PowerMax

Configuring PowerMax CSI Driver with CSM for Authorization

Given a setup where Kubernetes, a storage system, and the CSM for Authorization Proxy Server are deployed, follow these steps to configure the CSI Drivers to work with the Authorization sidecar:

1. Apply the secret containing the tenant token data into the driver namespace. It’s assumed that the Kubernetes administrator has the token secret manifest, generated by your storage administrator via Generate a Token, saved in /tmp/token.yaml.

   #It is assumed that array type powermax has the namespace “powermax”.

      kubectl apply -f /tmp/token.yaml -n powermax
   

2. Edit these parameters in samples/secret/karavi-authorization-config.json file in CSI PowerMax driver and update/add connection information for one or more backend storage arrays. In an instance where multiple CSI drivers are configured on the same Kubernetes cluster, the port range in the endpoint parameter must be different for each driver.

Create the karavi-authorization-config secret using this command:

kubectl -n powermax create secret generic karavi-authorization-config --from-file=config=samples/secret/karavi-authorization-config.json -o yaml --dry-run=client | kubectl apply -f -

3. Create the proxy-server-root-certificate secret.

   If running in insecure mode, create the secret with empty data:

   
   kubectl -n powermax create secret generic proxy-server-root-certificate --from-literal=rootCertificate.pem= -o yaml --dry-run=client | kubectl apply -f -
   

   Otherwise, create the proxy-server-root-certificate secret with the appropriate file:

   
   kubectl -n powermax create secret generic proxy-server-root-certificate --from-file=rootCertificate.pem=/path/to/rootCA -o yaml --dry-run=client | kubectl apply -f -
   

4. Prepare the driver configuration secret, applicable to your driver installation method, to communicate with the CSM Authorization sidecar.

   Helm

   Refer to the Install the Driver section where you edit samples/secret/secret.yaml with the credentials of the PowerMax. Leave username and password with the default values as they will be ignored.

   Operator

   Refer to the Install the Driver section to prepare powermax-creds.yaml. Leave username and password with the default values as they will be ignored.

5. Enable CSM Authorization in the driver installation applicable to your installation method.

   Helm

   Refer to the Install the Driver section to edit the parameters in my-powermax-settings.yaml file to configure the driver to communicate with the CSM Authorization sidecar.

   • Update global.storageArrays.endpoint to match the localhost endpoint in samples/secret/karavi-authorization-config.json.

   • Update global.managementServers.endpoint to match the localhost endpoint in samples/secret/karavi-authorization-config.json.

   • Update authorization.enabled to true.

   • Update images.authorization to the image of the CSM Authorization sidecar. In most cases, you can leave the default value.

   • Update authorization.proxyHost to the hostname of the CSM Authorization Proxy Server. csm-authorization.com is a placeholder for the proxyHost. See the administrator of CSM for Authorization for the correct value.

   • Update authorization.skipCertificateValidation to true or false depending on if you want to disable or enable certificate validation of the CSM Authorization Proxy Server.

   • Update csireverseproxy.deployAsSidecar to true.

   Example:

   global:
     storageArrays:
       - storageArrayId: "123456789"
         endpoint: https://localhost:9400
     managementServers:
       - endpoint: https://localhost:9400
   
   csireverseproxy:
     # Set enabled to true if you want to deploy csireverseproxy as sidecar
     # Allowed values:
     #   "true"  - CSI reverse proxy will be deployed as a sidecar
     #   "false" - CSI reverse proxy will be deployed along with driver
     # Default value: "true"
     deployAsSidecar: true
   
   authorization:
     enabled: true
   
     # sidecarProxyImage: the container image used for the csm-authorization-sidecar.
     # Default value: dellemc/csm-authorization-sidecar:v1.11.0
     sidecarProxyImage: dellemc/csm-authorization-sidecar:v1.11.0
   
     # proxyHost: hostname of the csm-authorization server
     # Default value: None
     proxyHost: csm-authorization.com
   
     # skipCertificateValidation: certificate validation of the csm-authorization server
     # Allowed Values:
     #   "true" - TLS certificate verification will be skipped
     #   "false" - TLS certificate will be verified 
     # Default value: "true" 
     skipCertificateValidation: true
   

   Operator

   Refer to the Install Driver section to edit the parameters in the Custom Resource to enable CSM Authorization.

   Under modules, enable the module named authorization:

   • Update the enabled field to true.

   • Update the image to the image of the CSM Authorization sidecar. In most cases, you can leave the default value.

   • Update the PROXY_HOST environment value to the hostname of the CSM Authorization Proxy Server. csm-authorization.com is a placeholder for the proxyHost. See the administrator of CSM for Authorization for the correct value.

   • Update the SKIP_CERTIFICATE_VALIDATION environment value to true or false depending on if you want to disable or enable certificate validation of the CSM Authorization Proxy Server.

   • Update the DeployAsSidecar environment variable for the csipowermax-reverseproxy component to true.

   Example:

   modules:
     - name: csireverseproxy
       # enabled: Always set to true
       enabled: true
       forceRemoveModule: true
       configVersion: v2.10.0
       components:
         - name: csipowermax-reverseproxy
           envs:
             - name: "DeployAsSidecar"
               value: "true"
     # Authorization: enable csm-authorization for RBAC
     - name: authorization
       # enable: Enable/Disable csm-authorization
       enabled: true
       configVersion: v1.11.0
       components:
       - name: karavi-authorization-proxy
         image: dellemc/csm-authorization-sidecar:v1.11.0
         envs:
           # proxyHost: hostname of the csm-authorization server
           - name: "PROXY_HOST"
             value: "csm-authorization.com"
   
           # skipCertificateValidation: Enable/Disable certificate validation of the csm-authorization server       
           - name: "SKIP_CERTIFICATE_VALIDATION"
             value: "true"
   

6. Install the Dell CSI PowerMax driver following the appropriate documenation for your installation method.

7. (Optional) Install dellctl to perform Kubernetes administrator commands for additional capabilities (e.g., list volumes). Please refer to the dellctl documentation page for the installation steps and command list.