# Portworx on Kubernetes **URL:** https://forums.portworx.com/c/portworx-on-kubernetes/7.md [Latest](https://forums.portworx.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.portworx.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.portworx.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the Portworx on Kubernetes category](https://forums.portworx.com/t/about-the-portworx-on-kubernetes-category/14)
**Author:** [@venkat](https://forums.portworx.com/u/venkat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/about-the-portworx-on-kubernetes-category/14 "2021-03-25T07:36:18Z")
This category of topics cover all questions related installing and operating Portworx on Kubernetes clusters including On-premise Kubernetes distributions as well as cloud-based managed kubernetes services. --- ## [Is the px / px-fuse kernel module required on compute-only (storageless) nodes in a disaggregated cluster?](https://forums.portworx.com/t/is-the-px-px-fuse-kernel-module-required-on-compute-only-storageless-nodes-in-a-disaggregated-cluster/2336)
**Author:** [@Aditya](https://forums.portworx.com/u/Aditya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/is-the-px-px-fuse-kernel-module-required-on-compute-only-storageless-nodes-in-a-disaggregated-cluster/2336 "2026-06-18T19:47:45Z")
We’re running Portworx Enterprise 3.6.0 on Kubernetes (installed via the Portworx Operator) and want to confirm our understanding of the architecture before finalizing a disaggregated design — dedicated storage nodes plu… --- ## [Missing metrics px-csi-driver v26.1.1](https://forums.portworx.com/t/missing-metrics-px-csi-driver-v26-1-1/2328)
**Author:** [@sunny](https://forums.portworx.com/u/sunny)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/missing-metrics-px-csi-driver-v26-1-1/2328 "2026-05-29T15:17:41Z")
Hi all, Wondering anyone could help. Running a mix of Openshift clusters 4.20 and 4.21. Operator 26.1 | px-pure-csi-driver: 26.1.1 I cannot see all metrics listed as per the documentation below. Attaching a screensh… --- ## [UPDATE: Community Move Has Been Postponed](https://forums.portworx.com/t/update-community-move-has-been-postponed/2326)
**Author:** [@ksummitt](https://forums.portworx.com/u/ksummitt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/update-community-move-has-been-postponed/2326 "2026-05-13T20:30:37Z")
The Portworx Forum community move to Everpure CX Community has been postponed until further notice. Please continue to ask questions and share content in the Portworx Forum community as you normally would. Thank you fo… --- ## [Prometheus operator causing prometheus pods to continuously restart](https://forums.portworx.com/t/prometheus-operator-causing-prometheus-pods-to-continuously-restart/1771)
**Author:** [@groucho64738](https://forums.portworx.com/u/groucho64738)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/prometheus-operator-causing-prometheus-pods-to-continuously-restart/1771 "2026-05-08T16:07:19Z")
Hi. I’ve currently got PX 3.0.1 installed on my K8s cluster and noticed that when prometheus is enabled, I’m seeing the operator start up and immediately startup/shutdown the prometheus pods on the nodes over and over ag… --- ## [PX-CSI on Hyper-V](https://forums.portworx.com/t/px-csi-on-hyper-v/2293)
**Author:** [@Robbert](https://forums.portworx.com/u/Robbert)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/px-csi-on-hyper-v/2293 "2026-01-22T00:12:46Z")
We have Kubernetes worker nodes on Hyper-V with virtual fibre channel, multipathd is configured as described by the documentation and udev as well. OS: Ubuntu 24.04 Kernel: 6.8.0-90 K8s version: v1.32.9 px-pure-csi-d… --- ## [Cannot get claim from snapshot](https://forums.portworx.com/t/cannot-get-claim-from-snapshot/1860)
**Author:** [@Dominique\_Manas](https://forums.portworx.com/u/Dominique_Manas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/cannot-get-claim-from-snapshot/1860 "2026-01-14T17:44:46Z")
Hi, i have a problem when i try to do snapshoot with csi driver. I have this error: name: px-csi-snapshot namespace: default resourceVersion: ‘483307549’ uid: 525fdf34-ddef-487b-8c07-62f15d39a775 selfLink: \>- /ap… --- ## [StorageCluster failing to start (KVDB issues)](https://forums.portworx.com/t/storagecluster-failing-to-start-kvdb-issues/2246)
