Observability

Post Installation Dependencies

The following third-party components are required in the same Kubernetes cluster where CSM for Observability has been deployed:

• Prometheus
• Grafana
• Other Deployment Methods

There are various ways to deploy these components. We recommend following the Helm deployments according to the specifications defined below.

Tip: CSM for Observability must be deployed first. Once the module has been deployed, you can proceed to deploying/configuring Prometheus and Grafana.

Prometheus

The Prometheus service should be running on the same Kubernetes cluster as the CSM for Observability services. As part of the CSM for Observability deployment, the OpenTelemetry Collector gets deployed. CSM for Observability pushes metrics to the OpenTelemetry Collector where the metrics are consumed by Prometheus. Prometheus must be configured to scrape the metrics data from the OpenTelemetry Collector.

Note: It is the user’s responsibility to provide persistent storage for Prometheus if they want to preserve historical data.

Prometheus Helm Deployment

Here is a sample minimal configuration for Prometheus. Please note that the configuration below uses insecure skip verify. If you wish to properly configure TLS, you will need to provide a ca_file in the Prometheus configuration. The certificate provided as part of the CSM for Observability deployment should be signed by this same CA. For more information about Prometheus configuration, see Prometheus configuration.

1. Create a values file named prometheus-values.yaml.

   # prometheus-values.yaml
   alertmanager:
     enabled: false
   nodeExporter:
     enabled: false
   pushgateway:
     enabled: false
   kubeStateMetrics:
     enabled: false
   configmapReload:
     prometheus:
       enabled: false
   server:
     enabled: true
     image:
       repository: quay.io/prometheus/prometheus
       tag: v2.34.0
       pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
     persistentVolume:
       enabled: false
     service:
       type: NodePort
       servicePort: 9090
   extraScrapeConfigs: |
     - job_name: 'karavi-metrics-[CSI-DRIVER]'
       scrape_interval: 5s
       scheme: https
       static_configs:
         - targets: ['otel-collector:8443']
       tls_config:
         insecure_skip_verify: true  
   

2. If using Rancher, create a ServiceMonitor.

   apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
   kind: ServiceMonitor
   metadata:
     name: otel-collector
     namespace: powerflex
   spec:
     endpoints:
     - path: /metrics
       port: exporter-https
       scheme: https
       tlsConfig:
         insecureSkipVerify: true
     selector:
       matchLabels:
         app.kubernetes.io/instance: karavi-observability
         app.kubernetes.io/name: otel-collector
   

3. Add the Prometheus Helm chart repository.

   On your terminal, run each of the commands below:

   
   helm repo add prometheus-community https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
   helm repo add stable https://charts.helm.sh/stable
   helm repo update
   

4. Install the Helm chart.

   On your terminal, run the command below:

   
   helm install prometheus prometheus-community/prometheus -n [CSM_NAMESPACE] -f prometheus-values.yaml
   

Grafana

The Grafana dashboards require Grafana to be deployed in the same Kubernetes cluster as CSM for Observability. Below are the configuration details required to properly set up Grafana to work with CSM for Observability.

Note: Starting from Grafana version 10.x, deprecation warnings related to the Angular plugins will be displayed in the Grafana user interface. This does not affect the functionality of the dashboards. Currently, Grafana version 11.x is not supported.

Grafana must be configured with the following data sources/plugins:

Settings for the Grafana Prometheus data source:

Settings for the Grafana SimpleJson data source:

Grafana Helm Deployment

Below are the steps to deploy a new Grafana instance into your Kubernetes cluster:

1. Create a ConfigMap.

   When using a network that requires a decryption certificate, the Grafana server MUST be configured with the necessary certificate. If no certificate is required, skip to step 2.

   • Create a Config file named grafana-configmap.yaml The file should look like this:

   # grafana-configmap.yaml
   apiVersion: v1
   kind: ConfigMap
   metadata:
     name: certs-configmap
     namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]
     labels:
       certs-configmap: "1"
   data:
     ca-certificates.crt: |-
       -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----    
     ReplaceMeWithActualCaCERT=
       -----END CERTIFICATE-----
   

   NOTE: you need an actual CA Cert for it to work

   On your terminal, run the commands below:

   kubectl create -f grafana-configmap.yaml
   

2. Create a values file.

   Create a Config file named grafana-values.yaml The file should look like this:

   # grafana-values.yaml 
   image:
     repository: grafana/grafana
     tag: 10.4.3
     sha: ""
     pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   service:
     type: NodePort
   
