Bitnami package for MySQL

MySQL is a fast, reliable, scalable, and easy to use open source relational database system. Designed to handle mission-critical, heavy-load production applications.

Overview of MySQL

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TL;DR

helm install my-release oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/mysql

Note: You need to substitute the placeholders REGISTRY_NAME and REPOSITORY_NAME with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository.

Introduction

This chart bootstraps a MySQL replication cluster deployment on a Kubernetes cluster using the Helm package manager.

Bitnami charts can be used with Kubeapps for deployment and management of Helm Charts in clusters.

Prerequisites

  • Kubernetes 1.23+
  • Helm 3.8.0+
  • PV provisioner support in the underlying infrastructure

Installing the Chart

To install the chart with the release name my-release:

helm install my-release oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/mysql

Note: You need to substitute the placeholders REGISTRY_NAME and REPOSITORY_NAME with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository. For example, in the case of Bitnami, you need to use REGISTRY_NAME=registry-1.docker.io and REPOSITORY_NAME=bitnamicharts.

These commands deploy MySQL on the Kubernetes cluster in the default configuration. The Parameters section lists the parameters that can be configured during installation.

Tip: List all releases using helm list

Configuration and installation details

Resource requests and limits

Bitnami charts allow setting resource requests and limits for all containers inside the chart deployment. These are inside the resources value (check parameter table). Setting requests is essential for production workloads and these should be adapted to your specific use case.

To make this process easier, the chart contains the resourcesPreset values, which automatically sets the resources section according to different presets. Check these presets in the bitnami/common chart. However, in production workloads using resourcePreset is discouraged as it may not fully adapt to your specific needs. Find more information on container resource management in the official Kubernetes documentation.

Rolling VS Immutable tags

It is strongly recommended to use immutable tags in a production environment. This ensures your deployment does not change automatically if the same tag is updated with a different image.

Bitnami will release a new chart updating its containers if a new version of the main container, significant changes, or critical vulnerabilities exist.

Use a different MySQL version

To modify the application version used in this chart, specify a different version of the image using the image.tag parameter and/or a different repository using the image.repository parameter.

Customize a new MySQL instance

The Bitnami MySQL image allows you to use your custom scripts to initialize a fresh instance. Custom scripts may be specified using the initdbScripts parameter. Alternatively, an external ConfigMap may be created with all the initialization scripts and the ConfigMap passed to the chart via the initdbScriptsConfigMap parameter. Note that this will override the initdbScripts parameter.

The allowed extensions are .sh, .sql and .sql.gz.

These scripts are treated differently depending on their extension. While .sh scripts are executed on all the nodes, .sql and .sql.gz scripts are only executed on the primary nodes. This is because .sh scripts support conditional tests to identify the type of node they are running on, while such tests are not supported in .sql or sql.gz files.

When using a .sh script, you may wish to perform a “one-time” action like creating a database. This can be achieved by adding a condition in the script to ensure that it is executed only on one node, as shown in the example below:

initdbScripts:
  my_init_script.sh: |
    #!/bin/bash
    if [[ $(hostname) == *primary* ]]; then
      echo "Primary node"
      password_aux="${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD:-}"
      if [[ -f "${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE:-}" ]]; then
          password_aux=$(cat "$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE")
      fi
      mysql -P 3306 -uroot -p"$password_aux" -e "create database new_database";
    else
      echo "Secondary node"
    fi

Sidecars and Init Containers

If you have a need for additional containers to run within the same pod as MySQL, you can do so via the sidecars config parameter. Simply define your container according to the Kubernetes container spec.

sidecars:
  - name: your-image-name
    image: your-image
    imagePullPolicy: Always
    ports:
      - name: portname
        containerPort: 1234

Similarly, you can add extra init containers using the initContainers parameter.

initContainers:
  - name: your-image-name
    image: your-image
    imagePullPolicy: Always
    ports:
      - name: portname
        containerPort: 1234

Network Policy config

To enable network policy for MySQL, install a networking plugin that implements the Kubernetes NetworkPolicy spec, and set networkPolicy.enabled to true.

For Kubernetes v1.5 & v1.6, you must also turn on NetworkPolicy by setting the DefaultDeny namespace annotation. Note: this will enforce policy for all pods in the namespace:

kubectl annotate namespace default "net.beta.kubernetes.io/network-policy={\"ingress\":{\"isolation\":\"DefaultDeny\"}}"

With NetworkPolicy enabled, traffic will be limited to just port 3306.

For more precise policy, set networkPolicy.allowExternal=false. This will only allow pods with the generated client label to connect to MySQL. This label will be displayed in the output of a successful install.

Pod affinity

This chart allows you to set your custom affinity using the XXX.affinity parameter(s). Find more information about Pod affinity in the Kubernetes documentation.

As an alternative, you can use the preset configurations for pod affinity, pod anti-affinity, and node affinity available at the bitnami/common chart. To do so, set the XXX.podAffinityPreset, XXX.podAntiAffinityPreset, or XXX.nodeAffinityPreset parameters.

