Rook has the ability to connect to an external CEPH cluster now. I'm curious if anyone has tried to setup rook using the Proxmox created CEPH cluster? Would be very convenient to have Proxmox and Kubernetes using the same storage pool. I'm thinking of creating a 3 node Proxmox cluster and running OKD/OpenShift on top of it with rook as the PVC operator.
Rook with CEPH?
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The Proxmox created CEPH cluster is just a "normal" Ceph - While not having tested it with PVE (but running a standalone external ceph cluster in rook) I don't see a reason why it wouldn't work.
However I would advise you to create a new pool you use for rook and not mess with the one where PVE puts all its RBD images.
Edit: Should probably still test it on a non-production cluster first
You can run PVE in a VM if you don't have enough hardware for this.
However I would advise you to create a new pool you use for rook and not mess with the one where PVE puts all its RBD images.
Edit: Should probably still test it on a non-production cluster first
You can run PVE in a VM if you don't have enough hardware for this.
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It's possible to use rook to manage kubernetes csi persistant volume, and use an external ceph cluster. I'm doing at work.
https://github.com/rook/rook/blob/master/design/ceph/ceph-external-cluster.md
https://github.com/rook/rook/blob/master/design/ceph/ceph-external-cluster.md
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