Tungsten Operator (for MySQL) 8.0 Manual
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Tungsten Operator (for MySQL) 8.0 Manual

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Abstract

This manual documents Tungsten Operator (for MySQL).

This manual includes information for 8.0, up to and including 8.0.0.

Build date: 2026-02-03 (315016e1)

Up to date builds of this document: Tungsten Operator (for MySQL) 8.0 Manual (Online), Tungsten Operator (for MySQL) 8.0 Manual (PDF)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Tungsten Operator

2. Prerequisites

2.1. Docker Registry
2.2. Kubernetes
2.3. Staging Host

3. Getting Started with Tungsten Operator

3.1. Downloading the Provided Images

3.2. Installation

3.2.1. Installing Tungsten Operator
3.2.2. Installing Tungsten Cluster

3.3. Setting up a local test cluster using kind

4. Using the kubectl plugin

4.1. kubectl tungsten backup Command

4.1.1. kubectl tungsten backup create Command
4.1.2. kubectl tungsten backup list Command

4.2. kubectl tungsten cluster Command

4.2.1. kubectl tungsten cluster cctrl Command
4.2.2. kubectl tungsten cluster proxy Command
4.2.3. kubectl tungsten cluster recover Command
4.2.4. kubectl tungsten cluster reset Command
4.2.5. kubectl tungsten cluster switch Command

4.3. kubectl tungsten completion Command

4.4. kubectl tungsten expert Command

4.5. kubectl tungsten Global Flags

5. Advanced Configuration

5.1. Configuring Backups

5.1.1. Configuring backup backends
5.1.2. Running a Manual Backup
5.1.3. Scheduling the backup

5.2. Restoring Backups

5.3. Importing Data

5.3.1. Initializing using SQL or URL
5.3.2. Initializing using existing TungstenBackup

6. Operations

6.1. Replicator Reset

A. Release Notes

A.1. Tungsten Operator 8.0.0 GA (6 May 2025)

List of Figures

6.1. Operations: Replicator Reset Flow

List of Tables

3.1. install.sh Options
3.2. Example YAML files provided
4.1. kubectl tungsten Commands
4.2. kubectl tungsten backup Commands
4.3. kubectl tungsten backup create Commands
4.4. kubectl tungsten backup list Commands
4.5. kubectl tungsten cluster Commands
4.6. kubectl tungsten cluster cctrl Commands
4.7. kubectl tungsten cluster proxy Commands
4.8. kubectl tungsten cluster recover Commands
4.9. kubectl tungsten cluster reset Commands
4.10. kubectl tungsten cluster switch Commands
4.11. kubectl tungsten completion Commands
4.12. kubectl tungsten expert Commands
4.13. kubectl tungsten Global Flags

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