Chapter 2. Deploy OpenShift Data Foundation using local storage devices Use this section to deploy OpenShift Data Foundation on IBM Power infrastructure where OpenShift Container Platform is already installed. Also, it is possible to deploy only the Multicloud Object Gateway (MCG) component with OpenShift Data Foundation. For more information, see Deploy standalone Multicloud Object Gateway . Perform the following steps to deploy OpenShift Data Foundation: Install the Local Storage Operator . Install the Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation Operator . Find available storage devices . Create an OpenShift Data Foundation cluster on IBM Power . 2.1. Installing Local Storage Operator Use this procedure to install the Local Storage Operator from the Operator Hub before creating OpenShift Data Foundation clusters on local storage devices. Procedure Log in to the OpenShift Web Console. Click Operators OperatorHub . Type local storage in the Filter by keyword... box to find the Local Storage Operator from the list of operators and click on it. Set the following options on the Install Operator page: Update channel as stable . Installation Mode as A specific namespace on the cluster . Installed Namespace as Operator recommended namespace openshift-local-storage . Approval Strategy as Automatic . Click Install . Verification steps Verify that the Local Storage Operator shows a green tick indicating successful installation. 2.2. Installing Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation Operator You can install Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation Operator using the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Operator Hub. For information about the hardware and software requirements, see Planning your deployment . Prerequisites Access to an OpenShift Container Platform cluster using an account with cluster-admin and Operator installation permissions. You must have at least three worker nodes in the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cluster. Important When you need to override the cluster-wide default node selector for OpenShift Data Foundation, you can use the following command in the command line interface to specify a blank node selector for the openshift-storage namespace (create openshift-storage namespace in this case): Taint a node as infra to ensure only Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation resources are scheduled on that node. This helps you save on subscription costs. For more information, see How to use dedicated worker nodes for Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation chapter in the Managing and Allocating Storage Resources guide. Procedure Log in to the OpenShift Web Console. Click Operators OperatorHub . Scroll or type OpenShift Data Foundation into the Filter by keyword box to find the OpenShift Data Foundation Operator. Click Install . Set the following options on the Install Operator page: Update Channel as stable-4.15 . Installation Mode as A specific namespace on the cluster . Installed Namespace as Operator recommended namespace openshift-storage . If Namespace openshift-storage does not exist, it is created during the operator installation. Select Approval Strategy as Automatic or Manual . If you select Automatic updates, then the Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) automatically upgrades the running instance of your Operator without any intervention. If you select Manual updates, then the OLM creates an update request. As a cluster administrator, you must then manually approve that update request to update the Operator to a newer version. Ensure that the Enable option is selected for the Console plugin . Click Install . Verification steps Verify that the OpenShift Data Foundation Operator shows a green tick indicating successful installation. After the operator is successfully installed, a pop-up with a message, Web console update is available appears on the user interface. Click Refresh web console from this pop-up for the console changes to reflect. In the Web Console, navigate to Storage and verify if Data Foundation is available. 2.3. Enabling cluster-wide encryption with KMS using the Token authentication method You can enable the key value backend path and policy in the vault for token authentication. Prerequisites Administrator access to the vault. A valid Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation Advanced subscription. For more information, see the knowledgebase article on OpenShift Data Foundation subscriptions . Carefully, select a unique path name as the backend path that follows the naming convention since you cannot change it later. Procedure Enable the Key/Value (KV) backend path in the vault. For vault KV secret engine API, version 1: For vault KV secret engine API, version 2: Create a policy to restrict the users to perform a write or delete operation on the secret: Create a token that matches the above policy: 2.4. Enabling cluster-wide encryption with KMS using the Kubernetes authentication method You can enable the Kubernetes authentication method for cluster-wide encryption using the Key Management System (KMS). Prerequisites Administrator access to Vault. A valid Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation Advanced subscription. For more information, see the knowledgebase article on OpenShift Data Foundation subscriptions . The OpenShift Data Foundation operator must be installed from the Operator Hub. Select a unique path name as the backend path that follows the naming convention carefully. You cannot change this path name later. Procedure Create a service account: where, <serviceaccount_name> specifies the name of the service account. For example: Create clusterrolebindings and clusterroles : For example: Create a secret for the serviceaccount token and CA certificate. where, <serviceaccount_name> is the service account created in the earlier step. Get the token and the CA certificate from the secret. Retrieve the OCP cluster endpoint. Fetch the service account issuer: Use the information collected in the step to setup the Kubernetes authentication method in Vault: Important To configure the Kubernetes authentication method in Vault when the issuer is empty: Enable the Key/Value (KV) backend path in Vault. For Vault KV secret engine API, version 1: For Vault KV secret engine API, version 2: Create a policy to restrict the users to perform a write or delete operation on the secret: Generate the roles: The role odf-rook-ceph-op is later used while you configure the KMS connection details during the creation of the storage system. 2.5. Finding available storage devices Use this procedure to identify the device names for each of the three or more worker nodes that you have labeled with the OpenShift Data Foundation label cluster.ocs.openshift.io/openshift-storage='' before creating PVs for IBM Power. Procedure List and verify the name of the worker nodes with the OpenShift Data Foundation label. Example output: Log in to each worker node that is used for OpenShift Data Foundation resources and find the name of the additional disk that you have attached while deploying Openshift Container Platform. Example output: In this example, for worker-0, the available local devices of 500G are sda , sdc , sde , sdg , sdi , sdk , sdm , sdo . Repeat the above step for all the other worker nodes that have the storage devices to be used by OpenShift Data Foundation. See this Knowledge Base article for more details. 2.6. Creating OpenShift Data Foundation cluster on IBM Power Use this procedure to create an OpenShift Data Foundation cluster after you install the OpenShift Data Foundation operator. Prerequisites Ensure that all the requirements in the Requirements for installing OpenShift Data Foundation using local storage devices section are met. You must have a minimum of three worker nodes with the same storage type and size attached to each node (for example, 200 GB SSD) to use local storage devices on IBM Power. Verify your OpenShift Container Platform worker nodes are labeled for OpenShift Data Foundation: To identify storage devices on each node, refer to Finding available storage devices . Procedure Log into the OpenShift Web Console. In openshift-local-storage namespace Click Operators Installed Operators to view the installed operators. Click the Local Storage installed operator. On the Operator Details page, click the Local Volume link. Click Create Local Volume . Click on YAML view for configuring Local Volume. Define a LocalVolume custom resource for block PVs using the following YAML. The above definition selects sda local device from the worker-0 , worker-1 and worker-2 nodes. The localblock storage class is created and persistent volumes are provisioned from sda . Important Specify appropriate values of nodeSelector as per your environment. The device name should be same on all the worker nodes. You can also specify more than one devicePaths. Click Create . Confirm whether diskmaker-manager pods and Persistent Volumes are created. For Pods Click Workloads Pods from the left pane of the OpenShift Web Console. Select openshift-local-storage from the Project drop-down list. Check if there are diskmaker-manager pods for each of the worker node that you used while creating LocalVolume CR. For Persistent Volumes Click Storage PersistentVolumes from the left pane of the OpenShift Web Console. Check the Persistent Volumes with the name local-pv-* . Number of Persistent Volumes will be equivalent to the product of number of worker nodes and number of storage devices provisioned while creating localVolume CR. Important The flexible scaling feature is enabled only when the storage cluster that you created with three or more nodes are spread across fewer than the minimum requirement of three availability zones. For information about flexible scaling, see knowledgebase article on Scaling OpenShift Data Foundation cluster using YAML when flexible scaling is enabled . Flexible scaling features get enabled at the time of deployment and can not be enabled or disabled later on. In the OpenShift Web Console, click Operators Installed Operators to view all the installed operators. Ensure that the Project selected is openshift-storage . Click on the OpenShift Data Foundation operator and then click Create StorageSystem . In the Backing storage page, perform the following: Select Full Deployment for the Deployment type option. Select the Use an existing StorageClass option. Select the required Storage Class that you used while installing LocalVolume. By default, it is set to none . Optional: Select Use Ceph RBD as the default StorageClass . This avoids having to manually annotate a StorageClass. Optional: Select Use external PostgreSQL checkbox to use an external PostgreSQL [Technology preview] . This provides high availability solution for Multicloud Object Gateway where the PostgreSQL pod is a single point of failure. Provide the following connection details: Username Password Server name and Port Database name Select Enable TLS/SSL checkbox to enable encryption for the Postgres server. Click . In the Capacity and nodes page, configure the following: Available raw capacity is populated with the capacity value based on all the attached disks associated with the storage class. This takes some time to show up. The Selected nodes list shows the nodes based on the storage class. In the Configure performance section, select one of the following performance profiles: Lean Use this in a resource constrained environment with minimum resources that are lower than the recommended. This profile minimizes resource consumption by allocating fewer CPUs and less memory. Balanced (default) Use this when recommended resources are available. This profile provides a balance between resource consumption and performance for diverse workloads. Performance Use this in an environment with sufficient resources to get the best performance. This profile is tailored for high performance by allocating ample memory and CPUs to ensure optimal execution of demanding workloads. Note You have the option to configure the performance profile even after the deployment using the Configure performance option from the options menu of the StorageSystems tab. Important Before selecting a resource profile, make sure to check the current availability of resources within the cluster. Opting for a higher resource profile in a cluster with insufficient resources might lead to installation failures. For more information about resource requirements, see Resource requirement for performance profiles . Optional: Select the Taint nodes checkbox to dedicate the selected nodes for OpenShift Data Foundation. Click . Optional: In the Security and network page, configure the following based on your requirements: To enable encryption, select Enable data encryption for block and file storage . Select either one or both the encryption levels: Cluster-wide encryption Encrypts the entire cluster (block and file). StorageClass encryption Creates encrypted persistent volume (block only) using encryption enabled storage class. Optional: Select the Connect to an external key management service checkbox. This is optional for cluster-wide encryption. From the Key Management Service Provider drop-down list, either