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Container Storage Modules Installation Wizard

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The Container Storage Modules Installation Wizard is a webpage that helps you create a manifest file to install Dell CSI Drivers and CSM Modules. Users can enable or disable modules through the UI, and it generates a single manifest file, eliminating the need to download individual Helm charts for drivers and modules.

Note:Ensure Helm 3.x, namespace, and secrets are set up before installing the Helm chart.

Generate Manifest File

  1. Open the CSM Installation Wizard.
  2. Select the Installation Type as Helm/Operator.
  3. Select the Array.
  4. Enter the Image Repository. The default value is dellemc.
  5. Select the CSM Version.
  6. Select the modules for installation. If there are module specific inputs, enter their values.
  7. If needed, modify the Controller Pods Count.
  8. If needed, select Install Controller Pods on Control Plane and/or Install Node Pods on Control Plane.
  9. Enter the Namespace. The default value is csi-<array>.
  10. Click on Generate YAML.
  11. A manifest file, values.yaml will be generated and downloaded.
  12. A section Run the following commands to install will be displayed.
  13. Run the commands displayed to install Dell CSI Driver and Modules using the generated manifest file.

Installation Using Helm Chart

Steps

NOTE: Ensure Helm 3.x, namespace, and secrets are set up before installing the Helm chart.

  • Add the Dell Helm Charts repository.

    On your terminal, run each of the commands below:

     helm repo add dell https://dell.github.io/helm-charts
 helm repo update

  • Copy the downloaded values.yaml file.

  • Look over all the fields in the generated values.yaml and fill in/adjust any as needed.

NOTE: The CSM Installation Wizard generates values.yaml with the minimal inputs required to install the CSM. To configure additional parameters in values.yaml, you can follow the steps outlined in CSI Driver ,Observability, Replication, ,Resiliency.

  • When the PowerFlex driver is installed using values generated by installation wizard,if any changes to MDM the user run following command to update it.

    echo -n '<MDM_IPS>' | base64
kubectl create secret generic vxflexos-config -n vxflexos --from-file=config=samples/config.yaml --from-literal=MDM='xx.xx.xx.xx,yy.yy.yy.yy&zz.zz.zz.zz'
  • If Observability is checked in the wizard, refer to Observability to export metrics to Prometheus and load the Grafana dashboards.
  • If Authorization is checked in the wizard, only the sidecar is enabled. Refer to Authorization to install and configure the CSM Authorization Proxy Server.
  • If Replication is checked in the wizard, refer to Replication on configuring communication between Kubernetes clusters.

  • If your Kubernetes distribution doesn’t have the Volume Snapshot feature enabled, refer to this section to install the Volume Snapshot CRDs and the default snapshot controller.

  • Install the Helm chart.

    On your terminal, run this command:

    helm install <release-name> dell/container-storage-modules -n <namespace> --version <container-storage-module chart-version> -f <values.yaml location>

    Example: helm install {{Var}} dell/container-storage-modules -n csi-{{Var}} –version 1.4.0 -f values.yaml