Troubleshooting

The CSM Authorization RPM will be deprecated in a future release. It is highly recommended that you use CSM Authorization Helm deployment or CSM Operator going forward.

RPM Deployment

The Failure of Building an Authorization RPM
Running karavictl tenant commands result in an HTTP 504 error
Installation fails to install policies
After installation, the create-pvc Pod is in an Error state

Helm Deployment

The CSI Driver for Dell PowerFlex v2.3.0 is in an Error or CrashLoopBackoff state due to “request denied for path” errors

The Failure of Building an Authorization RPM

This response occurs when running ‘make rpm’ without the proper permissions or correct pathing of the Authorization repository.

Error response from daemon: failed to create shim task: OCI runtime create failed: runc create failed: unable to start container process: error during container init: error mounting "/root/karavi-authorization/bin/deploy" to rootfs at "/home/builder/rpm/deploy": mount /root/karavi-authorization/bin/deploy:/home/builder/rpm/deploy (via /proc/self/fd/6), flags: 0x5000: not a directory: unknown: Are you trying to mount a directory onto a file (or vice-versa)? Check if the specified host path exists and is the expected type.ERRO[0001] error waiting for container: context canceled

Resolution

Ensure the cloned repository is in a folder independent of the root or home directory.

/root/myrepos/karavi-authorization

Enable appropriate permissions to the RPM folder (this is where the Authorization RPM is located after being built).

chmod o+rwx deploy/rpm

Retrieve CSM Authorization Server Logs

To retrieve logs from services on the CSM Authorization Server, run the following command (e.g proxy-server logs):

k3s kubectl logs deploy/proxy-server -n karavi -c proxy-server

For OPA related logs, run:

 k3s kubectl logs deploy/proxy-server -n karavi -c opa

Running “karavictl tenant” commands result in an HTTP 504 error

This situation may occur if there are Iptables or other firewall rules preventing communication with the provided DNS-hostname:

karavictl tenant list --addr <DNS-hostname>

{
  "ErrorMsg": "rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = Gateway Timeout: HTTP status code 504; 
  transport: received the unexpected content-type \"text/plain; charset=utf-8\""
}

Resolution

Consult with your system administrator or Iptables/firewall documentation. If there are rules in place to prevent communication with the DNS-hostname, either new rules must be created or existing rules must be updated.

Installation fails to install policies

If SELinux is enabled, the policies may fail to install:

error: failed to install policies (see /tmp/policy-install-for-karavi3163047435): exit status 1

Resolution

This issue should only occur with older versions of CSM Authorization. If your system is encountering this issue, upgrade to version 1.5.0 or above.

After installation, the create-pvc Pod is in an Error state

If SELinux is enabled, the create-pvc Pod may be in an Error state:

kube-system    create-pvc-44a763c7-e70f-4e32-a114-e94615041042   0/1     Error       0          102s

Resolution

Run the following commands to allow the PVC to be created:

semanage fcontext -a -t container_file_t  "/var/lib/rancher/k3s/storage(/.*)?"
restorecon -R  /var/lib/rancher/k3s/storage/

The CSI Driver for Dell PowerFlex v2.3.0 is in an Error or CrashLoopBackoff state due to “request denied for path” errors

The vxflexos-controller pods will have logs similar to:

time="2022-06-30T17:35:03Z" level=error msg="failed to list vols for array 2d6fb7c6370a990f : rpc error: code = Internal desc = Unable to list volumes: request denied for path " error="rpc error: code = Internal desc = Unable to list volumes: request denied for path"
time="2022-06-30T17:35:03Z" level=error msg="array 2d6fb7c6370a990f probe failed: failed to list vols for array 2d6fb7c6370a990f : rpc error: code = Internal desc = Unable to list volumes: request denied for path "
...
time="2022-06-30T17:35:03Z" level=fatal msg="grpc failed" error="rpc error: code = FailedPrecondition desc = All arrays are not working. Could not proceed further: map[2d6fb7c6370a990f:failed to list vols for array 2d6fb7c6370a990f : rpc error: code = Internal desc = Unable to list volumes: request denied for path ]"

The vxflexos-node pods will have logs similar to:

time="2022-06-30T17:38:32Z" level=error msg="failed to list vols for array 2d6fb7c6370a990f : rpc error: code = Internal desc = Unable to list volumes: request denied for path " error="rpc error: code = Internal desc = Unable to list volumes: request denied for path"
time="2022-06-30T17:38:32Z" level=error msg="array 2d6fb7c6370a990f probe failed: failed to list vols for array 2d6fb7c6370a990f : rpc error: code = Internal desc = Unable to list volumes: request denied for path "
...
time="2022-06-30T17:38:32Z" level=fatal msg="grpc failed" error="rpc error: code = FailedPrecondition desc = All arrays are not working. Could not proceed further: map[2d6fb7c6370a990f:failed to list vols for array 2d6fb7c6370a990f : rpc error: code = Internal desc = Unable to list volumes: request denied for path ]"

This occurs when the CSM Authorization proxy-server does not allow all driver HTTPS request paths.

