Community Helm chart for MySQL on Kubernetes — HelmForge

[mberlofa]

Hi! I maintain a community Helm chart for MySQL as part of HelmForge, an MIT-licensed open-source Helm chart repository. The chart uses the official mysql Docker image from this repository.

With Bitnami moving towards a more restrictive model, there's growing demand for Helm charts that use official upstream images instead of custom Bitnami builds. This chart fills that gap.

The chart supports:

• Official mysql image — no custom builds or proprietary layers
• Standalone and source-replica replication architectures
• Prometheus metrics via mysqld-exporter sidecar with optional ServiceMonitor
• S3-compatible backup — CronJob with mysqldump, uploads to any S3 endpoint
• Custom my.cnf via values
• Configurable init scripts for database bootstrapping
• CI validated with lint, template, helm-unittest, and kubeconform

This is a community chart, not affiliated with MySQL or Oracle.

Install:

helm repo add helmforge https://repo.helmforge.dev
helm install mysql helmforge/mysql

# Or via OCI
helm install mysql oci://ghcr.io/helmforgedev/helm/mysql

• Chart source: https://github.com/helmforgedev/charts/tree/main/charts/mysql
• ArtifactHub: https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/helmforge/mysql
• Documentation: https://helmforge.dev/docs/charts/mysql