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Implementing Self-Service Database Provisioning

Build a self-service database provisioning system using Kubernetes operators and CRDs.

45 minutes
platform-engineering/databases
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Lab Overview

This hands-on lab teaches you to implement self-service database provisioning for development teams.

You'll learn to:

  • Deploy database operators for PostgreSQL provisioning
  • Create custom database CRDs for team self-service
  • Provision databases with proper credentials management
  • Implement lifecycle operations (backup, restore, scaling)

Self-service databases enable development teams to provision infrastructure without platform team bottlenecks.

What You'll Learn

Deploy CloudNativePG operator for database management

Create self-service database provisioning workflows

Manage database credentials with Kubernetes secrets

Implement database lifecycle operations

Prerequisites

kubernetes-fundamentals

operators-basics

helm-basics

Technologies Covered

databasespostgresqloperatorsself-serviceplatform-engineeringcnpe

Part of a Course

This lab is part of the Certified Cloud Native Platform Engineer (CNPE) course

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