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 options are selected by default:
    1. Update Channel: stable-4.14
    2. Installation Mode: A specific namespace on the cluster
    3. Installed Namespace Operator namespace openshift-storage
      Note: If the openshift-storage namespace does not exist, it is created during the operator installation.
    4. Select Approval Strategy: Automatic or Manual
    5. Click Install.

    To verify the installation, confirm that a green checkmark is in the Status column for the 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_data_foundation/4.11/html/deploying_openshift_data_foundation_using_microsoft_azure_and_azure_red_hat_openshift/deploying-openshift-data-foundation-on-microsoft-azure_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