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Install Portworx on EKS air-gapped cluster

Follow the instructions on this page to deploy Portworx and its required packages on an EKS air-gapped cluster using your private registry location.

Prerequisites

  • You must have an AWS EKS cluster that meets the Portworx prerequisites.
  • You must use one of the following disk types:
    • GP2
    • GP3
    • IO1
  • Recommended disk sizes:
    • GP2: 150 (GB) size disk is needed as the minimum IOP requirement when running on AWS
    • GP3 specify IOPS required from EBS volume and specify throughput for EBS volume
    • IO1 specify IOPS required from EBS volume
  • For production environments Portworx, Inc. recommends 3 Availability Zones (AZs).
  • Portworx, Inc. recommends you to set Max storage nodes per availability zone.
  • A container registry accessible from the nodes on which Portworx will be deployed. In the below example, AWS Elastic Container Registry (ECR) is being used.
  • If using ECR, you must have AWS CLI installed and configured on your client machine.
  • An AWS user-account identity that can push or pull images to the given container registry.

Configure your environment

Follow the steps in this section to configure your EKS environment before installing Portworx.

Create an IAM policy

Provide permissions for all instances in the autoscaling cluster by creating an IAM policy.

Perform the following steps from your AWS console:

  1. Navigate to the IAM page on your AWS console, then select Policies under the Identity and Access Management (IAM) sidebar section and select the Create Policy button in the upper right corner:

    AWS create policy page

  2. Choose the JSON tab, then paste the following permissions into the editor, providing your own value for Sid if applicable:

    {
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "", 
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "ec2:AttachVolume",
                "ec2:ModifyVolume",
                "ec2:DetachVolume",
                "ec2:CreateTags",
                "ec2:CreateVolume",
                "ec2:DeleteTags",
                "ec2:DeleteVolume",
                "ec2:DescribeTags",
                "ec2:DescribeVolumeAttribute",
                "ec2:DescribeVolumesModifications",
                "ec2:DescribeVolumeStatus",
                "ec2:DescribeVolumes",
                "ec2:DescribeInstances",
                "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
    NOTE: These are the minimum permissions needed for storage operations for a Portworx cluster. For other IAM permissions required for other Portworx operations (such as backup and DR functionality), see the credentials reference section.

  3. Name and create the policy:

    Create policy

  4. In the Roles section, search and select your node group NodeInstanceRole using your cluster name. The following example shows eksctl-victorpeksdemo2-nodegroup-NodeInstanceRole-M9QTT58HQ9Z as the nodegroup Instance Role:

    Search for your policy

    NOTE: If there are more than one nodegroup NodeInstanceRole for your cluster, attach the policy to those NodeInstanceRoles as well.

  5. Attach the previously created policy by selecting Attach policies from the Add permissions dropdown on the right side of the screen:

    Attach your policy

  6. Under Other permissions policies, search for your policy name. Select your policy name and select the Attach policies button to attach it.

    The policy you attached will appear under Permissions policies:

    Confirm your policy is added

    NOTE: Copy the ARN for the newly created policy. You will need to specify this value for your NodeGroup (either within the AWS create-EKS/nodegroup section if using the AWS console, or in a configuration file if using the eksctl) for all nodes in your AWS cluster.

Get Portworx container images

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

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

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

    PXVER=<portworx-version>

  3. On an internet-connected host, download the air-gapped-install bootstrap script for the Kubernetes and Portworx versions that you specified:

    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

Set your container registry

In order to make the Portworx container images available in your air-gapped cluster, you need to have a container registry that the nodes can access. In the AWS environment, you can use the Elastic Container Registry (ECR) service. ECR is a repository for a single image, whereas Portworx consists of multiple images. Therefore, you must create a separate ECR repository for each image.

  1. Log in to docker:

    aws ecr get-login-password --region us-west-2 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin XXXXXXXXXXXX.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com

  2. Run the following command to create an ECR repository for each image. The following command will create repositories in the us-west-2 region, which are differentiated by the pxmirror prefix. You must use the region where you are deploying your Portworx cluster in the following command:

    for images in $(curl -fsSL install.portworx.com/$PXVER/air-gapped | awk -F / '/^IMAGES="$IMAGES /{print $NF}' | cut -d: -f1); do aws ecr create-repository --repository-name pxmirror/$images --image-scanning-configuration scanOnPush=true --region us-west-2; done

    You need to press q after the creation of each repository until the command is completely executed.

