The sds-local-volume module: FAQ

What is difference between LVM and LVMThin?

• LVM is simpler and has high performance that is similar to that of native disk drives;
• LVMThin allows overprovisioning; however, it is slower than LVM.

How do I set the default StorageClass?

Set the spec.IsDefault field to true in the corresponding LocalStorageClass custom resource.

I don’t want the module to be used on all nodes of the cluster. How can I select the desired nodes?

The nodes that will be involved with the module are determined by special labels specified in the nodeSelector field in the module settings.

To display and edit the module settings, you can execute the command:

kubectl edit mc sds-local-volume

The approximate output of the command would be:

apiVersion: deckhouse.io/v1alpha1
kind: ModuleConfig
metadata:
  name: sds-local-volume
spec:
  enabled: true
  settings:
    dataNodes:
      nodeSelector:
        my-custom-label-key: my-custom-label-value
status:
  message: ""
  version: "1"

To display existing labels specified in the nodeSelector field, you can execute the command:

kubectl get mc sds-local-volume -o=jsonpath={.spec.settings.dataNodes.nodeSelector}

The approximate output of the command would be:

nodeSelector:
  my-custom-label-key: my-custom-label-value

Nodes whose labels include the set specified in the settings are selected by the module as targets for usage. Therefore, by changing the nodeSelector field, you can influence the list of nodes that the module will use.

Please note that the nodeSelector field can contain any number of labels, but it’s crucial that each of the specified labels is present on the node you intend to use for working with the module. It’s only when all the specified labels are present on the selected node that the sds-local-volume-csi-node pod will be launched.

After adding labels to the nodes, the sds-local-volume-csi-node pods should be started. You can check their presence using the command:

 kubectl -n d8-sds-local-volume get pod -owide

Why can’t I create a PVC on the selected node using the module?

Please verify that the pod sds-local-volume-csi-node is running on the selected node.

kubectl -n d8-sds-local-volume get po -owide

If the pod is missing, please ensure that all labels specified in the module settings in the nodeSelector field are present on the selected node. More details about this can be found here.

How do I take a node out of the module’s control?

To take a node out of the module’s control, you need to remove the labels specified in the nodeSelector field in the module settings for sds-local-volume.

You can check the presence of existing labels in the nodeSelector using the command:

kubectl get mc sds-local-volume -o=jsonpath={.spec.settings.dataNodes.nodeSelector}

The approximate output of the command would be:

nodeSelector:
  my-custom-label-key: my-custom-label-value

Remove the labels specified in nodeSelector from the desired nodes.

kubectl label node %node-name% %label-from-selector%-

Please note that to remove a label, you need to add a hyphen immediately after its key instead of its value.

As a result, the sds-local-volume-csi-node pod should be deleted from the desired node. You can check its status using the command:

kubectl -n d8-sds-local-volume get po -owide

If the sds-local-volume-csi-node pod remains on the node after removing the nodeSelector label, please ensure that the labels specified in the nodeSelector field of the d8-sds-local-volume-controller-config in the config have indeed been successfully removed from the selected node.

You can verify this using the command:

kubectl get node %node-name% --show-labels

If the labels from nodeSelector are not present on the node, ensure that this node does not own any LVMVolumeGroup resources used by LocalStorageClass resources. More details about this check can be found here.

Please note that on the LVMVolumeGroup and LocalStorageClass resources, which prevent the node from being taken out of the module’s control, the label storage.deckhouse.io/sds-local-volume-candidate-for-eviction will be displayed. On the node itself, the label storage.deckhouse.io/sds-local-volume-need-manual-eviction will be present.

How to check if there are dependent resources LVMVolumeGroup on the node?

To check for such resources, follow these steps:

1. Display the existing LocalStorageClass resources

kubectl get lsc

2. Check each of them for the list of used LVMVolumeGroup resources.

If you want to list all LocalStorageClass resources at once, run the command:

kubectl get lsc -oyaml

kubectl get lsc %lsc-name% -oyaml

An approximate representation of LocalStorageClass could be:

apiVersion: v1
items:
- apiVersion: storage.deckhouse.io/v1alpha1
  kind: LocalStorageClass
  metadata:
    finalizers:
    - localstorageclass.storage.deckhouse.io
    name: test-sc
  spec:
    lvm:
      lvmVolumeGroups:
      - name: test-vg
      type: Thick
    reclaimPolicy: Delete
    volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer
  status:
    phase: Created
kind: List

Please pay attention to the spec.lvm.lvmVolumeGroups field - it specifies the used LVMVolumeGroup resources.

3. Display the list of existing LVMVolumeGroup resources.

kubectl get lvg

An approximate representation of LVMVolumeGroup could be:

NAME              HEALTH        NODE                         SIZE       ALLOCATED SIZE   VG        AGE
lvg-on-worker-0   Operational   node-worker-0   40956Mi    0                test-vg   15d
lvg-on-worker-1   Operational   node-worker-1   61436Mi    0                test-vg   15d
lvg-on-worker-2   Operational   node-worker-2   122876Mi   0                test-vg   15d
lvg-on-worker-3   Operational   node-worker-3   307196Mi   0                test-vg   15d
lvg-on-worker-4   Operational   node-worker-4   307196Mi   0                test-vg   15d
lvg-on-worker-5   Operational   node-worker-5   204796Mi   0                test-vg   15d

4. Ensure that the node you intend to remove from the module’s control does not have any LVMVolumeGroup resources used in LocalStorageClass resources.

To avoid unintentionally losing control over volumes already created using the module, the user needs to manually delete dependent resources by performing necessary operations on the volume.

I removed the labels from the node, but the sds-local-volume-csi-node pod is still there. Why did this happen?

Most likely, there are LVMVolumeGroup resources present on the node, which are used in one of the LocalStorageClass resources.

To avoid unintentionally losing control over volumes already created using the module, the user needs to manually delete dependent resources by performing necessary operations on the volume."

The process of checking for the presence of the aforementioned resources is described here.

Service pods for the sds-local-volume components are not being created on the node I need. Why is that?

With a high probability, the issues are related to the labels on the node.

Nodes to be used by the module are determined by special labels specified in the nodeSelector field in the module settings.

To display the existing labels specified in the nodeSelector field, you can execute the command:

kubectl get mc sds-local-volume -o=jsonpath={.spec.settings.dataNodes.nodeSelector}

The approximate output of the command would be:

nodeSelector:
  my-custom-label-key: my-custom-label-value

Nodes whose labels include the set specified in the settings are chosen by the module as targets for usage.

You can also additionally check the selectors used by the module in the configuration of the secret d8-sds-local-volume-controller-config in the namespace d8-sds-local-volume.

kubectl -n d8-sds-local-volume get secret d8-sds-local-volume-controller-config  -o jsonpath='{.data.config}' | base64 --decode

The approximate output of the command would be:

nodeSelector:
  kubernetes.io/os: linux
  my-custom-label-key: my-custom-label-value

The output of this command should include all labels from the settings of the data.nodeSelector module, as well as kubernetes.io/os: linux.

Check the labels on the node you need:

kubectl get node %node-name% --show-labels

If necessary, add the missing labels to the desired node:

kubectl label node %node-name% my-custom-label-key=my-custom-label-value

If the labels are present, it’s necessary to check for the existence of the label storage.deckhouse.io/sds-local-volume-node= on the node. If the label is absent, it’s advisable to verify whether sds-local-volume-controller is functioning properly. If it is, then check the logs:

kubectl -n d8-sds-local-volume get po -l app=sds-local-volume-controller
kubectl -n d8-sds-local-volume logs -l app=sds-local-volume-controller