1 Overview of the Oracle TimesTen Kubernetes Operator

This chapter provides an overview of containers and Kubernetes. It also gives an overview of the TimesTen Kubernetes Operator. It discusses the TimesTenClassic and TimesTenScaleout Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) and the TimesTen Operator. The chapter details the role the TimesTen Operator plays in deploying, managing, and monitoring active standby pairs of TimesTen Classic databases as well as in deploying TimesTen Scaleout grids and their associated databases in your Kubernetes cluster.

Topics:

• Overview of Containers and Kubernetes

• About the TimesTen Kubernetes Operator

• About TimesTenClassic and TimesTenScaleout Objects

• About Provisioning Active Standby Pairs

• About Deploying a TimesTenClassic Object

• About Deploying a TimesTen Scaleout Grid and Database