Atlas Kubernetes Operator

What is Atlas Kubernetes Operator?

Atlas Kubernetes Operator is a new service that integrates Atlas resources with your Kubernetes cluster. You can now deploy and manage the lifecycle of your cloud-native applications that need data services in a single control plane with secure enterprise platform integration.

To learn more, see Quick Start.

Important

Custom Resources Definitions Take Priority

Atlas Kubernetes Operator uses custom resource configuration files to manage your Atlas configuration. Each custom resource definition overrides settings specified in other ways such as in the Atlas UI. If you delete a custom resource, Atlas Kubernetes Operator deletes the object from Atlas unless you use annotations to skip deletion. To learn more, see the Create and Update Process and the Delete Process.

What Can You Do?

You can use Atlas Kubernetes Operator to manage resources in Atlas without leaving Kubernetes. You deploy Atlas Kubernetes Operator into Kubernetes clusters. Atlas Kubernetes Operator manages resources in Atlas based on Kubernetes custom resources. It ensures that the state of the projects, database deployments, and database users in Atlas matches the configurations in each AtlasProject Custom Resource, AtlasDeployment Custom Resource, and AtlasDatabaseUser Custom Resource that you create in your Kubernetes cluster.

Atlas Kubernetes Operator supports many advanced features within the Custom Resources, such as X509 authentication, private endpoints in Azure and AWS, and advanced multi-cloud and multi-region clusters.

Get Hands-On Experience with Atlas Kubernetes Operator

Goal	Action
Create your first cluster in Atlas with Atlas Kubernetes Operator.	See one of the following tutorials: Quick Start Helm Charts Quick Start
Configure Atlas Kubernetes Operator access to Atlas.	See Configure Access to Atlas.
Manage resources.	See Custom Resources.
Create and configure a federated database instance, including private endpoints for a federated database instance.	Configure the `AtlasDataFederation` Custom Resource.
Set up X509 authentication.	Configure the `AtlasProject` Custom Resource and `AtlasDatabaseUser` Custom Resource.
Manage private endpoints.	For dedicated clusters, specify the `spec.privateEndpoints` parameter for the `AtlasProject` Custom Resource. For serverless instances, specify the `spec.serverlessSpec.privateEndpoints` parameter for the `AtlasDeployment` Custom Resource. For federated database instances, specify the spec.privateEndpoints parameter for the `AtlasDataFederation` Custom Resource.
Set up network peering.	Configure the `AtlasProject` Custom Resource.
Set up unified access for an AWS IAM role.	Configure the `AtlasProject` Custom Resource.
Configure federated authentication for your Atlas organization.	Configure the `AtlasFederatedAuth` Custom Resource.
Create or update custom database roles.	Configure the `AtlasProject` Custom Resource.
Encrypt data at rest using a key management service.	Configure the `AtlasProject` Custom Resource and the `AtlasDeployment` Custom Resource.
Set up database auditing.	Configure the `AtlasProject` Custom Resource.
Set up cloud backup.	Configure the `AtlasBackupPolicy` Custom Resource, `AtlasBackupSchedule` Custom Resource, and `AtlasDeployment` Custom Resource.
Set up teams.	Configure the `AtlasTeam` Custom Resource and `AtlasProject` Custom Resource.
Configure the maintenance window during which Atlas starts weekly maintenance on your database deployments.	Configure the `AtlasProject` Custom Resource.
Integrate with third-party services.	Configure the `AtlasProject` Custom Resource.

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