Postgres Helm Chart

Postgres Helm Chart #

Repository Contents #

general

PostgreSQL Unit Tests
- Tests Usage

Indices and tables #

This chart deploys PostgreSQL in either a single-node or cluster configuration.

Usage #

Usage for this follows the usual pattern for Helm charts with the exception that secret values are expected to be passed in via the cli or stored in files under the secrets/ directory.

Install #

To install this chart follow these steps.

Create a namespace.

kubectl create ns postgresql

(Optional) Install the unittest Helm plugin.

helm plugin install https://github.com/helm-unittest/helm-unittest

Run the unit tests.

helm unittest -f 'tests/*.yaml' .

You should see output similar to this.

### Chart [ postgresql ] .

PASS  PostgreSQL Service Test Suite    tests/service_test.yaml
PASS  PostgreSQL ServiceAccount Test Suite     tests/serviceaccount_test.yaml
PASS  PostgreSQL StatefulSet Test Suite        tests/statefulset_test.yaml

Charts:      1 passed, 1 total
Test Suites: 3 passed, 3 total
Tests:       9 passed, 9 total
Snapshot:    0 passed, 0 total
Time:        92.722398ms

Install the chart with Helm.

helm -n postgresql install postgresql .

Run the tests included with Helm.
```
helm -n postgresql test postgresql
```

Uninstall #

This can be done in the usual way.

helm -n postgresql uninstall postgresql

Q&D Install #

h upgrade --install postgres . -f secrets/$cluster.values.yaml -f $cluster.values.yaml

In order to enable proper persistence, you must make sure to mount the /var/lib/postgresql/data directory as opposed to the /var/lib/postgresql directory as described in the Postgres docker image docs