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      Azure AKS

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      As prerequisites for this flow, be sure to have the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) ready. Then follow these links:

      Connect to AKS

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

      • Region - Set the Target Azure resource group region (for example: East US).

      AKS cluster creation:

      Create with default values, as follows:

      terraform init

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

      Create a CSI driver

      Usage (helm): Deploy Volumez-CSI configuration

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

      az aks get-credentials --resource-group <resource-group-name> --name <aks-cluster-name>

      • The resource-group-name and aks-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>"]}]}]}}}'

      Like so:

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

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

      • Auto-Provisioned Volume

      • Shared Media Volume

      These terms are explained here: https://docs.volumez.com/v1/docs/create-volumes

      A note on retrieving metadata in Azure AKS:

      Part of the responsibility of the NodeServer's sidecar is to retrieve the relevant current node metadata such as VPC. AP creation for Azure must have the VPC where the AKS cluster’s nodes are deployed. Due to the nature of the Azure node IDs being created (Volumez customized ID), the only way to retrieve the VPC is through the Tenant Cloud Resources (TCR) service. Therefore, every time the NodeServer sidecar is started up, a GetVMMetadataByRegion request is created for the TCR service.

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