Parse Server packaged by Bitnami
Parse is a platform that enables users to add a scalable and powerful backend to launch a full-featured app for iOS, Android, JavaScript, Windows, Unity, and more.
Trademarks: This software listing is packaged by Bitnami. The respective trademarks mentioned in the offering are owned by the respective companies, and use of them does not imply any affiliation or endorsement.
TL;DR
$ helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
$ helm install my-release bitnami/parse
Introduction
This chart bootstraps a Parse deployment on a Kubernetes cluster using the Helm package manager.
Bitnami charts can be used with Kubeapps for deployment and management of Helm Charts in clusters. This chart has been tested to work with NGINX Ingress, cert-manager, fluentd and Prometheus on top of the BKPR.
Prerequisites
- Kubernetes 1.19+
- Helm 3.2.0+
- PV provisioner support in the underlying infrastructure
- ReadWriteMany volumes for deployment scaling
Installing the Chart
To install the chart with the release name my-release:
$ helm install my-release bitnami/parse
The command deploys Parse on the Kubernetes cluster in the default configuration. The Parameters section lists the parameters that can be configured during installation.
Tip
: List all releases using
helm list
Uninstalling the Chart
To uninstall/delete the my-release deployment:
$ helm delete my-release
The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and deletes the release.
Parameters
Global parameters
| Name | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
global.imageRegistry |
Global Docker image registry | "" |
global.imagePullSecrets |
Global Docker registry secret names as an array | [] |
global.storageClass |
Global StorageClass for Persistent Volume(s) | "" |
Common Parameters
| Name | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
nameOverride |
String to partially override common.names.fullname template (will maintain the release name) | "" |
fullnameOverride |
String to fully override common.names.fullname template | "" |
kubeVersion |
Force target Kubernetes version (using Helm capabilites if not set) | "" |
commonLabels |
Add labels to all the deployed resources | {} |
commonAnnotations |
Add annotations to all the deployed resources | {} |
extraDeploy |
Array of extra objects to deploy with the release | [] |
Parse server parameters
| Name | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
server.image.registry |
Parse image registry | docker.io |
server.image.repository |
Parse image repository | bitnami/parse |
server.image.tag |
Parse image tag (immutable tags are recommended) | 4.10.4-debian-10-r74 |
server.image.pullPolicy |
Image pull policy | IfNotPresent |
server.image.pullSecrets |
Specify docker-registry secret names as an array | [] |
server.hostAliases |
Deployment pod host aliases | [] |
server.securityContext.enabled |
Enable security context for Parse Server | true |
server.securityContext.fsGroup |
Group ID for Parse Server container | 1001 |
server.securityContext.runAsUser |
User ID for Parse Server container | 1001 |
server.port |
Parse server port | 1337 |
server.mountPath |
Parse server API mount path | /parse |
server.appId |
Parse server App ID | myappID |
server.masterKey |
Parse server Master Key | "" |
server.extraEnvVars |
An array to add extra env vars | [] |
server.extraEnvVarsCM |
Name of a ConfigMap containing extra environment variables | "" |
server.extraEnvVarsSecret |
Name of a Secret containing extra environment variables | "" |
server.enableCloudCode |
Enable Parse Cloud Code | false |
server.cloudCodeScripts |
Cloud Code scripts | {} |
server.existingCloudCodeScriptsCM |
ConfigMap with Cloud Code scripts (Note: Overrides cloudCodeScripts). |
"" |
server.resources |
Parse Server pods' resource requests and limits | {} |
server.livenessProbe.enabled |
Enable livenessProbe | true |
server.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds |
Initial delay seconds for livenessProbe | 120 |
server.livenessProbe.periodSeconds |
Period seconds for livenessProbe | 10 |
server.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds |
Timeout seconds for livenessProbe | 5 |
server.livenessProbe.failureThreshold |
Failure threshold for livenessProbe | 5 |
server.livenessProbe.successThreshold |
Success threshold for livenessProbe | 1 |
server.readinessProbe.enabled |
Enable readinessProbe | true |