**Author:** [@Craig\_Smith](https://forums.portworx.com/u/Craig_Smith)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/storagecluster-failing-to-start-kvdb-issues/2246 "2025-08-21T16:00:46Z")
Hey all, Trying to get to the bottom of this. I am deploying a 3.3.1.1 cluster to my k8s env. Below are the storagecluster manifest and logs I am seeing. There seems to be an issue with me using a logical volume for the … --- ## [Is Portworx available on RedHat OpenShift 4.18 on IBM Power?](https://forums.portworx.com/t/is-portworx-available-on-redhat-openshift-4-18-on-ibm-power/2190)
**Author:** [@rbacalzo](https://forums.portworx.com/u/rbacalzo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/is-portworx-available-on-redhat-openshift-4-18-on-ibm-power/2190 "2025-06-25T18:32:08Z")
Hi I’ve deployed RedHat OpenShift 4.18 on an IBM Power system. Our applications running on OpenShift need to access storage via NFS on a Pure FlashBlade running Purity FB 4.5.3. So I believe I need to deploy the Portwo… --- ## [Supported Amazon Linux 2 AMIs](https://forums.portworx.com/t/supported-amazon-linux-2-amis/2128)
**Author:** [@paledin](https://forums.portworx.com/u/paledin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/supported-amazon-linux-2-amis/2128 "2025-06-02T13:47:03Z")
The supported kernels documentation states compatibility Up to 5.10.230-223.885.amzn2.x86\_64 on Amazon Linux 2 distros. AL2 defaults to using a 5.10 kernel, but aside from trial and error I can’t find a good way to ident… --- ## [Best Practices for Running Portworx with Kubernetes on Bare Metal?](https://forums.portworx.com/t/best-practices-for-running-portworx-with-kubernetes-on-bare-metal/2165)
**Author:** [@jatrolarzi](https://forums.portworx.com/u/jatrolarzi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/best-practices-for-running-portworx-with-kubernetes-on-bare-metal/2165 "2025-05-27T11:38:39Z")
Hello all, I’m relatively new to Portworx and just starting to delve into its full capabilities. I’ve set up a test environment with Kubernetes on bare metal nodes and installed Portworx following the official recommend… --- ## [Failed to load PX filesystem dependencies for kernel](https://forums.portworx.com/t/failed-to-load-px-filesystem-dependencies-for-kernel/1451)
**Author:** [@rhyspowell](https://forums.portworx.com/u/rhyspowell)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/failed-to-load-px-filesystem-dependencies-for-kernel/1451 "2025-03-18T17:40:54Z")
Hello, Trying to get the portworx csi up and running on a new cluster Using the operator, running on top of k8s v1.23.4, which is running on top of Ubuntu 22.04 Operator appears to be running fine but both the api dae… --- ## [PVC in Pending status indetinitely](https://forums.portworx.com/t/pvc-in-pending-status-indetinitely/2024)
**Author:** [@almavi](https://forums.portworx.com/u/almavi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/pvc-in-pending-status-indetinitely/2024 "2025-03-11T15:45:32Z")
I’m running a 3-node cluster on EKS. Got no errors during installation, have my 3 px-cluster pods running and the 3 storagenodes are in Online status. When I run pxctl status on one of the nodes I get that all of them ar… --- ## [Setting a Default FA in px-secret for Entire Cluster Without Topology](https://forums.portworx.com/t/setting-a-default-fa-in-px-secret-for-entire-cluster-without-topology/2051)
**Author:** [@metbog](https://forums.portworx.com/u/metbog)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/setting-a-default-fa-in-px-secret-for-entire-cluster-without-topology/2051 "2024-12-03T14:02:58Z")
Hi, Is there a way to set one of two FAs described in px-secret as default? The idea is to mark necessary FA as default for entire cluster without using topology. Both FA have SAN connection to same workers --- ## [Unable to install portworx 3.2](https://forums.portworx.com/t/unable-to-install-portworx-3-2/2034)