   ## Administrator credentials when not using an existing Secret
   adminUser: admin
   adminPassword: admin
   
   ## Pass the plugins you want to be installed as a list.
   ##
   plugins:
     - grafana-simple-json-datasource
     - briangann-datatable-panel
     - grafana-piechart-panel
   
   ## Configure grafana datasources
   ## ref: http://docs.grafana.org/administration/provisioning/#datasources
   ##
   datasources:
     datasources.yaml:
       apiVersion: 1
       datasources:
       - name: Karavi-Topology
         type: grafana-simple-json-datasource
         access: proxy
         url: 'https://karavi-topology:8443'
         isDefault: null
         version: 1
         editable: true
         jsonData:
           tlsSkipVerify: true
       - name: Prometheus
         type: prometheus
         access: proxy
         url: 'http://prometheus-server:9090'
         isDefault: null
         version: 1
         editable: true
   testFramework:
     enabled: false
   sidecar:
     datasources:
       enabled: true
     dashboards:
       enabled: true
   
   ## Additional grafana server ConfigMap mounts
   ## Defines additional mounts with ConfigMap. ConfigMap must be manually created in the namespace.
   extraConfigmapMounts: [] # If you created a ConfigMap on the previous step, delete [] and uncomment the lines below 
   #   - name: certs-configmap
   #     mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
   #     subPath: ca-certificates.crt
   #     configMap: certs-configmap
   #     readOnly: true
   

3. Add the Grafana Helm chart repository.

   On your terminal, run each of the commands below:

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

4. Install the Helm chart.

   On your terminal, run the commands below:

   
   helm install grafana grafana/grafana -n [CSM_NAMESPACE] -f grafana-values.yaml
   

Other Deployment Methods

• Grafana Labs Operator Deployment
• Rancher Monitoring and Alerting Deployment

Importing CSM for Observability Dashboards

Once Grafana is properly configured, you can import the pre-built observability dashboards. Log into Grafana and click the + icon in the side menu. Then click Import. From here you can upload the JSON files or paste the JSON text directly into the text area. Below are the locations of the dashboards that can be imported:

Dynamic Configuration

Some parameters can be configured/updated during runtime without restarting the CSM for Observability services. These parameters will be stored in ConfigMaps that can be updated on the Kubernetes cluster. This will automatically change the settings on the services.

To update any of these settings, run the following command on the Kubernetes cluster then save the updated ConfigMap data.

kubectl edit configmap [CONFIG_MAP_NAME] -n [CSM_NAMESPACE]

Tracing

CSM for Observability is instrumented to report trace data to Zipkin. This helps gather timing data needed to troubleshoot latency problems with CSM for Observability. Follow the instructions below to enable the reporting of trace data:

1. Deploy a Zipkin instance in the CSM namespace and expose the service as NodePort for external access.

   apiVersion: apps/v1
   kind: Deployment
   metadata:
     name: zipkin
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: zipkin
       app.kubernetes.io/instance: zipkin-instance
       app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: zipkin-service
   spec:
     replicas: 1
     selector:
       matchLabels:
         app.kubernetes.io/name: zipkin
         app.kubernetes.io/instance: zipkin-instance
     template:
       metadata:
         labels:
           app.kubernetes.io/name: zipkin
           app.kubernetes.io/instance: zipkin-instance
       spec:
         containers:
           - name: zipkin
             image: "openzipkin/zipkin"
             imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
             env:
             - name: "STORAGE_TYPE"
               value: "mem"
             - name: "TRANSPORT_TYPE"
               value: "http"
   
   ---
   
   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Service
   metadata:
     name: zipkin
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: zipkin
       app.kubernetes.io/instance: zipkin-instance
       app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: zipkin-service
   spec:
     ports:
       - port: 9411
         targetPort: 9411
         protocol: TCP
     type: "NodePort"
     selector:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: zipkin
       app.kubernetes.io/instance: zipkin-instance
   

2. Add the Zipkin URI to the CSM for Observability ConfigMaps. Based on the manifest above, Zipkin will be running on port 9411.

   Note: Zipkin tracing is currently not supported for the collection of PowerFlex metrics.

   Update the ConfigMaps from the table above. Here is an example updating the karavi-topology-configmap based on the deployment manifest above.

   
   kubectl edit configmap/karavi-topology-configmap -n [CSM_NAMESPACE]
   

   Update the ZIPKIN_URI and ZIPKIN_PROBABILITY values and save the ConfigMap.

