CockroachDB can be accessed via port {{ .Values.service.ports.grpc.external.port }} at the following DNS name from within your cluster: {{ template "cockroachdb.fullname" . }}-public.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.cluster.local Because CockroachDB supports the PostgreSQL wire protocol, you can connect to the cluster using any available PostgreSQL client. {{- if not .Values.tls.enabled }} For example, you can open up a SQL shell to the cluster by running: kubectl run -it --rm cockroach-client \ --image=cockroachdb/cockroach \ --restart=Never \ {{- if .Values.networkPolicy.enabled }} --labels="{{ template "cockroachdb.fullname" . }}-client=true" \ {{- end }} --command -- \ ./cockroach sql --insecure --host={{ template "cockroachdb.fullname" . }}-public.{{ .Release.Namespace }} From there, you can interact with the SQL shell as you would any other SQL shell, confident that any data you write will be safe and available even if parts of your cluster fail. {{- else }} Note that because the cluster is running in secure mode, any client application that you attempt to connect will either need to have a valid client certificate or a valid username and password. {{- end }} {{- if and (.Values.networkPolicy.enabled) (not (empty .Values.networkPolicy.ingress.grpc)) }} Note: Since NetworkPolicy is enabled, the only Pods allowed to connect to this CockroachDB cluster are: 1. Having the label: "{{ template "cockroachdb.fullname" . }}-client=true" 2. Matching the following rules: {{- toYaml .Values.networkPolicy.ingress.grpc | nindent 0 }} {{- end }} Finally, to open up the CockroachDB admin UI, you can port-forward from your local machine into one of the instances in the cluster: kubectl port-forward -n {{ .Release.Namespace }} {{ template "cockroachdb.fullname" . }}-0 {{ index .Values.conf `http-port` | int64 }} Then you can access the admin UI at http{{ if .Values.tls.enabled }}s{{ end }}://localhost:{{ index .Values.conf `http-port` | int64 }}/ in your web browser. For more information on using CockroachDB, please see the project's docs at: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/