This plugin allows Kubernetes to use Proxmox VE
storage as a persistent storage solution for stateful applications.
Supported storage types:
- Directory
- LVM
- LVM-thin
- ZFS
- NFS
- Ceph
Proxmox CSI Plugin requires the correct privileges in order to allocate and attach disks.
Create CSI
role in Proxmox:
pveum role add CSI -privs "VM.Audit VM.Config.Disk Datastore.Allocate Datastore.AllocateSpace Datastore.Audit"
Next create a user kubernetes-csi@pve
for the CSI plugin and grant it the above role
pveum user add kubernetes-csi@pve
pveum aclmod / -user kubernetes-csi@pve -role CSI
pveum user token add kubernetes-csi@pve csi -privsep 0
All VMs in the cluster must have the SCSI Controller
set to VirtIO SCSI single
or VirtIO SCSI
type to be able to attach disks.
Create a namespace csi-proxmox
for the plugin and grant it the privileged
permissions
kubectl create ns csi-proxmox
kubectl label ns csi-proxmox pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce=privileged
Create a Proxmox cloud config to connect to your cluster with the Proxmox user you just created
# config.yaml
clusters:
- url: https://cluster-api-1.exmple.com:8006/api2/json
insecure: false
token_id: "kubernetes-csi@pve!csi"
token_secret: "secret"
region: Region-1
# Add more clusters if needed
- url: https://cluster-api-2.exmple.com:8006/api2/json
insecure: false
token_id: "kubernetes-csi@pve!csi"
token_secret: "secret"
region: Region-2
Upload the configuration to the Kubernetes as a secret
kubectl -n csi-proxmox create secret generic proxmox-csi-plugin --from-file=config.yaml
Install latest release version
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sergelogvinov/proxmox-csi-plugin/main/docs/deploy/proxmox-csi-plugin-release.yml
Or install latest stable version (edge)
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sergelogvinov/proxmox-csi-plugin/main/docs/deploy/proxmox-csi-plugin.yml
Create the helm values file, for more information see values.yaml
# proxmox-csi.yaml
config:
clusters:
- url: https://cluster-api-1.exmple.com:8006/api2/json
insecure: false
token_id: "kubernetes-csi@pve!csi"
token_secret: "secret"
region: Region-1
# Add more clusters if needed
- url: https://cluster-api-2.exmple.com:8006/api2/json
insecure: false
token_id: "kubernetes-csi@pve!csi"
token_secret: "secret"
region: Region-2
# Define the storage classes
storageClass:
- name: proxmox-data-xfs
storage: data
reclaimPolicy: Delete
fstype: xfs
Install the plugin. You need to prepare the csi-proxmox
namespace first, see above
helm upgrade -i -n csi-proxmox -f proxmox-csi.yaml proxmox-csi-plugin oci://ghcr.io/sergelogvinov/charts/proxmox-csi-plugin
If you're running k0s you need to add extra value to the helm chart
kubeletDir: /var/lib/k0s/kubelet
If you're running microk8s you need to add extra value to the helm chart
kubeletDir: /var/snap/microk8s/common/var/lib/kubelet
If you're running Talos you can install Proxmox CSI plugin using the machine config
cluster:
externalCloudProvider:
enabled: true
manifests:
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sergelogvinov/proxmox-csi-plugin/main/docs/deploy/proxmox-csi-plugin.yml
Or all together with the Proxmox Cloud Controller Manager
- Proxmox CCM will label the nodes
- Proxmox CSI will use the labeled nodes to define the regions and zones
cluster:
inlineManifests:
- name: proxmox-cloud-controller-manager
contents: |-
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
type: Opaque
metadata:
name: proxmox-cloud-controller-manager
namespace: kube-system
stringData:
config.yaml: |
clusters:
- url: https://cluster-api-1.exmple.com:8006/api2/json
insecure: false
token_id: "kubernetes-csi@pve!ccm"
token_secret: "secret"
region: Region-1
- name: proxmox-csi-plugin
contents: |-
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
type: Opaque
metadata:
name: proxmox-csi-plugin
namespace: csi-proxmox
stringData:
config.yaml: |
clusters:
- url: https://cluster-api-1.exmple.com:8006/api2/json
insecure: false
token_id: "kubernetes-csi@pve!csi"
token_secret: "secret"
region: Region-1
externalCloudProvider:
enabled: true
manifests:
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sergelogvinov/proxmox-cloud-controller-manager/main/docs/deploy/cloud-controller-manager.yml
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sergelogvinov/proxmox-csi-plugin/main/docs/deploy/proxmox-csi-plugin.yml