🍃🛞 Helm Chart for MongoDB and MongoExpress

This repository contains a Helm chart for deploying MongoDB and MongoExpress on Kubernetes. MongoDB is a widely used NoSQL database, and MongoExpress is a web-based administrative interface for MongoDB.

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Features

• Deploys MongoDB as a StatefulSet for persistent storage.
• Includes MongoExpress for web-based database management.
• Highly configurable through values.yaml.
• Secure and production-ready configurations.

Prerequisites

• Kubernetes cluster (v1.18 or higher).
• Helm (v3 or higher).
• Persistent volume provisioner support in the Kubernetes cluster.

Installation

1. Install the chart:

   helm install my-mongodb ./helmchart-mongodb

   Replace my-mongodb with your desired release name.

2. Verify the installation:

   kubectl get pods

Configuration

The chart can be customized using the values.yaml file. Below are some key configuration options:

MongoDB Configuration

• mongodb.replicas: Number of MongoDB replicas.
• mongodb.storage.size: Size of the persistent volume.
• mongodb.auth.username: Admin username.
• mongodb.auth.password: Admin password.

MongoExpress Configuration

• mongoExpress.enabled: Enable or disable MongoExpress.
• mongoExpress.env: Environment variables for MongoExpress.

Example values.yaml

mongodb:
  replicas: 3
  storage:
    size: 10Gi
  auth:
    username: admin
    password: secret

mongoExpress:
  enabled: true
  env:
    ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINUSERNAME: admin
    ME_CONFIG_MONGODB_ADMINPASSWORD: secret

Directory Structure

helmchart-mongodb/
|-- .helmignore             # Files to ignore during packaging
|-- Chart.yaml              # Chart metadata
|-- LICENSE                 # License information
|-- README.md               # Documentation
|-- values.yaml             # Default configuration values
|-- templates/              # Helm templates
    |-- deployment.yaml     # Deployment configuration
    |-- service.yaml        # Service configuration
    |-- ...                 # Additional templates

Accessing MongoExpress

1. Check the service information:

   kubectl get svc my-mongodb-mongoexpress

2. Access MongoExpress using the external IP or NodePort.

Uninstallation

To uninstall the chart and release:

helm uninstall my-mongodb

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request.