OpenEverest for TiDB

Q: "Is TiDB free to run on OpenEverest?"

"Yes. OpenEverest is open-source with no licensing fees, and it runs TiDB on your own Kubernetes cluster, in the cloud or on-premises."

Q: "How does OpenEverest run TiDB under the hood?"

"The provider-tidb provider translates an OpenEverest Instance into resources for the open-source TiDB Operator v2: a shared Cluster plus one group per component (PD, TiKV, TiDB, and optional TiFlash, TiProxy, and TiCDC)."

Q: "Is TiDB compatible with MySQL?"

"Yes. TiDB speaks the MySQL protocol, so existing MySQL drivers, tools, and ORMs connect to it as they would to MySQL. OpenEverest hands you MySQL-style connection details for every cluster."

Q: "Which TiDB versions are supported?"

"OpenEverest tracks TiDB LTS releases supported by TiDB Operator v2, currently TiDB 8.5 and 7.5. See the provider repository for the current version matrix."

Run distributed, MySQL-compatible TiDB clusters on any Kubernetes cluster. Scale SQL, storage, and analytics independently, protect data with backups and point-in-time recovery, and manage it all through a single UI and API, powered by TiDB Operator v2.

TiDB on OpenEverest

Guided TiDB Provisioning

Start from a ready-made preset for development, standard, or analytics workloads — or configure the SQL, storage, and PD layers from scratch — and review every setting before you create.

HTAP with TiFlash

Add columnar TiFlash replicas with their own CPU, memory, and disk to run real-time analytics on live transactional data — no separate pipeline required.

Scheduled Backups

Schedule recurring TiDB BR snapshot backups to S3-compatible storage, with configurable retention.

Cluster Overview

Check cluster status, copy MySQL-compatible connection details, and see the sizing and configuration of every component in one view.

Key capabilities

Distributed SQL at Scale

Scale the stateless SQL layer, the TiKV storage layer, and the PD control plane independently — add capacity without sharding your application.

HTAP in One Cluster

Add TiFlash columnar replicas to serve analytical queries on live transactional data, with TiProxy for connection management and TiCDC for change data capture.

Backups & PITR

On-demand and scheduled snapshot backups with log backup for point-in-time recovery to S3-compatible storage, plus restore into new or existing clusters.

Safe Day-2 Operations

Ordered rolling upgrades with preflight checks, online storage expansion, and graceful scale-in that evicts leaders before removing nodes.

TLS & Security

Mutual TLS between cluster components, encrypted MySQL client connections, and an auto-generated root password stored as a Kubernetes Secret.

Monitoring

Expose metrics for every component and plug them into your existing Prometheus-based monitoring stack straight from the provisioning flow.

Advanced Topologies

Separate TP and AP SQL groups, PD micro-services mode, placement policies, and presets for common sizings — all from the same UI and API.

Open-source repositories

provider-tidb

The OpenEverest provider that integrates TiDB into the platform, built on the Provider SDK.

Powered by

pingcap/tidb-operator

TiDB clusters on OpenEverest are powered by the open-source TiDB Operator v2, which manages the full lifecycle of PD, TiKV, TiDB, and the wider TiDB ecosystem on Kubernetes.

Frequently asked questions

Is TiDB free to run on OpenEverest?

Yes. OpenEverest is open-source with no licensing fees, and it runs TiDB on your own Kubernetes cluster, in the cloud or on-premises.

How does OpenEverest run TiDB under the hood?

The provider-tidb provider translates an OpenEverest Instance into resources for the open-source TiDB Operator v2: a shared Cluster plus one group per component (PD, TiKV, TiDB, and optional TiFlash, TiProxy, and TiCDC).

Is TiDB compatible with MySQL?

Yes. TiDB speaks the MySQL protocol, so existing MySQL drivers, tools, and ORMs connect to it as they would to MySQL. OpenEverest hands you MySQL-style connection details for every cluster.

Which TiDB versions are supported?

OpenEverest tracks TiDB LTS releases supported by TiDB Operator v2, currently TiDB 8.5 and 7.5. See the provider repository for the current version matrix.

Ready to get started?

Deploy OpenEverest on any Kubernetes cluster and provision your first TiDB database in minutes.

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TiDB, TiKV, TiFlash, and PingCAP are trademarks of PingCAP, Inc. MySQL is a trademark of Oracle Corporation. OpenEverest is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by PingCAP, Inc. or Oracle Corporation. These names are used for identification purposes only.