Veritas InfoScale™ for Kubernetes Environments 8.0.220 - Linux

Creating Static Provisioning

1. You can create a Storage Class by running the csi-infoscale-sc.yaml file which is as under-.

   ---
   apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
   kind: StorageClass
   metadata:  
     name: csi-infoscale-sc 
   annotations:    
     storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class: "false"
   provisioner: org.veritas.infoscale
   reclaimPolicy: Delete
   allowVolumeExpansion: true
   parameters:  fstype: vxfs
   
     # (optional) Specifies a volume layout type. 
     # Supported layouts: stripe, mirror, stripe-mirror,,mirror-stripe,
     #  concat, concat-mirror, mirror-concat 
     # If omitted, InfoScale internally chooses the best suited layout 
     #   based on the environment. 
     # layout: "mirror"
   
     # (optional) Specifies the number of disk or host failures a storage
     #                             object can tolerate.  
     # faultTolerance: "1"
   
     
   

   # (optional) Specifies the number of stripe columns to use when 
     # creating a striped volume. 
     # nstripe: "3"
   
     # (optional) Specifies the stripe unit size to use 
     #  for striped volume.  
     # stripeUnit: "64k"
   
     # (optional) Specifies disks with the specified media type. 
     #  All disks with the given mediatype are selected for volume creation.
     # Supported values: hdd, ssd  
     # mediaType: "hdd"
   
     # (optional) Specifies whether to store encrypted data on disks or not. 
     # Valid values are true or false 
     # encryption: "false"
   
     #(optional) Specifies how to initialize a new volume.
     # Valid values are "active", "zero" and "sync"
     # initType: "active"

   Note:

   The supported initType values are "sync", "active", or "zero".

   Run oc create -f csi-infoscale-sc.yaml

2. You must be ready with the VxVM volume name to define the Persistent Volume object.

   Run oc exec -ti -n <namespace> <driver-container> -- <cmd> to list Volumes from the InfoScale Driver Container.

   An example of this command is oc exec -ti -n infoscale-vtas infoscale-vtas-driver-container-rhel8-bwvwb -- vxprint -g vrts_kube_dg -vuh | grep -w fsgen

3. In the csi-static-pv.yaml, define the Persistent Volume object and specify the existing VxVM volume name in the volumeHandle attribute.

   csi-static-pv.yaml
   ---
   apiVersion: v1
   kind: PersistentVolume
   metadata:
     name: csi-infoscale-pv
     annotations:
       pv.kubernetes.io/provisioned-by: org.veritas.infoscale
   spec:
     storageClassName: csi-infoscale-sc
     persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete
     capacity:
       storage: 5Gi
     accessModes:
       - ReadWriteOnce
     csi:
       driver: org.veritas.infoscale
       # Please provide pre-provisioned Infoscale volume name.
       volumeHandle: <existing_VxVM_volume_name>
       fsType: vxfs
   

4. Create a Persistent Volume using the yaml.

   oc create -f csi-static-pv.yaml

5. Define the Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) with appropriate access mode and storage capacity.

   csi-static-pvc.yaml
   ---
   apiVersion: v1
   kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
   metadata:
     name: csi-infoscale-pvc
   spec:
     accessModes:
      - ReadWriteOnce
     resources:
       requests:
         storage: 5Gi
     storageClassName: csi-infoscale-sc
   

6. Create a Persistent Volume Claim by using the yaml. This PVC automatically gets bound with the newly created PV.

   oc create -f csi-static-pvc.yaml

7. Update the application yaml file ( mysql-deployment.yaml) and specify the persistent Volume Claim name.

   apiVersion: apps/v1
   kind: Deployment
   metadata:
     name: mysql-deployment
     labels:
       app: mysql
   spec:
     replicas: 1
     selector:
       matchLabels:
         app: mysql
     template:
       metadata:
         labels:
           app: mysql
       spec:
         containers:
           - name: mysql
             image: mysql:latest
             ports:
               - containerPort: 3306
             volumeMounts:
               - mountPath: "/var/lib/mysql"
                 name: mysql-data
             env:
               - name: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
                 value: root123
         volumes:
           - name: mysql-data
             persistentVolumeClaim:
               claimName: csi-infoscale-pvc
   

8. Create the application pod.

   oc create -f mysql-deployment.yaml

9. Check that old data exists on the persistent volume. Run the following commands

   oc get pods | grep mysql and oc exec -it mysql-deployment<id> -- mysql -uroot -pRoot12345!.

Enabling raw block support with static provisioning

1. Run oc exec -ti -n <namespace> <driver-container> -- <cmd> to list Volumes from the InfoScale Driver Container. Be ready with the names of the Volumes.
2. Update volumeHandle in csi-static-block-pv.yaml as under.

   --- 
   apiVersion: v1 
   kind: PersistentVolume 
   metadata: 
     name: csi-infoscale-block-pv 
     annotations: 
       pv.kubernetes.io/provisioned-by: org.veritas.infoscale 
   spec: 
     volumeMode: Block 
     storageClassName: csi-infoscale-sc 
     persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete 
     capacity: 
       storage: 5Gi 
     accessModes: 
       - ReadWriteOnce 
     csi: 
       driver: org.veritas.infoscale 
       # Please provide pre-provisioned Infoscale volume name. 
       volumeHandle: <Name of the Volume>
       volumeAttributes: 
         volumePath: "/dev/blk" 

3. Run oc create -f csi-static-pv.yaml to apply the yaml.
4. Define the Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) with appropriate access mode and storage capacity in csi-static-block-pvc.yaml as under.

   --- 
   apiVersion: v1 
   kind: PersistentVolumeClaim 
   metadata: 
     name: csi-infoscale-block-pvc 
   spec: 
     volumeMode: Block 
     accessModes: 
      - ReadWriteOnce 
     resources: 
       requests: 
         storage: 5Gi 
     storageClassName: csi-infoscale-sc 

5. Run oc create -f csi-static-block-pvc.yaml to apply the yaml.
6. Update the Persistent Volume Claim in csi-static-block-pod.yaml as under.

   --- 
   apiVersion: v1 
   kind: Pod 
   metadata: 
     name: redis 
     labels: 
       name: redis 
   spec: 
     containers: 
       - name: redis 
         image: redis 
         imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent 
         volumeDevices: 
           - devicePath: "/dev/blk" 
             name: vol1 
     volumes: 
       - name: vol1 
         persistentVolumeClaim: 
           claimName: csi-infoscale-block-pvc 

7. Run oc create -f csi-static-block-pod.yaml to create the application pod.