select Vault or Thales CipherTrust Manager (using KMIP) . If you selected Vault , go to the step. If you selected Thales CipherTrust Manager (using KMIP) , go to step iii. Select an Authentication Method . Using Token authentication method Enter a unique Connection Name , host Address of the Vault server ('https://<hostname or ip>'), Port number and Token . Expand Advanced Settings to enter additional settings and certificate details based on your Vault configuration: Enter the Key Value secret path in Backend Path that is dedicated and unique to OpenShift Data Foundation. Optional: Enter TLS Server Name and Vault Enterprise Namespace . Upload the respective PEM encoded certificate file to provide the CA Certificate , Client Certificate and Client Private Key . Click Save and skip to step iv. Using Kubernetes authentication method Enter a unique Vault Connection Name , host Address of the Vault server ('https://<hostname or ip>'), Port number and Role name. Expand Advanced Settings to enter additional settings and certificate details based on your Vault configuration: Enter the Key Value secret path in Backend Path that is dedicated and unique to OpenShift Data Foundation. Optional: Enter TLS Server Name and Authentication Path if applicable. Upload the respective PEM encoded certificate file to provide the CA Certificate , Client Certificate and Client Private Key . Click Save and skip to step iv. To use Thales CipherTrust Manager (using KMIP) as the KMS provider, follow the steps below: Enter a unique Connection Name for the Key Management service within the project. In the Address and Port sections, enter the IP of Thales CipherTrust Manager and the port where the KMIP interface is enabled. For example: Address : 123.34.3.2 Port : 5696 Upload the Client Certificate , CA certificate , and Client Private Key . If StorageClass encryption is enabled, enter the Unique Identifier to be used for encryption and decryption generated above. The TLS Server field is optional and used when there is no DNS entry for the KMIP endpoint. For example, kmip_all_<port>.ciphertrustmanager.local . Select a Network . Select Default (OVN) network as Multus is not yet supported on OpenShift Data Foundation on IBM Power. Click . To enable in-transit encryption, select In-transit encryption . Select a Network . Click . In the Data Protection page, if you are configuring Regional-DR solution for Openshift Data Foundation then select the Prepare cluster for disaster recovery(Regional-DR only) checkbox, else click . In the Review and create page:: Review the configurations details. To modify any configuration settings, click Back to go back to the configuration page. Click Create StorageSystem . Note When your deployment has five or more nodes, racks, or rooms, and when there are five or more number of failure domains present in the deployment, you can configure Ceph monitor counts based on the number of racks or zones. An alert is displayed in the notification panel or Alert Center of the OpenShift Web Console to indicate the option to increase the number of Ceph monitor counts. You can use the Configure option in the alert to configure the Ceph monitor counts. For more information, see Resolving low Ceph monitor count alert . Verification steps To verify the final Status of the installed storage cluster: In the OpenShift Web Console, navigate to Installed Operators OpenShift Data Foundation Storage System ocs-storagecluster-storagesystem Resources . Verify that Status of StorageCluster is Ready and has a green tick mark to it. To verify if flexible scaling is enabled on your storage cluster, perform the following steps: In the OpenShift Web Console, navigate to Installed Operators OpenShift Data Foundation Storage System ocs-storagecluster-storagesystem Resources ocs-storagecluster . In the YAML tab, search for the keys flexibleScaling in spec section and failureDomain in status section. If flexible scaling is true and failureDomain is set to host, flexible scaling feature is enabled. To verify that all the components for OpenShift Data Foundation are successfully installed, see Verifying your OpenShift Data Foundation deployment . Additional resources To expand the capacity of the initial cluster, see the Scaling Storage guide.

Commands:
oc annotate namespace openshift-storage openshift.io/node-selector=
vault secrets enable -path=odf kv
vault secrets enable -path=odf kv-v2