**Author:** [@jaxklag](https://forums.portworx.com/u/jaxklag)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/unable-to-install-portworx-3-2/2034 "2024-11-18T14:52:29Z")
Hello, It’s been several days i try to install portworx into k8s cluster. I’ve first started with portworx 3.1.6 witout success. Then i decided to try portworx 3.2 release but unable to have a successfull setup. As to… --- ## [How to recover from possible volume not found in Portworks Essential](https://forums.portworx.com/t/how-to-recover-from-possible-volume-not-found-in-portworks-essential/2030)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Larkin](https://forums.portworx.com/u/Chad_Larkin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/how-to-recover-from-possible-volume-not-found-in-portworks-essential/2030 "2024-11-15T13:58:57Z")
Currently I am experiencing an issue when a pod in k8s will not initiate because a pvc reference appears to not be found in portworx. Storage class: apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1 kind: StorageClass metadata: name: px… --- ## [Need Advice on Configuring Power BI Desktop with Portworx](https://forums.portworx.com/t/need-advice-on-configuring-power-bi-desktop-with-portworx/2008)
**Author:** [@jacobscott](https://forums.portworx.com/u/jacobscott)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/need-advice-on-configuring-power-bi-desktop-with-portworx/2008 "2024-11-07T09:12:53Z")
Hey everyone, I’m currently trying to set up Power BI Desktop to work with Portworx for some of our data analysis tasks, but I’m a bit stuck. :sweat\_smile: Has anyone here successfully configured Power BI Desktop to pul… --- ## [Monitor portworx cluster using opentelemetry](https://forums.portworx.com/t/monitor-portworx-cluster-using-opentelemetry/2010)
**Author:** [@vishal](https://forums.portworx.com/u/vishal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/monitor-portworx-cluster-using-opentelemetry/2010 "2024-10-28T20:16:04Z")
How to monitor portworx cluster in kubernetes using opentelemetry and opensearch dashboard ? --- ## [Need Help with Portworx Volume Snapshots](https://forums.portworx.com/t/need-help-with-portworx-volume-snapshots/1983)
**Author:** [@monjoe](https://forums.portworx.com/u/monjoe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/need-help-with-portworx-volume-snapshots/1983 "2024-09-27T12:29:38Z")
Hey guys… :wave: I am currently working with Portworx and am encountering some issues with volume snapshots that I hope someone here might be able to help with. We are using Portworx in a Kubernetes environment, and we… --- ## [Is it possible to make px-\ pod be deployed via Daemonset?](https://forums.portworx.com/t/is-it-possible-to-make-px-cluster-name-pod-be-deployed-via-daemonset/1970)
**Author:** [@kzzz](https://forums.portworx.com/u/kzzz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/is-it-possible-to-make-px-cluster-name-pod-be-deployed-via-daemonset/1970 "2024-08-06T18:56:12Z")
Detailed Description I used Portworx as a distributed storage for container storage interface (CSI) drivers. When I upgraded my CAPI based cluster, it caused “repaving” — replacing old nodes in the cluster one by one wit… --- ## [Pre-flight check on AWS EKS takes a long time and then fails](https://forums.portworx.com/t/pre-flight-check-on-aws-eks-takes-a-long-time-and-then-fails/1945)
**Author:** [@assice](https://forums.portworx.com/u/assice)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2024, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/pre-flight-check-on-aws-eks-takes-a-long-time-and-then-fails/1945 "2024-07-10T08:36:37Z")
Hello, installing Portworx on AWS EKS node pre-flight check takes a long time, more than 15 minutes and then fails with following error log from operator: FATAL: preflight checks have failed on your cluster. Check ev… --- ## [How to Implement Portworx for Kubernetes Stateful Workloads?](https://forums.portworx.com/t/how-to-implement-portworx-for-kubernetes-stateful-workloads/1913)
**Author:** [@monjoe](https://forums.portworx.com/u/monjoe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/how-to-implement-portworx-for-kubernetes-stateful-workloads/1913 "2024-05-30T08:01:13Z")
Hey :smiley: I am in the process of setting up a Kubernetes cluster to manage several stateful workloads and am considering using Portworx for storage management. I have a few questions :question: regarding this setup: … --- ## [Portworx on k8s - install failure](https://forums.portworx.com/t/portworx-on-k8s-install-failure/1863)
