This article addresses common questions about exposing Vertica to clients, the use of the OpenText client-proxy Docker image, performance implications, Helm chart deployment strategies, and resource bundling for demo environments.
Environment
- Vertica 25.3.x
- Kubernetes (K8s)
- OpenText client-proxy Docker image
- Helm chart deployments
- VerticaDB Operator
Situation
Customers evaluating Vertica in Kubernetes environments raised the following questions:
- How to expose Vertica to clients without access to the private OpenText client-proxy Docker image.
- Whether client-proxy offers performance advantages over kube-proxy.
- Why VerticaDB Operator installation is split into namespace-scoped and cluster-scoped components.
- Whether OpenText provides a bundled Helm chart for demo deployments.
