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Scylla Operator

Scylla Operator project helps users to run ScyllaDB on Kubernetes. It extends the Kubernetes APIs using CustomResourceDefinitions(CRDs) and runs controllers that reconcile the desired state declared using these APIs.

Note

Scylla Operator works with both ScyllaDB Open Source and ScyllaDB Enterprise. By default, our examples use ScyllaDB Open Source. To make the switch to ScyllaDB Enterprise, you only have to change the ScyllaCluster image repository and adjust the ScyllaDB utils image using ScyllaOperatorConfig.

Topics

Here is a subset of items to start with. You can also navigate through the documentation using the menu.

Architecture

Learn about the components of Scylla Operator and how they fit together.

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Installation

Configure your Kubernetes platform, install prerequisites and all components of Scylla Operator.

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Management

Manage your ScyllaDB clusters using Scylla Operator.

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Working with Resources

Learn about the APIs that Scylla Operator provides.

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Quickstarts

Get it running right now. Simple GKE and EKS setups.

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Performance Tuning

Tune your infra and ScyllaDB cluster for the best performance and low latency.

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Support

FAQs, support matrix, must-gather and more.

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Reference

Reference of Scylla Operator APIs and configuration options.

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Scylla Operator
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  • Management
    • Configuring kernel parameters (sysctls)
    • Synchronising bootstrap operations in ScyllaDB clusters
    • Upgrading
      • Upgrading Scylla Operator
      • Upgrading ScyllaDB clusters
    • Monitoring
      • ScyllaDB Monitoring overview
      • Setting up ScyllaDB Monitoring
      • Exposing Grafana
      • Setting up ScyllaDB Monitoring on OpenShift
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      • ScyllaClusters
      • ScyllaDB clients
        • Discovering ScyllaDB Nodes
        • Using CQL
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      • Node operations using Scylla Operator
        • Upgrading version of Scylla
        • Replacing a Scylla node
        • Automatic cleanup and replacement in case when k8s node is lost
        • Maintenance mode
        • Restore from backup
        • Resizing storage in ScyllaCluster
      • Deploying multi-datacenter ScyllaDB clusters in Kubernetes
        • Build multiple Amazon EKS clusters with inter-Kubernetes networking
        • Build multiple GKE clusters with inter-Kubernetes networking
        • Deploy a multi-datacenter ScyllaDB cluster in multiple interconnected Kubernetes clusters
      • Exposing ScyllaDB cluster
    • ScyllaDBClusters
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      • Exposing ScyllaDB cluster
    • NodeConfigs
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  • Quickstarts
    • Deploying ScyllaDB on GKE
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    • Support overview
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      • Troubleshooting installation issues
    • Gathering data with must-gather
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    • API Reference
      • scylla.scylladb.com
        • NodeConfig (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • RemoteKubernetesCluster (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • RemoteOwner (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • ScyllaCluster (scylla.scylladb.com/v1)
        • ScyllaDBCluster (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • ScyllaDBDatacenterNodesStatusReport (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • ScyllaDBDatacenter (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • ScyllaDBManagerClusterRegistration (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • ScyllaDBManagerTask (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • ScyllaDBMonitoring (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
        • ScyllaOperatorConfig (scylla.scylladb.com/v1alpha1)
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