**Author:** [@Boobalan\_Rathinam](https://forums.portworx.com/u/Boobalan_Rathinam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2024, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/portworx-on-k8s-install-failure/1863 "2024-05-16T08:06:31Z")
While validating Portworx v3.0.4 on Kubernetes (Hosted in MAAS), encountered this error that prevents portworx pod from coming up normally. Portworx version: v3.0.4 OS : Ubuntu 22.04 Kernel : Linux bm-az2-145 5.15.0-9… --- ## [OpenShift 4.14 - Portworx DR Issue](https://forums.portworx.com/t/openshift-4-14-portworx-dr-issue/1891)
**Author:** [@Ben.M](https://forums.portworx.com/u/Ben.M)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/openshift-4-14-portworx-dr-issue/1891 "2024-04-29T16:52:18Z")
Hello Everyone, I have an issue when trying to create two portworx Cluster on OpenShift 4.14 (OnPrem). I need to expose the service “portworx-service” for the remote connection between Clusters but when the route is cre… --- ## [Pure\_file not supported during CSI snapshot via direct access to flashblade](https://forums.portworx.com/t/pure-file-not-supported-during-csi-snapshot-via-direct-access-to-flashblade/1847)
**Author:** [@mattamus](https://forums.portworx.com/u/mattamus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/pure-file-not-supported-during-csi-snapshot-via-direct-access-to-flashblade/1847 "2024-02-29T20:11:51Z")
Snapshots with direct access to a FlashBlade is suppose to work according to the info on the page referenced below. When I attempt to take a snapshot I get the follow error: Failed to check and update snapshot content: f… --- ## [Support for installing portworx on smaller clouds](https://forums.portworx.com/t/support-for-installing-portworx-on-smaller-clouds/1832)
**Author:** [@Sayak](https://forums.portworx.com/u/Sayak)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/support-for-installing-portworx-on-smaller-clouds/1832 "2023-12-20T08:25:14Z")
Hi all We are looking into using Portworx but we don’t use the big cloud providers. Instead we use some of the smaller clouds like Digital Ocean and Civo. Since the documentation for them are not provided, I was wonderi… --- ## [ARM64 Support Out of the box](https://forums.portworx.com/t/arm64-support-out-of-the-box/1809)
**Author:** [@greggameplayer](https://forums.portworx.com/u/greggameplayer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/arm64-support-out-of-the-box/1809 "2023-11-01T04:40:41Z")
Hello, because i have some nodes which have arm64 as cpu architecture i can’t deploy portworx on my cluster. I think it would be great to add support for arm64 out of the box, just like any modern solution on the marke… --- ## [Mutliple data interfaces possible?](https://forums.portworx.com/t/mutliple-data-interfaces-possible/1783)
**Author:** [@groucho64738](https://forums.portworx.com/u/groucho64738)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/mutliple-data-interfaces-possible/1783 "2023-09-28T17:34:55Z")
Hi, we’ve got 3 different nodes that will be used in our portworx environment, and each has a different naming of the network interface that will be used for data and management traffic. For example, one has ens256 and … --- ## [Error expanding volume: HTTP error 400](https://forums.portworx.com/t/error-expanding-volume-http-error-400/1782)
**Author:** [@jorgego](https://forums.portworx.com/u/jorgego)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/error-expanding-volume-http-error-400/1782 "2023-09-22T22:21:09Z")
Hi. I am running Portworx on OpenShift. We are unable to expand a volume with error: error expanding volume " … " of plugin “kubernetes.io/portworx-volume”: HTTP error 400 Any tips on what could cause this error? T… --- ## [How can change Storage Class Replica count?](https://forums.portworx.com/t/how-can-change-storage-class-replica-count/1776)
**Author:** [@ruchan.yalcin](https://forums.portworx.com/u/ruchan.yalcin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/how-can-change-storage-class-replica-count/1776 "2023-09-14T12:59:35Z")
Hello, we are using Portworx for a Proof of Concept (POC). We have set up a bare-metal Kubernetes cluster. The replica count of the StorageClass is not critical for us. How can we reduce the replica count of the StorageC… [Next page](https://forums.portworx.com/c/portworx-on-kubernetes/7.md?page=1)