How to specify imagePullPolicy for RabbitMQ image?

[tkoft]

This may just be my knowledge gap with kubernetes, but how can I specify the imagePullPolicy for RabbitMQ pods in my cluster operator definition? The StatefulSetSpec for overriding the default StatefulSet configuration doesn't include it in its API.

Higher level goal is to use one of the major-version tags of the rabbitmq docker image (e.g. 3.12-management), and have it be re-pulled when pods are redeployed (if the image digest has changed, which imagePullPolicy: Always should check) so we don't have to manually update it with each minor version.

[tkoft]

Ah I did find it under RabbitMqCluster.spec.override.statefulSet.spec.template.spec.containers.imagePullPolicy.

Regarding template:

template is the object that describes the pod that will be created if insufficient replicas are detected. Each pod stamped out by the StatefulSet will fulfill this Template, but have a unique identity from the rest of the StatefulSet.

Does this mean updating the template will not reconcile it into existing pods?

[Zerpet]

Those docs are a copy paste from Kubernetes Statefulset documentation. Pods will be updated if there are changes to the template field.