# Percona Operator for MongoDB **URL:** https://forums.percona.com/c/mongodb/percona-kubernetes-operator-for-mongodb/29.md [Latest](https://forums.percona.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.percona.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.percona.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Percona Operator for MongoDB category](https://forums.percona.com/t/about-the-percona-operator-for-mongodb-category/34)
**Author:** [@system](https://forums.percona.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0
This topic is devoted to Percona Operator for MongoDB. Ask your questions here and discuss them with the community and Percona experts! Percona Operator for MongoDB is an open source software extension that automates th… --- ## [Percona Operator for MongoDB Troubleshooting and Reporting Bugs](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-operator-for-mongodb-troubleshooting-and-reporting-bugs/7592)
**Author:** [@lorraine.pocklington](https://forums.percona.com/u/lorraine.pocklington)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-operator-for-mongodb-troubleshooting-and-reporting-bugs/7592 "2020-04-30T08:59:10Z")
We have a separate system for recording and reporting on bugs, for Percona Operator for MongoDB and for other Percona software. The forum is oriented towards discussion and advice rather than to bug reporting and fixing.… --- ## [Estimated 8.2/8.3 release date for Percona Mongo](https://forums.percona.com/t/estimated-8-2-8-3-release-date-for-percona-mongo/41081)
**Author:** [@rkamath](https://forums.percona.com/u/rkamath)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/estimated-8-2-8-3-release-date-for-percona-mongo/41081 "2026-07-31T14:07:17Z")
Do we know when a percona version of mongo 8.2 would be released? This version has orphanedCleanupDocSecs changes as well as new AI features that would useful for our use case. 8.3 is also marked as a stable release and … --- ## [Percona mongodb crosscluster replication fails (Openshift)](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-mongodb-crosscluster-replication-fails-openshift/41067)
**Author:** [@Vanias\_Kopas](https://forums.percona.com/u/Vanias_Kopas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-mongodb-crosscluster-replication-fails-openshift/41067 "2026-07-15T12:52:01Z")
Description: Hello, We currently have two geo-redundant OpenShift 4.18 clusters running Percona MongoDB deployments. These MongoDB clusters are configured in a primary/replica topology, where cluster A serves as the pr… --- ## [Using CertManager and TLS with MongoDB Helm charts results in error?](https://forums.percona.com/t/using-certmanager-and-tls-with-mongodb-helm-charts-results-in-error/36326)
**Author:** [@thedukedk](https://forums.percona.com/u/thedukedk)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/using-certmanager-and-tls-with-mongodb-helm-charts-results-in-error/36326 "2026-07-08T09:25:04Z")
Description: We already have cert-manager deployed and working in our clusters using SmallStep CA as an issuer. Works fine for us. I installed the psmdb-operator with little to no changes to its default values. I try to… --- ## [Feature Request: Extend IGNORE\_LABELS to StatefulSets and PodDisruptionBudgets to prevent Mutating Webhook race conditions](https://forums.percona.com/t/feature-request-extend-ignore-labels-to-statefulsets-and-poddisruptionbudgets-to-prevent-mutating-webhook-race-conditions/40940)
**Author:** [@Piyush\_Tiwari](https://forums.percona.com/u/Piyush_Tiwari)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/feature-request-extend-ignore-labels-to-statefulsets-and-poddisruptionbudgets-to-prevent-mutating-webhook-race-conditions/40940 "2026-07-01T10:50:29Z")
Description / Use Case: In enterprise environments, it is standard practice to use Mutating Webhooks (like OPA Gatekeeper or Kyverno) to enforce mandatory organizational labels (e.g., billing codes, monitoring flags) on… --- ## [Percona Server MongoDB - External Kubernetes Login Fails](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-server-mongodb-external-kubernetes-login-fails/40838)
**Author:** [@nitu](https://forums.percona.com/u/nitu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-server-mongodb-external-kubernetes-login-fails/40838 "2026-05-26T17:47:46Z")
Hello, I would be grateful if someone could help on this issue. I have a kubernetes cluster deployed with Percona Operator for MongoDB (cr.yaml): Replica set rs0 2 Kubernetes nodes Port 27017 is exposed externally th… --- ## [Configuring sharding with mongo psmdb, switch sharding false to true](https://forums.percona.com/t/configuring-sharding-with-mongo-psmdb-switch-sharding-false-to-true/40579)
