Elasticsearch pod fails to create `/elasticsearch/persistent/elasticsearch` directory while using NetApp Trident Storage Driver

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Elasticsearch pods are failing with the following error.
XX:HeapDumpPath=/elasticsearch/persistent/heapdump.hprof -Xlog:gc*,gc+age=trace,safepoint:file=/elasticsearch/persistent/elasticsearch/logs/gc.log:utctime,pid,tags:filecount=8,filesize=64m -XX:ErrorFile=/elasticsearch/persistent/elasticsearch/logs/error.log -Djdk.tls.ephemeralDHKeySize=2048 -Des.cgroups.hierarchy.override=/ -Dlog4j2.configurationFile=/usr/share/java/elasticsearch/config/log4j2.properties'
mkdir: cannot create directory '/elasticsearch/persistent/elasticsearch': Permission denied
  • While using NetApp Trident Storage Driver, Elasticsearch pods are failing with the Permission Denied errors.

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)

    • 4.x
  • NetApp Trident Storage Driver

    • v20.07.01 ontap-san

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