# Red Hat Ceph Storage 4 Setup in External mode with ODF Integration
# Introduction
Ceph is a Software Defined Storage (SDS) Solution. It is distributed storage Solution. It is a free and open source. It provides unified storage i.e. a single Ceph cluster can provide Object / Block / File storage options.
# Logical Diagram
Figure 27. Red Hat Ceph Storage Setup in External Mode Solution Flow Diagram
# Hardware Requirement
MON, OSD, MSD & MGR daemons are running on the MON/OSD node.
# Installation Process
Enable subscriptions on the following nodes.
ADMIN node:
> subscription-manager register
> subscription-manager refresh
> subscription-manager list --available --all --matches="*Ceph*"
> subscription-manager attach --pool=<POOL_ID>
> subscription-manager repos --disable=*
> subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rpms
> subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-extras-rpms
> subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rhceph-4-tools-rpms --enable=rhel-7-server-ansible-2.8-rpms
> yum --y update
> yum install yum-utils vim -y
> yum-config-manager --disable epel
MON/OSD nodes:
> subscription-manager register
> subscription-manager refresh
> subscription-manager list --available --all --matches="*Ceph*"
> subscription-manager attach --pool=<POOL_ID>
> subscription-manager repos --disable=*
> subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rpms
> subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-extras-rpms
> subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rhceph-4-osd-rpms
> subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rhceph-4-mon-rpms
> subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-7-server-rhceph-4-tools-rpms
> yum --y update
> yum install yum-utils vim -y
> yum-config-manager --disable epel
Execute the following steps on Admin Node
Install ceph-ansible package
> yum install -y ceph-ansible
> cd /usr/share/ceph-ansible
Create ansible host inventory file for MON, OSD & GRAFANA as shown below
> touch hosts
[mons] <mon-1.fqdn> <mon-2.fqdn> <mon-3.fqdn> [osds] <osd-1.fqdn> <osd-2.fqdn> <osd-3.fqdn> [grafana-server] <grafana_server.fqdn>
> cd /usr/share/ceph-ansible
> cp group_vars/all.yml.sample group_vars/all.yml
> cp group_vars/osds.yml.sample group_vars/osds.yml
> cp site.yml.sample site.yml
Create Red Hat Ceph Docker Registry username and password using the below information.
If you do not have a Red Hat Registry Service Account, create one using the Registry Service Account webpage (opens new window). See the Red Hat Container Registry Authentication (opens new window) Knowledgebase article for details on how to create and manage tokens.
Edit group_vars/all.yml as shown below:
fetch_directory: ~/ceph-ansible-keys ceph_origin: repository ceph_repository: rhcs ceph_repository_type: cdn ceph_rhcs_version: 4 monitor_interface: eno3 --> Port interface where IP is configured public_network: 10.0.18.0/16 --> IP address range starting from 1st node ceph_docker_registry: registry.redhat.io ceph_docker_registry_auth: true ceph_docker_registry_username: SERVICE_ACCOUNT_USER_NAME ceph_docker_registry_password: TOKEN dashboard_admin_user: <customised username> dashboard_admin_password: <customised password> node_exporter_container_image: registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-prometheus-node-exporter:v4.1 grafana_server_group_name: grafana-server grafana_admin_user: grafana_admin_password: mon_group_name: mons osd_group_name: osds grafana_container_image: registry.redhat.io/rhceph/rhceph-4-dashboard-rhel8:4 prometheus_container_image: registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-prometheus:4.1 alertmanager_container_image: registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-prometheus-alertmanager:4.1 configure_firewall: True
Edit group_vars/osds.yml as shown below:
osd_auto_discovery: False devices: - /dev/sdb - /dev/sdc
NOTE
If osd_auto_discovery is set to True, all the empty disks will be used by the system to create OSD.
Create an ansible user with sudo access on all nodes.
> adduser ansible-user
> passwd ansible-user
> cat << EOF >/etc/sudoers.d/ansible-user $ansible-user ALL = (root) NOPASSWD:ALL EOF
> chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/ansible-user
Generate SSH keys as the ansible user and copy the key to MON & OSD nodes.
> ssh-keygen
> ssh-copy-id ansible-user@<mon-osd-ip>
Create ~/.ssh/config file and set values for the Hostname and User options for each node in the storage cluster
> touch ~/.ssh/config
Host node1 Hostname <mon-1.fqdn> User ansible-user ... ... Host node4 Hostname <osd-1.fqdn> User ansible-user
Run the Ansible playbook for creating Ceph storage and Ceph cluster.
> ansible-playbook site.yml -i hosts
Created Ceph storage on any one of OSD nodes.
Run Ansible playbook for creating Ceph cluster dashboard.
> ansible-playbook dashboard.yml -i hosts
Open Ceph cluster web UI and enter credentials to login
Ceph Dash board: Cretae rdb pool in Ceph cluster.
Ceph pool on Ceph cluster dash board: Dashboard -> Pools -> Create Pool
Created Ceph pool on Dashboard.
Create openshift-storage namespace. (Dashboard -> Administration -> Namespace -> Create Namespace).
Create OpenShift Data Foundation 4.8 operator. (Dashboard -> Operators -> OperatorHub -> openshift-stoage (namespace) -> search for (OpenShift Data Foundation) -> Install).Select the below options to create OpenShift Data Foundation operator
Update Channel as stable-4.8
Installation Mode as A specific namespace on the cluster
Installed Namespace as Operator recommended namespace PR openshift-storage. If Namespace openshift-storage does not exist, it will be created during the operator installation.
Enable operator recommended cluster monitoring on this namespace checkbox is selected. This is required for cluster monitoring.
Approval Strategy as Automatic
Create Overview -> openshift-storage (namespace) -> Operator Hub -> Installed Operators -> OpenShift Data Foundation (operator) -> "Storage Cluster" -> "Create ODF Cluster Service"
Select "External" storage mode to integrate external ceph storage for creating ODF cluster by default it shows internal
Download "ceph-external-cluster-details-exporter.py" file and place on any one of OSD nodes.
NOTE
Python version should be "python 3.x".
Check the python script ceph-external-cluster-details-exporter.py arguments.
> python3 ceph-external-cluster-details-exporter.py --help
Execute the below script for integrating Ceph cluster rbd pool into OCP cluster for creating ODF cluster.
> python3 ceph-external-cluster-details-exporter.py --rbd-pool-name <rbd_pool_name_created_on_ceph_cluster>
Script output as shown below in JSON format.
Save the above command output in a json file.
Click External cluster metadata -> Browse to select and upload the json file.
Click on Create for integrating external Ceph storage for creating ODF cluster.
Validating ODF cluster by deploying two-tier application WordPress.
Create wordpress namespace.
Deploy WordPress application under wordpress namespace.
Check all ODF cluster and WordPress application's pods, pv, pvc and sc.
Check sc,pv &pvc of openshift-storage namespace.
Check pods of openshift-storage namespace.
Check pvc and pods of wordpess namespace.