Percona announced it is open sourcing Everest, its platform for automated database provisioning and management, and donating it to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
Now called OpenEverest, the platform was redesigned to be modular, enabling users to mix and match database engines, storage backends, and deployment strategies. Several popular tools are already available as plugins, and the community will be able to easily build new plugins as well.
“Want to integrate with your favorite monitoring tool? It’s a plugin. Need to sync data between database clusters of different vendors? Plugin. Custom backup solutions? Plugin. The modular architecture means you’re never locked into a single vendor’s ecosystem – mix and match the tools that work best for your needs,” OpenEverest’s website states.
Percona does still plan to actively contribute to the project, and is establishing Solanica, a new company focused solely on developing OpenEverest and supporting its community.
Additionally, existing Percona Everest users will continue receiving the same enterprise-grade reliability, security, and support, the company said.
“OpenEverest represents the next stage in the evolution of the project,” said Blair Rampling, vice president of product management at Percona. “By establishing it as an independent open source project, we are creating the conditions for broader collaboration, faster innovation, and long-term sustainability, while maintaining continuity and enterprise-grade support for users.”
