Charmed MySQL K8s Tutorial - Overview

Charmed MySQL K8s tutorial

The Charmed MySQL K8s Operator delivers automated operations management from day 0 to day 2 on the MySQL Community Edition relational database. It is an open source, end-to-end, production-ready data platform on top of Juju. As a first step this tutorial shows you how to get Charmed MySQL K8s up and running, but the tutorial does not stop there. Through this tutorial you will learn a variety of operations, everything from adding replicas to advanced operations such as enabling Transport Layer Security (TLS). In this tutorial we will walk through how to:

  • Set up an environment using Multipass with Microk8s and Juju.
  • Deploy MySQL using a single command.
  • Access the admin database directly.
  • Add high availability with MySQL InnoDB Cluster, Group Replication.
  • Request and change the admin password.
  • Automatically create MySQL users via Juju relations.
  • Reconfigure TLS certificate in one command.

While this tutorial intends to guide and teach you as you deploy Charmed MySQL K8s, it will be most beneficial if you already have a familiarity with:

  • Basic terminal commands.
  • MySQL concepts such as replication and users.

Step-by-step guide

Here’s an overview of the steps required with links to our separate tutorials that deal with each individual step: