README.md
StorageOS Volume
StorageOS
StorageOS can be used as a storage provider for your Kubernetes cluster. StorageOS runs as a container within your Kubernetes environment, making local storage accessible from any node within the Kubernetes cluster. Data can be replicated to protect against node failure.
At its core, StorageOS provides block storage. You may choose the filesystem type to install to make devices usable from within containers.
Prerequisites
The StorageOS container must be running on each Kubernetes node that wants to contribute storage or that wants to consume storage. For more information on how you can run StorageOS, consult the StorageOS documentation.
API Configuration
The StorageOS provider has been pre-configured to use the StorageOS API defaults, and no additional configuration is required for testing. If you have changed the API port, or have removed the default account or changed its password (recommended), you must specify the new settings. This is done using Kubernetes Secrets.
API configuration is set by using Kubernetes secrets. The configuration secret supports the following parameters:
apiAddress
: The address of the StorageOS API. This is optional and defaults totcp://localhost:5705
, which should be correct if the StorageOS container is running using the default settings.apiUsername
: The username to authenticate to the StorageOS API with.apiPassword
: The password to authenticate to the StorageOS API with.apiVersion
: Optional, string value defaulting to1
. Only set this if requested in StorageOS documentation.
Mutiple credentials can be used by creating different secrets.
For Persistent Volumes, secrets must be created in the Pod namespace. Specify the secret name using the secretName
parameter when attaching existing volumes in Pods or creating new persistent volumes.
For dynamically provisioned volumes using storage classes, the secret can be created in any namespace. Note that you would want this to be an admin-controlled namespace with restricted access to users. Specify the secret namespace as parameter adminSecretNamespace
and name as parameter adminSecretName
in storage classes.
Example spec:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
name: storageos-secret
type: "kubernetes.io/storageos"
data:
apiAddress: dGNwOi8vMTI3LjAuMC4xOjU3MDU=
apiUsername: c3RvcmFnZW9z
apiPassword: c3RvcmFnZW9z
Values for apiAddress
, apiUsername
and apiPassword
can be generated with:
$ echo -n "tcp://127.0.0.1:5705" | base64
dGNwOi8vMTI3LjAuMC4xOjU3MDU=
Create the secret:
$ kubectl create -f storageos-secret.yaml
secret "storageos-secret" created
Verify the secret:
$ kubectl describe secret storageos-secret
Name: storageos-secret
Namespace: default
Labels: <none>
Annotations: <none>
Type: kubernetes.io/storageos
Data
====
apiAddress: 20 bytes
apiPassword: 8 bytes
apiUsername: 8 bytes
Examples
These examples assume you have a running Kubernetes cluster with the StorageOS container running on each node, and that an API configuration secret called storageos-secret
has been created in the default
namespace.
Pre-provisioned Volumes
Pod
Pods can be created that access volumes directly.
-
Create a volume using the StorageOS UI, CLI or API. Consult the StorageOS documentation for details.
-
Create a pod that refers to the new volume. In this case the volume is named
redis-vol01
.Example spec:
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: labels: name: redis role: master name: test-storageos-redis spec: containers: - name: master image: kubernetes/redis:v1 env: - name: MASTER value: "true" ports: - containerPort: 6379 resources: limits: cpu: "0.1" volumeMounts: - mountPath: /redis-master-data name: redis-data volumes: - name: redis-data storageos: # This volume must already exist within StorageOS volumeName: redis-vol01 # volumeNamespace is optional, and specifies the volume scope within # StorageOS. If no namespace is provided, it will use the namespace # of the pod. Set to `default` or leave blank if you are not using # namespaces. #volumeNamespace: test-storageos # The filesystem type to format the volume with, if required. fsType: ext4 # The secret name for API credentials secretName: storageos-secret
Create the pod:
$ kubectl create -f examples/volumes/storageos/storageos-pod.yaml
Verify that the pod is running:
$ kubectl get pods test-storageos-redis NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE test-storageos-redis 1/1 Running 0 30m
Persistent Volumes
-
Create a volume using the StorageOS UI, CLI or API. Consult the StorageOS documentation for details.
-
Create the persistent volume
redis-vol01
.Example spec:
apiVersion: v1 kind: PersistentVolume metadata: name: pv0001 spec: capacity: storage: 5Gi accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete storageos: # This volume must already exist within StorageOS volumeName: pv0001 # volumeNamespace is optional, and specifies the volume scope within # StorageOS. Set to `default` or leave blank if you are not using # namespaces. #volumeNamespace: default # The filesystem type to create on the volume, if required. fsType: ext4 # The secret name for API credentials secretName: storageos-secret
Create the persistent volume:
$ kubectl create -f examples/volumes/storageos/storageos-pv.yaml
Verify that the pv has been created:
$ kubectl describe pv pv0001 Name: pv0001 Labels: <none> Annotations: <none> StorageClass: fast Status: Available Claim: Reclaim Policy: Delete Access Modes: RWO Capacity: 5Gi Message: Source: Type: StorageOS (a StorageOS Persistent Disk resource) VolumeName: pv0001 VolumeNamespace: FSType: ext4 ReadOnly: false Events: <none>
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Create persistent volume claim
Example spec:
apiVersion: v1 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim metadata: name: pvc0001 spec: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: 5Gi storageClassName: fast
Create the persistent volume claim:
$ kubectl create -f examples/volumes/storageos/storageos-pvc.yaml
Verify that the pvc has been created:
$ kubectl describe pvc pvc0001 Name: pvc0001 Namespace: default StorageClass: fast Status: Bound Volume: pv0001 Labels: <none> Capacity: 5Gi Access Modes: RWO No events.
