Chapter 5. Installing OpenShift Data Foundation on managed clusters

In order to configure storage replication between the two OpenShift Container Platform clusters, OpenShift Data Foundation must be installed first on each managed cluster as follows:

  1. Install the latest OpenShift Data Foundation on each of the managed clusters.

  2. After installing the operator, create StorageSystem using the option Connect with external storage platform.

    For detailed instructions, refer to Deploying OpenShift Data foundation in external mode.

  3. Validate the successful deployment of OpenShift Data foundation:

    1. on each managed cluster with the following command: 

      $ oc get storagecluster -n openshift-storage ocs-external-storagecluster -o jsonpath='{.status.phase}{"\n"}'

    2. For the Multicloud Gateway (MCG): 

      $ oc get noobaa -n openshift-storage noobaa -o jsonpath='{.status.phase}{"\n"}'

    If the status result is Ready for both queries on the Primary managed cluster and the Secondary managed cluster, then continue with the next step.

Note

The successful installation of OpenShift Data Foundation can also be validated in the OpenShift Container Platform Web Console by navigating to Storage and then Data Foundation.