Ceph

    PLEASE NOTE: This document applies to v1.4 version and not to the latest stable release v1.9

    Prerequisites

    • Requires Kubernetes v1.17+ which supports snapshot beta.

    • Install the new snapshot controller and snapshot beta CRD. More info can be found here

    Note: If the Kubernetes distributor you are using does not supports the snapshot beta, still you can use the Alpha snapshots. refer to snapshot on how to use snapshots.

    • We also need a SnapshotClass for volume snapshot to work. The purpose of a SnapshotClass is defined in the kubernetes documentation. In short, as the documentation describes it:

    Just like StorageClass provides a way for administrators to describe the “classes” of storage they offer when provisioning a volume, VolumeSnapshotClass provides a way to describe the “classes” of storage when provisioning a volume snapshot.

    RBD Snapshots

    SnapshotClass

    In snapshotClass, the csi.storage.k8s.io/snapshotter-secret-name parameter should reference the name of the secret created for the rbdplugin and pool to reflect the Ceph pool name.

    Update the value of the clusterID field to match the namespace that Rook is running in. When Ceph CSI is deployed by Rook, the operator will automatically maintain a configmap whose contents will match this key. By default this is “rook-ceph”.

    kubectl create -f cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/rbd/snapshotclass.yaml
    

    Volumesnapshot

    In snapshot, volumeSnapshotClassName should be the name of the VolumeSnapshotClass previously created. The persistentVolumeClaimName should be the name of the PVC which is already created by the RBD CSI driver.

    kubectl create -f cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/rbd/snapshot.yaml
    

    Verify RBD Snapshot Creation

    kubectl get volumesnapshotclass
    NAME                      DRIVER                       DELETIONPOLICY   AGE
    csi-rbdplugin-snapclass   rook-ceph.rbd.csi.ceph.com   Delete           3h55m
    
    kubectl get volumesnapshot
    NAME               READYTOUSE   SOURCEPVC   SOURCESNAPSHOTCONTENT   RESTORESIZE   SNAPSHOTCLASS             SNAPSHOTCONTENT                                    CREATIONTIME   AGE
    rbd-pvc-snapshot   true         rbd-pvc                             1Gi           csi-rbdplugin-snapclass   snapcontent-79090db0-7c66-4b18-bf4a-634772c7cac7   3h50m          3h51m
    

    The snapshot will be ready to restore to a new PVC when the READYTOUSE field of the volumesnapshot is set to true.

    Restore the snapshot to a new PVC

    In pvc-restore, dataSource should be the name of the VolumeSnapshot previously created. The dataSource kind should be the VolumeSnapshot.

    Create a new PVC from the snapshot

    kubectl create -f cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/rbd/pvc-restore.yaml
    

    Verify RBD Clone PVC Creation

    kubectl get pvc
    NAME              STATUS   VOLUME                                     CAPACITY   ACCESS MODES   STORAGECLASS          AGE
    rbd-pvc           Bound    pvc-84294e34-577a-11e9-b34f-525400581048   1Gi        RWO            rook-ceph-block       34m
    rbd-pvc-restore   Bound    pvc-575537bf-577f-11e9-b34f-525400581048   1Gi        RWO            rook-ceph-block       8s
    

    RBD snapshot resource Cleanup

    To clean your cluster of the resources created by this example, run the following:

    kubectl delete -f cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/rbd/pvc-restore.yaml
    kubectl delete -f cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/rbd/snapshot.yaml
    kubectl delete -f cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/rbd/snapshotclass.yaml
    

    CephFS Snapshots

    SnapshotClass

    In snapshotClass, the csi.storage.k8s.io/snapshotter-secret-name parameter should reference the name of the secret created for the cephfsplugin.

    In the snapshotclass, update the value of the clusterID field to match the namespace that Rook is running in. When Ceph CSI is deployed by Rook, the operator will automatically maintain a configmap whose contents will match this key. By default this is “rook-ceph”.

    kubectl create -f cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/cephfs/snapshotclass.yaml
    

    Volumesnapshot

    In snapshot, volumeSnapshotClassName should be the name of the VolumeSnapshotClass previously created. The persistentVolumeClaimName should be the name of the PVC which is already created by the CephFS CSI driver.

    kubectl create -f cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/cephfs/snapshot.yaml
    

    Verify CephFS Snapshot Creation

    kubectl get volumesnapshotclass
    NAME                        DRIVER                          DELETIONPOLICY   AGE
    csi-cephfslugin-snapclass   rook-ceph.cephfs.csi.ceph.com   Delete           3h55m
    
    kubectl get volumesnapshot
    NAME                  READYTOUSE   SOURCEPVC   SOURCESNAPSHOTCONTENT  RESTORESIZE   SNAPSHOTCLASS                SNAPSHOTCONTENT                                   CREATIONTIME   AGE
    cephfs-pvc-snapshot   true         cephfs-pvc                         1Gi           csi-cephfsplugin-snapclass   snapcontent-34476204-a14a-4d59-bfbc-2bbba695652c  3h50m          3h51m
    

    The snapshot will be ready to restore to a new PVC when READYTOUSE field of the volumesnapshot is set to true.

    Restore the snapshot to a new PVC

    In pvc-restore, dataSource should be the name of the VolumeSnapshot previously created. The dataSource kind should be the VolumeSnapshot.

    Create a new PVC from the snapshot

    kubectl create -f cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/cephfs/pvc-restore.yaml
    

    Verify CephFS Restore PVC Creation

    kubectl get pvc
    NAME                 STATUS   VOLUME                                     CAPACITY   ACCESS MODES   STORAGECLASS      AGE
    cephfs-pvc           Bound    pvc-74734901-577a-11e9-b34f-525400581048   1Gi        RWX            rook-cephfs       55m
    cephfs-pvc-restore   Bound    pvc-95308c75-6c93-4928-a551-6b5137192209   1Gi        RWX            rook-cephfs       34s
    

    CephFS snapshot resource Cleanup

    To clean your cluster of the resources created by this example, run the following:

    kubectl delete -f cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/cephfs/pvc-restore.yaml
    kubectl delete -f cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/cephfs/snapshot.yaml
    kubectl delete -f cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/csi/cephfs/snapshotclass.yaml
    

    Limitations

    • There is a limit of 400 snapshots per cephFS filesystem.
    • The PVC cannot be deleted if it has snapshots. make sure all the snapshots on the PVC are deleted before you delete the PVC.