Chapter 12. Client Configuration using Port Forwarding

If a router is not available, you may be able to set up port forwarding so that heketi-cli can communicate with the Heketi service. Execute the following commands for port forwarding:

  1. Obtain the Heketi service pod name by running the following command: 

    # oc get pods

  2. To forward the port on your local system to the pod, execute the following command on another terminal of your local system: 

    # oc port-forward <heketi pod name> 8080:8080

  3. On the original terminal execute the following command to test the communication with the server: 

    # curl http://localhost:8080/hello

    This will forward the local port 8080 to the pod port 8080.

  4. Setup the Heketi server environment variable by running the following command: 

    # export HEKETI_CLI_SERVER=http://localhost:8080

  5. Get information from Heketi by running the following command: 

    # heketi-cli topology info