Persistence

The Bitnami MySQL image stores the MySQL data and configurations at the /bitnami/mysql path of the container.

The chart mounts a Persistent Volume volume at this location. The volume is created using dynamic volume provisioning by default. An existing PersistentVolumeClaim can also be defined for this purpose.

If you encounter errors when working with persistent volumes, refer to our troubleshooting guide for persistent volumes.

Parameters

Global parameters

Name Description Value
global.imageRegistry Global Docker image registry ""
global.imagePullSecrets Global Docker registry secret names as an array []
global.defaultStorageClass Global default StorageClass for Persistent Volume(s) ""
global.storageClass DEPRECATED: use global.defaultStorageClass instead ""
global.compatibility.openshift.adaptSecurityContext Adapt the securityContext sections of the deployment to make them compatible with Openshift restricted-v2 SCC: remove runAsUser, runAsGroup and fsGroup and let the platform use their allowed default IDs. Possible values: auto (apply if the detected running cluster is Openshift), force (perform the adaptation always), disabled (do not perform adaptation) auto

Common parameters

Name Description Value
kubeVersion Force target Kubernetes version (using Helm capabilities if not set) ""
nameOverride String to partially override common.names.fullname template (will maintain the release name) ""
fullnameOverride String to fully override common.names.fullname template ""
namespaceOverride String to fully override common.names.namespace ""
clusterDomain Cluster domain cluster.local
commonAnnotations Common annotations to add to all MySQL resources (sub-charts are not considered). Evaluated as a template {}
commonLabels Common labels to add to all MySQL resources (sub-charts are not considered). Evaluated as a template {}
extraDeploy Array with extra yaml to deploy with the chart. Evaluated as a template []
serviceBindings.enabled Create secret for service binding (Experimental) false
diagnosticMode.enabled Enable diagnostic mode (all probes will be disabled and the command will be overridden) false
diagnosticMode.command Command to override all containers in the deployment ["sleep"]
diagnosticMode.args Args to override all containers in the deployment ["infinity"]

MySQL common parameters

Name Description Value
image.registry MySQL image registry REGISTRY_NAME
image.repository MySQL image repository REPOSITORY_NAME/mysql
image.digest MySQL image digest in the way sha256:aa…. Please note this parameter, if set, will override the tag ""
image.pullPolicy MySQL image pull policy IfNotPresent
image.pullSecrets Specify docker-registry secret names as an array []
image.debug Specify if debug logs should be enabled false
architecture MySQL architecture (standalone or replication) standalone
auth.rootPassword Password for the root user. Ignored if existing secret is provided ""
auth.createDatabase Whether to create the .Values.auth.database or not true
auth.database Name for a custom database to create my_database
auth.username Name for a custom user to create ""
auth.password Password for the new user. Ignored if existing secret is provided ""
auth.replicationUser MySQL replication user replicator
auth.replicationPassword MySQL replication user password. Ignored if existing secret is provided ""
auth.existingSecret Use existing secret for password details. The secret has to contain the keys mysql-root-password, mysql-replication-password and mysql-password ""
auth.usePasswordFiles Mount credentials as files instead of using an environment variable false
auth.customPasswordFiles Use custom password files when auth.usePasswordFiles is set to true. Define path for keys root and user, also define replicator if architecture is set to replication {}
auth.authenticationPolicy Sets the authentication policy, by default it will use * ,, ""
initdbScripts Dictionary of initdb scripts {}
initdbScriptsConfigMap ConfigMap with the initdb scripts (Note: Overrides initdbScripts) ""
startdbScripts Dictionary of startdb scripts {}
startdbScriptsConfigMap ConfigMap with the startdb scripts (Note: Overrides startdbScripts) ""

