Learning Kubernetes Operators with Percona Operator for MongoDB (opens in new tab)

One of the topics that have resonated a lot for me since the first KubeCon I attended in 2018 is Kubernetes Operators. The concept of Operators was introduced much earlier in 2016 by the CoreOS Linux development team. They were looking for a way to improve automated container management in Kubernetes. What do we mean by a Kubernetes Operator? We use the definition of CNCF. The Kubernetes project defines “Operator” simply: “Operators are software extensions that use custom resources to manage ...