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Chapter 8. Postinstallation storage configuration


After installing OpenShift Container Platform, you can further expand and customize your cluster to your requirements, including storage configuration.

By default, containers operate by using the ephemeral storage or transient local storage. The ephemeral storage has a lifetime limitation. To store the data for a long time, you must configure persistent storage. You can configure storage by using one of the following methods:

Dynamic provisioning
You can dynamically provision storage on-demand by defining and creating storage classes that control different levels of storage, including storage access.
Static provisioning
You can use Kubernetes persistent volumes to make existing storage available to a cluster. Static provisioning can support various device configurations and mount options.

8.1. Dynamic provisioning

Dynamic Provisioning allows you to create storage volumes on-demand, eliminating the need for cluster administrators to pre-provision storage. See Dynamic provisioning.

8.2. Recommended configurable storage technology

To select the optimal storage solution for your OpenShift Container Platform cluster application, review the recommended and configurable storage technologies. By reviewing this summary, you can identify the supported options that best meet your specific workload requirements.

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Table 8.1. Recommended and configurable storage technology
Storage typeBlockFileObject

ROX

Yes

Yes

Yes

RWX

No

Yes

Yes

Registry

Configurable

Configurable

Recommended

Scaled registry

Not configurable

Configurable

Recommended

Metrics

Recommended

Configurable

Not configurable

Elasticsearch Logging

Recommended

Configurable

Not supported

Loki Logging

Not configurable

Not configurable

Recommended

Apps

Recommended

Recommended

Not configurable

where:

ROX
Specifies ReadOnlyMany access mode.
ROX.Yes
Specifies that this access mode
RWX
Specifies ReadWriteMany access mode.
Metrics
Specifies Prometheus as the underlying technology used for metrics.
Metrics.Configurable
For metrics, using file storage with the ReadWriteMany (RWX) access mode is unreliable. If you use file storage, do not configure the RWX access mode on any persistent volume claims (PVCs) that are configured for use with metrics.
Elasticsearch Logging.Configurable
For logging, review the recommended storage solution in Configuring persistent storage for the log store section. Using NFS storage as a persistent volume or through NAS, such as Gluster, can corrupt the data. Therefore, NFS is not supported for Elasticsearch storage and LokiStack log store in OpenShift Container Platform Logging. You must use one persistent volume type per log store.
Apps.Not configurable
Specifies that object storage is not consumed through PVs or PVCs of OpenShift Container Platform. Apps must integrate with the object storage REST API.
Note

A scaled registry is an OpenShift image registry where two or more pod replicas are running.

8.3. Deploy Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation

Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation is a provider of agnostic persistent storage for OpenShift Container Platform supporting file, block, and object storage, either in-house or in hybrid clouds. As a Red Hat storage solution, Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation is completely integrated with OpenShift Container Platform for deployment, management, and monitoring. For more information, see the Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation documentation.

Important

OpenShift Data Foundation on top of Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure (RHHI) for Virtualization, which uses hyperconverged nodes that host virtual machines installed with OpenShift Container Platform, is not a supported configuration. For more information about supported platforms, see the Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation Supportability and Interoperability Guide.

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If you are looking for Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation information about…​See the following Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation documentation:

What’s new, known issues, notable bug fixes, and Technology Previews

OpenShift Data Foundation 4.12 Release Notes

Supported workloads, layouts, hardware and software requirements, sizing and scaling recommendations

Planning your OpenShift Data Foundation 4.12 deployment

Instructions on deploying OpenShift Data Foundation to use an external Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster

Deploying OpenShift Data Foundation 4.12 in external mode

Instructions on deploying OpenShift Data Foundation to local storage on bare metal infrastructure

Deploying OpenShift Data Foundation 4.12 using bare metal infrastructure

Instructions on deploying OpenShift Data Foundation on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform VMware vSphere clusters

Deploying OpenShift Data Foundation 4.12 on VMware vSphere

Instructions on deploying OpenShift Data Foundation using Amazon Web Services for local or cloud storage

Deploying OpenShift Data Foundation 4.12 using Amazon Web Services

Instructions on deploying and managing OpenShift Data Foundation on existing Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Google Cloud clusters

Deploying and managing OpenShift Data Foundation 4.12 using Google Cloud

Instructions on deploying and managing OpenShift Data Foundation on existing Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform Azure clusters

Deploying and managing OpenShift Data Foundation 4.12 using Microsoft Azure

Instructions on deploying OpenShift Data Foundation to use local storage on IBM Power® infrastructure

Deploying OpenShift Data Foundation on IBM Power®

Instructions on deploying OpenShift Data Foundation to use local storage on IBM Z® infrastructure

Deploying OpenShift Data Foundation on IBM Z® infrastructure

Allocating storage to core services and hosted applications in Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation, including snapshot and clone

Managing and allocating resources

Managing storage resources across a hybrid cloud or multicloud environment using the Multicloud Object Gateway (NooBaa)

Managing hybrid and multicloud resources

Safely replacing storage devices for Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation

Replacing devices

Safely replacing a node in a Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation cluster

Replacing nodes

Scaling operations in Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation

Scaling storage

Monitoring a Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.12 cluster

Monitoring Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.12

Resolve issues encountered during operations

Troubleshooting OpenShift Data Foundation 4.12

Migrating your OpenShift Container Platform cluster from version 3 to version 4

Migration

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