Tag: persistent storage

Using the Docker Volume Plugin with Docker Swarm

Remember the prerequisites. Check the official README for the latest information. Official README

Platform and Software Dependencies

Operating Systems Supported:

  • CentOS Linux 7.3
  • CoreOS (Ladybug 1298.6.0 and above)
  • Ubuntu (Trusty 14.04 LTS, Xenial 16.04.2 LTS)

Environments Supported :

  • Docker (v1.13 and above)
  • Swarm
  • Mesos 1.8 and above

Other software dependencies:

  • Latest iscsi initiator software for your operating system
  • Latest linux multipath software package for your operating system

Review: To install the plugin –


docker plugin install store/purestorage/docker-plugin:1.0 --alias pure

OR if you are annoyed by having to hit Y for the permissions the plugin requests.


docker plugin install store/purestorage/docker-plugin:1.0 --alias pure --grant-all-permissions

The installation process is the same as a standalone docker host except you must specify your clusterid. This is a unique string you assign to your swarm nodes.


docker plugin disable pure
docker plugin set pure PURE_DOCKER_NAMESPACE=<clusterid>
docker plugin enable pure

When you first install the Pure Volume Plugin the plugin is enabled. Docker will not allow you to modify the namespace while the plugin is in use. So we need to disable the plugin before making changes. This also means it is best to do this before creating and using any volumes.

Remember to put your API token and array management IP in the pure.json file under /etc/pure-docker-plugin/ – for each host.

More information Here

Demo for setting up Swarm and testing container failover

Previous post about installing the Plugin

Pure Storage Docker Plugin

This is a quick guide and how to install the Pure plugin for docker 1.13 and above. For full details check out Pure Volume Plugin on Store.docker.com.

Requirements

 

Operating Systems Supported

CentOS Linux 7.3
CoreOS (Ladybug 1298.6.0 and above)
Ubuntu (Trusty 14.04 LTS, Xenial 16.04.2 LTS)
Environments Supported

Docker 1.13+ I am on 17.03-ce
Swarm
Mesos 1.8 and above
Other dependencies

Latest iSCSI initiator SW
Latest Multipath package (This made a difference for me on Ubuntu remember to update!)

Hosts Before

media_1501006005257.png

Here I am just listing the Pure hosts on my array before I install the plugin.

Volumes Before

media_1501006035507.png

Also listing out my volumes, these are all pre-existing.

Pull and Install the plugin (Docker 1.13 and above)

Create /etc/pure-docker-plugin/pure.json

media_1501006093681.png

edit the file pure.json in /etc/pure-docker-plugin and add your array and API token
to get a token from the Pure CLI – (or go to the GUI of the array and copy the API token for your user).

 

pureeadmin create –api-token [user]
pureadmin list –api-token [user] –expose

Pull the plugin and Install

media_1501006156094.png

docker plugin install store/purestorage/docker-plugin:1.0 –alias pure

Grant the plugins to the directories it requests.

Done. Easy.

For Docker Swarm

Setting the PURE_DOCKER_NAMESPACE variable can be done with the command:

docker plugin set pure PURE_DOCKER_NAMESPACE=<clusterid>

My next blog post will dive more into setting up the plugin with Docker Swarm. The clusterid is just a unique string. Keep it simple.

Test it

media_1501006217870.png

$docker volume create -d pure -o size=200GiB Demo

Remember if you want to create the volume with other units the information is in the README but here it is for now:<Units can be specified as xB, xiB, or x. If no units are specified MiB is assumed.

My host created by the plugin

media_1501006373816.png

Now that I created a volume on the array the host docker01 is now added to the list of hosts. The plugin automates adding the iSCSI IQN and creating the host.

My new volume all ready to go

media_1501006405843.png

You also see the docker01-Demo is listed and sized to my requested 200GiB The PURE_DOCKER_NAMESPACE will prepend the volume name you create. The default will use the docker hostname. In a Mesos and Swarm environment the namespace setting mentioned above is used. This is only identified this way on the array.

Now the volume can be mounted to a container using

 

#docker run –volume Demo:/data [image] [command]
You could also create a new volume and mount it to a container all in the same line with:

 

#docker run –volume-driver pure –volume myvolume:/data [image] [command]