   ZIPKIN_URI: "http://zipkin:9411/api/v2/spans"
   ZIPKIN_SERVICE_NAME: "karavi-topology"
   ZIPKIN_PROBABILITY: "1.0"
   

   Once the ConfigMaps are updated, the changes will automatically be applied and tracing can be seen by accessing Zipkin on the exposed port.

Updating Storage System Credentials

If the storage system credentials have been updated in the relevant CSI Driver, CSM for Observability must be updated with those new credentials as follows:

When CSM for Observability uses the Authorization module

In this case, all storage system requests made by CSM for Observability will be routed through the Authorization module. The following must be performed:

Update the Authorization Module Token

CSI Driver for Dell PowerFlex

1. Delete the current proxy-authz-tokens Secret from the CSM namespace.

   
   kubectl delete secret proxy-authz-tokens -n [CSM_NAMESPACE]
   

2. Copy the proxy-authz-tokens Secret from the CSI Driver for Dell PowerFlex to the CSM namespace.

   
   kubectl get secret proxy-authz-tokens -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o yaml | sed 's/namespace: [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE]/namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]/' | kubectl create -f -
   

CSI Driver for Dell PowerScale

1. Delete the current isilon-proxy-authz-tokens Secret from the CSM namespace.

   
   kubectl delete secret isilon-proxy-authz-tokens -n [CSM_NAMESPACE] 
   

2. Copy the isilon-proxy-authz-tokens Secret from the CSI Driver for Dell PowerScale namespace to the CSM namespace.

   
   kubectl get secret proxy-authz-tokens -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o yaml | sed 's/namespace: [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE]/namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]/'| sed 's/name: proxy-authz-tokens/name: isilon-proxy-authz-tokens/' | kubectl create -f
   

CSI Driver for Dell PowerMax

1. Delete the current powermax-proxy-authz-tokens Secret from the CSM namespace.

   
   kubectl delete secret powermax-proxy-authz-tokens -n [CSM_NAMESPACE] 
   

2. Copy the powermax-proxy-authz-tokens Secret from the CSI Driver for Dell PowerMax namespace to the CSM namespace.

   
   kubectl get secret proxy-authz-tokens -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o yaml | sed 's/namespace: [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE]/namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]/'| sed 's/name: proxy-authz-tokens/name: powermax-proxy-authz-tokens/' | kubectl create -f
   

Update Storage Systems

If the list of storage systems managed by a Dell CSI Driver have changed, the following steps can be performed to update CSM for Observability to reference the updated systems:

CSI Driver for Dell PowerFlex

1. Delete the current karavi-authorization-config Secret from the CSM namespace.

   
   kubectl delete secret karavi-authorization-config -n [CSM_NAMESPACE]
   

2. Copy the karavi-authorization-config Secret from the CSI Driver for Dell PowerFlex namespace to CSM for Observability namespace.

   
   kubectl get secret karavi-authorization-config -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o yaml | sed 's/namespace: [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE]/namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]/' | kubectl create -f -
   

CSI Driver for Dell PowerScale

1. Delete the current isilon-karavi-authorization-config Secret from the CSM namespace.

   
   kubectl delete secret isilon-karavi-authorization-config -n [CSM_NAMESPACE]
   

2. Copy the isilon-karavi-authorization-config Secret from the CSI Driver for Dell PowerScale namespace to CSM for Observability namespace.

   
   kubectl get secret karavi-authorization-config -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o yaml | sed 's/namespace: [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE]/namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]/' | sed 's/name: karavi-authorization-config/name: isilon-karavi-authorization-config/' | kubectl create -f
   

CSI Driver for Dell PowerMax

1. Delete the current powermax-karavi-authorization-config secret from the CSM namespace.

   
   kubectl delete secret powermax-karavi-authorization-config -n [CSM_NAMESPACE]
   

2. Copy powermax-karavi-authorization-config secret from the CSI Driver for Dell PowerMax to the CSM namespace.

   
   kubectl get secret karavi-authorization-config proxy-server-root-certificate -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o yaml | sed 's/namespace: [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE]/namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]/' | sed 's/name: karavi-authorization-config/name: powermax-karavi-authorization-config/' | kubectl create -f - 
   

When CSM for Observability does not use the Authorization module

In this case all storage system requests made by CSM for Observability will not be routed through the Authorization module. The following must be performed:

CSI Driver for Dell PowerFlex

1. Delete the current vxflexos-config Secret from the CSM namespace.

   kubectl delete secret vxflexos-config -n [CSM_NAMESPACE]
   

