- Install and configure Docker
- Specify storage
- Run PX
- Access the pxctl CLI
- Adding Nodes
- Application Examples
To install and configure PX via the Docker CLI, use the command-line steps in this section.
Important:
PX stores configuration metadata in a KVDB (key/value store), such as Etcd or Consul. We recommend setting up a dedicated kvdb for PX to use. If you want to set one up, see the etcd example for PX
Install and configure Docker
PX requires a minimum of Docker version 1.10 to be installed. Follow the Docker install guide to install and start the Docker Service.
Important:
If you are running a version prior to Docker 1.12 or running docker on Ubuntu 14.4 LTS, then you must configure Docker to allow shared mounts propagation. Please follow these instructions to enable shared mount propagation. This is needed because PX runs as a container and it will be provisioning storage to other containers.
Specify storage
Portworx pools the storage devices on your server and creates a global capacity for containers. This example uses the two non-root storage devices (/dev/xvdb, /dev/xvdc).
Important:
Back up any data on storage devices that will be pooled. Storage devices will be reformatted!
To view the storage devices on your server
Use this command line:
# lsblk
Example output:
Note that devices without the partition are shown under the TYPE column as part.
# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
xvda 202:0 0 8G 0 disk
└─xvda1 202:1 0 8G 0 part /
xvdb 202:16 0 64G 0 disk
xvdc 202:32 0 64G 0 disk
Identify the storage devices you will be allocating to PX. PX can run in a heterogeneous environment, so you can mix and match drives of different types. Different servers in the cluster can also have different drive configurations.
Run PX
You can now run PX via the Docker CLI as follows:
if `uname -r | grep -i coreos > /dev/null`; \
then HDRS="/lib/modules"; \
else HDRS="/usr/src"; fi
sudo docker run --restart=always --name px -d --net=host \
--privileged=true \
-v /run/docker/plugins:/run/docker/plugins \
-v /var/lib/osd:/var/lib/osd:shared \
-v /dev:/dev \
-v /etc/pwx:/etc/pwx \
-v /opt/pwx/bin:/export_bin \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
-v /var/cores:/var/cores \
-v ${HDRS}:${HDRS} \
portworx/px-dev -k etcd://myetc.company.com:2379 -c MY_CLUSTER_ID -s /dev/sdb -s /dev/sdc
Where the following arguments are provided to the PX daemon:
-daemon
> Instructs PX to start in daemon mode. Other modes are for service users only.
-k
> Points to your key value database, such as an etcd cluster or a consul cluster.
-userpwd
> username and password for ETCD authentication in the form <user_name>:<passwd>
-ca
> location of CA file for ETCD authentication
-cert
> location of certificate for ETCD authentication
-key
> location of certificate key for ETCD authentication
-acltoken
> ACL token value used for Consul authentication
-c
> Specifies the cluster ID that this PX instance is to join. You can create any unique name for a cluster ID.
-s
> Specifies the various drives that PX should use for storing the data.
-a
> Instructs PX to use any available, unused and unmounted drive. PX will never use a drive that is mounted.
-A
> Instructs PX to use any available, unused and unmounted drives or partitions. PX will never use a drive or partition that is mounted.
-f
> Optional. Instructs PX to use an unmounted drive even if it has a filesystem on it.
-z
> Optional. Instructs PX to run in zero storage mode. In this mode, PX can still provide virtual storage to your containers, but the data will come over the network from other PX nodes.
-d
> Optional. Specifies the data interface.
-m
> Optional. Specifies the management interface.
The following Docker runtime command options are explained:
--privileged
> Sets PX to be a privileged container. Required to export block device and for other functions.
--net=host
> Sets communication to be on the host IP address over ports 9001 -9003. Future versions will support separate IP addressing for PX.
--shm-size=384M
> PX advertises support for asynchronous I/O. It uses shared memory to sync across process restarts
-v /run/docker/plugins
> Specifies that the volume driver interface is enabled.
-v /dev
> Specifies which host drives PX can see. Note that PX only uses drives specified in config.json. This volume flage is an alternate to --device=\[\].
-v /etc/pwx/config.json:/etc/pwx/config.json
> the configuration file location.
-v /var/run/docker.sock
> Used by Docker to export volume container mappings.
-v /var/lib/osd:/var/lib/osd:shared
> Location of the exported container mounts. This must be a shared mount.
-v /opt/pwx/bin:/export_bin
> Exports the PX command line (**pxctl**) tool from the container to the host.
Optional - running with config.json
You can also provide the runtime parameters to PX via a configuration file called config.json. When this is present, you do not need to pass the runtime parameters via the command line. This maybe useful if you are using tools like chef or puppet to provision your host machines.
- Download the sample config.json file: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/portworx/px-dev/master/conf/config.json
Create a directory for the configuration file.