echo ' path "odf/*" { capabilities = ["create", "read", "update", "delete", "list"] } path "sys/mounts" { capabilities = ["read"] }'| vault policy write odf -
vault token create -policy=odf -format json
oc -n openshift-storage create serviceaccount <serviceaccount_name>
oc -n openshift-storage create serviceaccount odf-vault-auth
oc -n openshift-storage create clusterrolebinding vault-tokenreview-binding --clusterrole=system:auth-delegator --serviceaccount=openshift-storage:_<serviceaccount_name>_
oc -n openshift-storage create clusterrolebinding vault-tokenreview-binding --clusterrole=system:auth-delegator --serviceaccount=openshift-storage:odf-vault-auth
cat <<EOF | oc create -f - apiVersion: v1 kind: Secret metadata: name: odf-vault-auth-token namespace: openshift-storage annotations: kubernetes.io/service-account.name: <serviceaccount_name> type: kubernetes.io/service-account-token data: {} EOF
SA_JWT_TOKEN=USD(oc -n openshift-storage get secret odf-vault-auth-token -o jsonpath="{.data['token']}" | base64 --decode; echo) SA_CA_CRT=USD(oc -n openshift-storage get secret odf-vault-auth-token -o jsonpath="{.data['ca\.crt']}" | base64 --decode; echo)
OCP_HOST=USD(oc config view --minify --flatten -o jsonpath="{.clusters[0].cluster.server}")
oc proxy & proxy_pid=USD! issuer="USD( curl --silent http://127.0.0.1:8001/.well-known/openid-configuration | jq -r .issuer)" kill USDproxy_pid
vault auth enable kubernetes
vault write auth/kubernetes/config token_reviewer_jwt="USDSA_JWT_TOKEN" kubernetes_host="USDOCP_HOST" kubernetes_ca_cert="USDSA_CA_CRT" issuer="USDissuer"
vault write auth/kubernetes/config token_reviewer_jwt="USDSA_JWT_TOKEN" kubernetes_host="USDOCP_HOST" kubernetes_ca_cert="USDSA_CA_CRT"
vault secrets enable -path=odf kv
vault secrets enable -path=odf kv-v2
echo ' path "odf/*" { capabilities = ["create", "read", "update", "delete", "list"] } path "sys/mounts" { capabilities = ["read"] }'| vault policy write odf -
vault write auth/kubernetes/role/odf-rook-ceph-op bound_service_account_names=rook-ceph-system,rook-ceph-osd,noobaa bound_service_account_namespaces=openshift-storage policies=odf ttl=1440h
vault write auth/kubernetes/role/odf-rook-ceph-osd bound_service_account_names=rook-ceph-osd bound_service_account_namespaces=openshift-storage policies=odf ttl=1440h
oc get nodes -l cluster.ocs.openshift.io/openshift-storage=
NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION worker-0 Ready worker 2d11h v1.23.3+e419edf worker-1 Ready worker 2d11h v1.23.3+e419edf worker-2 Ready worker 2d11h v1.23.3+e419edf
oc debug node/<node name>
oc debug node/worker-0 Starting pod/worker-0-debug To use host binaries, run `chroot /host` Pod IP: 192.168.0.63 If you don't see a command prompt, try pressing enter. sh-4.4# sh-4.4# chroot /host sh-4.4# lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT loop1 7:1 0 500G 0 loop sda 8:0 0 500G 0 disk sdb 8:16 0 120G 0 disk |-sdb1 8:17 0 4M 0 part |-sdb3 8:19 0 384M 0 part `-sdb4 8:20 0 119.6G 0 part sdc 8:32 0 500G 0 disk sdd 8:48 0 120G 0 disk |-sdd1 8:49 0 4M 0 part |-sdd3 8:51 0 384M 0 part `-sdd4 8:52 0 119.6G 0 part sde 8:64 0 500G 0 disk sdf 8:80 0 120G 0 disk |-sdf1 8:81 0 4M 0 part |-sdf3 8:83 0 384M 0 part `-sdf4 8:84 0 119.6G 0 part sdg 8:96 0 500G 0 disk sdh 8:112 0 120G 0 disk |-sdh1 8:113 0 4M 0 part |-sdh3 8:115 0 384M 0 part `-sdh4 8:116 0 119.6G 0 part sdi 8:128 0 500G 0 disk sdj 8:144 0 120G 0 disk |-sdj1 8:145 0 4M 0 part |-sdj3 8:147 0 384M 0 part `-sdj4 8:148 0 119.6G 0 part sdk 8:160 0 500G 0 disk sdl 8:176 0 120G 0 disk |-sdl1 8:177 0 4M 0 part |-sdl3 8:179 0 384M 0 part `-sdl4 8:180 0 119.6G 0 part /sysroot sdm 8:192 0 500G 0 disk sdn 8:208 0 120G 0 disk |-sdn1 8:209 0 4M 0 part |-sdn3 8:211 0 384M 0 part /boot `-sdn4 8:212 0 119.6G 0 part sdo 8:224 0 500G 0 disk sdp 8:240 0 120G 0 disk |-sdp1 8:241 0 4M 0 part |-sdp3 8:243 0 384M 0 part `-sdp4 8:244 0 119.6G 0 part
get nodes -l cluster.ocs.openshift.io/openshift-storage -o jsonpath='{range .items[*]}{.metadata.name}{"\n"}'
apiVersion: local.storage.openshift.io/v1 kind: LocalVolume metadata: name: localblock namespace: openshift-local-storage spec: logLevel: Normal managementState: Managed nodeSelector: nodeSelectorTerms: - matchExpressions: - key: kubernetes.io/hostname operator: In values: - worker-0 - worker-1 - worker-2 storageClassDevices: - devicePaths: - /dev/sda storageClassName: localblock volumeMode: Block
spec: flexibleScaling: true [...] status: failureDomain: host