Synology CSI Driver for Kubernetes
The official Container Storage Interface driver for Synology NAS.
Container Images & Kubernetes Compatibility
Driver Name: csi.san.synology.com
The Synology CSI driver supports:
- Access Modes: Read/Write Multiple Pods
- Cloning
- Expansion
- Snapshot
Installation
Prerequisites
- Kubernetes versions 1.19 or above
- Synology NAS running:
- DSM 7.0 or above
- DSM UC 3.1 or above
- Go version 1.16 or above is recommended
- (Optional) Both Volume Snapshot CRDs and the common snapshot controller must be installed in your Kubernetes cluster if you want to use the Snapshot feature
Notice
- Before installing the CSI driver, make sure you have created and initialized at least one storage pool and one volume on your DSM.
- Make sure that all the worker nodes in your Kubernetes cluster can connect to your DSM.
- After you complete the steps below, the full deployment of the CSI driver, including the snapshotter, will be installed. If you don’t need the Snapshot feature, you can install the basic deployment of the CSI driver instead.
Procedure
-
Clone the git repository. git clone https://github.com/SynologyOpenSource/synology-csi.git
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Enter the directory. cd synology-csi
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Copy the client-info-template.yml file. cp config/client-info-template.yml config/client-info.yml
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Edit config/client-info.yml
to configure the connection information for DSM. You can specify one or more storage systems on which the CSI volumes will be created. Change the following parameters as needed:
- host: The IPv4 address of your DSM.
- port: The port for connecting to DSM. The default HTTP port is 5000 and 5001 for HTTPS. Only change this if you use a different port.
- https: Set "true" to use HTTPS for secure connections. Make sure the port is properly configured as well.
- username, password: The credentials for connecting to DSM.
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Install
-
YAML
Run ./scripts/deploy.sh run
to install the driver. This will be a full deployment, which means you'll be building and running all CSI services as well as the snapshotter. If you want a basic deployment, which doesn't include installing a snapshotter, change the command as instructed below.
- full:
./scripts/deploy.sh run
- basic:
./scripts/deploy.sh build && ./scripts/deploy.sh install --basic
If you don’t need to build the driver locally and want to pull the image from Docker instead, run the command as instructed below.
- full:
./scripts/deploy.sh install --all
- basic:
./scripts/deploy.sh install --basic
Running the bash script will:
- Create a namespace named "
synology-csi
". This is where the driver will be installed.
- Create a secret named "
client-info-secret
" using the credentials from the client-info.yml you configured in the previous step.
- Build a local image and deploy the CSI driver.
- Create a default storage class named "
synology-iscsi-storage
" that uses the "Retain
" policy.
- Create a volume snapshot class named "
synology-snapshotclass
" that uses the "Delete
" policy. (Full deployment only)
-
HELM (Local Development)
kubectl create ns synology-csi
kubectl create secret -n synology-csi generic client-info-secret --from-file=./config/client-info.yml
cd deploy/helm; make up
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Check if the status of all pods of the CSI driver is Running. kubectl get pods -n synology-csi
CSI Driver Configuration
Storage classes and the secret are required for the CSI driver to function properly. This section explains how to do the following things:
- Create the storage system secret (This is not mandatory because deploy.sh will complete all the configurations when you configure the config file mentioned previously.)
- Configure storageclasses
- Configure volumesnapshotclasses
Creating a Secret
Create a secret to specify the storage system address and credentials (username and password). Usually the config file sets up the secret as well, but if you still want to create the secret or recreate it, follow the instructions below:
-
Edit the config file config/client-info.yml
or create a new one like the example shown here:
clients:
- host: 192.168.1.1
port: 5000
https: false
username: <username>
password: <password>
- host: 192.168.1.2
port: 5001
https: true
username: <username>
password: <password>
The clients
field can contain more than one Synology NAS. Seperate them with a prefix -
.
-
Create the secret using the following command (usually done by deploy.sh):
kubectl create secret -n <namespace> generic client-info-secret --from-file=config/client-info.yml
- Make sure to replace <namespace> with
synology-csi
. This is the default namespace. Change it to your custom namespace if needed.
- If you change the secret name "client-info-secret" to a different one, make sure that all files at
deploy/kubernetes/<k8s version>/
are using the secret name you set.
Creating Storage Classes
Create and apply StorageClasses with the properties you want.
-
Create YAML files using the one at deploy/kubernetes/<k8s version>/storage-class.yml
as the example, whose content is as below:
iSCSI Protocol
apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
kind: StorageClass
metadata:
annotations:
storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class: "false"
name: synostorage
provisioner: csi.san.synology.com
parameters:
fsType: 'btrfs'
dsm: '192.168.1.1'
location: '/volume1'
formatOptions: '--nodiscard'
reclaimPolicy: Retain
allowVolumeExpansion: true
SMB/CIFS Protocol
Before creating an SMB/CIFS storage class, you must create a secret and specify the DSM user whom you want to give permissions to.