# sudo mkdir -p /etc/pwxMove the configuration file to that directory. This directory later gets passed in on the Docker command line.
# sudo cp -p config.json /etc/pwx- Edit the config.json to include the following:
clusterid: This string identifies your cluster and must be unique within your etcd key/value space.kvdb: This is the etcd connection string for your etcd key/value store.devices: These are the storage devices that will be pooled from the prior step.
Example config.json:
{
"clusterid": "make this unique in your k/v store",
"dataiface": "bond0",
"kvdb": [
"etcd:https://[username]:[password]@[string].dblayer.com:[port]"
],
"mgtiface": "bond0",
“loggingurl”: “http://dummy:80“,
"storage": {
"devices": [
"/dev/xvdb",
"/dev/xvdc"
]
}
}
Important:
If you are using Compose.IO and thekvdbstring ends with[port]/v2/keys, omit the/v2/keys. Before running the container, make sure you have saved off any data on the storage devices specified in the configuration.
Please also ensure “loggingurl:” is specificed in config.json. It should either point to a valid lighthouse install endpoint or a dummy endpoint as shown above. This will enable all the stats to be published to monitoring frameworks like Prometheus
You can now start the Portworx container with the following run command:
# sudo docker run --restart=always --name px -d --net=host \
--privileged=true \
-v /run/docker/plugins:/run/docker/plugins \
-v /var/lib/osd:/var/lib/osd:shared \
-v /dev:/dev \
-v /etc/pwx:/etc/pwx \
-v /opt/pwx/bin:/export_bin \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
-v /var/cores:/var/cores \
-v /usr/src:/usr/src \
-v /lib/modules:/lib/modules \
portworx/px-dev
At this point, Portworx should be running on your system. To verify, run docker ps.
Authenticated etcd and consul
To use etcd with authentication and a cafile, use this in your config.json:
"kvdb": [
"etcd:https://<ip1>:<port>",
"etcd:https://<ip2>:<port>"
],
"cafile": "/etc/pwx/pwx-ca.crt",
"certfile": "/etc/pwx/pwx-user-cert.crt",
"certkey": "/etc/pwx/pwx-user-key.key",
To use consul with an acltoken, use this in your config.json:
"kvdb": [
"consul:http://<ip1>:<port>",
"consul:http://<ip2>:<port>"
],
"acltoken": "<token>",
Alternatively, you could specify and explicit username and password as follows:
"username": "root",
"password": "xxx",
"cafile": "/etc/pwx/cafile",
Access the pxctl CLI
After Portworx is running, you can create and delete storage volumes through the Docker volume commands or the pxctl command line tool, which is exported to /opt/pwx/bin/pxctl. With pxctl, you can also inspect volumes, the volume relationships with containers, and nodes.
To view all pxctl options, run:
# /opt/pwx/bin/pxctl help
To view global storage capacity
To view the global storage capacity, run:
# sudo /opt/pwx/bin/pxctl status
The following sample output of pxctl status shows that the global capacity for Docker containers is 128 GB.
# /opt/pwx/bin/pxctl status
Status: PX is operational
Node ID: 0a0f1f22-374c-4082-8040-5528686b42be
IP: 172.31.50.10
Local Storage Pool: 2 pools
POOL IO_PRIORITY SIZE USED STATUS ZONE REGION
0 LOW 64 GiB 1.1 GiB Online b us-east-1
1 LOW 128 GiB 1.1 GiB Online b us-east-1
Local Storage Devices: 2 devices
Device Path Media Type Size Last-Scan
0:1 /dev/xvdf STORAGE_MEDIUM_SSD 64 GiB 10 Dec 16 20:07 UTC
1:1 /dev/xvdi STORAGE_MEDIUM_SSD 128 GiB 10 Dec 16 20:07 UTC
total - 192 GiB
Cluster Summary
Cluster ID: 55f8a8c6-3883-4797-8c34-0cfe783d9890
IP ID Used Capacity Status
172.31.50.10 0a0f1f22-374c-4082-8040-5528686b42be 2.2 GiB 192 GiB Online (This node)
Global Storage Pool
Total Used : 2.2 GiB
Total Capacity : 192 GiB
For more on using pxctl, see the CLI Reference.
You have now completed setup of Portworx on your first server. To increase capacity and enable high availability, repeat the same steps on each of the remaining two servers. Run pxctl status to view the cluster status. Then, to continue with examples of running stateful applications and databases with Docker and PX, see Application Solutions.
Adding Nodes
To add nodes to increase capacity and enable high availability, simply repeat these steps on other servers. As long as PX is started with the same cluster ID, they will form a cluster.
Application Examples
After you complete this installation, continue with the set up to run stateful containers with Docker volumes: