Chapter 2. Deploying OpenShift Container Storage on Google Cloud

Procedure

1. Navigate in the web console to the click Operators → OperatorHub.
2. Scroll or type a keyword into the Filter by keyword box to search for OpenShift Container Storage Operator.
3. Click Install on the OpenShift Container Storage operator page.

4. On the Install Operator page, the following required options are selected by default:

   1. Update Channel as stable-4.7.
   2. Installation Mode as A specific namespace on the cluster.
   3. Installed Namespace as Operator recommended namespace openshift-storage. If Namespace openshift-storage does not exist, it will be created during the operator installation.
   4. Select Approval Strategy as Automatic or Manual.

   5. Click Install.

      If you selected Automatic updates, then the Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) automatically upgrades the running instance of your Operator without any intervention.

      If you selected Manual updates, then the OLM creates an update request. As a cluster administrator, you must then manually approve that update request to have the Operator updated to the new version.

Procedure

1. Log into the OpenShift Web Console.

2. Click Operators → Installed Operators to view all the installed operators.

   Ensure that the Project selected is openshift-storage.

3. Click OpenShift Container Storage > Create Instance link of Storage Cluster.
4. Select Mode is set to Internal by default.

5. In Select capacity and nodes,

   1. Select Storage Class. By default, it is set to standard. However, if you created a storage class to use SSD based disks for better performance, you need to select that storage class.

   2. Select Requested Capacity from the drop down list. It is set to 2 TiB by default. You can use the drop down to modify the capacity value.

      Note

      Once you select the initial storage capacity, cluster expansion is performed only using the selected usable capacity (3 times of raw storage).

   3. In the Select Nodes section, select at least three available nodes.

      For cloud platforms with multiple availability zones, ensure that the Nodes are spread across different Locations/availability zones.

      If the nodes selected do not match the OpenShift Container Storage cluster requirement of an aggregated 30 CPUs and 72 GiB of RAM, a minimal cluster will be deployed. For minimum starting node requirements, see Resource requirements section in Planning guide.

   4. Click Next.

6. (Optional) Security configuration

   1. Select the Enable encryption checkbox to encrypt block and file storage.

   2. Choose any one or both Encryption level:

      • Cluster-wide encryption to encrypt the entire cluster (block and file).

      • Storage class encryption to create encrypted persistent volume (block only) using encryption enabled storage class.

        Important

        Storage class encryption is a Technology Preview feature available only for RBD PVs. Technology Preview features are not supported with Red Hat production service level agreements (SLAs) and might not be functionally complete. Red Hat does not recommend using them in production. These features provide early access to upcoming product features, enabling customers to test functionality and provide feedback during the development process.

        For more information, see Technology Preview Features Support Scope.

   3. Select the Connect to an external key management service checkbox. This is optional for cluster-wide encryption.

      1. Key Management Service Provider is set to Vault by default.
      2. Enter Vault Service Name, host Address of Vault server ('https://<hostname or ip>'), Port number and Token.

      3. Expand Advanced Settings to enter additional settings and certificate details based on your Vault configuration:

         1. Enter the Key Value secret path in Backend Path that is dedicated and unique to OpenShift Container Storage.
         2. Enter TLS Server Name and Vault Enterprise Namespace.
         3. Provide CA Certificate, Client Certificate and Client Private Key by uploading the respective PEM encoded certificate file.
         4. Click Save.
   4. Click Next.
7. Review the configuration details. To modify any configuration settings, click Back to go back to the previous configuration page.
8. Click Create.

9. Edit the configmap if Vault Key/Value (KV) secret engine API, version 2 is used for cluster-wide encryption with Key Management System (KMS).

   1. On the OpenShift Web Console, navigate to Workloads → ConfigMaps.
   2. To view the KMS connection details, click ocs-kms-connection-details.

   3. Edit the configmap.

      1. Click Action menu (⋮) → Edit ConfigMap.

      2. Set the VAULT_BACKEND parameter to v2.

         kind: ConfigMap
         apiVersion: v1
         metadata:
           name: ocs-kms-connection-details
         [...]
         data:
           KMS_PROVIDER: vault
           KMS_SERVICE_NAME: vault
         [...]
           VAULT_BACKEND: v2
         [...]

      3. Click Save.

Verification steps

1. On the storage cluster details page, the storage cluster name displays a green tick next to it to indicate that the cluster was created successfully.

2. Verify that the final Status of the installed storage cluster shows as Phase: Ready with a green tick mark.

   • Click Operators → Installed Operators → Storage Cluster link to view the storage cluster installation status.
   • Alternatively, when you are on the Operator Details tab, you can click on the Storage Cluster tab to view the status.
3. To verify that all components for OpenShift Container Storage are successfully installed, see Verifying your OpenShift Container Storage installation.