Thankfully, there are recent developments in the Kubernetes ecosystem that finally make managing such workloads within reach. Why Kubernetes Database Management Was Previously ImpossibleIt might sound odd at first, but air conditioners offer a surprisingly good mental model for a powerful pattern in modern infrastructure management. Running a state on Kubernetes, especially a critical state like a production database, opens a very different set of problems. This is precisely what the Kubernetes Operator pattern aims to achieve. Step 1: Install the Atlas OperatorNow install the Atlas Operator via Helm:bash CopyEdit helm install atlas-operator oci://ghcr.io/ariga/charts/atlas-operator 1 2 3 bash CopyEdit helm install atlas - operator oci :// ghcr .