MySQL Primary parameters

Name Description Value
primary.name Name of the primary database (eg primary, master, leader, …) primary
primary.command Override default container command on MySQL Primary container(s) (useful when using custom images) []
primary.args Override default container args on MySQL Primary container(s) (useful when using custom images) []
primary.lifecycleHooks for the MySQL Primary container(s) to automate configuration before or after startup {}
primary.automountServiceAccountToken Mount Service Account token in pod false
primary.hostAliases Deployment pod host aliases []
primary.enableMySQLX Enable mysqlx port false
primary.configuration Configure MySQL Primary with a custom my.cnf file ""
primary.existingConfigmap Name of existing ConfigMap with MySQL Primary configuration. ""
primary.containerPorts.mysql Container port for mysql 3306
primary.containerPorts.mysqlx Container port for mysqlx 33060
primary.updateStrategy.type Update strategy type for the MySQL primary statefulset RollingUpdate
primary.podAnnotations Additional pod annotations for MySQL primary pods {}
primary.podAffinityPreset MySQL primary pod affinity preset. Ignored if primary.affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard ""
primary.podAntiAffinityPreset MySQL primary pod anti-affinity preset. Ignored if primary.affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard soft
primary.nodeAffinityPreset.type MySQL primary node affinity preset type. Ignored if primary.affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard ""
primary.nodeAffinityPreset.key MySQL primary node label key to match Ignored if primary.affinity is set. ""
primary.nodeAffinityPreset.values MySQL primary node label values to match. Ignored if primary.affinity is set. []
primary.affinity Affinity for MySQL primary pods assignment {}
primary.nodeSelector Node labels for MySQL primary pods assignment {}
primary.tolerations Tolerations for MySQL primary pods assignment []
primary.priorityClassName MySQL primary pods’ priorityClassName ""
primary.runtimeClassName MySQL primary pods’ runtimeClassName ""
primary.schedulerName Name of the k8s scheduler (other than default) ""
primary.terminationGracePeriodSeconds In seconds, time the given to the MySQL primary pod needs to terminate gracefully ""
primary.topologySpreadConstraints Topology Spread Constraints for pod assignment []
primary.podManagementPolicy podManagementPolicy to manage scaling operation of MySQL primary pods ""
primary.podSecurityContext.enabled Enable security context for MySQL primary pods true
primary.podSecurityContext.fsGroupChangePolicy Set filesystem group change policy Always
primary.podSecurityContext.sysctls Set kernel settings using the sysctl interface []
primary.podSecurityContext.supplementalGroups Set filesystem extra groups []
primary.podSecurityContext.fsGroup Group ID for the mounted volumes’ filesystem 1001
primary.containerSecurityContext.enabled MySQL primary container securityContext true
primary.containerSecurityContext.seLinuxOptions Set SELinux options in container {}
primary.containerSecurityContext.runAsUser User ID for the MySQL primary container 1001
primary.containerSecurityContext.runAsGroup Group ID for the MySQL primary container 1001
primary.containerSecurityContext.runAsNonRoot Set MySQL primary container’s Security Context runAsNonRoot true
primary.containerSecurityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation Set container’s privilege escalation false
primary.containerSecurityContext.capabilities.drop Set container’s Security Context runAsNonRoot ["ALL"]
primary.containerSecurityContext.seccompProfile.type Set Client container’s Security Context seccomp profile RuntimeDefault
primary.containerSecurityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem Set container’s Security Context read-only root filesystem true
primary.resourcesPreset Set container resources according to one common preset (allowed values: none, nano, micro, small, medium, large, xlarge, 2xlarge). This is ignored if primary.resources is set (primary.resources is recommended for production). small
primary.resources Set container requests and limits for different resources like CPU or memory (essential for production workloads) {}
primary.livenessProbe.enabled Enable livenessProbe true
primary.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds Initial delay seconds for livenessProbe 5
primary.livenessProbe.periodSeconds Period seconds for livenessProbe 10
primary.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds Timeout seconds for livenessProbe 1
primary.livenessProbe.failureThreshold Failure threshold for livenessProbe 3
primary.livenessProbe.successThreshold Success threshold for livenessProbe 1
primary.readinessProbe.enabled Enable readinessProbe true
primary.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds Initial delay seconds for readinessProbe 5
primary.readinessProbe.periodSeconds Period seconds for readinessProbe 10
primary.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds Timeout seconds for readinessProbe 1
primary.readinessProbe.failureThreshold Failure threshold for readinessProbe 3
primary.readinessProbe.successThreshold Success threshold for readinessProbe 1
primary.startupProbe.enabled Enable startupProbe true
primary.startupProbe.initialDelaySeconds Initial delay seconds for startupProbe 15
primary.startupProbe.periodSeconds Period seconds for startupProbe 10
primary.startupProbe.timeoutSeconds Timeout seconds for startupProbe 1
primary.startupProbe.failureThreshold Failure threshold for startupProbe 10
primary.startupProbe.successThreshold Success threshold for startupProbe 1
primary.customLivenessProbe Override default liveness probe for MySQL primary containers {}
primary.customReadinessProbe Override default readiness probe for MySQL primary containers {}
primary.customStartupProbe Override default startup probe for MySQL primary containers {}
primary.extraFlags MySQL primary additional command line flags ""
primary.extraEnvVars Extra environment variables to be set on MySQL primary containers []
primary.extraEnvVarsCM Name of existing ConfigMap containing extra env vars for MySQL primary containers ""
primary.extraEnvVarsSecret Name of existing Secret containing extra env vars for MySQL primary containers ""
primary.extraPodSpec Optionally specify extra PodSpec for the MySQL Primary pod(s) {}
primary.extraPorts Extra ports to expose []
primary.persistence.enabled Enable persistence on MySQL primary replicas using a PersistentVolumeClaim. If false, use emptyDir true
primary.persistence.existingClaim Name of an existing PersistentVolumeClaim for MySQL primary replicas ""
primary.persistence.subPath The name of a volume’s sub path to mount for persistence ""
primary.persistence.storageClass MySQL primary persistent volume storage Class ""
primary.persistence.annotations MySQL primary persistent volume claim annotations {}
primary.persistence.accessModes MySQL primary persistent volume access Modes ["ReadWriteOnce"]
primary.persistence.size MySQL primary persistent volume size 8Gi
primary.persistence.selector Selector to match an existing Persistent Volume {}
primary.persistentVolumeClaimRetentionPolicy.enabled Enable Persistent volume retention policy for Primary StatefulSet false
primary.persistentVolumeClaimRetentionPolicy.whenScaled Volume retention behavior when the replica count of the StatefulSet is reduced Retain
primary.persistentVolumeClaimRetentionPolicy.whenDeleted Volume retention behavior that applies when the StatefulSet is deleted Retain
primary.extraVolumes Optionally specify extra list of additional volumes to the MySQL Primary pod(s) []
primary.extraVolumeMounts Optionally specify extra list of additional volumeMounts for the MySQL Primary container(s) []
primary.initContainers Add additional init containers for the MySQL Primary pod(s) []
primary.sidecars Add additional sidecar containers for the MySQL Primary pod(s) []
primary.service.type MySQL Primary K8s service type ClusterIP
primary.service.ports.mysql MySQL Primary K8s service port 3306
primary.service.ports.mysqlx MySQL Primary K8s service mysqlx port 33060
primary.service.nodePorts.mysql MySQL Primary K8s service node port ""
primary.service.nodePorts.mysqlx MySQL Primary K8s service node port mysqlx ""
primary.service.clusterIP MySQL Primary K8s service clusterIP IP ""
primary.service.loadBalancerIP MySQL Primary loadBalancerIP if service type is LoadBalancer ""
primary.service.externalTrafficPolicy Enable client source IP preservation Cluster
primary.service.loadBalancerSourceRanges Addresses that are allowed when MySQL Primary service is LoadBalancer []
primary.service.extraPorts Extra ports to expose (normally used with the sidecar value) []
primary.service.annotations Additional custom annotations for MySQL primary service {}
primary.service.sessionAffinity Session Affinity for Kubernetes service, can be “None” or “ClientIP” None
primary.service.sessionAffinityConfig Additional settings for the sessionAffinity {}
primary.service.headless.annotations Additional custom annotations for headless MySQL primary service. {}
primary.pdb.create Enable/disable a Pod Disruption Budget creation for MySQL primary pods true
primary.pdb.minAvailable Minimum number/percentage of MySQL primary pods that should remain scheduled ""
primary.pdb.maxUnavailable Maximum number/percentage of MySQL primary pods that may be made unavailable. Defaults to 1 if both primary.pdb.minAvailable and primary.pdb.maxUnavailable are empty. ""
primary.podLabels MySQL Primary pod label. If labels are same as commonLabels , this will take precedence {}

