Enable Persistent Storage with CSI Provisioner in ASK - Container Service for Kubernetes

csi-provisioner is a Container Storage Interface (CSI) component that automatically provisions disk volumes in an ASK cluster. This topic describes how to install and update csi-provisioner.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have:

An ASK cluster. For more information, see Create an ASK cluster.
A kubectl client connected to your cluster. For more information, see Connect to an ACK cluster by using kubectl.

Install csi-provisioner

Install csi-provisioner from the Manage system components page. For more information, see Manage system components.
Verify the installation by running the following command:
```
kubectl get pod -n kube-system | grep csi-provisioner
```
Expected output:
```
NAME              READY   STATUS     RESTARTS   AGE
csi-provisioner   1/1     Running    0          14d
```
The pod is in the Running state, which confirms that csi-provisioner is installed successfully.

Update csi-provisioner

Find the target version in the csi-provisioner release notes.
Update the image address in the YAML template of csi-provisioner to the version identified in step 1.
Verify the update by running the following command:
```
kubectl get pod -n kube-system | grep csi-provisioner
```
Confirm the pod is in the Running state before proceeding.