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Version: 3.2

Install Portworx with a custom container registry on bare metal

Follow the instructions on this page to deploy Portworx and its required packages on a bare metal Kubernetes cluster using a custom container registry.

note

The steps in this document use the air-gapped-install bootstrap script to create a custom registry for internet connected clusters. If you're looking for install instructions for air-gapped clusters, refer to the air-gapped installation section.

Prerequisites​

  • You must have a Kubernetes cluster deployed on infrastructure that meets the minimum requirements for Portworx.
  • You must attach backing storage disks to each worker node.
  • You must have dedicated metadata disks attached to the worker nodes.
  • The same KVDB device should be present on at least 3 of your nodes, and it should have the same unique device name across all the KVDB nodes.

Configure your custom registry​

  1. Set an environment variable for the Kubernetes version that you are using:

    KBVER=$(kubectl version --short | awk -F'[v+_-]' '/Server Version: / {print $3}')

  2. Set an environment variable to the latest major version of Portworx:

    PXVER=<portworx-version>

  3. On an internet-connected host with the same architecture and OS version as the Kubernetes cluster nodes intended for Portworx installation, download the air-gapped installation bootstrap script for the specified Kubernetes and Portworx versions:

    curl -o px-ag-install.sh -L "https://install.portworx.com/$PXVER/air-gapped?kbver=$KBVER"

  4. Pull the container images required for the specified versions:

    sh px-ag-install.sh pull

  5. Log in to docker:

    docker login <your-custom-registry>

  6. Push the container images to a custom registry that is accessible to your nodes. Do not include http:// in your custom registry path:

    sh px-ag-install.sh push <your-registry-path>

    For example:

    sh px-ag-install.sh push myregistry.net:5443

    Example for pushing image to a specific repo:

    sh px-ag-install.sh push myregistry.net:5443/px-images

Create a version manifest configmap for the Portworx Operator​

  1. Download the Portworx version manifest:

    curl -o versions.yaml "https://install.portworx.com/$PXVER/version?kbver=$KBVER"

  2. (Optional) If your installation images are spread across multiple custom registries, update your version manifest with the custom registry location details. You can use DNS hostname+domain or IP addresses (IPv4 or IPv6) to specify the container registry server in the following format:

    <dns-host.domain or IPv4 or IPv6>[:<port>]/repository/image:tag

    The following example demonstrates registries using a custom DNS hostname + domain, IPv4, and IPv6:

    version: 2.13.3
    components:
      stork: custom-registry.acme.org/portworx/backup/stork:23.2.1
      autopilot: 192.168.1.2:5433/tools/autopilot:1.3.7
      nodeWiper: [2001:db8:3333:4444:5555:6666:7777:8888]:5443/portworx/px-node-wiper:2.13.2
    note

    • Ensure that the Custom Container Registry location field is empty for any specs you generate in the spec generator.

    • kubeScheduler, kubeControllerManager, and pause may not appear in the version manifest, but you can include them in the px-version configmap:

    ...
    kubeScheduler: custom-registry.acme.org/k8s/kube-scheduler-amd64:v$KBVER
    kubeControllerManager: custom-registry.acme.org/k8s/kube-controller-manager-amd64:v$KBVER
    pause: custom-registry.acme.org/k8s/pause:3.1

  3. Create a configmap from the downloaded or updated version manifest:

    kubectl -n <px-namespace> create configmap px-versions --from-file=versions.yaml

Generate a Portworx spec​

  1. Navigate to Portworx Central and log in, or create an account.

  2. Select Portworx Enterprise from the product catalog and click Continue.

  3. On the Product Line page, choose any option depending on which license you intend to use, then click Continue.

  4. For Platform, select DAS/SAN, then click Customize at the bottom of the Summary section.

  5. On the Basic page, ensure that the Use the Portworx Operator and Built-in ETCD options are selected. For Portworx version, select the same value from the dropdown that you have set as your Portworx version in the Configure your environment section and click Next.

