--- title: MySQL on OKE: Database Operations as Kubernetes State description: Running MySQL on Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) using the MySQL Operator for Kubernetes enables a fully declarative, repeatable operational model for database... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mysql-on-oke-database-operations-as-kubernetes-state-rvx4je4lf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: MySQL on OKE: Database Operations as Kubernetes State | daily.dev og:description: Running MySQL on Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) using the MySQL Operator for Kubernetes enables a fully declarative, repeatable operational model for database... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mysql-on-oke-database-operations-as-kubernetes-state-rvx4je4lf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rvX4jE4lf.png og:image:alt: MySQL on OKE: Database Operations as Kubernetes State 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. # MySQL on OKE: Database Operations as Kubernetes State **[Planet MySQL](https://daily.dev/sources/planet-mysql)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Running MySQL on Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) using the MySQL Operator for Kubernetes enables a fully declarative, repeatable operational model for database lifecycle management. The MySQL Operator manages an InnoDB Cluster via Kubernetes custom resources (InnoDBCluster, MySQLBackup), handling provisioning, routing through MySQL Router, failover recovery, configuration changes, backups to OCI Object Storage, and restore into new clusters. A demo repository walks through the full Day 2 operations arc — from deploy to restore — using simple make targets, making database operations observable and auditable through the same Kubernetes API used for application workloads. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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