MySQL Secondary parameters

Name Description Value
secondary.name Name of the secondary database (eg secondary, slave, …) secondary
secondary.replicaCount Number of MySQL secondary replicas 1
secondary.automountServiceAccountToken Mount Service Account token in pod false
secondary.hostAliases Deployment pod host aliases []
secondary.command Override default container command on MySQL Secondary container(s) (useful when using custom images) []
secondary.args Override default container args on MySQL Secondary container(s) (useful when using custom images) []
secondary.lifecycleHooks for the MySQL Secondary container(s) to automate configuration before or after startup {}
secondary.enableMySQLX Enable mysqlx port false
secondary.configuration Configure MySQL Secondary with a custom my.cnf file ""
secondary.existingConfigmap Name of existing ConfigMap with MySQL Secondary configuration. ""
secondary.containerPorts.mysql Container port for mysql 3306
secondary.containerPorts.mysqlx Container port for mysqlx 33060
secondary.updateStrategy.type Update strategy type for the MySQL secondary statefulset RollingUpdate
secondary.podAnnotations Additional pod annotations for MySQL secondary pods {}
secondary.podAffinityPreset MySQL secondary pod affinity preset. Ignored if secondary.affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard ""
secondary.podAntiAffinityPreset MySQL secondary pod anti-affinity preset. Ignored if secondary.affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard soft
secondary.nodeAffinityPreset.type MySQL secondary node affinity preset type. Ignored if secondary.affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard ""
secondary.nodeAffinityPreset.key MySQL secondary node label key to match Ignored if secondary.affinity is set. ""
secondary.nodeAffinityPreset.values MySQL secondary node label values to match. Ignored if secondary.affinity is set. []
secondary.affinity Affinity for MySQL secondary pods assignment {}
secondary.nodeSelector Node labels for MySQL secondary pods assignment {}
secondary.tolerations Tolerations for MySQL secondary pods assignment []
secondary.priorityClassName MySQL secondary pods’ priorityClassName ""
secondary.runtimeClassName MySQL secondary pods’ runtimeClassName ""
secondary.schedulerName Name of the k8s scheduler (other than default) ""
secondary.terminationGracePeriodSeconds In seconds, time the given to the MySQL secondary pod needs to terminate gracefully ""
secondary.topologySpreadConstraints Topology Spread Constraints for pod assignment []
secondary.podManagementPolicy podManagementPolicy to manage scaling operation of MySQL secondary pods ""
secondary.podSecurityContext.enabled Enable security context for MySQL secondary pods true
secondary.podSecurityContext.fsGroupChangePolicy Set filesystem group change policy Always
secondary.podSecurityContext.sysctls Set kernel settings using the sysctl interface []
secondary.podSecurityContext.supplementalGroups Set filesystem extra groups []
secondary.podSecurityContext.fsGroup Group ID for the mounted volumes’ filesystem 1001
secondary.containerSecurityContext.enabled MySQL secondary container securityContext true
secondary.containerSecurityContext.seLinuxOptions Set SELinux options in container {}
secondary.containerSecurityContext.runAsUser User ID for the MySQL secondary container 1001
secondary.containerSecurityContext.runAsGroup Group ID for the MySQL secondary container 1001
secondary.containerSecurityContext.runAsNonRoot Set MySQL secondary container’s Security Context runAsNonRoot true
secondary.containerSecurityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation Set container’s privilege escalation false
secondary.containerSecurityContext.capabilities.drop Set container’s Security Context runAsNonRoot ["ALL"]
secondary.containerSecurityContext.seccompProfile.type Set container’s Security Context seccomp profile RuntimeDefault
secondary.containerSecurityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem Set container’s Security Context read-only root filesystem true
secondary.resourcesPreset Set container resources according to one common preset (allowed values: none, nano, micro, small, medium, large, xlarge, 2xlarge). This is ignored if secondary.resources is set (secondary.resources is recommended for production). small
secondary.resources Set container requests and limits for different resources like CPU or memory (essential for production workloads) {}
secondary.livenessProbe.enabled Enable livenessProbe true
secondary.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds Initial delay seconds for livenessProbe 5
secondary.livenessProbe.periodSeconds Period seconds for livenessProbe 10
secondary.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds Timeout seconds for livenessProbe 1
secondary.livenessProbe.failureThreshold Failure threshold for livenessProbe 3
secondary.livenessProbe.successThreshold Success threshold for livenessProbe 1
secondary.readinessProbe.enabled Enable readinessProbe true
