# *Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona XtraDB Cluster* 1.2.0

Percona announces the *Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona XtraDB Cluster*
1.2.0 release on September 20, 2019. This release is now the current GA release
in the 1.2 series. [Install the Kubernetes Operator for Percona XtraDB Cluster
by following the instructions](../kubernetes.md).

The Percona Kubernetes Operator for Percona XtraDB Cluster automates the
lifecycle and provides a consistent Percona XtraDB Cluster instance. The
Operator can be used to create a Percona XtraDB Cluster, or scale an existing
Cluster and contains the necessary Kubernetes settings.

The Operator simplifies the deployment and management of the [Percona XtraDB
Cluster](https://www.percona.com/software/mysql-database/percona-xtradb-cluster)
in Kubernetes-based environments. It extends the Kubernetes API with a new
custom resource for deploying, configuring and managing the application through
the whole life cycle.

The Operator source code is available [in our Github repository](https://github.com/percona/percona-xtradb-cluster-operator).
All of Percona’s software is open-source and free.

**New features and improvements:**


* [A Service Broker was implemented](https://www.percona.com/doc/kubernetes-operator-for-pxc/broker.html)
for the Operator, allowing a user to deploy Percona XtraDB Cluster on the
OpenShift Platform, configuring it with a standard GUI, following the Open
Service Broker API.


* Now the Operator supports [Percona Monitoring and Management 2](https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-monitoring-and-management/2.x/index.html),
which means being able to detect and register to PMM Server of both 1.x and
2.0 versions.


* A `NodeSelector` constraint is now supported for the backups, which allows
using backup storage accessible to a limited set of nodes only (contributed
by [Chen Min](https://github.com/chenmin1992)).


* The resource constraint values were refined for all containers to eliminate
the possibility of an out of memory error.


* Now it is possible to set the `schedulerName` option in the operator
parameters. This allows using storage which depends on a custom scheduler, or
a cloud provider which optimizes scheduling to run workloads in a
cost-effective way (contributed by [Smaine Kahlouch](https://github.com/Smana)).


* A bug was fixed, which made cluster status oscillate between “initializing”
and “ready” after an update.


* A 90 second startup delay which took place on freshly deployed Percona XtraDB
Cluster was eliminated.

[Percona XtraDB Cluster](http://www.percona.com/doc/percona-xtradb-cluster/)
is an open source, cost-effective and robust clustering solution for businesses.
It integrates Percona Server for MySQL with the Galera replication library to
produce a highly-available and scalable MySQL® cluster complete with synchronous
multi-primary replication, zero data loss and automatic node provisioning using
Percona XtraBackup.

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[our bug tracking system](https://jira.percona.com/secure/Dashboard.jspa).