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

Procedure

  1. In the web console, select Operators > OperatorHub.
  2. Scroll or type a keyword into the Filter by keyword box to search for OpenShift Container Storage Operator.
  3. Click Install on the OpenShift Container Storage Operator page.
  4. In the Install Operator page, these required options are selected by default:
    1. Update Channel: stable-4.7
    2. Installation Mode: A specific namespace on the cluster
    3. Installed Namespace Operator recommended namespace openshift-storage
      Note: If the openshift-storage namespace does not exist, it will be created during the operator installation.
    4. Select Approval Strategy: Automatic or Manual
    5. Click Install.

    To verify the installation, ensure that there is a green check mark in the Status column of the Openshift Data Foundation (previously OpenShift Container Storage) operator:

  5. To create the Openshift Data Foundation (previously OpenShift Container Storage) cluster, follow the instructions in https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openshift_container_storage/4.6/html/deploying_openshift_container_storage_using_microsoft_azure_and_azure_red_hat_openshift/deploying-openshift-container-storage-on-azure-red-hat-openshift_azuree

    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 output should be similar to:

    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