**Author:** [@agestart](https://forums.percona.com/u/agestart)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/configuring-sharding-with-mongo-psmdb-switch-sharding-false-to-true/40579 "2026-04-09T10:59:49Z")
Description: I’m trying to restore a backup of a non-sharded MongoDB cluster to a sharded one. To do this, I first start the cluster with one replica set in a non-sharded state, restore the data, and everything is fine. … --- ## [Feature proposal: Oplog management](https://forums.percona.com/t/feature-proposal-oplog-management/40411)
**Author:** [@horihel](https://forums.percona.com/u/horihel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/feature-proposal-oplog-management/40411 "2026-03-30T12:09:31Z")
Description: This is one of the things that regularly happens in my deployment (which admittedly are mostly testing deployments for now): Adjust oplog maxsize. Usually it is increasing (of course). The current approach … --- ## [How to restore to a different collection using PerconaServerMongoDBRestore CR](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-restore-to-a-different-collection-using-perconaservermongodbrestore-cr/40327)
**Author:** [@psamagal](https://forums.percona.com/u/psamagal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-restore-to-a-different-collection-using-perconaservermongodbrestore-cr/40327 "2026-03-03T16:25:48Z")
Hello everyone, I am trying to determine whether it is possible to restore a single MongoDB collection to a specific point in time using the Percona Operator for MongoDB on Kubernetes, specifically through the PerconaSe… --- ## [New Release: Percona Operator for MongoDB 1.22.0 is here 🚀](https://forums.percona.com/t/new-release-percona-operator-for-mongodb-1-22-0-is-here/40323)
**Author:** [@Edith-Puclla](https://forums.percona.com/u/Edith-Puclla)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/new-release-percona-operator-for-mongodb-1-22-0-is-here/40323 "2026-03-02T10:40:27Z")
A new release of Percona Operator for MongoDB is out! Version 1.22.0 brings several helpful improvements for running Percona MongoDB on Kubernetes, including: Automatic storage resizing HashiCorp Vault integration f… --- ## [Init storage: write init file: save during split-merge mw: upload to S3: operation error S3: PutObject, https response error StatusCode: 400, RequestID: oj3keqKA, HostID: , api error InvalidArgument: The specified header is not valid in this context](https://forums.percona.com/t/init-storage-write-init-file-save-during-split-merge-mw-upload-to-s3-operation-error-s3-putobject-https-response-error-statuscode-400-requestid-oj3keqka-hostid-api-error-invalidargument-the-specified-header-is-not-valid-in-this-context/40077)
**Author:** [@ildarmurtaev](https://forums.percona.com/u/ildarmurtaev)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2026, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/init-storage-write-init-file-save-during-split-merge-mw-upload-to-s3-operation-error-s3-putobject-https-response-error-statuscode-400-requestid-oj3keqka-hostid-api-error-invalidargument-the-specified-header-is-not-valid-in-this-context/40077 "2026-02-19T11:32:32Z")
Description: After updating MongoDB to version 8.0.17-6, the backup with PBM 2.9.1 stopped working. I decided to update psmdb-operator to 1.21.3, psmdb-db to 1.21.2, and PBM to 2.11.0. However, S3 compatibility was los… --- ## [Intermittent handshake failures after enabling Istio Ambient Mode](https://forums.percona.com/t/intermittent-handshake-failures-after-enabling-istio-ambient-mode/40232)
**Author:** [@shepz](https://forums.percona.com/u/shepz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/intermittent-handshake-failures-after-enabling-istio-ambient-mode/40232 "2026-02-18T09:36:41Z")
Environment Kubernetes: EKS (AWS) Percona PSMDB Operator: 1.21.1 Percona Server for MongoDB: 7.0.24-13 Percona Backup for MongoDB (PBM): 2.11.0 Istio: 1.28.3 (Ambient mode, no sidecars) Replica set: 3 members (psmdb-db-… --- ## [Exposing cluster outside of K8S without sharding -and- without enforcing TLS connections?](https://forums.percona.com/t/exposing-cluster-outside-of-k8s-without-sharding-and-without-enforcing-tls-connections/40181)
**Author:** [@Jesper\_Carlsson](https://forums.percona.com/u/Jesper_Carlsson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/exposing-cluster-outside-of-k8s-without-sharding-and-without-enforcing-tls-connections/40181 "2026-02-11T11:14:58Z")
Hi, We’ve been working on a PoC-setup for migrating our large mongodb environment to kubernetes, using the Percona MongoDB Operator However an issue we face is how to expose our clusters to applications outside of kube… --- ## [Backup Retention policy](https://forums.percona.com/t/backup-retention-policy/39977)
