Create a storage class

11/06/2023 Contributors

Configure a Kubernetes StorageClass object and create the storage class to instruct Astra Trident how to provision volumes.

Configure a Kubernetes StorageClass object

The Kubernetes StorageClass object identifies Astra Trident as the provisioner that is used for that class instructs Astra Trident how to provision a volume. For example:

apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
kind: StorageClass
metadata:
  name: <Name>
provisioner: csi.trident.netapp.io
mountOptions: <Mount Options>
parameters:
  <Trident Parameters>
allowVolumeExpansion: true
volumeBindingMode: Immediate

Refer to Kubernetes and Trident objects for details on how storage classes interact with the PersistentVolumeClaim and parameters for controlling how Astra Trident provisions volumes.

Create a storage class

After you create the StorageClass object, you can create the storage class. Storage class samples provides some basic samples you can use or modify.

Steps

This is a Kubernetes object, so use kubectl to create it in Kubernetes.
```
kubectl create -f sample-input/storage-class-basic-csi.yaml
```

You should now see a basic-csi storage class in both Kubernetes and Astra Trident, and Astra Trident should have discovered the pools on the backend.

kubectl get sc basic-csi
NAME         PROVISIONER             AGE
basic-csi    csi.trident.netapp.io   15h

./tridentctl -n trident get storageclass basic-csi -o json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "Config": {
        "version": "1",
        "name": "basic-csi",
        "attributes": {
          "backendType": "ontap-nas"
        },
        "storagePools": null,
        "additionalStoragePools": null
      },
      "storage": {
        "ontapnas_10.0.0.1": [
          "aggr1",
          "aggr2",
          "aggr3",
          "aggr4"
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}

Storage class samples

Astra Trident provides simple storage class definitions for specific backends.

Alternatively, you can edit sample-input/storage-class-csi.yaml.templ file that comes with the installer and replace BACKEND_TYPE with the storage driver name.

./tridentctl -n trident get backend
+-------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+--------+---------+
|    NAME     | STORAGE DRIVER |                 UUID                 | STATE  | VOLUMES |
+-------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+--------+---------+
| nas-backend | ontap-nas      | 98e19b74-aec7-4a3d-8dcf-128e5033b214 | online |       0 |
+-------------+----------------+--------------------------------------+--------+---------+

cp sample-input/storage-class-csi.yaml.templ sample-input/storage-class-basic-csi.yaml

# Modify __BACKEND_TYPE__ with the storage driver field above (e.g., ontap-nas)
vi sample-input/storage-class-basic-csi.yaml