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Persistent Storage Using OpenStack Manila

Overview

Persistent volume (PV) provisioning using OpenStack Manila is a Technology Preview feature only. Technology Preview features are not supported with Red Hat production service level agreements (SLAs), might not be functionally complete, and Red Hat does not recommend to use them for production. These features provide early access to upcoming product features, enabling customers to test functionality and provide feedback during the development process.

For more information on Red Hat Technology Preview features support scope, see https://access.redhat.com/support/offerings/techpreview/.

OpenShift Container Platform is capable of provisioning PVs using the OpenStack Manila shared file system service.

It is assumed the OpenStack Manila service has been correctly set up and is accessible from the OpenShift Container Platform cluster. Only the NFS share types can be provisioned.

Familiarity with PVs, persistent volume claims (PVCs), dynamic provisioning, and RBAC authorization is recommended.

Installation and Setup

The feature is provided by an external provisioner. You must install and configure it in the OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

Starting the External Provisioner

The external provisioner service is distributed as a container image and can be run in the OpenShift Container Platform cluster as usual.

To allow the containers managing the API objects, configure the required role-based access control (RBAC) rules as a cluster administrator:

  1. Create a ServiceAccount:

    apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
  name: manila-provisioner-runner

  2. Create a ClusterRole:

    kind: ClusterRole
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
  name: manila-provisioner-role
rules:
  - apiGroups: [""]
    resources: ["persistentvolumes"]
    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "delete"]
  - apiGroups: [""]
    resources: ["persistentvolumeclaims"]
    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "update"]
  - apiGroups: ["storage.k8s.io"]
    resources: ["storageclasses"]
    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
  - apiGroups: [""]
    resources: ["events"]
    verbs: ["list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch"]

  3. Bind the rules via ClusterRoleBinding:

    apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
  name: manila-provisioner
roleRef:
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
  kind: ClusterRole
  name: manila-provisioner-role
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
  name: manila-provisioner-runner
  namespace: default

  4. Create a new StorageClass:

    apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
kind: StorageClass
metadata:
  name: "manila-share"
provisioner: "externalstorage.k8s.io/manila"
parameters:
  type: "default" (1)
  zones: "nova" (2)
    1 The Manila share type the provisioner will create for the volume.
    2 Set of Manila availability zones that the volume might be created in.

Configure the provisioner to connect, authenticate, and authorize to the Manila servic using environment variables. Select the appropriate combination of environment variables for your installation from the following list:

OS_USERNAME
OS_PASSWORD
OS_AUTH_URL
OS_DOMAIN_NAME
OS_TENANT_NAME
OS_USERID
OS_PASSWORD
OS_AUTH_URL
OS_TENANT_ID
OS_USERNAME
OS_PASSWORD
OS_AUTH_URL
OS_DOMAIN_ID
OS_TENANT_NAME
OS_USERNAME
OS_PASSWORD
OS_AUTH_URL
OS_DOMAIN_ID
OS_TENANT_ID

To pass the variables to the provisioner, use a Secret. The following example shows a Secret configured for the first variables combination

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: manila-provisioner-env
type: Opaque
data:
  os_username: <base64 encoded Manila username>
  os_password: <base64 encoded password>
  os_auth_url: <base64 encoded OpenStack Keystone URL>
  os_domain_name: <base64 encoded Manila service Domain>
  os_tenant_name: <base64 encoded Manila service Tenant/Project name>

Newer OpenStack versions use "project" instead of "tenant." However, the environment variables used by the provisioner must use TENANT in their names.

The last step is to start the provisioner itself, for example, using a deployment:

kind: Deployment
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
metadata:
  name: manila-provisioner
spec:
  replicas: 1
  strategy:
    type: Recreate
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: manila-provisioner
    spec:
      serviceAccountName: manila-provisioner-runner
      containers:
        - image: "registry.access.redhat.com/openshift3/manila-provisioner:latest"
          imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
          name: manila-provisioner
          env:
            - name: "OS_USERNAME"
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: manila-provisioner-env
                  key: os_username
            - name: "OS_PASSWORD"
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: manila-provisioner-env
                  key: os_password
            - name: "OS_AUTH_URL"
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: manila-provisioner-env
                  key: os_auth_url
            - name: "OS_DOMAIN_NAME"
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: manila-provisioner-env
                  key: os_domain_name
            - name: "OS_TENANT_NAME"
              valueFrom:
                secretKeyRef:
                  name: manila-provisioner-env
                  key: os_tenant_name

Usage

After the provisioner is running, you can provision PVs using a PVC and the corresponding StorageClass:

kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
  name: manila-nfs-pvc
spec:
  accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce
  resources:
    requests:
      storage: 2G
  storageClassName: manila-share

The PersistentVolumeClaim is then bound to a PersistentVolume backed by the newly provisioned Manila share. When the PersistentVolumeClaim and subsequently the PersistentVolume are deleted, the provisioner deletes and unexports the Manila share.