secondary.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds Initial delay seconds for readinessProbe 5
secondary.readinessProbe.periodSeconds Period seconds for readinessProbe 10
secondary.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds Timeout seconds for readinessProbe 1
secondary.readinessProbe.failureThreshold Failure threshold for readinessProbe 3
secondary.readinessProbe.successThreshold Success threshold for readinessProbe 1
secondary.startupProbe.enabled Enable startupProbe true
secondary.startupProbe.initialDelaySeconds Initial delay seconds for startupProbe 15
secondary.startupProbe.periodSeconds Period seconds for startupProbe 10
secondary.startupProbe.timeoutSeconds Timeout seconds for startupProbe 1
secondary.startupProbe.failureThreshold Failure threshold for startupProbe 15
secondary.startupProbe.successThreshold Success threshold for startupProbe 1
secondary.customLivenessProbe Override default liveness probe for MySQL secondary containers {}
secondary.customReadinessProbe Override default readiness probe for MySQL secondary containers {}
secondary.customStartupProbe Override default startup probe for MySQL secondary containers {}
secondary.extraFlags MySQL secondary additional command line flags ""
secondary.extraEnvVars An array to add extra environment variables on MySQL secondary containers []
secondary.extraEnvVarsCM Name of existing ConfigMap containing extra env vars for MySQL secondary containers ""
secondary.extraEnvVarsSecret Name of existing Secret containing extra env vars for MySQL secondary containers ""
secondary.extraPodSpec Optionally specify extra PodSpec for the MySQL Secondary pod(s) {}
secondary.extraPorts Extra ports to expose []
secondary.persistence.enabled Enable persistence on MySQL secondary replicas using a PersistentVolumeClaim true
secondary.persistence.existingClaim Name of an existing PersistentVolumeClaim for MySQL secondary replicas ""
secondary.persistence.subPath The name of a volume’s sub path to mount for persistence ""
secondary.persistence.storageClass MySQL secondary persistent volume storage Class ""
secondary.persistence.annotations MySQL secondary persistent volume claim annotations {}
secondary.persistence.accessModes MySQL secondary persistent volume access Modes ["ReadWriteOnce"]
secondary.persistence.size MySQL secondary persistent volume size 8Gi
secondary.persistence.selector Selector to match an existing Persistent Volume {}
secondary.persistentVolumeClaimRetentionPolicy.enabled Enable Persistent volume retention policy for read only StatefulSet false
secondary.persistentVolumeClaimRetentionPolicy.whenScaled Volume retention behavior when the replica count of the StatefulSet is reduced Retain
secondary.persistentVolumeClaimRetentionPolicy.whenDeleted Volume retention behavior that applies when the StatefulSet is deleted Retain
secondary.extraVolumes Optionally specify extra list of additional volumes to the MySQL secondary pod(s) []
secondary.extraVolumeMounts Optionally specify extra list of additional volumeMounts for the MySQL secondary container(s) []
secondary.initContainers Add additional init containers for the MySQL secondary pod(s) []
secondary.sidecars Add additional sidecar containers for the MySQL secondary pod(s) []
secondary.service.type MySQL secondary Kubernetes service type ClusterIP
secondary.service.ports.mysql MySQL secondary Kubernetes service port 3306
secondary.service.ports.mysqlx MySQL secondary Kubernetes service port mysqlx 33060
secondary.service.nodePorts.mysql MySQL secondary Kubernetes service node port ""
secondary.service.nodePorts.mysqlx MySQL secondary Kubernetes service node port mysqlx ""
secondary.service.clusterIP MySQL secondary Kubernetes service clusterIP IP ""
secondary.service.loadBalancerIP MySQL secondary loadBalancerIP if service type is LoadBalancer ""
secondary.service.externalTrafficPolicy Enable client source IP preservation Cluster
secondary.service.loadBalancerSourceRanges Addresses that are allowed when MySQL secondary service is LoadBalancer []
secondary.service.extraPorts Extra ports to expose (normally used with the sidecar value) []
secondary.service.annotations Additional custom annotations for MySQL secondary service {}
secondary.service.sessionAffinity Session Affinity for Kubernetes service, can be “None” or “ClientIP” None
secondary.service.sessionAffinityConfig Additional settings for the sessionAffinity {}
secondary.service.headless.annotations Additional custom annotations for headless MySQL secondary service. {}
secondary.pdb.create Enable/disable a Pod Disruption Budget creation for MySQL secondary pods true
secondary.pdb.minAvailable Minimum number/percentage of MySQL secondary pods that should remain scheduled ""
secondary.pdb.maxUnavailable Maximum number/percentage of MySQL secondary pods that may be made unavailable. Defaults to 1 if both secondary.pdb.minAvailable and secondary.pdb.maxUnavailable are empty. ""
secondary.podLabels Additional pod labels for MySQL secondary pods {}

