Source Build Guide - 0.18 and Up

How to build the Altinity Kubernetes Operator from source code

For organizations who prefer to build the software directly from source code, they can compile the Altinity Kubernetes Operator and install it into a Docker container through the following process. The following procedure is available for versions of the Altinity Kubernetes Operator 0.18.0 and up.

Binary Build

Binary Build Requirements

  • go-lang compiler: Go.
  • Go mod Package Manager.
  • The source code from the Altinity Kubernetes Operator repository. This can be downloaded using git clone https://github.com/altinity/clickhouse-operator.

Binary Build Instructions

  1. Switch working dir to clickhouse-operator.

  2. Link all packages with the command: echo {root_password} | sudo -S -k apt install -y golang.

  3. Build the sources with go build -o ./clickhouse-operator cmd/operator/main.go.

This creates the Altinity Kubernetes Operator binary. This binary is only used within a kubernetes environment.

Docker Image Build and Usage

Docker Build Requirements

Install Docker Buildx CLI plugin

  1. Download Docker Buildx binary file releases page on GitHub

  2. Create folder structure for plugin

    mkdir -p ~/.docker/cli-plugins/
    
  3. Rename the relevant binary and copy it to the destination matching your OS

    mv buildx-v0.7.1.linux-amd64  ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
    
  4. On Unix environments, it may also be necessary to make it executable with chmod +x:

    chmod +x ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
    
  5. Set buildx as the default builder

    docker buildx install
    
  6. Create config.json file to enable the plugin

    touch ~/.docker/config.json
    
  7. Create config.json file to enable the plugin

    echo "{"experimental": "enabled"}" >> ~/.docker/config.json
    

Docker Build Instructions

  1. Switch working dir to clickhouse-operator

  2. Build docker image with docker: docker build -f dockerfile/operator/Dockerfile -t altinity/clickhouse-operator:dev .

  3. Register freshly build docker image inside kubernetes environment with the following:

    docker save altinity/clickhouse-operator | (eval $(minikube docker-env) && docker load)
    
  4. Install the Altinity Kubernetes Operator as described in either the Basic Build or Custom Build.