Crunchy Operator

Automates PostgreSQL cluster management using Kubernetes-native APIs, aligning with modern infrastructure-as-code workflows as emphasized in the quickstart guide for easy GitOps adoption.

Features automated failover with distributed consensus via Patroni and supports cross-cluster standby replicas, ensuring minimal downtime and data resilience in production environments.

Enforces TLS for all connections by default and allows customization with own TLS infrastructure, providing secure database access out-of-the-box as detailed in the TLS documentation.

Uses pgBackRest for efficient backups to multiple object storage backends like S3, GCS, and Azure, with support for full, incremental, and differential backups, enhancing disaster recovery options.

Bundles pgMonitor, Prometheus, and Grafana for real-time cluster health tracking and alerting, eliminating the need for separate setup of observability tools as listed in the included components.