  6. Keep the recommended default values for the Storage page and click Next

  7. Choose your network options and click Next.

  8. On the Customize page, select None for the Are you running on either of these? option. leave the Custom Container Registry Location blank in Registry And Image Settings. Select Finish to generate the specs.

Apply specs​

Apply the Operator and StorageCluster specs you generated in the section above by performing the following steps:

  1. Deploy the Operator:

    kubectl apply -f 'https://install.portworx.com/<PXVER>?comp=pxoperator'
    serviceaccount/portworx-operator created
    podsecuritypolicy.policy/px-operator created
    clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/portworx-operator created
    clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/portworx-operator created
    deployment.apps/portworx-operator created

  2. Deploy the StorageCluster:

    kubectl apply -f 'https://install.portworx.com/<PXVER>?operator=true&mc=false&kbver=&b=true&c=px-cluster-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-8dfd338e915b&stork=true&csi=true&mon=true&tel=false&st=k8s&promop=true'
    storagecluster.core.libopenstorage.org/px-cluster-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-8dfd338e915b created

Verify your Portworx installation​

Once you've installed Portworx, you can perform the following tasks to verify that Portworx has installed correctly.

Verify if all pods are running​

Enter the following kubectl get pods command to list and filter the results for Portworx pods:

kubectl get pods -n <px-namespace> -o wide | grep -e portworx -e px
portworx-api-774c2                                      1/1     Running   0                2m55s   192.168.121.196   username-k8s1-node0    <none>           <none>
portworx-api-t4lf9                                      1/1     Running   0                2m55s   192.168.121.99    username-k8s1-node1    <none>           <none>
portworx-api-dvw64                                      1/1     Running   0                2m55s   192.168.121.99    username-k8s1-node2    <none>           <none>
portworx-kvdb-94bpk                                     1/1     Running   0                4s      192.168.121.196   username-k8s1-node0    <none>           <none>
portworx-kvdb-8b67l                                     1/1     Running   0                10s     192.168.121.196   username-k8s1-node1    <none>           <none>
portworx-kvdb-fj72p                                     1/1     Running   0                30s     192.168.121.196   username-k8s1-node2    <none>           <none>
portworx-operator-58967ddd6d-kmz6c                      1/1     Running   0                4m1s    10.244.1.99       username-k8s1-node0    <none>           <none>
prometheus-px-prometheus-0                              2/2     Running   0                2m41s   10.244.1.105      username-k8s1-node0    <none>           <none>
px-cluster-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-3e9bf3cd834d-9gs79   2/2     Running   0                2m55s   192.168.121.196   username-k8s1-node0    <none>           <none>
px-cluster-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-3e9bf3cd834d-vpptx   2/2     Running   0                2m55s   192.168.121.99    username-k8s1-node1    <none>           <none>
px-cluster-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-3e9bf3cd834d-bxmpn   2/2     Running   0                2m55s   192.168.121.191   username-k8s1-node2    <none>           <none>
px-csi-ext-868fcb9fc6-54bmc                             4/4     Running   0                3m5s    10.244.1.103      username-k8s1-node0    <none>           <none>
px-csi-ext-868fcb9fc6-8tk79                             4/4     Running   0                3m5s    10.244.1.102      username-k8s1-node2    <none>           <none>
px-csi-ext-868fcb9fc6-vbqzk                             4/4     Running   0                3m5s    10.244.3.107      username-k8s1-node1    <none>           <none>
px-prometheus-operator-59b98b5897-9nwfv                 1/1     Running   0                3m3s    10.244.1.104      username-k8s1-node0    <none>           <none>

Note the name of one of your px-cluster pods. You'll run pxctl commands from these pods in following steps.

