FOSDEM Special: Using the Operator Pattern to manage Stateful Apps in Kubernetes

In this FOSDEM special we will be hosting Kevin from PingCAP to talk about how they manage stateful apps using the operator pattern.

Talk title:
Deploying TiDB a distributed open-source MySQL-Compatible HTAP Database with K8s

Talk abstract:
This talk will introduce the architecture of TiDB and TiKV (a CNCF project), key use cases, a user story with Mobike (one of the largest bikesharing platforms in the world), and a demo of deploying TiDB + TiKV as a stateful application using Kubernetes in a Operator pattern on GKE.

About Kevin Xu:
Kevin Xu is the General Manager of Global Strategy and Operations at PingCAP, the team that's leading the development of TiDB, a cloud-native MySQL-compatible distributed database. Its key-value storage layer, TiKV, is a CNCF member project.

PingCap Website: https://www.pingcap.com/en/