RBAC parameters

Name Description Value
serviceAccount.create Enable the creation of a ServiceAccount for MySQL pods true
serviceAccount.name Name of the created ServiceAccount ""
serviceAccount.annotations Annotations for MySQL Service Account {}
serviceAccount.automountServiceAccountToken Automount service account token for the server service account false
rbac.create Whether to create & use RBAC resources or not false
rbac.rules Custom RBAC rules to set []

Network Policy

Name Description Value
networkPolicy.enabled Enable creation of NetworkPolicy resources true
networkPolicy.allowExternal The Policy model to apply true
networkPolicy.allowExternalEgress Allow the pod to access any range of port and all destinations. true
networkPolicy.extraIngress Add extra ingress rules to the NetworkPolicy []
networkPolicy.extraEgress Add extra ingress rules to the NetworkPolicy []
networkPolicy.ingressNSMatchLabels Labels to match to allow traffic from other namespaces {}
networkPolicy.ingressNSPodMatchLabels Pod labels to match to allow traffic from other namespaces {}

Volume Permissions parameters

Name Description Value
volumePermissions.enabled Enable init container that changes the owner and group of the persistent volume(s) mountpoint to runAsUser:fsGroup false
volumePermissions.image.registry Init container volume-permissions image registry REGISTRY_NAME
volumePermissions.image.repository Init container volume-permissions image repository REPOSITORY_NAME/os-shell
volumePermissions.image.digest Init container volume-permissions image digest in the way sha256:aa…. Please note this parameter, if set, will override the tag ""
volumePermissions.image.pullPolicy Init container volume-permissions image pull policy IfNotPresent
volumePermissions.image.pullSecrets Specify docker-registry secret names as an array []
volumePermissions.resourcesPreset Set container resources according to one common preset (allowed values: none, nano, micro, small, medium, large, xlarge, 2xlarge). This is ignored if volumePermissions.resources is set (volumePermissions.resources is recommended for production). nano
volumePermissions.resources Set container requests and limits for different resources like CPU or memory (essential for production workloads) {}