Verify Portworx cluster status​

You can find the status of the Portworx cluster by running pxctl status commands from a pod. Enter the following kubectl exec command, specifying the pod name you retrieved in the previous section:

kubectl exec <pod-name> -n <px-namespace> -- /opt/pwx/bin/pxctl status
Defaulted container "portworx" out of: portworx, csi-node-driver-registrar
Status: PX is operational
Telemetry: Disabled or Unhealthy
Metering: Disabled or Unhealthy
License: Trial (expires in 31 days)
Node ID: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-70c31d0f478e
        IP: 192.168.121.99 
        Local Storage Pool: 1 pool
        POOL    IO_PRIORITY     RAID_LEVEL      USABLE  USED    STATUS  ZONE    REGION
        0       HIGH            raid0           3.0 TiB 10 GiB  Online  default default
        Local Storage Devices: 3 devices
        Device  Path            Media Type              Size            Last-Scan
        0:1     /dev/vdb        STORAGE_MEDIUM_MAGNETIC 1.0 TiB         14 Jul 22 22:03 UTC
        0:2     /dev/vdc        STORAGE_MEDIUM_MAGNETIC 1.0 TiB         14 Jul 22 22:03 UTC
        0:3     /dev/vdd        STORAGE_MEDIUM_MAGNETIC 1.0 TiB         14 Jul 22 22:03 UTC
        * Internal kvdb on this node is sharing this storage device /dev/vdc  to store its data.
        total           -       3.0 TiB
        Cache Devices:
         * No cache devices
Cluster Summary
        Cluster ID: px-cluster-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-3e9bf3cd834d
        Cluster UUID: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-6f3fd5522eae
        Scheduler: kubernetes
        Nodes: 3 node(s) with storage (3 online)
        IP              ID                                      SchedulerNodeName       Auth            StorageNode     Used    Capacity        Status  StorageStatus       Version         Kernel                  OS
        192.168.121.196 xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-fad8c65b8edc    username-k8s1-node0      Disabled        Yes             10 GiB  3.0 TiB         Online  Up 2.11.0-81faacc   3.10.0-1127.el7.x86_64  CentOS Linux 7 (Core)
        192.168.121.99  xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-70c31d0f478e    username-k8s1-node1      Disabled        Yes             10 GiB  3.0 TiB         Online  Up (This node)      2.11.0-81faacc  3.10.0-1127.el7.x86_64  CentOS Linux 7 (Core)
        192.168.121.191 xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-19d45b4c541a    username-k8s1-node2      Disabled        Yes             10 GiB  3.0 TiB         Online  Up  2.11.0-81faacc  3.10.0-1127.el7.x86_64  CentOS Linux 7 (Core)
Global Storage Pool        
        Total Used      :  30 GiB
        Total Capacity  :  9.0 TiB

The Portworx status will display PX is operational if your cluster is running as intended.

Verify pxctl cluster provision status​

  • Find the storage cluster, the status should show as Online:

    kubectl -n <px-namespace> get storagecluster
    NAME                                              CLUSTER UUID                           STATUS   VERSION   AGE
    px-cluster-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-3e9bf3cd834d   xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-6f3fd5522eae   Online   2.11.0    10m

  • Find the storage nodes, the statuses should show as Online:

    kubectl -n <px-namespace> get storagenodes
    NAME                  ID                                     STATUS   VERSION          AGE
    username-k8s1-node0   xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-fad8c65b8edc   Online   2.11.0-81faacc   11m
    username-k8s1-node1   xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-70c31d0f478e   Online   2.11.0-81faacc   11m
    username-k8s1-node2   xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-19d45b4c541a   Online   2.11.0-81faacc   11m

  • Verify the Portworx cluster provision status. Enter the following kubectl exec command, specifying the pod name you retrieved in the previous section:

    kubectl exec <pod-name> -n <px-namespace> -- /opt/pwx/bin/pxctl cluster provision-status
    Defaulted container "portworx" out of: portworx, csi-node-driver-registrar
    NODE                                    NODE STATUS     POOL                                            POOL STATUS     IO_PRIORITY     SIZE    AVAILABLE  USED     PROVISIONED     ZONE    REGION  RACK
    xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-70c31d0f478e    Up              0 ( xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-4d74ecc7e159 )      Online          HIGH            3.0 TiB 3.0 TiB    10 GiB   0 B             default default default
    xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-fad8c65b8edc    Up              0 ( xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-97e4359e57c0 )      Online          HIGH            3.0 TiB 3.0 TiB    10 GiB   0 B             default default default
    xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-19d45b4c541a    Up              0 ( xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-8904cab0e019 )      Online          HIGH            3.0 TiB 3.0 TiB    10 GiB   0 B             default default default

