Helm

The Container Storage Modules (CSM) for Observability Helm chart bootstraps an Observability deployment on a Kubernetes cluster using the Helm package manager.

Prerequisites

• Helm 3.x
• The deployment of one or more supported Dell CSI drivers

Install the CSM for Observability Helm Chart

Steps

1. Create a namespace where you want to install the module

   kubectl create namespace karavi
   

2. Install cert-manager CRDs

   
   kubectl apply --validate=false -f https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.10.0/cert-manager.crds.yaml
   

3. Add the Dell Helm Charts repo

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

4. Copy only the deployed CSI driver entities to the Observability namespace

   PowerFlex

   1. Copy the config Secret from the CSI PowerFlex namespace into the CSM for Observability 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 -
      

   If CSM for Authorization is enabled for CSI PowerFlex, perform the following steps:

   2. Copy the driver configuration parameters ConfigMap from the CSI PowerFlex namespace into the CSM for Observability namespace:

      
      kubectl get configmap vxflexos-config-params -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 vxflexos-config-params, please use the following command to copy configmap:

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

   3. Copy the karavi-authorization-config, proxy-server-root-certificate, proxy-authz-tokens Secret from the CSI PowerFlex namespace into the CSM for Observability namespace:

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

   PowerStore

   1. Copy the config Secret from the CSI PowerStore namespace into the CSM for Observability 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 -
      

   PowerScale

   1. Copy the config Secret from the CSI PowerScale namespace into the CSM for Observability 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 -
      

   If CSM for Authorization is enabled for CSI PowerScale, perform these steps:

   2. Copy the driver configuration parameters ConfigMap from the CSI PowerScale namespace into the CSM for Observability namespace:

      
      kubectl get configmap isilon-config-params -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 isilon-config-params, please use the following command to copy configmap:

      
      kubectl get configmap [ISILON-CONFIG-PARAMS] -n [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE] -o yaml | sed 's/name: [ISILON-CONFIG-PARAMS]/name: isilon-config-params/' | sed 's/namespace: [CSI_DRIVER_NAMESPACE]/namespace: [CSM_NAMESPACE]/' | kubectl create -f -
      

   3. Copy the karavi-authorization-config, proxy-server-root-certificate, proxy-authz-tokens Secret from the CSI PowerScale namespace into the CSM for Observability namespace:

      
      kubectl get secret karavi-authorization-config proxy-server-root-certificate proxy-authz-tokens -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/' | sed 's/name: proxy-server-root-certificate/name: isilon-proxy-server-root-certificate/' | sed 's/name: proxy-authz-tokens/name: isilon-proxy-authz-tokens/' | kubectl create -f -
      

   PowerMax

   1. 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 -
      

   2. 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
      

      If CSM for Authorization is enabled for CSI PowerMax, perform these steps:

   3. Copy the driver configuration parameters ConfigMap from the CSI PowerMax namespace into the CSM for Observability namespace:

      
      kubectl get configmap powermax-config-params -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-config-params, please use the following command to copy configmap:

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

   4. Copy the karavi-authorization-config, proxy-server-root-certificate, proxy-authz-tokens Secret from the CSI PowerMax namespace into the CSM for Observability namespace:

      
      kubectl get secret karavi-authorization-config proxy-server-root-certificate proxy-authz-tokens -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/' | sed 's/name: proxy-server-root-certificate/name: powermax-proxy-server-root-certificate/' | sed 's/name: proxy-authz-tokens/name: powermax-proxy-authz-tokens/' | kubectl create -f -
      

5. Configure the parameters and install the CSM for Observability Helm Chart

   A default values.yaml file is located here that can be used for installation. This can be copied into a file named myvalues.yaml and either used as is or modified accordingly.

   Note:

   • The default values.yaml is configured to deploy the CSM for Observability Topology service on install.
   • If CSM for Authorization is enabled for CSI PowerFlex, the karaviMetricsPowerflex.authorization parameters must be properly configured in your values file for CSM Observability.
   • If CSM for Authorization is enabled for CSI PowerScale, the karaviMetricsPowerscale.authorization parameters must be properly configured in your values file for CSM Observability.
   • If CSM for Authorization is enabled for CSI PowerMax, the karaviMetricsPowerMax.authorization parameters must be properly configured in your values file for CSM Observability.

   
   helm install karavi-observability dell/karavi-observability -n [CSM_NAMESPACE] -f myvalues.yaml
   

   Alternatively, you can specify each parameter using the ‘–set key=value[,key=value]’ and/or ‘–set-file key=value[,key=value] arguments to ‘helm install’. For example:

   
   helm install karavi-observability dell/karavi-observability -n [CSM_NAMESPACE] \
   --set-file karaviTopology.certificateFile=<location-of-karavi-topology-certificate-file> \
   --set-file karaviTopology.privateKeyFile=<location-of-karavi-topology-private-key-file> \
   --set-file otelCollector.certificateFile=<location-of-otel-collector-certificate-file> \
   --set-file otelCollector.privateKeyFile=<location-of-otel-collector-private-key-file>
   

Configuration

The following table lists the configurable parameters of the CSM for Observability Helm chart and their default values.