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
name: cifs-csi-credentials
namespace: default
type: Opaque
stringData:
username: <username> # DSM user account accessing the shared folder
password: <password> # DSM user password accessing the shared folder
After creating the secret, create a storage class and fill the secret for node-stage-secret. This is a required step if you're using SMB, or there will be errors when staging volumes.
apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
kind: StorageClass
metadata:
name: synostorage-smb
provisioner: csi.san.synology.com
parameters:
protocol: "smb"
dsm: '192.168.1.1'
location: '/volume1'
csi.storage.k8s.io/node-stage-secret-name: "cifs-csi-credentials"
csi.storage.k8s.io/node-stage-secret-namespace: "default"
reclaimPolicy: Delete
allowVolumeExpansion: true
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Configure the StorageClass properties by assigning the parameters in the table. You can also leave blank if you don’t have a preference:
Name |
Type |
Description |
Default |
Supported protocols |
dsm |
string |
The IPv4 address of your DSM, which must be included in the client-info.yml for the CSI driver to log in to DSM |
- |
iSCSI, SMB |
location |
string |
The location (/volume1, /volume2, ...) on DSM where the LUN for PersistentVolume will be created |
- |
iSCSI, SMB |
fsType |
string |
The formatting file system of the PersistentVolumes when you mount them on the pods. This parameter only works with iSCSI. For SMB, the fsType is always ‘cifs‘. |
'ext4' |
iSCSI |
protocol |
string |
The storage backend protocol. Enter ‘iscsi’ to create LUNs or ‘smb‘ to create shared folders on DSM. |
'iscsi' |
iSCSI, SMB |
formatOptions |
string |
Additional options/arguments passed to mkfs.* command. See a linux manual that corresponds with your FS of choice. |
- |
iSCSI |
csi.storage.k8s.io/node-stage-secret-name |
string |
The name of node-stage-secret. Required if DSM shared folder is accessed via SMB. |
- |
SMB |
csi.storage.k8s.io/node-stage-secret-namespace |
string |
The namespace of node-stage-secret. Required if DSM shared folder is accessed via SMB. |
- |
SMB |
Notice
- If you leave the parameter location blank, the CSI driver will choose a volume on DSM with available storage to create the volumes.
- All iSCSI volumes created by the CSI driver are Thin Provisioned LUNs on DSM. This will allow you to take snapshots of them.
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Apply the YAML files to the Kubernetes cluster.
kubectl apply -f <storageclass_yaml>
Creating Volume Snapshot Classes
Create and apply VolumeSnapshotClasses with the properties you want.
-
Create YAML files using the one at deploy/kubernetes/<k8s version>/snapshotter/volume-snapshot-class.yml
as the example, whose content is as below:
apiVersion: snapshot.storage.k8s.io/v1beta1 # v1 for kubernetes v1.20 and above
kind: VolumeSnapshotClass
metadata:
name: synology-snapshotclass
annotations:
storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class: "false"
driver: csi.san.synology.com
deletionPolicy: Delete
# parameters:
# description: 'Kubernetes CSI'
# is_locked: 'false'
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Configure volume snapshot class properties by assigning the following parameters, all parameters are optional:
Name |
Type |
Description |
Default |
Supported protocols |
description |
string |
The description of the snapshot on DSM |
"" |
iSCSI |
is_locked |
string |
Whether you want to lock the snapshot on DSM |
'false' |
iSCSI, SMB |
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Apply the YAML files to the Kubernetes cluster.
kubectl apply -f <volumesnapshotclass_yaml>
Building & Manually Installing
By default, the CSI driver will pull the latest image from Docker Hub.
If you want to use images you built locally for installation, edit all files under deploy/kubernetes/<k8s version>/
and make sure imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
is included in every csi-plugin container.
Building
- To build the CSI driver, execute
make
.
- To build the synocli dev tool, execute
make synocli
. The output binary will be at bin/synocli
.
- To run unit tests, execute
make test
.
- To build a docker image, run
./scripts/deploy.sh build
.
Afterwards, run docker images
to check the newly created image.
Installation
- To install all pods of the CSI driver, run
./scripts/deploy.sh install --all
- To install pods of the CSI driver without the snapshotter, run
./scripts/deploy.sh install --basic
- Run
./scripts/deploy.sh --help
to see more information on the usage of the commands.
Uninstallation
If you are no longer using the CSI driver, make sure that no other resources in your Kubernetes cluster are using storage managed by Synology CSI driver before uninstalling it.