redis-operator

README

redis-operator

Redis Operator creates/configures/manages redis-failovers atop Kubernetes.

Requirements

Redis Operator is meant to be run on Kubernetes 1.9+. All dependencies have been vendored, so there's no need to any additional download.

Versions deployed

The image versions deployed by the operator can be found on the defaults file.

Images

Redis Operator

Operator deployment on kubernetes

In order to create Redis failovers inside a Kubernetes cluster, the operator has to be deployed. It can be done with deployment or with the provided Helm chart.

Using a Deployment

To create the operator, you can directly create it with kubectl:

kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spotahome/redis-operator/master/example/operator/all-redis-operator-resources.yaml

This will create a deployment named redisoperator.

Using the Helm chart

From the root folder of the project, execute the following:

helm install --name redisfailover charts/redisoperator

Usage

Once the operator is deployed inside a Kubernetes cluster, a new API will be accesible, so you'll be able to create, update and delete redisfailovers.

In order to deploy a new redis-failover a specification has to be created:

kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spotahome/redis-operator/master/example/redisfailover/basic.yaml

This redis-failover will be managed by the operator, resulting in the following elements created inside Kubernetes:

• rfr-<NAME>: Redis configmap
• rfr-<NAME>: Redis statefulset
• rfr-<NAME>: Redis service (if redis-exporter is enabled)
• rfs-<NAME>: Sentinel configmap
• rfs-<NAME>: Sentinel deployment
• rfs-<NAME>: Sentinel service

NOTE: NAME is the named provided when creating the RedisFailover. IMPORTANT: the name of the redis-failover to be created cannot be longer that 48 characters, due to prepend of redis/sentinel identification and statefulset limitation.

Persistence

The operator has the ability of add persistence to Redis data. By default an emptyDir will be used, so the data is not saved.

In order to have persistence, a PersistentVolumeClaim usage is allowed. The full PVC definition has to be added to the Redis Failover Spec under the Storage section.

IMPORTANT: By default, the persistent volume claims will be deleted when the Redis Failover is. If this is not the expected usage, a keepAfterDeletion flag can be added under the storage section of Redis. An example is given.

NodeAffinity and Tolerations

You can use NodeAffinity and Tolerations to deploy Pods to isolated groups of Nodes. Examples are given for node affinity, pod anti affinity and tolerations.

Custom configurations

It is possible to configure both Redis and Sentinel. This is done with the customConfig option inside their spec. It is a list of configurations and their values. Example are given in the custom config example file.

In order to have the ability of this configurations to be changed "on the fly", without the need of reload the redis/sentinel processes, the operator will apply them with calls to the redises/sentinels, using config set or sentinel set mymaster respectively. Because of this, no changes on the configmaps will appear regarding this custom configurations and the entries of customConfig from Redis spec will not be written on redis.conf file. To verify the actual Redis configuration use redis-cli CONFIG GET *.

Important: in the Sentinel options, there are some "conversions" to be made:

• Configuration on the sentinel.conf: sentinel down-after-milliseconds mymaster 2000
• Configuration on the configOptions: down-after-milliseconds 2000

Important 2: do NOT change the options used for control the redis/sentinel such as port, bind, dir, etc.

Custom shutdown script

By default, a custom shutdown file is given. This file makes redis to SAVE it's data, and in the case that redis is master, it'll call sentinel to ask for a failover.

This behavior is configurable, creating a configmap and indicating to use it. An example about how to use this option can be found on the shutdown example file.

Important: the configmap has to be in the same namespace. The configmap has to have a shutdown.sh data, containing the script.

Custom SecurityContext

By default Kubernetes will run containers as the user specified in the Dockerfile (or the root user if not specified), this is not always desirable. If you need the containers to run as a specific user (or provide any other PodSecurityContext options) then you can specify a custom securityContext in the redisfailover object. See the SecurityContext example file for an example. Keys available under securityContext are detailed here

Custom command

By default, redis and sentinel will be called with de basic command, giving the configuration file:

• Redis: redis-server /redis/redis.conf
• Sentinel: redis-server /redis/sentinel.conf --sentinel

If necessary, this command can be changed with the command option inside redis/sentinel spec. An example can be found in the custom command example file.

Connection to the created Redis Failovers

In order to connect to the redis-failover and use it, a Sentinel-ready library has to be used. This will connect through the Sentinel service to the Redis node working as a master. The connection parameters are the following:

url: rfs-<NAME>
port: 26379
master-name: mymaster

Cleanup

Operator and CRD

If you want to delete the operator from your Kubernetes cluster, the operator deployment should be deleted.

Also, the CRD has to be deleted too:

kubectl delete crd redisfailovers.databases.spotahome.com

Single Redis Failover

Thanks to Kubernetes' OwnerReference, all the objects created from a redis-failover will be deleted after the custom resource is.

kubectl delete redisfailover <NAME>

Documentation

For the code documentation, you can lookup on the GoDoc.

Also, you can check more deeply information on the docs folder.