Why Choose MariaDB
Enterprise Kubernetes Operator

MariaDB Enterprise Kubernetes Operator is a powerful solution designed to provision and operate MariaDB Enterprise Platform, including MariaDB Enterprise Server, MaxScale and Galera Cluster, seamlessly within Kubernetes environments. Certified by Red Hat, it offers a standardized, efficient and secure way to manage the entire lifecycle of your enterprise database fleet across any cloud or on-premises infrastructure. 

Benefits of MariaDB
Enterprise Kubernetes Operator

Enhanced Disaster Recovery & Resilience

Dramatically reduce your Recovery Time Objective (RTO) with high-speed, non-blocking physical backups orchestrated by the operator. Maintain an inter-cluster replication layer for seamless cluster-level switchovers and robust multi-site disaster recovery.

Enterprise Support

Gain peace of mind and reliable operations with deployments supported on CNCF-certified Kubernetes distributions and validated with Red Hat OpenShift.

Automate Full Lifecycle Management

Drastically reduce manual effort and human error by automating operations, including high-availability configurations, zero-downtime rolling upgrades, database parameters and backup/restore schedules.

Deploy Anywhere with Confidence

Standardize database deployment across any public cloud, private cloud, or on-premises environment. The operator provides a consistent, repeatable process managed through infrastructure-as-code (IaC) principles.

Enhanced Security & Compliance

Meet stringent security and compliance requirements in regulated environments. Leverage fully customizable certificate lifecycles, advanced private key algorithms, strict TLS enforcement, and FIPS-validated OpenSSL providers.

Observability

Gain proactive insight into database health and performance. The operator natively exports Prometheus metrics for both MariaDB Enterprise Server and MaxScale, enabling rich visualization in Grafana dashboards and real-time alerting.

Architecture