--- title: Bringing databases and Kubernetes together | daily.dev description: Running databases on Kubernetes is increasingly common, but Day 2 operational challenges like backup, failover, and resilience remain difficult. Cloud DBaaS... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bringing-databases-and-kubernetes-together-vfronjrbz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Bringing databases and Kubernetes together | daily.dev og:description: Running databases on Kubernetes is increasingly common, but Day 2 operational challenges like backup, failover, and resilience remain difficult. Cloud DBaaS... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bringing-databases-and-kubernetes-together-vfronjrbz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vFroNJRBZ.png og:image:alt: Bringing databases and Kubernetes together og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Bringing databases and Kubernetes together **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 5 min read · 25 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Running databases on Kubernetes is increasingly common, but Day 2 operational challenges like backup, failover, and resilience remain difficult. Cloud DBaaS solves these problems but creates vendor lock-in. Kubernetes Operators can provide equivalent functionality without lock-in, but doing so consistently across all databases is hard. Percona's Everest project has been donated to the CNCF and rebranded as OpenEverest — a fully open source platform for automating database provisioning and management on any Kubernetes infrastructure, with community-driven support for additional databases over time. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [OpenEverest: Open Source Platform for Database Automation](https://daily.dev/posts/openeverest-open-source-platform-for-database-automation-hnifcvjen) · InfoQ · 89 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/bringing-databases-and-kubernetes-together-vfronjrbz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Bringing databases and Kubernetes together","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bringing-databases-and-kubernetes-together-vfronjrbz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/bringing-databases-and-kubernetes-together-vfronjrbz"},"datePublished":"2026-04-09T09:06:09.190Z","dateModified":"2026-04-09T09:06:43.342Z","description":"Running databases on Kubernetes is increasingly common, but Day 2 operational challenges like backup, failover, and resilience remain difficult. 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