Metrics parameters

Name Description Value
metrics.enabled Start a side-car prometheus exporter false
metrics.image.registry Exporter image registry REGISTRY_NAME
metrics.image.repository Exporter image repository REPOSITORY_NAME/mysqld-exporter
metrics.image.digest Exporter image digest in the way sha256:aa…. Please note this parameter, if set, will override the tag ""
metrics.image.pullPolicy Exporter image pull policy IfNotPresent
metrics.image.pullSecrets Specify docker-registry secret names as an array []
metrics.containerSecurityContext.enabled MySQL metrics container securityContext true
metrics.containerSecurityContext.seLinuxOptions Set SELinux options in container {}
metrics.containerSecurityContext.runAsUser User ID for the MySQL metrics container 1001
metrics.containerSecurityContext.runAsGroup Group ID for the MySQL metrics container 1001
metrics.containerSecurityContext.runAsNonRoot Set MySQL metrics container’s Security Context runAsNonRoot true
metrics.containerSecurityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation Set container’s privilege escalation false
metrics.containerSecurityContext.capabilities.drop Set container’s Security Context runAsNonRoot ["ALL"]
metrics.containerSecurityContext.seccompProfile.type Set container’s Security Context seccomp profile RuntimeDefault
metrics.containerSecurityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem Set container’s Security Context read-only root filesystem true
metrics.containerPorts.http Container port for http 9104
metrics.service.type Kubernetes service type for MySQL Prometheus Exporter ClusterIP
metrics.service.clusterIP Kubernetes service clusterIP for MySQL Prometheus Exporter ""
metrics.service.port MySQL Prometheus Exporter service port 9104
metrics.service.annotations Prometheus exporter service annotations {}
metrics.extraArgs.primary Extra args to be passed to mysqld_exporter on Primary pods []
metrics.extraArgs.secondary Extra args to be passed to mysqld_exporter on Secondary pods []
metrics.resourcesPreset Set container resources according to one common preset (allowed values: none, nano, micro, small, medium, large, xlarge, 2xlarge). This is ignored if metrics.resources is set (metrics.resources is recommended for production). nano
metrics.resources Set container requests and limits for different resources like CPU or memory (essential for production workloads) {}
metrics.livenessProbe.enabled Enable livenessProbe true
metrics.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds Initial delay seconds for livenessProbe 120
metrics.livenessProbe.periodSeconds Period seconds for livenessProbe 10
metrics.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds Timeout seconds for livenessProbe 1
metrics.livenessProbe.failureThreshold Failure threshold for livenessProbe 3
metrics.livenessProbe.successThreshold Success threshold for livenessProbe 1
metrics.readinessProbe.enabled Enable readinessProbe true
metrics.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds Initial delay seconds for readinessProbe 30
metrics.readinessProbe.periodSeconds Period seconds for readinessProbe 10
metrics.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds Timeout seconds for readinessProbe 1
metrics.readinessProbe.failureThreshold Failure threshold for readinessProbe 3
metrics.readinessProbe.successThreshold Success threshold for readinessProbe 1
metrics.serviceMonitor.enabled Create ServiceMonitor Resource for scraping metrics using PrometheusOperator false
metrics.serviceMonitor.namespace Specify the namespace in which the serviceMonitor resource will be created ""
metrics.serviceMonitor.jobLabel The name of the label on the target service to use as the job name in prometheus. ""
metrics.serviceMonitor.interval Specify the interval at which metrics should be scraped 30s
metrics.serviceMonitor.scrapeTimeout Specify the timeout after which the scrape is ended ""
metrics.serviceMonitor.relabelings RelabelConfigs to apply to samples before scraping []
metrics.serviceMonitor.metricRelabelings MetricRelabelConfigs to apply to samples before ingestion []
metrics.serviceMonitor.selector ServiceMonitor selector labels {}
metrics.serviceMonitor.honorLabels Specify honorLabels parameter to add the scrape endpoint false
metrics.serviceMonitor.labels Used to pass Labels that are used by the Prometheus installed in your cluster to select Service Monitors to work with {}
metrics.serviceMonitor.annotations ServiceMonitor annotations {}
metrics.prometheusRule.enabled Creates a Prometheus Operator prometheusRule (also requires metrics.enabled to be true and metrics.prometheusRule.rules) false
metrics.prometheusRule.namespace Namespace for the prometheusRule Resource (defaults to the Release Namespace) ""
metrics.prometheusRule.additionalLabels Additional labels that can be used so prometheusRule will be discovered by Prometheus {}
metrics.prometheusRule.rules Prometheus Rule definitions []

The above parameters map to the env variables defined in bitnami/mysql. For more information please refer to the bitnami/mysql image documentation.

Specify each parameter using the --set key=value[,key=value] argument to helm install. For example,

helm install my-release \
  --set auth.rootPassword=secretpassword,auth.database=app_database \
    oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/mysql

Note: You need to substitute the placeholders REGISTRY_NAME and REPOSITORY_NAME with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository. For example, in the case of Bitnami, you need to use REGISTRY_NAME=registry-1.docker.io and REPOSITORY_NAME=bitnamicharts.

The above command sets the MySQL root account password to secretpassword. Additionally it creates a database named app_database.

NOTE: Once this chart is deployed, it is not possible to change the application’s access credentials, such as usernames or passwords, using Helm. To change these application credentials after deployment, delete any persistent volumes (PVs) used by the chart and re-deploy it, or use the application’s built-in administrative tools if available.

Alternatively, a YAML file that specifies the values for the parameters can be provided while installing the chart. For example,

helm install my-release -f values.yaml oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/mysql

Note: You need to substitute the placeholders REGISTRY_NAME and REPOSITORY_NAME with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository. For example, in the case of Bitnami, you need to use REGISTRY_NAME=registry-1.docker.io and REPOSITORY_NAME=bitnamicharts. Tip: You can use the default values.yaml

Troubleshooting

Find more information about how to deal with common errors related to Bitnami’s Helm charts in this troubleshooting guide.

