Ceph

    PLEASE NOTE: This document applies to v1.0 version and not to the latest stable release v1.8

    Documentation for other releases can be found by using the version selector in the top right of any doc page.

    Object Storage

    Object storage exposes an S3 API to the storage cluster for applications to put and get data.

    Prerequisites

    This guide assumes you have created a Rook cluster as explained in the main Kubernetes guide

    Create an Object Store

    NOTE This example requires you to have at least 3 bluestore OSDs each on a different node. This is because the below erasureCoded chunk settings require at least 3 bluestore OSDs and as failureDomain setting to host (default), each OSD needs to be on a different nodes.

    Now we will create the object store, which starts the RGW service in the cluster with the S3 API. Specify your desired settings for the object store in the object.yaml. For more details on the settings see the Object Store CRD.

    apiVersion: ceph.rook.io/v1
    kind: CephObjectStore
    metadata:
      name: my-store
      namespace: rook-ceph
    spec:
      metadataPool:
        failureDomain: host
        replicated:
          size: 3
      dataPool:
        failureDomain: host
        erasureCoded:
          dataChunks: 2
          codingChunks: 1
      gateway:
        type: s3
        sslCertificateRef:
        port: 80
        securePort:
        instances: 1
    

    When the object store is created the Rook operator will create all the pools and other resources necessary to start the service. This may take a minute to complete.

    # Create the object store
    kubectl create -f object.yaml
    
    # To confirm the object store is configured, wait for the rgw pod to start
    kubectl -n rook-ceph get pod -l app=rook-ceph-rgw
    

    Create a User

    Next we will create the object store user, which calls the RGW service in the cluster with the S3 API. Specify your desired settings for the object store user in the object-user.yaml. For more details on the settings see the Object Store User CRD.

    apiVersion: ceph.rook.io/v1
    kind: CephObjectStoreUser
    metadata:
      name: my-user
      namespace: rook-ceph
    spec:
      store: my-store
      displayName: "my display name"
    

    When the object store user is created the Rook operator will create the RGW user on the object store specified, and store the Access Key and Secret Key in a kubernetes secret in the same namespace as the object store user.

    # Create the object store user
    kubectl create -f object-user.yaml
    
    # To confirm the object store user is configured, describe the secret
    kubectl -n rook-ceph describe secret rook-ceph-object-user-my-store-my-user
    
    Name:		rook-ceph-object-user-my-store-my-user
    Namespace:	rook-ceph
    Labels:			app=rook-ceph-rgw
    			      rook_cluster=rook-ceph
    			      rook_object_store=my-store
    Annotations:	<none>
    
    Type:	kubernetes.io/rook
    
    Data
    ====
    AccessKey:	20 bytes
    SecretKey:	40 bytes
    

    The AccessKey and SecretKey data fields can be mounted in a pod as an environment variable. More information on consuming kubernetes secrets can be found in the K8s secret documentation

    To directly retrieve the secrets:

    kubectl -n rook-ceph get secret rook-ceph-object-user-my-store-my-user -o yaml | grep AccessKey | awk '{print $2}' | base64 --decode
    kubectl -n rook-ceph get secret rook-ceph-object-user-my-store-my-user -o yaml | grep SecretKey | awk '{print $2}' | base64 --decode
    

    Consume the Object Storage

    Use an S3 compatible client to create a bucket in the object store.

    This section will allow you to test connecting to the object store and uploading and downloading from it. Run the following commands after you have connected to the Rook toolbox.

    Install s3cmd

    To test the object store we will install the s3cmd tool into the toobox pod.

    yum --assumeyes install s3cmd
    

    Connection Environment Variables

    To simplify the s3 client commands, you will want to set the four environment variables for use by your client (ie. inside the toolbox):

    export AWS_HOST=<host>
    export AWS_ENDPOINT=<endpoint>
    export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<accessKey>
    export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<secretKey>
    
    • Host: The DNS host name where the rgw service is found in the cluster. Assuming you are using the default rook-ceph cluster, it will be rook-ceph-rgw-my-store.rook-ceph.
    • Endpoint: The endpoint where the rgw service is listening. Run kubectl -n rook-ceph get svc rook-ceph-rgw-my-store, then combine the clusterIP and the port.
    • Access key: The user’s access_key as printed above
    • Secret key: The user’s secret_key as printed above

    The variables for the user generated in this example would be:

    export AWS_HOST=rook-ceph-rgw-my-store.rook-ceph
    export AWS_ENDPOINT=10.104.35.31:80
    export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=XEZDB3UJ6X7HVBE7X7MA
    export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=7yGIZON7EhFORz0I40BFniML36D2rl8CQQ5kXU6l
    

    The access key and secret key can be retrieved as described in the section above on creating a user.

    Create a bucket

    Now that the user connection variables were set above, we can proceed to perform operations such as creating buckets.

    Create a bucket in the object store

       s3cmd mb --no-ssl --host=${AWS_HOST} --host-bucket=  s3://rookbucket
    

    List buckets in the object store

       s3cmd ls --no-ssl --host=${AWS_HOST}
    

    PUT or GET an object

    Upload a file to the newly created bucket

       echo "Hello Rook" > /tmp/rookObj
       s3cmd put /tmp/rookObj --no-ssl --host=${AWS_HOST} --host-bucket=  s3://rookbucket
    

    Download and verify the file from the bucket

       s3cmd get s3://rookbucket/rookObj /tmp/rookObj-download --no-ssl --host=${AWS_HOST} --host-bucket=
       cat /tmp/rookObj-download
    

    Access External to the Cluster

    Rook sets up the object storage so pods will have access internal to the cluster. If your applications are running outside the cluster, you will need to setup an external service through a NodePort.

    First, note the service that exposes RGW internal to the cluster. We will leave this service intact and create a new service for external access.

    $ kubectl -n rook-ceph get service rook-ceph-rgw-my-store
    NAME                     CLUSTER-IP   EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)     AGE
    rook-ceph-rgw-my-store   10.3.0.177   <none>        80/TCP      2m
    

    Save the external service as rgw-external.yaml:

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: Service
    metadata:
      name: rook-ceph-rgw-my-store-external
      namespace: rook-ceph
      labels:
        app: rook-ceph-rgw
        rook_cluster: rook-ceph
        rook_object_store: my-store
    spec:
      ports:
      - name: rgw
        port: 80
        protocol: TCP
        targetPort: 80
      selector:
        app: rook-ceph-rgw
        rook_cluster: rook-ceph
        rook_object_store: my-store
      sessionAffinity: None
      type: NodePort
    

    Now create the external service.

    kubectl create -f rgw-external.yaml
    

    See both rgw services running and notice what port the external service is running on:

    $ kubectl -n rook-ceph get service rook-ceph-rgw-my-store rook-ceph-rgw-my-store-external
    NAME                              TYPE        CLUSTER-IP       EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)        AGE
    rook-ceph-rgw-my-store            ClusterIP   10.104.82.228    <none>        80/TCP         4m
    rook-ceph-rgw-my-store-external   NodePort    10.111.113.237   <none>        80:31536/TCP   39s
    

    Internally the rgw service is running on port 80. The external port in this case is 31536. Now you can access the object store from anywhere! All you need is the hostname for any machine in the cluster, the external port, and the user credentials.