**Author:** [@schlaubi](https://forums.percona.com/u/schlaubi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/backup-retention-policy/39977 "2026-02-06T17:19:11Z")
Description: My Backups retention policy doesn’t seem to delete any backup, whilst it should only keep a few of them, backups are stored up to the creation of the cluster Steps to Reproduce: spec: backup: enabled:… --- ## [readOnlyRootFilesystem option for psmdb-db on kubernetes managed by operator doesnt works](https://forums.percona.com/t/readonlyrootfilesystem-option-for-psmdb-db-on-kubernetes-managed-by-operator-doesnt-works/38128)
**Author:** [@m.benik](https://forums.percona.com/u/m.benik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2026, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/readonlyrootfilesystem-option-for-psmdb-db-on-kubernetes-managed-by-operator-doesnt-works/38128 "2026-02-03T10:47:11Z")
Description: Operator workload-deployment runs on Kubernetes cluster without problem. Afterwards StatefulSet is created for mongodb-cluster to manage 3 pods. Pods crash with crashloopbackoff error. value.yaml under ps… --- ## [Enhancing PBM Storage: Proposal for Local PV Support](https://forums.percona.com/t/enhancing-pbm-storage-proposal-for-local-pv-support/40059)
**Author:** [@Lim\_Les](https://forums.percona.com/u/Lim_Les)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/enhancing-pbm-storage-proposal-for-local-pv-support/40059 "2026-01-22T12:05:18Z")
I would like to know if PBM supports Local PV, as I couldn’t find any related optionsin the official documentation. If PBM could support Local PV, it would allow mapping remote storage to the server using rclone, and the… --- ## [Operator deployment on OpenShift via helm](https://forums.percona.com/t/operator-deployment-on-openshift-via-helm/40064)
**Author:** [@DaruZero](https://forums.percona.com/u/DaruZero)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/operator-deployment-on-openshift-via-helm/40064 "2026-01-20T10:28:08Z")
Description: I am trying to install Percona Operator for MongoDB on a air-gapped OpenShift cluster. I cannot use the OperatorHub installation method unfortunately, so I fallback to installing with the helm chart. The pr… --- ## [Psmdb selective restore and system users](https://forums.percona.com/t/psmdb-selective-restore-and-system-users/40074)
**Author:** [@horihel](https://forums.percona.com/u/horihel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/psmdb-selective-restore-and-system-users/40074 "2026-01-20T08:24:10Z")
Description: This is just a clarification question. Currently, docs say if you do a restore, system-user secrets need to be identical to the source cluster (at the time of backup). I can understand this requirement on fu… --- ## [Cross-cluster restore fails with "backup meta: not found" error despite metadata existing in S3](https://forums.percona.com/t/cross-cluster-restore-fails-with-backup-meta-not-found-error-despite-metadata-existing-in-s3/40040)
**Author:** [@Lim\_Les](https://forums.percona.com/u/Lim_Les)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/cross-cluster-restore-fails-with-backup-meta-not-found-error-despite-metadata-existing-in-s3/40040 "2026-01-19T18:23:45Z")
Description: When attempting to restore an incremental backup using Percona Server MongoDB Operator in a cross-cluster restore scenario, the restore operation runs for a period of time, then the status becomes empty, fol… --- ## [Publishing psmdb-operator created replicaset with externaldns](https://forums.percona.com/t/publishing-psmdb-operator-created-replicaset-with-externaldns/37679)
**Author:** [@pawell](https://forums.percona.com/u/pawell)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/publishing-psmdb-operator-created-replicaset-with-externaldns/37679 "2026-01-15T14:03:34Z")
Hello. I started using Percona MongoDB operator for k8s. I deployed replicaset of 3 nodes and now I am trying to expose it with services of type Loadbalancer. But I don’t see any option in Helm chart that can apply exte… --- ## [Operator blocks PVC when requested storage \< PV size](https://forums.percona.com/t/operator-blocks-pvc-when-requested-storage-pv-size/39954)
**Author:** [@dima7](https://forums.percona.com/u/dima7)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/operator-blocks-pvc-when-requested-storage-pv-size/39954 "2026-01-07T17:15:46Z")
Operator blocks PVC when requested storage \< PV size (differs from K8s standard behavior) Description: The Percona Operator for MongoDB rejects PVC creation when the requested storage is smaller than the target PV’s actu… --- ## [CVE-2025-14847 (MongoBleed) - Request for Percona 4.4.30 Security Patch](https://forums.percona.com/t/cve-2025-14847-mongobleed-request-for-percona-4-4-30-security-patch/39984)