Upgrading

It’s necessary to set the auth.rootPassword parameter when upgrading for readiness/liveness probes to work properly. When you install this chart for the first time, some notes will be displayed providing the credentials you must use under the ‘Administrator credentials’ section. Please note down the password and run the command below to upgrade your chart:

helm upgrade my-release oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/mysql --set auth.rootPassword=[ROOT_PASSWORD]

Note: You need to substitute the placeholders REGISTRY_NAME and REPOSITORY_NAME with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository. For example, in the case of Bitnami, you need to use REGISTRY_NAME=registry-1.docker.io and REPOSITORY_NAME=bitnamicharts.

| Note: you need to substitute the placeholder [ROOT_PASSWORD] with the value obtained in the installation notes.

To 11.0.0

This major bump uses mysql 8.4 image, that includes several removal of deprecated configuration settings, for example the parameter auth.defaultAuthenticationPlugin has been removed in favor of auth.authenticationPolicy. This could potentially break your deployment and you would need to adjust the config settings accordingly.

To 10.0.0

This major bump changes the following security defaults:

  • runAsGroup is changed from 0 to 1001
  • readOnlyRootFilesystem is set to true
  • resourcesPreset is changed from none to the minimum size working in our test suites (NOTE: resourcesPreset is not meant for production usage, but resources adapted to your use case).
  • global.compatibility.openshift.adaptSecurityContext is changed from disabled to auto.

This could potentially break any customization or init scripts used in your deployment. If this is the case, change the default values to the previous ones.

To 9.0.0

This major release renames several values in this chart and adds missing features, in order to be aligned with the rest of the assets in the Bitnami charts repository.

Affected values:

  • schedulerName was renamed as primary.schedulerName and secondary.schedulerName.
  • The way how passwords are handled has been refactored and value auth.forcePassword has been removed. Now, the password configuration will have the following priority:
    1. Search for an already existing ‘Secret’ resource and reuse previous password.
    2. Password provided via the values.yaml
    3. If no secret existed, and no password was provided, the bitnami/mysql chart will set a randomly generated password.
  • primary.service.port was renamed as primary.service.ports.mysql.
  • secondary.service.port was renamed as secondary.service.ports.mysql.
  • primary.service.nodePort was renamed as primary.service.nodePorts.mysql.
  • secondary.service.nodePort was renamed as secondary.service.nodePorts.mysql.
  • primary.updateStrategy and secondary.updateStrategy are now interpreted as an object and not a string.
  • Values primary.rollingUpdatePartition and secondary.rollingUpdatePartition have been removed. In cases were they are needed, they can be set inside .*updateStrategy.
  • primary.pdb.enabled was renamed as primary.pdb.create.
  • secondary.pdb.enabled was renamed as secondary.pdb.create.
  • metrics.serviceMonitor.additionalLabels was renamed as metrics.serviceMonitor.labels
  • metrics.serviceMonitor.relabellings was removed, previously used to configured metricRelabelings field. We introduced two new values: metrics.serviceMonitor.relabelings and metrics.serviceMonitor.metricRelabelings that can be used to configured the serviceMonitor homonimous field.

To 8.0.0

  • Several parameters were renamed or disappeared in favor of new ones on this major version:
    • The terms master and slave have been replaced by the terms primary and secondary. Therefore, parameters prefixed with master or slave are now prefixed with primary or secondary, respectively.
    • Credentials parameters are reorganized under the auth parameter.
    • replication.enabled parameter is deprecated in favor of architecture parameter that accepts two values: standalone and replication.
  • Chart labels were adapted to follow the Helm charts standard labels.
  • This version also introduces bitnami/common, a library chart as a dependency. More documentation about this new utility could be found here. Please, make sure that you have updated the chart dependencies before executing any upgrade.

Consequences:

  • Backwards compatibility is not guaranteed. To upgrade to 8.0.0, install a new release of the MySQL chart, and migrate the data from your previous release. You have 2 alternatives to do so:
    • Create a backup of the database, and restore it on the new release using tools such as mysqldump.
    • Reuse the PVC used to hold the master data on your previous release. To do so, use the primary.persistence.existingClaim parameter. The following example assumes that the release name is mysql:
helm install mysql oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/mysql --set auth.rootPassword=[ROOT_PASSWORD] --set primary.persistence.existingClaim=[EXISTING_PVC]

Note: You need to substitute the placeholders REGISTRY_NAME and REPOSITORY_NAME with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository. For example, in the case of Bitnami, you need to use REGISTRY_NAME=registry-1.docker.io and REPOSITORY_NAME=bitnamicharts.

| Note: you need to substitute the placeholder [EXISTING_PVC] with the name of the PVC used on your previous release, and [ROOT_PASSWORD] with the root password used in your previous release.

To 7.0.0

On November 13, 2020, Helm v2 support formally ended. This major version is the result of the required changes applied to the Helm Chart to be able to incorporate the different features added in Helm v3 and to be consistent with the Helm project itself regarding the Helm v2 EOL.

To 3.0.0

Backwards compatibility is not guaranteed unless you modify the labels used on the chart’s deployments. Use the workaround below to upgrade from versions previous to 3.0.0. The following example assumes that the release name is mysql:

kubectl delete statefulset mysql-master --cascade=false
kubectl delete statefulset mysql-slave --cascade=false

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