Before you begin, ensure that your environment meets the requirements.
VAST COSI Driver is deployed using Helm charts. A Helm chart is an installation template that can be reused to install multiple instances of the software being deployed. Each instance is referred to as a release. Helm charts are available from Helm repositories.
Steps to deploy VAST COSI Driver include:
(Optional) Install CustomResourceDefinitions for COSI.
Install CustomResourceDefinitions for snapshots.
(Optional) Create a Kubernetes namespace for VAST COSI Driver.
Note
This step is required if you are going to deploy VAST COSI Driver in a Kubernetes namespace other than
default. Otherwise, skip to step 4.Configure the VAST cluster.
Create a Kubernetes secret with VMS user credentials or API token for VAST COSI Driver.
Add the Helm repository that contains the VAST COSI Driver chart.
Create a Helm chart configuration file for VAST COSI Driver.
Install the Helm chart for VAST COSI Driver.
(Optional) Verify the deployment by launching a test application.