Execute the following to get the administrator credentials: echo Username: sa MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD=$(kubectl -n {{ include "common.names.namespace" . }} get secret {{ template "mssql.secretName" . }} -o jsonpath="{.data.mssql-root-password}" | base64 -d) To connect to your database: 1. Run a pod that you can use as a client: kubectl -n {{ include "common.names.namespace" . }} run {{ include "common.names.fullname" . }}-client --rm --tty -i --restart='Never' --image {{ template "mssql.client.image" . }} --env MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD=$MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD --command -- bash 2. To connect to primary service (read/write): sqlcmd -C -S {{ include "mssql.primary.fullname" . }}.{{ include "common.names.namespace" . }}.svc.{{ .Values.clusterDomain }} -U sa -P "$MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD" {{- if eq .Values.architecture "replication" }} 3. To connect to secondary service (read-only): sqlcmd -C -S {{ include "mssql.secondary.fullname" . }}.{{ include "common.names.namespace" . }}.svc.{{ .Values.clusterDomain }} -U sa -P "$MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD" {{- end }} {{- if not .Values.backup.persistence.enabled }} ################################################################################# ###### WARNING: Persistence is disabled for BACKUPs !!! ##### ###### !!! You will lose your backups when ##### ###### the primary pod is terminated. ##### ######## Check @param backup.persistence.enabled to metigate this ######## ################################################################################# {{- end }} ################################################################################# ####################### DISCLAIMER ################################ ################################################################################# BY DEPLOYING THIS HELM CHART, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THE END-USER Licensing Agreement of Microsoft SQL Server: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=746388 IF YOU ARE NOT ACCEPTING THAT LICENSE, YOU MUST DELETE THIS RELEASE IMMEDIATELY: # helm -n {{ .Release.Namespace }} delete {{ .Release.Name }} #################################################################################