server.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds |
Initial delay seconds for readinessProbe | 30 |
server.readinessProbe.periodSeconds |
Period seconds for readinessProbe | 5 |
server.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds |
Timeout seconds for readinessProbe | 5 |
server.readinessProbe.failureThreshold |
Failure threshold for readinessProbe | 5 |
server.readinessProbe.successThreshold |
Success threshold for readinessProbe | 1 |
server.podAffinityPreset |
Parse server pod affinity preset. Ignored if affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard |
"" |
server.podAntiAffinityPreset |
Parse server pod anti-affinity preset. Ignored if affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard |
soft |
server.nodeAffinityPreset.type |
Parse server node affinity preset type. Ignored if affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard |
"" |
server.nodeAffinityPreset.key |
Parse server node label key to match Ignored if affinity is set. |
"" |
server.nodeAffinityPreset.values |
Parse server node label values to match. Ignored if affinity is set. |
[] |
server.affinity |
Parse server affinity for pod assignment | {} |
server.nodeSelector |
Parse server node labels for pod assignment | {} |
server.tolerations |
Parse server tolerations for pod assignment | [] |
Traffic Exposure Parameters
| Name | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
service.type |
Kubernetes Service type | LoadBalancer |
service.port |
Service HTTP port (Dashboard) | 80 |
service.nodePorts.http |
Kubernetes HTTP node port | "" |
service.externalTrafficPolicy |
Enable client source IP preservation | Cluster |
ingress.enabled |
Set to true to enable ingress record generation | false |
ingress.tls |
Enable TLS configuration for the hostname defined at ingress.hostname parameter | false |
ingress.annotations |
Additional annotations for the Ingress resource. To enable certificate autogeneration, place here your cert-manager annotations. | {} |
ingress.dashboard.hostname |
Default host for the ingress resource | parse-dashboard.local |
ingress.dashboard.path |
The Path to WordPress. You may need to set this to '/*' in order to use this with ALB ingress controllers. | / |
ingress.dashboard.pathType |
Ingress path type | ImplementationSpecific |
ingress.dashboard.extraHosts |
The list of additional hostnames to be covered with this ingress record. | [] |
ingress.dashboard.extraPaths |
Any additional arbitrary paths that may need to be added to the ingress under the main host. | [] |
ingress.server.hostname |
Default host for the ingress resource | parse-server.local |
ingress.server.path |
Default path for the ingress resource*' in order to use this with ALB ingress controllers. | / |
ingress.server.pathType |
Ingress path type | ImplementationSpecific |
ingress.server.extraHosts |
The list of additional hostnames to be covered with this ingress record. | [] |
ingress.server.extraPaths |
Any additional arbitrary paths that may need to be added to the ingress under the main host. | [] |
ingress.extraTls |
The tls configuration for additional hostnames to be covered with this ingress record. | [] |
ingress.secrets |
If you're providing your own certificates, please use this to add the certificates as secrets | [] |
Persistence Parameters
| Name | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
persistence.enabled |
Enable Parse persistence using PVC | true |
persistence.storageClass |
PVC Storage Class for Parse volume | "" |
persistence.accessMode |
PVC Access Mode for Parse volume | ReadWriteOnce |
persistence.size |
PVC Storage Request for Parse volume | 8Gi |
Dashboard Parameters
| Name | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
dashboard.enabled |
Enable parse dashboard | true |
dashboard.image.registry |
Dashboard image registry | docker.io |
dashboard.image.repository |
Dashboard image repository | bitnami/parse-dashboard |
dashboard.image.tag |
Dashboard image tag (immutable tags are recommended) | 3.2.1-debian-10-r73 |
dashboard.image.pullPolicy |
Image pull policy | IfNotPresent |
dashboard.image.pullSecrets |
Specify docker-registry secret names as an array | [] |
dashboard.hostAliases |
Deployment pod host aliases | [] |
dashboard.securityContext.enabled |
Enable security context for Dashboard | true |
dashboard.securityContext.fsGroup |
Group ID for Dashboard container | 1001 |
dashboard.securityContext.runAsUser |
