I am trying to migrate a simple gitlab docker container to EKS cluster with Helm chart(it is custom helm chart created by helm create gitlab-ce command and not ready made gitlab helm chart ). for this, I am using EFS volume with static provision of PV, PVC
command to run gitlab as docker container
- name: Install and manage gitlab-ce
docker_container:
name: gitlab
image: gitlab/gitlab-ce:16.2.2-ce.0
state: started
restart_policy: unless-stopped
volumes:
- "/srv/gitlab/config:/etc/gitlab"
- "/srv/gitlab/logs:/var/log/gitlab"
- "/srv/gitlab/data:/var/opt/gitlab"
ports:
- "5666:22"
networks:
- name: proxy
I provisioned the EKS cluster, EFS volume, and access point for each volume mount. I am using static provisioning of PV and PVC. To keep the question short I am sharing details of only one volume.
storage class
Please note i am using reclaimPolicy: Retain
kind: StorageClass
apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
metadata:
name: efs-sc
provisioner: efs.csi.aws.com
reclaimPolicy: Retain
PV for gitlab config (similar pv for other volumes as well) Please note i am using
accessModes:
- ReadWriteMany
persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
Complete example
kind: PersistentVolume
metadata:
name: gitlab-config-efs-pv
spec:
capacity:
storage: 5Gi
volumeMode: Filesystem
accessModes:
- ReadWriteMany
persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
storageClassName: efs-sc
csi:
driver: efs.csi.aws.com
volumeHandle: fs-12345::fsap-56789
volumeAttributes:
encryptInTransit: "true"
PVC for config
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
name: gitlab-efs-pvc
spec:
volumeName: gitlab-config-efs-pv
accessModes:
- ReadWriteMany
storageClassName: efs-sc
resources:
requests:
storage: 5Gi
Observations/problem Even though I provide a reclaim policy in the storage class as retain it deletes all my existing data (e.g. my git repo created will be no more after a new pod creation)when a new pod is created.
