# HPE Volume Driver for Kubernetes FlexVolume Plugin Helm chart
The [HPE Volume Driver for Kubernetes FlexVolume Plugin](https://github.com/hpe-storage/flexvolume-driver) leverages HPE storage platforms to provide scalable and persistent storage for stateful applications. This chart also deploys the [HPE Dynamic Provisioner for Kubernetes](https://github.com/hpe-storage/k8s-dynamic-provisioner).
## Prerequisites
- Upstream Kubernetes version 1.11 or later
- Other Kubernetes distributions supported
- Rancher 2.x
- OpenShift 3.10, 3.11 (4.x will not be supported, see [CSI Driver Helm chart](https://github.com/hpe-storage/co-deployments/tree/master/helm/charts/hpe-csi-driver))
- More distributions will be listed as tests are ongoing
- Recent Ubuntu, CentOS or RHEL compute nodes connected to their respective official package repositories
Depending on which `pluginType` is being used, other prerequisites and requirements may apply.
### HPE Nimble Storage (nimble)
- NimbleOS 5.0.8 or later
- NimbleOS 5.1.3 or later
### HPE Cloud Volumes
- Amazon EKS 1.12.x/1.13.x
- Microsoft AKS 1.12.x/1.13.x
- US Regions Only
## Configuration & Installation
The following table lists the configurable parameters of the FlexVolume driver chart and their default values.
| fsType | Type of file to format volumes with (ext4, ext3, xfs, btrfs). | xfs |
| logLevel | Log level. Can be one of `info`, `debug`, `trace`, `warn` and `error` | info |
| mountConflictDelay | Wait this long (in seconds) before forcefully taking over a volume from an isolated or crashed node. | 120 |
| flavor | Kubernetes distribution specific tweaks. Supported flavors include `k8s`, `ocp`, `eks`, `aks` and `rke`. | k8s |
| podsMountDir | This is the directory where the kubelet bind mounts the volume for pods. May differ between Kubernetes distributions. | /var/lib/kubelet/pods |
| storageClass.name | The name to assign the created StorageClass. | hpe-standard |
| storageClass.create | Enables creation of StorageClass to consume this hpe-flexvolume-driver instance. | true |
| storageClass.defaultClass | Whether to set the created StorageClass as the clusters default StorageClass. | false |
It's recommended to create a `values.yaml` file and edit it to fit the environment the chart is being deployed to.
Example `values.yaml` using a Nimble backend:
```
---
backend: 192.168.1.1
username: admin
password: admin
pluginType: nimble
fsType: xfs
storageClass:
defaultClass: true
```
This will connect the driver to a Nimble based backend with management IP address of `192.168.1.1` and format new volumes with a XFS filesystem.
The `nimble.config` or `cv.config` stanza will be hosted in a `ConfigMap` and can be used to tweak default parmaters and also override `StorageClass` parameters. More information on these stanzas can be found in the [ADVANCED.md](https://github.com/hpe-storage/flexvolume-driver/blob/master/ADVANCED.md) documentation.
Example `nimble.config` stanza:
```
nimble:
config:
limitIOPS: "-1"
limitMBPS: "-1"
perfPolicy: DockerDefault
```
Example `cv.config` stanza:
```
cv:
config:
snapPrefix: BaseFor
automatedConnection: true
existingCloudSubnet: 10.1.0.0/24
region: us-east-1
privateCloud: vpc-data
cloudComputeProvider: "Amazon AWS"
perfPolicy: Other
volumeType: PF
encryption: true
protectionTemplate: twicedaily:4
destroyOnRm: true
limitIOPS: "1000"
initiators:
- '"eth0"'
privateCloudResourceGroup: ""
```
**Note:** Storage class parameters will override the settings in `defaults` and `global` section.
### Platform notes
Certain distributions demand certain tweaks to the variables for the driver and dynamic provisioner to operate correctly. See each platform for details.
#### Upstream Kubernetes
This is the default operating mode, no tweaks are needed.
#### Red Hat OpenShift and OKD
Applicable to Red Hat OpenShift 3.10 and 3.11. 4.x is not supported<sup>*</sup>.
| podsMountDir | /var/lib/origin/openshift.local.volumes | This is the directory where the kubelet bind mounts the volume for pods. |
<sup>*</sup> = If experimentation is desirable with OpenShift 4.x, set `flexVolumeExec` default path for ocp to `/etc/kubernetes/kubelet-plugins/volume/exec`. The driver will only work on RHEL 7.x nodes.
#### Rancher
Applicable to installing the Helm Chart via the Rancher catalog system.
| flavor | rke | Required and prepopulated by default. |
| podsMountDir | /var/lib/kubelet/volumeplugins | This is the directory where the kubelet bind mounts the volume for pods. Required and prepopulated by default.|
## Installing the Chart
To install the chart with the name `hpe-flexvolume`:
**Note:** Omitting the `--name` flag will generate a human readable name.
## Check status of the Chart
To check status of the `hpe-flexvolume` deployment:
```
helm status hpe-flexvolume
```
## Uninstalling the Chart
To uninstall/delete the `hpe-flexvolume` deployment:
```
helm delete hpe-flexvolume --purge
```
## Alternative install method
In some cases it's more practical provide the local configuration via the `helm` command directly. Specify each parameter using the `--set key=value[,key=value]` argument to `helm install`. For example:
## Using the HPE Volume Driver for Kubernetes FlexVolume Plugin
To enable dynamic provisioning of `PersistentVolume` through the use of `PersistentVolumeClaim` API objects, a `StorageClass` needs to be declared on the cluster. Please see the [HPE Volume Driver for Kubernetes FlexVolume Plugin](https://github.com/hpe-storage/flexvolume-driver) repository for the official documentation for this Helm chart. Also, it's helpful to be familar with [persistent storage concepts](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/) in Kubernetes prior to deploying stateful workloads.
## Support
The HPE Volume Driver for Kubernetes FlexVolume Plugin Helm chart is supported by the respective platform team. Currently supported platforms:
- HPE Nimble Storage
- HPE Cloud Volumes
Please file issues through the regular support channels for the particular platform. Feature requests or general questions to developers may be filed through the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/hpe-storage/co-deployments) for this project.
You may also join our Slack community to chat with HPE folks close to this project for inquiries not requring our immediate response. We hang out in `#NimbleStorage` and `#Kubernetes` at [slack.hpedev.io](https://slack.hpedev.io/).
## Contributing
We value all feedback and contributions. If you find any issues or want to contribute, please feel free to open an issue or file a PR. More details in [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/hpe-storage/co-deployments/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
## License
This is open source software licensed using the Apache License 2.0. Please see [LICENSE](https://github.com/hpe-storage/co-deployments/blob/master/LICENSE) for details.
# HPE Volume Driver for Kubernetes FlexVolume Plugin
The [HPE Volume Driver for Kubernetes FlexVolume plugin](https://github.com/hpe-storage/flexvolume-driver) leverages HPE storage platforms to provide scalable and persistent storage for stateful applications. This chart also deploys the [HPE Dynamic Provisioner for Kubernetes](https://github.com/hpe-storage/k8s-dynamic-provisioner).
