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How to Rebuild the NooBaa

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Summary

The article suggests the steps to re-install NooBaa instance in FDF/ODF setups.

Objective

  • The db-noobaa-db-0 PVC was deleted, due to which Backingstores went into NotReady state. How can I get noobaa working?
  • Installation of openshift-storage/noobaa-default-backing-store fails with an AUTH error stating "account not found".
  • When OCS Operator is stuck at "Installing State" while Object Storage resources are not detected.
  • When the Noobaa management endpoint is accessible but no configuration is found (Noobaa Web GUI indicates the need to create a user as the system is not ready).

Environment

  • IBM Storage Fusion Data Foundation 4.x
  • Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation 4.x

Steps

WARNING : The solution below involves the deletion and recreation of ALL of NooBaa resources. Doing this means ALL NooBaa resources will be removed. Please reach out IBM Technical Support team for a review of cluster before applying the changes outlined in this article,

Steps for ODF versions 4.11+

  • Patch and Deletion Commands:
 $ oc patch -n openshift-storage noobaa noobaa --type='merge' -p '{"spec":{"cleanupPolicy":{"allowNoobaaDeletion":true}}}'
  • Delete NooBaa/Multicloud Gateway (MCG):
 $ oc delete -n openshift-storage noobaas.noobaa.io --all
  •  If there are existing buckets, the above step command will hang. If the command hangs, in a separate terminal window, run the following command:
$ oc patch -n openshift-storage noobaas/noobaa --type=merge -p '{"metadata": {"finalizers":null}}'
  • After waiting some time for the termination/re-creation of all NooBaa resources, validate the new age of all the resources with the following commands:
$ oc get pv -n openshift-storage | grep noobaa-db
$ oc get deployment -n openshift-storage | grep noobaa
$ oc get pods -n openshift-storage | grep noobaa
$ oc get sts -n openshift-storage

Note: The above steps won't delete any custom backingstore, custom bucketclass, custom noobaa storageclass, obc, ob. You need to delete them manually.  

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 April 2025

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ibm17186382

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