User ID for Dashboard container | 1001 |
dashboard.username |
Parse Dashboard application username | user |
dashboard.password |
Parse Dashboard application password | "" |
dashboard.appName |
Parse Dashboard application name | MyDashboard |
dashboard.resources |
Parse Dashboard pods' resource requests and limits | {} |
dashboard.livenessProbe.enabled |
Enable livenessProbe | true |
dashboard.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds |
Initial delay seconds for livenessProbe | 240 |
dashboard.livenessProbe.periodSeconds |
Period seconds for livenessProbe | 10 |
dashboard.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds |
Timeout seconds for livenessProbe | 5 |
dashboard.livenessProbe.failureThreshold |
Failure threshold for livenessProbe | 5 |
dashboard.livenessProbe.successThreshold |
Success threshold for livenessProbe | 1 |
dashboard.readinessProbe.enabled |
Enable readinessProbe | true |
dashboard.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds |
Initial delay seconds for readinessProbe | 30 |
dashboard.readinessProbe.periodSeconds |
Period seconds for readinessProbe | 5 |
dashboard.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds |
Timeout seconds for readinessProbe | 5 |
dashboard.readinessProbe.failureThreshold |
Failure threshold for readinessProbe | 5 |
dashboard.readinessProbe.successThreshold |
Success threshold for readinessProbe | 1 |
dashboard.podAffinityPreset |
Parse dashboard pod affinity preset. Ignored if affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard |
"" |
dashboard.podAntiAffinityPreset |
Parse dashboard pod anti-affinity preset. Ignored if affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard |
soft |
dashboard.nodeAffinityPreset.type |
Parse dashboard node affinity preset type. Ignored if affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard |
"" |
dashboard.nodeAffinityPreset.key |
Parse dashboard node label key to match Ignored if affinity is set. |
"" |
dashboard.nodeAffinityPreset.values |
Parse dashboard node label values to match. Ignored if affinity is set. |
[] |
dashboard.affinity |
Parse dashboard affinity for pod assignment | {} |
dashboard.nodeSelector |
Parse dashboard node labels for pod assignment | {} |
dashboard.tolerations |
Parse dashboard tolerations for pod assignment | [] |
dashboard.parseServerUrlProtocol |
Protocol used by Parse Dashboard to form the URLs to Parse server | http |
dashboard.extraEnvVars |
An array to add extra env vars | [] |
dashboard.extraEnvVarsCM |
Name of a ConfigMap containing extra environment variables | "" |
dashboard.extraEnvVarsSecret |
Name of a Secret containing extra environment variables | "" |
Volume Permissions parameters
| Name | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
volumePermissions.enabled |
Enable init container that changes volume permissions in the data directory (for cases where the default k8s runAsUser and fsUser values do not work) |
false |
volumePermissions.image.registry |
Init container volume-permissions image registry | docker.io |
volumePermissions.image.repository |
Init container volume-permissions image name | bitnami/bitnami-shell |
volumePermissions.image.tag |
Init container volume-permissions image tag | 10-debian-10-r292 |
volumePermissions.image.pullPolicy |
Init container volume-permissions image pull policy | IfNotPresent |
volumePermissions.image.pullSecrets |
Init container volume-permissions image pull secrets | [] |
volumePermissions.resources |
The resources for the container | {} |
MongoDB® Parameters
| Name | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
mongodb.enabled |
Enable MongoDB® chart | true |
mongodb.auth.enabled |
Enable MongoDB® password authentication | true |
mongodb.auth.rootPassword |
MongoDB® admin password | "" |
mongodb.auth.username |
MongoDB® user | bn_parse |
mongodb.auth.password |
MongoDB® user password | "" |
mongodb.auth.database |
MongoDB® database | bitnami_parse |
mongodb.persistence.enabled |
Enable MongoDB® persistence using PVC | true |
mongodb.persistence.storageClass |
PVC Storage Class for MongoDB® volume | "" |
mongodb.persistence.accessMode |
PVC Access Mode for MongoDB® volume | ReadWriteOnce |
mongodb.persistence.size |
PVC Storage Request for MongoDB® volume | 8Gi |
The above parameters map to the env variables defined in bitnami/parse. For more information please refer to the bitnami/parse image documentation.
