Install via interface¶

This page describes how to install Hwameistor through the platform interface.

Prerequisites¶

• Free HDD and SSD disks have been prepared on the nodes to be used
• Completed the items in Preparation
• If you need to use highly available data volumes, please complete DRDB installation in advance
• If the deployment environment is a production environment, please read Resource Requirements for Production Environment in advance
• If your Kubernetes distribution uses a different kubelet directory, please confirm kubeletRootDir in advance. For details, please refer to Customize Kubelet root directory.

Steps¶

Please confirm that your cluster has successfully connected to container management platform, and then perform the following steps to install Hwameistor.

1. On the left navigation bar, click Container Management —> Cluster List, and find the name of the cluster where Hwameistor is to be installed.

2. In the left navigation bar, select Helm Apps -> Helm chart, find and click Hwameistor.

3. In Version Selection, select the version you want to install, and click Install.

4. On the installation interface, fill in the required installation parameters. If you need to deploy a production environment, it is recommended to adjust the resource configuration: Production environment resource requirements.

   • Global Setting —> global container registry:

     Set the registry addresses of all mirrors, and the available online registrys have been filled in by default. If it is a privatized environment, it can be modified to a private registry address.

   • Global Setting —> K8s container registry:

     Set the address of the K8S container registry, and the available online registry has been filled in by default. If the environment is privatized, it can be modified to a private registry address.

   • Global Setting —> Kubelet Root Dir:

     The default kubelet directory is /var/lib/kubelet. If your Kubernetes distribution uses a different kubelet directory, the parameter kubeletRootDir must be set. For details, please refer to Customize Kubelet root directory.

   • Config Settings —> DRDBStartPort:

     The default starts with 43001. When DRDB is enabled, each time a highly available data volume is created, a set of ports on the node where the primary copy data volume is located needs to be occupied. Please complete DRDB Installation before installation.

   • Storage Class Configuration

     After Hwameistor is deployed, Storage Class will be created automatically.

     • AllowVolumeExpansion: It is off by default. After it is turned on, the data volume created based on the Storage Class can be expanded.
     • DiskType: the disk type of the created StorageClass (Storage Class), supported types are: HDD, SSD. HDD is the default.
     • Enable HA: HA is turned off by default, that is, the created data volume is non-highly available, when enabled, use this Storage Class The created data volume can be set as highly available data volume. Please complete DRDB Installation before opening.
     • Replicas: In non-HA mode, the number of Replicas is 1; when the HA mode is enabled, the number of Replicas can be 1 or 2, and the number is 1, which can be converted to 2.

     • ReclaimPolicy: When the data volume is deleted, the data retention policy, the default is delete.

       1. Delete: When deleting a data volume, the data is also deleted.
       2. Retain: When deleting a data volume, keep the data.

5. After the parameter input is complete, click OK to complete the creation. After the creation is complete, you can click Helm Apps to view the installation status of Hwameistor.

6. The installation is complete! To verify the installation effect, please refer to the next chapter Post-check.

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