Database

Gitpod uses a MySQL database to store user data. By default Gitpod ships with a MySQL database built-in. If you operate your own MySQL database (which we’d recommend in a production setting) you can use that one. You have the following options:

• Integrated database: If not disabled, this MySQL database is installed in a Kubernetes pod as a part of Gitpod’s Helm chart. The database uses a Kubernetes PersistentVolume. We do not recommend using this option for a production setting.

• Own MySQL database: Gitpod requires MySQL in version 5.7 or newer.

This chart installs a MySQL database that gets Gitpod up and running but is not suitable for production (the data is lost on each restart of the DB pod). To connect to a proper MySQL installation:

1. Copy the DB init scripts into your local folder:

   mkdir -p gpinstall
   echo exit | docker run -v $PWD/gpinstall:/workspace -u $(id -u) -i gcr.io/gitpod-io/self-hosted/installer:latest bash
   mkdir -p ./db-init
   cp gpinstall/gitpod/helm/gitpod/config/db/init/*.sql ./db-init/
   rm -Rf gpinstall

2. Initialize your MySQL database using the SQL files in config/db/init/. E.g. in a mysql session connected to your database server run:

   SET @gitpodDbPassword = IFNULL(@gitpodDbPassword, 'your-password-goes-here');
   source db-init/00-testdb-user.sql;
   source db-init/01-create-user.sql;
   source db-init/02-create-and-init-sessions-db.sql;
   source db-init/03-recreate-gitpod-db.sql;

3. Merge the following into your values.custom.yaml:

   db:
     host: db
     port: 3306
     password: your-password-goes-here
   
   # Disable built-in MySQL instance
   mysql:
     enabled: false

4. Do a helm upgrade --install -f values.custom.yaml gitpod gitpod.io/gitpod --version=0.9.0 to apply the changes.

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