**Author:** [@Marwan\_Ghoniem](https://forums.percona.com/u/Marwan_Ghoniem)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/cve-2025-14847-mongobleed-request-for-percona-4-4-30-security-patch/39984 "2026-01-06T19:13:34Z")
CVE-2025-14847 (MongoBleed) - Request for Percona 4.4.30 Security Patch Hey everyone, I’m in a bit of a tough spot and hoping someone from Percona can weigh in. We’re running Percona Server for MongoDB 4.4.23-22 in prod… --- ## [How to install percona repositories on amazon linux 2023](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-install-percona-repositories-on-amazon-linux-2023/39927)
**Author:** [@Anikessh](https://forums.percona.com/u/Anikessh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-install-percona-repositories-on-amazon-linux-2023/39927 "2025-12-22T16:49:03Z")
Description: How to install percona repostories on amazon linux 2023 for taking backup of full config and shard servers Steps to Reproduce: \[Step-by-step instructions on how to reproduce the issue, including any specif… --- ## [How to monitor mongodb using pmm running on external host](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-monitor-mongodb-using-pmm-running-on-external-host/39903)
**Author:** [@jjpark](https://forums.percona.com/u/jjpark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-monitor-mongodb-using-pmm-running-on-external-host/39903 "2025-12-18T15:33:15Z")
Description: Hi. i have a situation. i am running mongodb using psmdb on kubernetes and my pmm is running on other single linux machine hosting from hetzner when let mongodb pmm enabled, it can make service token on … --- ## [Is PSA supported at all?](https://forums.percona.com/t/is-psa-supported-at-all/39829)
**Author:** [@horihel](https://forums.percona.com/u/horihel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/is-psa-supported-at-all/39829 "2025-12-16T12:27:47Z")
Description: I could find some code inside psmdb-operator that seems to be designed to handle PSA configurations, but trying to spin up a PSA cluster always fails with: message: 'Error: failed to update config membe… --- ## [Enabling backups in PSMDB causes threads to grow uncontrollably](https://forums.percona.com/t/enabling-backups-in-psmdb-causes-threads-to-grow-uncontrollably/39870)
**Author:** [@AptiraSina](https://forums.percona.com/u/AptiraSina)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/enabling-backups-in-psmdb-causes-threads-to-grow-uncontrollably/39870 "2025-12-16T08:23:31Z")
Description: When we set backup.enabled=true in PerconaServerMongoDB we noticed that about 1 day later the MongoDB pods are all in CrashLoopBackOff. After investigating we discovered that the number of PIDs was exhauste… --- ## [PSMDB pod placement while doing scheduled node maintenance](https://forums.percona.com/t/psmdb-pod-placement-while-doing-scheduled-node-maintenance/39813)
**Author:** [@eboyaci](https://forums.percona.com/u/eboyaci)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/psmdb-pod-placement-while-doing-scheduled-node-maintenance/39813 "2025-12-15T14:22:39Z")
We are running mongodb clusters with local persistent volumes using PSMDB. Because of these local volumes DBAs often view specific pods as being tied to specific physical nodes. We can manage this using the standard kube… --- ## [Replication connection string](https://forums.percona.com/t/replication-connection-string/16738)
**Author:** [@Jean-Baptiste\_PIN](https://forums.percona.com/u/Jean-Baptiste_PIN)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/replication-connection-string/16738 "2025-12-12T12:04:21Z")
One feature I like from the MongoDB Community Operator is that after deploying the cluster it create a secret will connection string on it. Then I can use it on my deployment. Could the v1.13 implement this kind of featu… --- ## [MongoDB traffic investigation. system.profile resizing](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongodb-traffic-investigation-system-profile-resizing/39864)
**Author:** [@Stateros](https://forums.percona.com/u/Stateros)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mongodb-traffic-investigation-system-profile-resizing/39864 "2025-12-11T12:38:28Z")
Hello folks, I need help with MongoDB traffic investigation and resizing system.profile in Percona Operator Description: I need to increase the size of the capped system.profile collection to capture more query history.… [Next page](https://forums.percona.com/c/mongodb/percona-kubernetes-operator-for-mongodb/29.md?page=1)