Chapter 4. Storage classes and storage pools The OpenShift Container Storage operator installs a default storage class depending on the platform in use. This default storage class is owned and controlled by the operator and it cannot be deleted or modified. However, you can create a custom storage class if you want the storage class to have a different behavior. You can create multiple storage pools which map to storage classes that provide the following features: Enable applications with their own high availability to use persistent volumes with two replicas, potentially improving application performance. Save space for persistent volume claims using storage classes with compression enabled. Note Multiple storage classes and multiple pools are not supported for external mode OpenShift Container Storage clusters. Note With a minimal cluster of a single device set, only two new storage classes can be created. Every storage cluster expansion allows two new additional storage classes. 4.1. Creating storage classes and pools You can create a storage class using an existing pool or you can create a new pool for the storage class while creating it. Prerequisites Ensure that you are logged into the OpenShift Container Platform web console and OpenShift Container Storage cluster is in Ready state. Procedure Click Storage Storage Classes . Click Create Storage Class . Enter the storage class Name and Description . Select either Delete or Retain for the Reclaim Policy. By default, Delete is selected. Select RBD Provisioner which is the plugin used for provisioning the persistent volumes. Select an existing Storage Pool from the list or create a new pool. Create new pool Click Create New Pool . Enter Pool name . Choose 2-way-Replication or 3-way-Replication as the Data Protection Policy. Select Enable compression if you need to compress the data. Enabling compression can impact application performance and might prove ineffective when data to be written is already compressed or encrypted. Data written before enabling compression will not be compressed. Click Create to create the new storage pool. Click Finish after the pool is created. (Optional) Select Enable Encryption checkbox. Click Create to create the storage class. 4.2. Creating a storage class for persistent volume encryption Use the following procedure to create an encryption enabled storage class using an external key management system (KMS) for persistent volume encryption. Persistent volume encryption is only available for RBD PVs. Prerequisites The OpenShift Container Storage cluster is in Ready state. On the external key management system (KMS), Ensure that a policy with a token exists and the key value backend path in Vault is enabled. See Enabling key value and policy in Vault . Ensure that you are using signed certificates on your Vault servers. Create a secret in the tenant's namespace as follows: On the OpenShift Container Platform web console, navigate to Workloads Secrets . Click Create Key/value secret . Enter Secret Name as ceph-csi-kms-token . Enter Key as token . Enter Value . It is the token from Vault. You can either click Browse to select and upload the file containing the token or enter the token directly in the text box. Click Create . Note The token can be deleted only after all the encrypted PVCs using the ceph-csi-kms-token have been deleted. Procedure Navigate to Storage Storage Classes . Click Create Storage Class . Enter the storage class Name and Description . Select either Delete or Retain for the Reclaim Policy . By default, Delete is selected. Select RBD Provisioner openshift-storage.rbd.csi.ceph.com which is the plugin used for provisioning the persistent volumes. Select Storage Pool where the volume data will be stored from the list or create a new pool. Select Enable Encryption checkbox. Key Management Service Provider is set to Vault by default. Enter Vault Service Name , host Address of Vault server ('https://<hostname or ip>'), and Port number . 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 Container Storage. (Optional) Enter TLS Server Name and Vault Enterprise Namespace . Provide CA Certificate , Client Certificate and Client Private Key by uploading the respective PEM encoded certificate file. Click Save . Click Connect . Review external key management service Connection details. To modify the information, click Change connection details and edit the fields. Click Create . Edit the configmap to add the VAULT_BACKEND parameter if the Hashicorp Vault setup does not allow automatic detection of the Key/Value (KV) secret engine API version used by the backend path. Note VAULT_BACKEND is an optional parameter that is added to the configmap to specify the version of the KV secret engine API associated with the backend path. Ensure that the value matches the KV secret engine API version that is set for the backend path, otherwise it might result in a failure during persistent volume claim (PVC) creation. Identify the encryptionKMSID being used by the newly created storage class. On the OpenShift Web Console, navigate to Storage Storage Classes . Click the Storage class name YAML tab. Capture the encryptionKMSID being used by the storage class. Example: On the OpenShift Web Console, navigate to Workloads ConfigMaps . To view the KMS connection details, click csi-kms-connection-details . Edit the configmap. Click Action menu (...) Edit ConfigMap . Add the VAULT_BACKEND parameter depending on the backend that is configured for the previously identified encryptionKMSID . You can assign kv for KV secret engine API, version 1 and kv-v2 for KV secret engine API, version 2 as the VAULT_BACKEND parameter. Example: Click Save . Important Red Hat works with the technology partners to provide this documentation as a service to the customers. However, Red Hat does not provide support for the Hashicorp product. For technical assistance with this product, contact Hashicorp . steps The storage class can be used to create encrypted persistent volumes. For more information, see managing persistent volume claims .

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encryptionKMSID: 1-vault
kind: ConfigMap apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: csi-kms-connection-details [...] data: 1-vault: >- { "KMS_PROVIDER": "vaulttokens", "KMS_SERVICE_NAME": "vault", [...] "VAULT_BACKEND": "kv-v2" }