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Create pod which uses the persistent volume claim
Example spec:
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: labels: name: redis role: master name: test-storageos-redis-pvc spec: containers: - name: master image: kubernetes/redis:v1 env: - name: MASTER value: "true" ports: - containerPort: 6379 resources: limits: cpu: "0.1" volumeMounts: - mountPath: /redis-master-data name: redis-data volumes: - name: redis-data persistentVolumeClaim: claimName: pvc0001
Create the pod:
$ kubectl create -f examples/volumes/storageos/storageos-pvcpod.yaml
Verify that the pod has been created:
$ kubectl get pods NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE test-storageos-redis-pvc 1/1 Running 0 40s
Dynamic Provisioning
Dynamic provisioning can be used to auto-create volumes when needed. They require a Storage Class, a Persistent Volume Claim, and a Pod.
Storage Class
Kubernetes administrators can use storage classes to define different types of storage made available within the cluster. Each storage class definition specifies a provisioner type and any parameters needed to access it, as well as any other configuration.
StorageOS supports the following storage class parameters:
pool
: The name of the StorageOS distributed capacity pool to provision the volume from. Uses thedefault
pool which is normally present if not specified.description
: The description to assign to volumes that were created dynamically. All volume descriptions will be the same for the storage class, but different storage classes can be used to allow descriptions for different use cases. Defaults toKubernetes volume
.fsType
: The default filesystem type to request. Note that user-defined rules within StorageOS may override this value. Defaults toext4
.adminSecretNamespace
: The namespace where the API configuration secret is located. Required if adminSecretName set.adminSecretName
: The name of the secret to use for obtaining the StorageOS API credentials. If not specified, default values will be attempted.
-
Create storage class
Example spec:
kind: StorageClass apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1 metadata: name: sc-fast provisioner: kubernetes.io/storageos parameters: pool: default description: Kubernetes volume fsType: ext4 adminSecretNamespace: default adminSecretName: storageos-secret
Create the storage class:
$ kubectl create -f examples/volumes/storageos/storageos-sc.yaml
Verify the storage class has been created:
$ kubectl describe storageclass fast Name: fast IsDefaultClass: No Annotations: <none> Provisioner: kubernetes.io/storageos Parameters: description=Kubernetes volume,fsType=ext4,pool=default,secretName=storageos-secret No events.
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Create persistent volume claim
Example spec:
apiVersion: v1 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim metadata: name: fast0001 spec: storageClassName: fast accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: 5Gi
Create the persistent volume claim (pvc):
$ kubectl create -f examples/volumes/storageos/storageos-sc-pvc.yaml
Verify the pvc has been created:
$ kubectl describe pvc fast0001 Name: fast0001 Namespace: default StorageClass: fast Status: Bound Volume: pvc-480952e7-f8e0-11e6-af8c-08002736b526 Labels: <none> Capacity: 5Gi Access Modes: RWO Events: <snip>
A new persistent volume will also be created and bound to the pvc:
$ kubectl describe pv pvc-480952e7-f8e0-11e6-af8c-08002736b526 Name: pvc-480952e7-f8e0-11e6-af8c-08002736b526 Labels: storageos.driver=filesystem StorageClass: fast Status: Bound Claim: default/fast0001 Reclaim Policy: Delete Access Modes: RWO Capacity: 5Gi Message: Source: Type: StorageOS (a StorageOS Persistent Disk resource) VolumeName: pvc-480952e7-f8e0-11e6-af8c-08002736b526 Namespace: default FSType: ext4 ReadOnly: false No events.
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Create pod which uses the persistent volume claim
Example spec:
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: labels: name: redis role: master name: test-storageos-redis-sc-pvc spec: containers: - name: master image: kubernetes/redis:v1 env: - name: MASTER value: "true" ports: - containerPort: 6379 resources: limits: cpu: "0.1" volumeMounts: - mountPath: /redis-master-data name: redis-data volumes: - name: redis-data persistentVolumeClaim: claimName: fast0001
Create the pod:
$ kubectl create -f examples/volumes/storageos/storageos-sc-pvcpod.yaml
Verify that the pod has been created:
$ kubectl get pods NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE test-storageos-redis-sc-pvc 1/1 Running 0 44s