# Using the ArangoDB Kubernetes Operator ## Installation The ArangoDB Kubernetes Operator needs to be installed in your Kubernetes cluster first. To do so, run (replace `` with the version of the operator that you want to install): ```bash export URLPREFIX=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb//manifests kubectl apply -f $URLPREFIX/crd.yaml kubectl apply -f $URLPREFIX/arango-deployment.yaml ``` To use `ArangoLocalStorage` resources, also run: ```bash kubectl apply -f $URLPREFIX/arango-storage.yaml ``` To use `ArangoDeploymentReplication` resources, also run: ```bash kubectl apply -f $URLPREFIX/arango-deployment-replication.yaml ``` You can find the latest release of the ArangoDB Kubernetes Operator [in the kube-arangodb repository](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/releases/latest). ## ArangoDB deployment creation Once the operator is running, you can create your ArangoDB database deployment by creating a `ArangoDeployment` custom resource and deploying it into your Kubernetes cluster. For example (all examples can be found [in the kube-arangodb repository](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/master/examples)): ```bash kubectl apply -f examples/simple-cluster.yaml ``` ## Deployment removal To remove an existing ArangoDB deployment, delete the custom resource. The operator will then delete all created resources. For example: ```bash kubectl delete -f examples/simple-cluster.yaml ``` **Note that this will also delete all data in your ArangoDB deployment!** If you want to keep your data, make sure to create a backup before removing the deployment. ## Operator removal To remove the entire ArangoDB Kubernetes Operator, remove all clusters first and then remove the operator by running: ```bash kubectl delete deployment arango-deployment-operator # If `ArangoLocalStorage` operator is installed kubectl delete deployment -n kube-system arango-storage-operator # If `ArangoDeploymentReplication` operator is installed kubectl delete deployment arango-deployment-replication-operator ``` ## See also - [Driver configuration](./DriverConfiguration.md) - [Scaling](./Scaling.md) - [Upgrading](./Upgrading.md)