Install on Kubernetes with Docker EE

This document explains how to install Portworx with Kubernetes on Docker EE 2.x.

Prerequisites

You must have Docker EE 2.x running with configured Kubernetes cluster.

Non-Kubernetes users: To install stand-alone Portworx on Docker EE 2.x follow this doc.

Install Docker EE 2.x

Follow Docker documentation to install Docker EE 2.x https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/docker-ee/centos.

Deploy UCP

Select UCP version

Follow Docker documentation to install UCP https://docs.docker.com/ee/ucp/admin/install.

Note that UCP version must be 3.1.x or higher for RBAC compatibility https://docs.docker.com/ee/ucp/release-notes.

Install UCP

Here is an example command to install UCP 3.1.2.

docker image pull docker/ucp:3.1.2

docker container run --rm -it --name ucp -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock docker/ucp:3.1.2 install --host-address <node-ip> --interactive

Do not init swarm, UCP with do that for you.

Use the credentials to login to UCP Dashboard, example: admin/password.

https://<node-ip>:443

Configure kubernetes environment

Check your Kubernetes version

Navigate to Admin -> About -> Kubernetes and look for GoVersion.

https://<node-ip>/manage/about/kubernetes

Get K8S Version

Install kubectl

Follow Kubernetes documentation to install kubectl package https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/#install-kubectl.

Generate new client bundle

Navigate to Admin -> My Profile -> Client Bundles and select Generate New Client Bundle from dropdown menu.

https://<node-ip>/manage/profile/clientbundle

Generate New Client Bundle

Download Client Bundle and set env

Install unzip and use it to unpackage bundle.

yum install -y unzip
unzip ucp-bundle-admin.zip
eval "$(<env.sh)"

Now use kubectl to get nodes.

kubectl get nodes -o wide

Install Portworx

Generate the specs

To install Portworx with Kubernetes, you must first generate Kubernetes manifests that you will deploy in your cluster:

Navigate to PX-Central and log in, or create an account.
Click Continue with Portworx Enterprise option:
Choose an appropriate license for your requirement and click Continue:

NOTE: If you’re using a cloud provider, do not add volumes of different types when configuring storage devices for during spec generation. For example, do not add both GP2 and GP3 for AWS, standard and ssd for GCP, or Standard and Premium for Azure. This can cause performance issues and errors.

Portworx can also be installed using its Helm chart by following instructions here. The above method is recommended over helm as the wizard will guide you based on your environment.

Apply the specs

Apply the generated specs to your cluster.

kubectl apply -f px-spec.yaml

Monitor the Portworx pods

Enter the following kubectl get command, waiting until all Portworx pods show as ready in the output:
```
kubectl get pods -o wide -n kube-system -l name=portworx
```

Enter the following kubectl describe command with the ID of one of your Portworx pods to show the current installation status for individual nodes:

 kubectl -n kube-system describe pods <portworx-pod-id>

 Events:
   Type     Reason                             Age                     From                  Message
   ----     ------                             ----                    ----                  -------
   Normal   Scheduled                          7m57s                   default-scheduler     Successfully assigned kube-system/portworx-qxtw4 to k8s-node-2
   Normal   Pulling                            7m55s                   kubelet, k8s-node-2   Pulling image "portworx/oci-monitor:2.5.0"
   Normal   Pulled                             7m54s                   kubelet, k8s-node-2   Successfully pulled image "portworx/oci-monitor:2.5.0"
   Normal   Created                            7m53s                   kubelet, k8s-node-2   Created container portworx
   Normal   Started                            7m51s                   kubelet, k8s-node-2   Started container portworx
   Normal   PortworxMonitorImagePullInPrgress  7m48s                   portworx, k8s-node-2  Portworx image portworx/px-enterprise:2.5.0 pull and extraction in progress
   Warning  NodeStateChange                    5m26s                   portworx, k8s-node-2  Node is not in quorum. Waiting to connect to peer nodes on port 9002.
   Warning  Unhealthy                          5m15s (x15 over 7m35s)  kubelet, k8s-node-2   Readiness probe failed: HTTP probe failed with statuscode: 503
   Normal   NodeStartSuccess                   5m7s                    portworx, k8s-node-2  PX is ready on this node

NOTE: In your output, the image pulled will differ based on your chosen Portworx license type and version.

Monitor the cluster status

Use the pxctl status command to display the status of your Portworx cluster:

PX_POD=$(kubectl get pods -l name=portworx -n kube-system -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
kubectl exec $PX_POD -n kube-system -- /opt/pwx/bin/pxctl status

Post-Install

Once you have a running Portworx installation, below sections are useful.