https://www.pistack.xyz/tags/kubernetes-operators/ Recent content in Kubernetes-Operators on Pi Stack Hugo en-us Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-05-20-self-hosted-mongodb-operators-mongodb-community-percona-kubeblocks-guide/ Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-05-20-self-hosted-mongodb-operators-mongodb-community-percona-kubeblocks-guide/ <p>Running MongoDB in production on Kubernetes requires more than a simple StatefulSet and a headless service. You need automated replica set initialization, backup scheduling, version upgrades, scaling, and failover handling. That is where MongoDB Kubernetes operators come in — specialized controllers that encode operational best practices into declarative custom resources.</p> https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-05-20-self-hosted-mysql-operators-vitess-radondb-presslabs-guide/ Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.pistack.xyz/posts/2026-05-20-self-hosted-mysql-operators-vitess-radondb-presslabs-guide/ <p>MySQL remains one of the most widely deployed relational databases, but running it on Kubernetes introduces operational challenges that a standard Deployment cannot solve. Replica set management, automated failover, backup scheduling, schema migrations, and horizontal scaling all require specialized orchestration. MySQL Kubernetes operators encode these operational patterns into declarative custom resources, turning MySQL from a manually managed stateful workload into a cloud-native service.</p>