Note
:
For the Parse application function correctly, you should specify the
parseHostparameter to specify the FQDN (recommended) or the public IP address of the Parse service.Optionally, you can specify the
loadBalancerIPparameter to assign a reserved IP address to the Parse service of the chart. However please note that this feature is only available on a few cloud providers (f.e. GKE).To reserve a public IP address on GKE:
$ gcloud compute addresses create parse-public-ipThe reserved IP address can be associated to the Parse service by specifying it as the value of the
loadBalancerIPparameter while installing the chart.
Specify each parameter using the --set key=value[,key=value] argument to helm install. For example,
$ helm install my-release \
--set dashboard.username=admin,dashboard.password=password \
bitnami/parse
The above command sets the Parse administrator account username and password to admin and password respectively.
NOTE: Once this chart is deployed, it is not possible to change the application's access credentials, such as usernames or passwords, using Helm. To change these application credentials after deployment, delete any persistent volumes (PVs) used by the chart and re-deploy it, or use the application's built-in administrative tools if available.
Alternatively, a YAML file that specifies the values for the above parameters can be provided while installing the chart. For example,
$ helm install my-release -f values.yaml bitnami/parse
Tip
: You can use the default values.yaml
Configuration and installation details
Rolling VS Immutable tags
It is strongly recommended to use immutable tags in a production environment. This ensures your deployment does not change automatically if the same tag is updated with a different image.
Bitnami will release a new chart updating its containers if a new version of the main container, significant changes, or critical vulnerabilities exist.
Deploy your Cloud functions with Parse Cloud Code
The Bitnami Parse image allows you to deploy your Cloud functions with Parse Cloud Code (a feature which allows running a piece of code in your Parse Server instead of the user's mobile devices). In order to add your custom scripts, they must be located inside the chart folder files/cloud so they can be consumed as a ConfigMap.
Alternatively, you can specify custom scripts using the cloudCodeScripts parameter as dict.
In addition to these options, you can also set an external ConfigMap with all the Cloud Code scripts. This is done by setting the existingCloudCodeScriptsCM parameter. Note that this will override the two previous options.
Persistence
The Bitnami Parse image stores the Parse data and configurations at the /bitnami/parse path of the container.
Persistent Volume Claims are used to keep the data across deployments. This is known to work in GCE, AWS, and minikube. See the Parameters section to configure the PVC or to disable persistence.
Adjust permissions of persistent volume mountpoint
As the image run as non-root by default, it is necessary to adjust the ownership of the persistent volume so that the container can write data into it.
By default, the chart is configured to use Kubernetes Security Context to automatically change the ownership of the volume. However, this feature does not work in all Kubernetes distributions. As an alternative, this chart supports using an initContainer to change the ownership of the volume before mounting it in the final destination.
You can enable this initContainer by setting volumePermissions.enabled to true.
Adding extra environment variables
In case you want to add extra environment variables (useful for advanced operations like custom init scripts), you can use the extraEnvVars (available in the server and dashboard sections) property.
extraEnvVars:
- name: PARSE_SERVER_ALLOW_CLIENT_CLASS_CREATION
value: true
Alternatively, you can use a ConfigMap or a Secret with the environment variables. To do so, use the extraEnvVarsCM or the extraEnvVarsSecret values.
Deploying extra resources
There are cases where you may want to deploy extra objects, such as KongPlugins, KongConsumers, amongst others. For covering this case, the chart allows adding the full specification of other objects using the extraDeploy parameter. The following example would activate a plugin at deployment time.
## Extra objects to deploy (value evaluated as a template)
##
extraDeploy: |-
- apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: {{ include "common.names.fullname" . }}-privileged
namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
labels: {{- include "common.labels.standard" . | nindent 6 }}
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: ClusterRole
name: cluster-admin
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: default
namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
Setting Pod's affinity
This chart allows you to set your custom affinity using the XXX.affinity paremeter(s). Find more infomation about Pod's affinity in the kubernetes documentation.
As an alternative, you can use of the preset configurations for pod affinity, pod anti-affinity, and node affinity available at the bitnami/common chart. To do so, set the XXX.podAffinityPreset, XXX.podAntiAffinityPreset, or XXX.nodeAffinityPreset parameters.
