Installing Openshift Data Foundation (previously OpenShift Container Storage) storage class

Procedure

  1. In the web console, select Operators > OperatorHub.
  2. Scroll or type OpenShift Data Foundation into the Filter by keyword box to search for OpenShift Data Foundation operator.
  3. Click Install.
  4. In the Install Operator page, these required options are selected by default:
    Parameter Value
    Update Channel stable-4.14
    Installation Mode A specific namespace on the cluster.
    Installed Namespace openshift-storage
    Note: If the openshift-storage namespace does not exist, it is created during the operator installation.
    Select Approval Strategy Automatic or Manual
  5. Click Install.

    To verify the installation, ensure that the Openshift Data Foundation (previously OpenShift Container Storage) operator's Status column has a green checkmark:

  6. To create the Openshift Data Foundation (previously OpenShift Container Storage) cluster, follow the instructions in Deploying OpenShift Data Foundation on Microsoft Azure .

    Select only those worker nodes on which you don’t want to run Db2®. Select at least 3 worker nodes.

    To verify that the storage class is installed, issue the oc get sc command. The following example shows a successful output:

    NAME                          PROVISIONER                             RECLAIMPOLICY   VOLUMEBINDINGMODE      ALLOWVOLUMEEXPANSION   AGE
    managed-premium (default)     kubernetes.io/azure-disk                Delete          WaitForFirstConsumer   true                   3d18h
    ocs-storagecluster-ceph-rbd   openshift-storage.rbd.csi.ceph.com      Delete          Immediate              true                   3d
    ocs-storagecluster-cephfs     openshift-storage.cephfs.csi.ceph.com   Delete          Immediate              true                   3d
    openshift-storage.noobaa.io   openshift-storage.noobaa.io/obc         Delete          Immediate              false                  3d