Create your first PVC​

For your apps to use persistent volumes powered by Portworx, you must use a StorageClass that references Portworx as the provisioner. Portworx includes a number of default StorageClasses, which you can reference with PersistentVolumeClaims (PVCs) you create. For a more general overview of how storage works within Kubernetes, refer to the Persistent Volumes section of the Kubernetes documentation.

Perform the following steps to create a PVC:

  1. Create a PVC referencing the px-csi-db default StorageClass and save the file:

    kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
    apiVersion: v1
    metadata:
        name: px-check-pvc
    spec:
        storageClassName: px-csi-db
        accessModes:
            - ReadWriteOnce
        resources:
            requests:
                storage: 2Gi

  2. Run the kubectl apply command to create a PVC:

    kubectl apply -f <your-pvc-name>.yaml
    persistentvolumeclaim/px-check-pvc created

Verify your StorageClass and PVC​

  1. Enter the kubectl get storageclass command:

    kubectl get storageclass
    NAME                                 PROVISIONER                     RECLAIMPOLICY   VOLUMEBINDINGMODE   ALLOWVOLUMEEXPANSION   AGE
    px-csi-db                            pxd.portworx.com                Delete          Immediate           true                   43d
    px-csi-db-cloud-snapshot             pxd.portworx.com                Delete          Immediate           true                   43d
    px-csi-db-cloud-snapshot-encrypted   pxd.portworx.com                Delete          Immediate           true                   43d
    px-csi-db-encrypted                  pxd.portworx.com                Delete          Immediate           true                   43d
    px-csi-db-local-snapshot             pxd.portworx.com                Delete          Immediate           true                   43d
    px-csi-db-local-snapshot-encrypted   pxd.portworx.com                Delete          Immediate           true                   43d
    px-csi-replicated                    pxd.portworx.com                Delete          Immediate           true                   43d
    px-csi-replicated-encrypted          pxd.portworx.com                Delete          Immediate           true                   43d
    px-db                                kubernetes.io/portworx-volume   Delete          Immediate           true                   43d
    px-db-cloud-snapshot                 kubernetes.io/portworx-volume   Delete          Immediate           true                   43d
    px-db-cloud-snapshot-encrypted       kubernetes.io/portworx-volume   Delete          Immediate           true                   43d
    px-db-encrypted                      kubernetes.io/portworx-volume   Delete          Immediate           true                   43d
    px-db-local-snapshot                 kubernetes.io/portworx-volume   Delete          Immediate           true                   43d
    px-db-local-snapshot-encrypted       kubernetes.io/portworx-volume   Delete          Immediate           true                   43d
    px-replicated                        kubernetes.io/portworx-volume   Delete          Immediate           true                   43d
    px-replicated-encrypted              kubernetes.io/portworx-volume   Delete          Immediate           true                   43d
    stork-snapshot-sc                    stork-snapshot                  Delete          Immediate           true                   43d

    kubectl returns details about the StorageClasses available to you. Verify that px-csi-db appears in the list.

  2. Enter the kubectl get pvc command. If this is the only StorageClass and PVC that you've created, you should see only one entry in the output:

    kubectl get pvc <your-pvc-name>
    NAME          STATUS   VOLUME                                     CAPACITY   ACCESS MODES   STORAGECLASS           AGE
    px-check-pvc  Bound    pvc-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-2377767c8ce0   2Gi        RWO            example-storageclass   3m7s

    kubectl returns details about your PVC if it was created correctly. Verify that the configuration details appear as you intended.

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