title	Configure SQL Server container in Kubernetes for high availability \| Microsoft Docs
description	This tutorial shows how to deploy a SQL Server high availability soluion with Kubernetes on Azure Container Service.
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Configure SQL Server container in Kubernetes for high availability

[!INCLUDEtsql-appliesto-sslinux-only]

In this article, you will configure a SQL Server instance on Kubernetes in Azure Container Service (AKS) with persistent storage for high availability.

This tutorial demonstrates how to configure a highly available SQL Server instance in containers using AKS.

[!div class="checklist"]

Install kubectl

Set up the kubernetes cluster

Configure storage

Create a deployment

Connect to the container with SQL Server Management Studios (SSMS)

Verify failure and recovery

HA solution using Kubernetes running in Azure Container Service

Kubernetes 1.6+ has support for Storage Classes, Persistent Volume Claims, and the Azure disk volume driver. You can create and manage your SQL Server instances natively in Kubernetes. This article includes Kubernetes specs on how to deploy SQL Server on Kubernetes cluster running on Azure Container Service and how to use a StatefulSet to achieve a high availability configuration similar to shared disk failover cluster instance. In this configuration, Kubernetes plays the role of the cluster orchestrator. Upon a failure of SQL Server instance running in a container, the orchestrator bootstraps another instance of the container that attaches to the same persistent storage, which maps to Azure disk.

Prerequisites

An Azure Container Service (AKS) cluster.

This tutorial creates a SQL Server container deployment in a Kubernetes cluster configured like the cluster in Deploy an Azure Container Service (AKS) cluster
A connection to the Kubernetes cluster. this tutorial uses kubectl, the Kubernetes command-line interfiace.

Configure storage

Configure a persistent volume, and persistent volume claim in the Kubernetes cluster. For background on Kuberntes storage, see Persistent Volumes. Complete the following steps:

Create a manifest to define the storage class and the persistent volume claim. The manifest specifies the storage provisionioner, paramaters and the reclaim policy. The Kubernetes cluster will use this manifest to create the persistent storage.

The following yaml example defines a storage class and persistent volume claim. The storage class is named azure-disk and the persistent volume claim is named mssql-data. The persistent volume claim metadata includes an annotation connecting it back to the the storage class.
```
kind: StorageClass
apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1beta1
metadata:
     name: azure-disk
provisioner: kubernetes.io/azure-disk
parameters:
  storageaccounttype: Standard_LRS
  kind: Managed
---
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: mssql-data
  annotations:
    volume.beta.kubernetes.io/storage-class: azure-disk
spec:
  accessModes:
  - ReadWriteOnce
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 8Gi
```
Save the file, for example pvc.yaml.
Create the persistent volume claim in Kubernetes.
```
kubectl apply -f <Path to pvc.yaml file>
```
- <Path to pvc.yaml file>
  - The location where you saved the file.
The persistent volume is automatically created as an Azure storage account, and bound to the persistent volume claim.
Verify the persistent volume claim.
```
kubectl describe pvc <PersistentVolumeClaim>
```
- <PersistentVolumeClaim>
  - The name of the persistent volume claim.
In the preceding step, the persistent volume claim is named mssql-data. To see the metadata about the persistent volume claim, run the following command.
```
kubectl describe pvc mssql-data
```
The returned metadata includes a value called Volume. This value maps to the name of the blob.

Note the value for volume in the command prompt image above, matches part of the name of the blob in the Azure portal image below.
Verify the persistent volume.
```
kubectl describe pv
```
kubectl returns metadata about the persistent volume that was automatically created and bound to the persistent volume claim.

Configure SA password as Kubernetes secret

Create a secret in the Kubernetes cluster to store the SA password for SQL Server.

Create a yaml file for for the secret that includes the SA password.
```
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: mssql
type: Opaque
data:
  SA_PASSWORD: UEBzc3dvcmQxMg==
```
- <ComplexPassword>
  - The password you will use for the SA account.
Save the file as secret.yaml.
Create the secret in the Kubernetes cluster.

kubectl apply -f <Path to secret.yaml file>

For additional information about secrets in Kubernetes, see Secrets.

Create the SQL Server container

In this example, the SQL Server container is described as a Kubernetes deployment object. In this step, create a manifest to describe the container based on the Microsoft SQL Server mssql-server-linux image. The manifest references the mssql-server persistent volume claim, and the mssql secret which you already applied to the Kubernetes cluster.

Create a manifest - a yaml file - to describe the deployment. The following example describes a deployment including a container based on the SQL Server container image.

apiVersion: apps/v1beta1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: mssql-deployment
spec:
  replicas: 1
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: mssql
    spec:
      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
      containers:
      - name: mssql
        image: microsoft/mssql-server-linux
        ports:
        - containerPort: 1433
        env:
        - name: ACCEPT_EULA
          value: "Y"
        - name: SA_PASSWORD
          valueFrom:
            secretKeyRef:
              name: mssql
              key: SA_PASSWORD 
        volumeMounts:
        - name: mssqldb
          mountPath: /var/opt/mssql
      volumes:
      - name: mssqldb
        persistentVolumeClaim:
          claimName: mssql-data
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: mssql-deployment
spec:
  selector:
    app: mssql
  ports:
    - protocol: TCP
      port: 1433
      targetPort: 1433
  type: LoadBalancer

Copy the preceding code into a new file, named sqldeployment.yaml. Update the following values.

value: "Developer"
- Sets the container to run SQL Server Developer edition. Developer edition is not licesnsed for production data. If the deployment is for production use, set the appropriate edition. Can be one of Enterprise, Standard, or Express.
[!NOTE] For more information, see How to license SQL Server.
persistentVolumeClaim
- This value requires an entry for claimName: that maps to the name used for the persistent volume claim. This article uses mssql-data.

[!NOTE] By using the LoadBalancer service type, the SQL Server container is accessible remotely (via the internet) at port 1433.

Save the file, for example sqldeployment.yaml.

Create the stateful set.
```
kubectl apply -f <Path to sqldeployment.yaml file>
```
- <Path to sqldeployment.yaml file>
  - `The location where you saved the file.
The stateful set is created, with SQL Server running as a pod in the kubernetes cluster with connection to persistent storage.
Verify the services are running. Run the following command:
```
kubectl get services 
```
Note the IP address for the SQL Server container.

Connect to the container with SSMS

If you configured the container as described, you can connect with SSMS from outside of the Azure virtual network. To access via SSMS, use the external IP Address. If needed, supply the port of the instance. For example, 1433.

Verify failure and recovery

To verify failure and recovery you can delete the pod. Do the following steps:

List the pod running SQL Server.
```
kubectl get pods
```
Note the name of the pod running SQL Server.
Delete the pod.
```
kubectl delete pod mssql-statefulset-0
```
Note that mssql-statefulset-0 is the value returned from the previous step for pod name.

Kubernetes will automatically recreate the pod to recover a SQL Server container and connect to the persistent storage.

Next steps

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Configure storage

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Connect to the container with SSMS

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Configure SQL Server container in Kubernetes for high availability

HA solution using Kubernetes running in Azure Container Service

Prerequisites

Configure storage

Configure SA password as Kubernetes secret

Create the SQL Server container

Connect to the container with SSMS

Verify failure and recovery

Next steps