--- title: How to Deploy Postgres to Kubernetes Cluster | daily.dev description: Step-by-step guide to deploying PostgreSQL on a Kubernetes cluster using StatefulSets, PersistentVolumeClaims, Secrets, and Services. Covers namespace... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-deploy-postgres-to-kubernetes-cluster-acqpi1qcx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Deploy Postgres to Kubernetes Cluster | daily.dev og:description: Step-by-step guide to deploying PostgreSQL on a Kubernetes cluster using StatefulSets, PersistentVolumeClaims, Secrets, and Services. Covers namespace... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-deploy-postgres-to-kubernetes-cluster-acqpi1qcx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aCQpI1Qcx.png og:image:alt: How to Deploy Postgres to Kubernetes Cluster 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. # How to Deploy Postgres to Kubernetes Cluster **[DigitalOcean Community](https://daily.dev/sources/do_community)** · 9 min read · 3 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Step-by-step guide to deploying PostgreSQL on a Kubernetes cluster using StatefulSets, PersistentVolumeClaims, Secrets, and Services. Covers namespace isolation, ConfigMap and Secret setup, storage configuration with DigitalOcean Block Storage, StatefulSet definition with resource limits and health probes, connectivity testing, data persistence verification, and basic backup/restore with pg_dump. Also compares manual YAML, Helm (Bitnami chart), and operator-based deployment approaches, with notes on production considerations and when to use DigitalOcean Managed PostgreSQL instead. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@bobbyiliev** · 0 upvotes > good read! I usually prefer using a managed database but in some cases this is handy ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Why Your Database Needs a StatefulSet \(Not a Deployment\) in Kubernetes](https://daily.dev/posts/why-your-database-needs-a-statefulset-not-a-deployment-in-kubernetes-pzotymnxw) · Medium · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Highly Available PostgreSQL on Kubernetes in 10 Minutes](https://daily.dev/posts/highly-available-postgresql-on-kubernetes-in-10-minutes-72lxmcugy) · CYBERTEC PostgreSQL · 8 upvotes · 0 comments - [K3s: A Better Way to Deploy a Docker App to a Linux Server](https://daily.dev/posts/k3s-a-better-way-to-deploy-a-docker-app-to-a-linux-server-p8llrvwh7) · Atomic Spin · 16 upvotes · 1 comments - [Why I haven’t run my databases on Kubernetes](https://daily.dev/posts/why-i-haven-t-run-my-databases-on-kubernetes-8yknx4sed) · Percona Blog · 28 upvotes · 14 comments - [Running OpenBao on Kubernetes with a CloudNativePG PostgreSQL backend](https://daily.dev/posts/running-openbao-on-kubernetes-with-a-cloudnativepg-postgresql-backend-y9jzjlzm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql), [#helm](https://daily.dev/tags/helm) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-deploy-postgres-to-kubernetes-cluster-acqpi1qcx) ```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":"How to Deploy Postgres to Kubernetes Cluster","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-deploy-postgres-to-kubernetes-cluster-acqpi1qcx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-deploy-postgres-to-kubernetes-cluster-acqpi1qcx"},"datePublished":"2026-03-26T19:42:54.258Z","dateModified":"2026-03-26T19:43:25.055Z","description":"Step-by-step guide to deploying PostgreSQL on a Kubernetes cluster using StatefulSets, PersistentVolumeClaims, Secrets, and Services. 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