Integrated CPI + CSI helm chart, focused on Rancher Catalog deployment, minimal config, maximum speed. Many thanks to the vSphere CPI helm chart on which this chart is based.

The vSphere Cloud Provider Interface handles cloud specific functionality for VMware vSphere infrastructure running on Kubernetes, the vSphere Container Storage Interface (CSI) is a specification designed to enable persistent storage volume management on Container Orchestrators (COs) like Kubernetes.

This chart deploys all components required to run the external vSphere CPI and also contains the CSI components required for cloud native storage.

Deployment using Rancher's catalog apps feature was the original focus of this project. This means it's also Helm compatible.

More info on the motivation behind creating this integrated chart can be found in this article: https://medium.com/@stefanvangastel/moving-to-out-of-tree-kubernetes-vsphere-cpi-csi-in-seconds-fc0c494bb114

• vSphere 6.7U3+ (CSI v1.0.2) or vSphere 7.0+ (CSI v2.0.0)
• Kubernetes cluster version 1.14+ (CSI v1.0.2) or 1.16+ (CSI v2.0.0)
• VM's with harware version 15+ and vmtools installed on all nodes
• The ubuntu guest OS is recommended
• Manual steps are described in this description (Rancher) of in the Kubernetes documentation (Helm)

1. Add this repo (https://github.com/stefanvangastel/vsphere-cpi-csi-helm.git) as a Helm 3 catalog.
2. Launch the app and follow the instructions

1. Clone this repository:

   $ git clone https://github.com/stefanvangastel/vsphere-cpi-csi-helm.git

2. Enter the directory:

   $ cd vpshere-cpi-csi-helm

3. Install the chart of choice (CSI v1.0.2 of v2.0.0), the vcenter config options are required at minimum:

   $ helm install vsphere-cpi-csi \
        --namespace kube-system \
        ./charts/vsphere-cpi-csi/v2.0.0 \
        --set vcenter.host=vsphere.example.com \
        --set vcenter.username=johndoe \
        --set vcenter.password=s3cret \
        --set vcenter.datacenter=dc1

To uninstall/delete the vsphere-cpi-csi deployment:

$ helm delete vsphere-cpi-csi --namespace kube-system 

The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and deletes the release.

The following table lists the configurable parameters of the vSphere CPI+CSIchart and their default values.

Warning: In creating this chart we aimed to make it as simple and fast to deploy as possible. Therefore you will not find an excess of options and configuration values.

Tip: In addition all settings used in the vSphere CPI helm chart are also useable in this chart.

Specify each parameter using the --set key=value[,key=value] argument to helm install using Helm v3.X. For example:

$ helm install vsphere-cpi-csi \
    --namespace kube-system \
    ./charts/vsphere-cpi-csi/v2.0.0 \
    --set vcenter.host=vsphere.example.com \
    --set vcenter.username=johndoe \
    --set vcenter.password=s3cret \
    --set vcenter.datacenter=dc1

Alternatively, a YAML file (e.g. myvalues.yml) that specifies the values for the parameters can be provided while installing the chart:

$ helm install vsphere-cpi-csi \
    ./charts/vsphere-cpi-csi/v2.0.0 \
    -f myvalues.yml