Resolution

Edit the powerflex-urls configMap in the namespace where CSM Authorization is deployed to allow all request paths by default.

kubectl -n <namespace> edit configMap powerflex-urls

In the data field, navigate towards the bottom of this field where you see default allow = false. This is highlighted in bold in the example below. Replace false with true and save the edit.

data:
  url.rego: "# Copyright © 2022 Dell Inc., or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.\n#\n#
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the \"License\");\n# you may not
    use this file except in compliance with the License.\n# You may obtain a copy
    of the License at\n#\n#     http:#www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\n#\n# Unless
    required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\n# distributed under
    the License is distributed on an \"AS IS\" BASIS,\n# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS
    OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\n# See the License for the specific language
    governing permissions and\n# limitations under the License.\n\npackage karavi.authz.url\n\nallowlist
    = [\n    \"GET /api/login/\",\n\t\t\"POST /proxy/refresh-token/\",\n\t\t\"GET
    /api/version/\",\n\t\t\"GET /api/types/System/instances/\",\n\t\t\"GET /api/types/StoragePool/instances/\",\n\t\t\"POST
    /api/types/Volume/instances/\",\n\t\t\"GET /api/instances/Volume::[a-f0-9]+/$\",\n\t\t\"POST
    /api/types/Volume/instances/action/queryIdByKey/\",\n\t\t\"GET /api/instances/System::[a-f0-9]+/relationships/Sdc/\",\n\t\t\"GET
    /api/instances/Sdc::[a-f0-9]+/relationships/Statistics/\",\n\t\t\"GET /api/instances/Sdc::[a-f0-9]+/relationships/Volume/\",\n\t\t\"GET
    /api/instances/Volume::[a-f0-9]+/relationships/Statistics/\",\n\t\t\"GET /api/instances/StoragePool::[a-f0-9]+/relationships/Statistics/\",\n\t\t\"POST
    /api/instances/Volume::[a-f0-9]+/action/addMappedSdc/\",\n\t\t\"POST /api/instances/Volume::[a-f0-9]+/action/removeMappedSdc/\",\n\t\t\"POST
    /api/instances/Volume::[a-f0-9]+/action/removeVolume/\"\n]\n\n<b>default allow =
    false</b>\nallow {\n\tregex.match(allowlist[_], sprintf(\"%s %s\", [input.method,
    input.url]))\n}\n"

Edited data:

data:
  url.rego: "# Copyright © 2022 Dell Inc., or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.\n#\n#
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the \"License\");\n# you may not
    use this file except in compliance with the License.\n# You may obtain a copy
    of the License at\n#\n#     http:#www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\n#\n# Unless
    required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\n# distributed under
    the License is distributed on an \"AS IS\" BASIS,\n# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS
    OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\n# See the License for the specific language
    governing permissions and\n# limitations under the License.\n\npackage karavi.authz.url\n\nallowlist
    = [\n    \"GET /api/login/\",\n\t\t\"POST /proxy/refresh-token/\",\n\t\t\"GET
    /api/version/\",\n\t\t\"GET /api/types/System/instances/\",\n\t\t\"GET /api/types/StoragePool/instances/\",\n\t\t\"POST
    /api/types/Volume/instances/\",\n\t\t\"GET /api/instances/Volume::[a-f0-9]+/$\",\n\t\t\"POST
    /api/types/Volume/instances/action/queryIdByKey/\",\n\t\t\"GET /api/instances/System::[a-f0-9]+/relationships/Sdc/\",\n\t\t\"GET
    /api/instances/Sdc::[a-f0-9]+/relationships/Statistics/\",\n\t\t\"GET /api/instances/Sdc::[a-f0-9]+/relationships/Volume/\",\n\t\t\"GET
    /api/instances/Volume::[a-f0-9]+/relationships/Statistics/\",\n\t\t\"GET /api/instances/StoragePool::[a-f0-9]+/relationships/Statistics/\",\n\t\t\"POST
    /api/instances/Volume::[a-f0-9]+/action/addMappedSdc/\",\n\t\t\"POST /api/instances/Volume::[a-f0-9]+/action/removeMappedSdc/\",\n\t\t\"POST
    /api/instances/Volume::[a-f0-9]+/action/removeVolume/\"\n]\n\n<b>default allow =
    true</b>\nallow {\n\tregex.match(allowlist[_], sprintf(\"%s %s\", [input.method,
    input.url]))\n}\n"

Rollout restart the CSM Authorization proxy-server so the policy change gets applied.

kubectl -n <namespace> rollout restart deploy/proxy-server

Optionally, rollout restart the CSI Driver for Dell PowerFlex to restart the driver pods. Alternatively, wait for the Kubernetes CrashLoopBackoff behavior to restart the driver.

kubectl -n <driver-namespace> rollout restart deploy/vxflexos-controller
kubectl -n <driver-namespace> rollout restart daemonSet/vxflexos-node