2. Deploy Portworx on AKS

Install

Create a secret to give Portworx access to Azure APIs

Update <AZURE_TENANT_ID>, <AZURE_CLIENT_ID> and <AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET> in below command and create a secret called px-azure.

kubectl create secret generic -n kube-system px-azure --from-literal=AZURE_TENANT_ID=<AZURE_TENANT_ID> \
                                                      --from-literal=AZURE_CLIENT_ID=<AZURE_CLIENT_ID> \
                                                      --from-literal=AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET=<AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET>

secret/px-azure created

When you generate the spec in the next step, the Portworx pod will fetch the Azure environment variables from this secret.

Generate the specs

To install Portworx with Kubernetes, you must first generate Kubernetes manifests that you will deploy in your cluster:

Navigate to PX-Central and log in, or create an account
Select Install and Run to open the Spec Generator
Select New Spec

Portworx can also be installed using it’s Helm chart by following instructions here. The above method is recommended over helm as the wizard will guide you based on your environment.

NOTE: To deploy Portworx to an Azure Sovereign cloud, you must go to the Customize page and set the value of the AZURE_ENVIRONMENT variable. The following example screenshot shows how you can deploy Portworx to the Azure US Government cloud:

Screenshot showing the AZURE_ENVIRONMENT variable

Apply the specs

Apply the generated specs to your cluster.

kubectl apply -f px-spec.yaml

Monitor the portworx pods

Wait till all Portworx pods show as ready in the below output:

kubectl get pods -o wide -n kube-system -l name=portworx

Monitor Portworx cluster status

PX_POD=$(kubectl get pods -l name=portworx -n kube-system -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
kubectl exec $PX_POD -n kube-system -- /opt/pwx/bin/pxctl status

Post-Install

Once you have a running Portworx installation, below sections are useful.

1. Prepare Your AKS Platform