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Install HwameiStor on UI

This page describes how to install HwameiStor on UI.

Prerequisites

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 —> Clusters , and find the cluster where HwameiStor is to be installed.

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

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

  4. On the installation UI, 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.

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    • Global Setting —> global container registry:

      Set the registry addresses of all images, and the available online registrys have been filled in by default. If it is a private 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 —> DRBDStartPort:

      The default starts at 43001. When DRBD is enabled, each time a high-availability 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 DRBD Installation before installation.

    • StorageClass Configuration

      After HwameiStor is deployed, StorageClass will be created automatically.

      • AllowVolumeExpansion: It is off by default. After it is enabled, the data volume created based on the StorageClass can be expanded.
      • DiskType: the disk type of the created StorageClass (StorageClass), supported types are: HDD, SSD. HDD is the default.
      • Enable HA: HA is turned off by default, that is, the created data volume is volumes without high availability, when enabled, use this StorageClass The created data volume can be set as high-availability data volume. Please complete DRBD 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 default data retention policy 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, 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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