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      Create PVC on AWS EKS
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      Create PVC on AWS EKS

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      As prerequisites for PVC creation, be sure to have the Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) ready. Then follow these links:

      Connect to EKS:

      • Use the CSI Driver Token (Refresh Token). This can be taken from Volumez.com. Go to Sign in > Developer Info.

      • Region - Set the target AWS region (for example: us-east-1).

      EKS cluster creation:

      If needed, you can use Volumez Terraform to create an EKS cluster. the source code can be cloned from https://github.com/VolumezTech/volumez.git

      see more details in https://github.com/VolumezTech/volumez?tab=readme-ov-file#eks.

      an example with default values, as follows:

      terraform init

      terraform apply -var-file=”easy_starter.tfvars”

      Use these custom variables:

      terraform init

      terraform apply -var=”media_node_count=4” -var=”media_node_type=i3en.3xlarge”

      Create a CSI driver:

      Usage (helm): Deploy Volumez-CSI configuration

      Configure kubectl so that you can connect to an EKS cluster, as follows:

      aws eks --region <region> update-kubeconfig --name <cluster_name>

      • If not known, The region and cluster_name parameters can be found in Terraform's output.

      • Deploy CSI driver deployment with helm:

      helm repo add volumez-csi https://volumeztech.github.io/helm-csi

      helm install volumez-csi volumez-csi/volumez-csi --set vlzAuthToken=eyJjdHkiOiJKV1QiLC -n vlz-csi-driver --create-namespace

      Install Only on Specific Node/Node-Group

      To install the volumez-csi on a specific node or nodegroup, label the node/nodegroup and add the following to the end of the install command (fill in the correct values instead of "label-key" and "label-values"):

      --set-json 'csiNodeVlzplugin.affinity={"nodeAffinity":{"requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution":{"nodeSelectorTerms":[{"matchExpressions":[{"key":"<label-key>","operator":"In","values":["<label-values>"]}]}]}}}'

      Such as:

      --set-json 'csiNodeVlzplugin.affinity={"nodeAffinity":{"requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution":{"nodeSelectorTerms":[{"matchExpressions":[{"key":"nodepool-type","operator":"In","values":["app", "media"]}]}]}}}'

      After completing the prerequisites, select the Volumez settings for your mode of operation:

      • Auto-Provisioned Volume

      • Shared Media Volume

      For further explanation on Auto-Provisioning and Shared Media refer to: https://docs.volumez.com/v1/docs/create-volumes

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