2. Copy the vxflexos-config Secret from the CSI Driver for Dell PowerFlex namespace to the CSM namespace.

   
   kubectl get secret vxflexos-config -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o yaml | sed 's/namespace: [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE]/namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]/' | kubectl create -f -
   

   If the CSI driver secret name is not the default vxflexos-config, please use the following command to copy secret:

   
   kubectl get secret [VXFLEXOS-CONFIG] -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o yaml | sed 's/name: [VXFLEXOS-CONFIG]/name: vxflexos-config/' | sed 's/namespace: [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE]/namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]/' | kubectl create -f -
   

CSI Driver for Dell PowerStore

1. Delete the current powerstore-config Secret from the CSM namespace.

   
   kubectl delete secret powerstore-config -n [CSM_NAMESPACE]
   

2. Copy the powerstore-config Secret from the CSI Driver for Dell PowerStore namespace to the CSM namespace.

   
   kubectl get secret powerstore-config -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o yaml | sed 's/namespace: [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE]/namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]/' | kubectl create -f -
   

   If the CSI driver secret name is not the default powerstore-config, please use the following command to copy secret:

   
   kubectl get secret [POWERSTORE-CONFIG] -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o yaml | sed 's/name: [POWERSTORE-CONFIG]/name: powerstore-config/' | sed 's/namespace: [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE]/namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]/' | kubectl create -f -
   

CSI Driver for Dell PowerScale

1. Delete the current isilon-creds Secret from the CSM namespace.

   kubectl delete secret isilon-creds -n [CSM_NAMESPACE]
   

2. Copy the isilon-creds Secret from the CSI Driver for Dell PowerScale namespace to the CSM namespace.

   
   kubectl get secret isilon-creds -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o yaml | sed 's/namespace: [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE]/namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]/' | kubectl create -f -
   

   If the CSI driver secret name is not the default isilon-creds, please use the following command to copy secret:

   
   kubectl get secret [ISILON-CREDS] -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o yaml | sed 's/name: [ISILON-CREDS]/name: isilon-creds/' | sed 's/namespace: [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE]/namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]/' | kubectl create -f -
   

CSI Driver for Dell PowerMax

1. Delete the secrets in powermax-reverseproxy-config configmap from the CSM namespace.

   
   for secret in $(kubectl get configmap powermax-reverseproxy-config -n [CSM_NAMESPACE] -o jsonpath="{.data.config\.yaml}" | grep arrayCredentialSecret | awk 'BEGIN{FS=":"}{print $2}' | uniq)
   do
      kubectl delete secret $secret -n [CSM_NAMESPACE]
   done
   

2. Delete the current powermax-reverseproxy-config configmap from the CSM namespace.

   
   kubectl delete configmap powermax-reverseproxy-config -n [CSM_NAMESPACE] 
   

3. Copy the configmap powermax-reverseproxy-config from the CSI Driver for Dell PowerMax namespace to the CSM namespace.

   
   kubectl get configmap powermax-reverseproxy-config -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o yaml | sed 's/namespace: [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE]/namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]/' | kubectl create -f -
   

   If the CSI driver configmap name is not the default powermax-reverseproxy-config, please use the following command to copy configmap:

   
   kubectl get configmap [POWERMAX-REVERSEPROXY-CONFIG] -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o yaml | sed 's/name: [POWERMAX-REVERSEPROXY-CONFIG]/name: powermax-reverseproxy-config/' | sed 's/namespace: [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE]/namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]/' | kubectl create -f -
   

4. Copy the secrets in powermax-reverseproxy-config from the CSI Driver for Dell PowerMax namespace to the CSM namespace.

   
   for secret in $(kubectl get configmap powermax-reverseproxy-config -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o jsonpath="{.data.config\.yaml}" | grep arrayCredentialSecret | awk 'BEGIN{FS=":"}{print $2}' | uniq)
   do
      kubectl get secret $secret -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o yaml | sed "s/namespace: [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE]/namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]/" | kubectl create -f -
   done
   

   If the CSI driver configmap name is not the default powermax-reverseproxy-config, please use the following command to copy secrets:

   
   for secret in $(kubectl get configmap [POWERMAX-REVERSEPROXY-CONFIG] -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o jsonpath="{.data.config\.yaml}" | grep arrayCredentialSecret | awk 'BEGIN{FS=":"}{print $2}' | uniq)
   do
      kubectl get secret $secret -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o yaml | sed "s/namespace: [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE]/namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]/" | kubectl create -f -
   done