Troubleshooting
Find more information about how to deal with common errors related to Bitnami's Helm charts in this troubleshooting guide.
Upgrading
To 16.0.0
In this version, the mongodb-exporter bundled as part of the bitnami/mongodb dependency was updated to a new version which, even it is not a major change, can contain breaking changes (from 0.11.X to 0.30.X).
Please visit the release notes from the upstream project at https://github.com/percona/mongodb_exporter/releases
To 15.0.0
The Bitnami Parse and Bitnami Parse Dashboard images were refactored and now the source code is published in GitHub in the rootfs folder of the container images.
Compatibility is not guaranteed due to the amount of involved changes, however no breaking changes are expected.
To 14.0.0
This version standardizes the way of defining Ingress rules. When configuring a single hostname for the Ingress rule, set the ingress.dashboard.hostname and ingress.server.hostname values. When defining more than one, set the ingress.dashboard.extraHosts and ingress.server.extraHosts arrays. Apart from this case, no issues are expected to appear when upgrading.
To 13.0.0
On November 13, 2020, Helm v2 support was formally finished, this major version is the result of the required changes applied to the Helm Chart to be able to incorporate the different features added in Helm v3 and to be consistent with the Helm project itself regarding the Helm v2 EOL.
What changes were introduced in this major version?
- Previous versions of this Helm Chart use
apiVersion: v1(installable by both Helm 2 and 3), this Helm Chart was updated toapiVersion: v2(installable by Helm 3 only). Here you can find more information about theapiVersionfield. - Move dependency information from the requirements.yaml to the Chart.yaml
- After running
helm dependency update, a Chart.lock file is generated containing the same structure used in the previous requirements.lock - The different fields present in the Chart.yaml file has been ordered alphabetically in a homogeneous way for all the Bitnami Helm Charts
Considerations when upgrading to this version
- If you want to upgrade to this version from a previous one installed with Helm v3, you shouldn't face any issues
- If you want to upgrade to this version using Helm v2, this scenario is not supported as this version doesn't support Helm v2 anymore
- If you installed the previous version with Helm v2 and wants to upgrade to this version with Helm v3, please refer to the official Helm documentation about migrating from Helm v2 to v3
Useful links
- https://docs.bitnami.com/tutorials/resolve-helm2-helm3-post-migration-issues/
- https://helm.sh/docs/topics/v2_v3_migration/
- https://helm.sh/blog/migrate-from-helm-v2-to-helm-v3/
To 15.0.0
To 12.0.0
MongoDB® subchart container images were updated to 4.4.x and it can affect compatibility with older versions of MongoDB®.
To 11.0.0
Backwards compatibility is not guaranteed since breaking changes were included in MongoDB® subchart. More information in the link below:
To 10.0.0
Backwards compatibility is not guaranteed. The following notables changes were included:
- parse-dashboard is bumped to the branch 2 (major version)
- Labels are adapted to follow the Helm charts best practices.
To 5.1.0
Parse & Parse Dashboard containers were moved to a non-root approach. There shouldn't be any issue when upgrading since the corresponding securityContext is enabled by default. Both container images and chart can be upgraded by running the command below:
$ helm upgrade my-release bitnami/parse
If you use a previous container image (previous to 3.1.2-r14 for Parse or 1.2.0-r69 for Parse Dashboard), disable the securityContext by running the command below:
$ helm upgrade my-release bitnami/parse --set server.securityContext.enabled=false,dashboard.securityContext.enabled=false,server.image.tag=XXX,dashboard.image.tag=YYY
To 3.0.0
Backwards compatibility is not guaranteed unless you modify the labels used on the chart's deployments. Use the workaround below to upgrade from versions previous to 3.0.0. The following example assumes that the release name is parse:
$ kubectl patch deployment parse-parse-dashboard --type=json -p='[{"op": "remove", "path": "/spec/selector/matchLabels/chart"}]'
$ kubectl patch deployment parse-parse-server --type=json -p='[{"op": "remove", "path": "/spec/selector/matchLabels/chart"}]'
$ kubectl patch deployment parse-mongodb --type=json -p='[{"op": "remove", "path": "/spec/selector/matchLabels/chart"}]'
License
Copyright © 2022 Bitnami
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.