  3. Create the Kubernetes secret to pull the images in the same region:

     kubectl create secret docker-registry ecr-pxmirror --docker-server XXXXXXXXXXXX.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com --docker-username=AWS --docker-password=$(aws ecr get-login-password --region us-west-2) -n kube-system

    The registry used in above command is:XXXXXXXXXXXX.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/pxmirror, where XXXXXXXXXXXX corresponds to your AWS Account ID number.

    NOTE: Skip the above steps if you are not using the ECR registry.

  4. Push the container images to a private registry that is accessible to your air-gapped nodes. Do not include http:// in your private registry path:

    sh px-ag-install.sh push XXXXXXXXXXXX.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/pxmirror

Create a version manifest configmap for Portworx Operator

  1. Download the Portworx version manifest:

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

  2. Create a configmap from the downloaded version manifest:

    kubectl -n kube-system create configmap px-versions --from-file=versions

Install Portworx

Follow the instructions in this section to deploy Portworx.

Generate specs

  1. Navigate to the PX-Central.

  2. Select Portworx Enterprise from the product catalog.

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

  4. On the Basic page, ensure that the Use the Portworx Operator option is selected. For Portworx version, select the same version from the dropdown that you have set in the previous section. If you choose version 2.12, change the namespace to kube-system in the Namespace field. Select Built-in ETCD and click Next.

  5. Select Cloud as your environment and then select AWS as your cloud platform. Keep the recommended default values for the Configure storage devices section and click Next.

  6. Choose your network and click Next.

  7. On the Customize page, for the Are you running on either of these? option, select Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS). Provide your internal registry path and the details for how to connect to your private registry in Registry And Image Settings.

Click the Finish button to create 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-0d8dad46-f9fd-4945-b4ac-8dfd338e915b&stork=true&csi=true&mon=true&tel=false&st=k8s&reg=XXXXXXXXXXXX.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com&rsec=ecr-pxmirror&promop=true'
    storagecluster.core.libopenstorage.org/px-cluster-0d8dad46-f9fd-4945-b4ac-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 kube-system -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-1c3edc42-4541-48fc-b173-3e9bf3cd834d-9gs79   2/2     Running   0                2m55s   192.168.121.196   username-k8s1-node0    <none>           <none>
px-cluster-1c3edc42-4541-48fc-b173-3e9bf3cd834d-vpptx   2/2     Running   0                2m55s   192.168.121.99    username-k8s1-node1    <none>           <none>
px-cluster-1c3edc42-4541-48fc-b173-3e9bf3cd834d-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 kube-system -- /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: 788bf810-57c4-4df1-9a5a-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-1c3edc42-4541-48fc-b173-3e9bf3cd834d
        Cluster UUID: 33a82fe9-d93b-435b-943e-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 f6d87392-81f4-459a-b3d4-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  788bf810-57c4-4df1-9a5a-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 a8c76018-43d7-4a58-3d7b-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 kube-system get storagecluster
    NAME                                              CLUSTER UUID                           STATUS   VERSION   AGE
px-cluster-1c3edc42-4541-48fc-b173-3e9bf3cd834d   33a82fe9-d93b-435b-943e-6f3fd5522eae   Online   2.11.0    10m

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

    kubectl -n kube-system get storagenodes
    NAME                  ID                                     STATUS   VERSION          AGE
username-k8s1-node0   f6d87392-81f4-459a-b3d4-fad8c65b8edc   Online   2.11.0-81faacc   11m
username-k8s1-node1   788bf810-57c4-4df1-9a5a-70c31d0f478e   Online   2.11.0-81faacc   11m
username-k8s1-node2   a8c76018-43d7-4a58-3d7b-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 kube-system -- /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
788bf810-57c4-4df1-9a5a-70c31d0f478e    Up              0 ( 96e7ff01-fcff-4715-b61b-4d74ecc7e159 )      Online          HIGH            3.0 TiB 3.0 TiB    10 GiB   0 B             default default default
f6d87392-81f4-459a-b3d4-fad8c65b8edc    Up              0 ( e06386e7-b769-4ce0-b674-97e4359e57c0 )      Online          HIGH            3.0 TiB 3.0 TiB    10 GiB   0 B             default default default
a8c76018-43d7-4a58-3d7b-19d45b4c541a    Up              0 ( a2e0af91-bb02-1574-611b-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/example-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
example-pvc   Bound    pvc-dce346e8-ff02-4dfb-935c-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.

Last edited: Tuesday, Jan 31, 2023
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