting, and reliability. The presentation also covers community involvement, acceptance tests, autotuning, buffer pool size, and data layer abstraction, providing a comprehensive overview of running databases efficiently in a Kubernetes environment.

Introduction
Why use Kubernetes
Best Practices
Know Yourself
Automation
Operators
Features
Availability
Performance
Troubleshooting
Reliability
Summary
Paraconic Humanity
Community
Questions
Acceptance tests
Autotuning
Buffer pool size
Data layer abstraction