Portworx Kubernetes is a storage platform-specific for microservices and containers. Read on to learn more. 

At Bobcares, we offer solutions for every query, big and small, as a part of our Server Management Services.

Let’s take a look at how our Support Team helped our customers with learning more about Portworx Kubernetes.

What is Portworx Kubernetes

Portworx is a storage platform-specific for containers and microservices. It offers its users the ability to deploy highly available applications across several physical hosts within a data center. Furthermore, it computes instances currently running in different regions, zones as well as cloud providers.

In other words, it abstracts multiple storage devices in order to create a unified storage layer for cloud-native applications.

We can install Portworx on any host with a container runtime like Docker. Moreover, it relies on its own distributed services. Hence we can configure a multinode Portworx storage clutter without installing Kubernetes.

However, we can create hyperconverged or disaggregated deployments due to Portworx’s tight integration with Kubernetes.

Currently, Portworx offers business continuity, integrated security, as well as dynamic scaling of storage pools.

Troubleshooting tips: Portworx Kubernetes

If you are having trouble with Portworx, our Support Team recommends collecting the logs with the following commands:

uname -a
docker version
kubectl version
kubectl logs -n kube-system -l name=portworx --tail=99999
kubectl get pods -n kube-system -l name=portworx -o wide
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
kubectl exec $PX_POD -n kube-system -- /opt/pwx/bin/pxctl volume list

We can also use the journalctl command to get all Portworx logs if we have access to a particular node.

Alternatively, we can monitor kubelet logs on a specific node with this command:

journalctl -lfu kubelet

This comes in handy to narrow down the reason behind a specific node getting stuck in terminating or creating state on a node.

Furthermore, ensure 9001-9022 ports are open for internal network traffic among nodes running Portworx.

Let us know if you are having trouble with Portworx Kubernetes. Our Support Team is available 24/7 to help you get on track.

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Conclusion

In a nutshell, our skilled Support Engineers at Bobcares introduced us to Portworx Kubernetes, a storage platform-specific for containers and microservices. We also went through a few troubleshooting tips to help sort out any issues with Portworx.