# Uncategorized **URL:** https://forums.portworx.com/c/uncategorized/1.md [Latest](https://forums.portworx.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.portworx.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.portworx.com/tags.md) --- ## [Welcome to Portworx Cloud-Native Storage Forum!](https://forums.portworx.com/t/welcome-to-portworx-cloud-native-storage-forum/7)
**Author:** [@system](https://forums.portworx.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/welcome-to-portworx-cloud-native-storage-forum/7 "2019-03-03T02:49:22Z")
Portworx cloud-native storage forum is a great community resource where you can share your experience on running and managing Kubernetes and other orchestrators with Portworx, learn about common challenges other users ar… --- ## [Unable to view the Portworx Enterprise operator in RHOCP Operator Hub](https://forums.portworx.com/t/unable-to-view-the-portworx-enterprise-operator-in-rhocp-operator-hub/2168)
**Author:** [@sameer\_malve](https://forums.portworx.com/u/sameer_malve)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/unable-to-view-the-portworx-enterprise-operator-in-rhocp-operator-hub/2168 "2025-05-27T14:12:43Z")
Hi Team, I am currently experiencing an issue where I am unable to view the Portworx operator in the Operator Hub of my Red Hat OpenShift GUI. I suspect that a previous installation may not have been cleaned up properly… --- ## [Best Practices for Managing High-Availability Stateful Workloads with Portworx](https://forums.portworx.com/t/best-practices-for-managing-high-availability-stateful-workloads-with-portworx/2111)
**Author:** [@Laylwwa](https://forums.portworx.com/u/Laylwwa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/best-practices-for-managing-high-availability-stateful-workloads-with-portworx/2111 "2025-02-25T12:19:39Z")
Hi everyone, I’m currently working on optimizing a Kubernetes cluster that runs stateful applications, and I’m exploring how to best leverage Portworx for high availability and data resilience. I have a few questions ab… --- ## [Stork 24.3.1 is GA now](https://forums.portworx.com/t/stork-24-3-1-is-ga-now/2001)
**Author:** [@abr](https://forums.portworx.com/u/abr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/stork-24-3-1-is-ga-now/2001 "2024-10-08T09:11:35Z")
Stork 24.3.1 has been GA’d This release has several important bug fixes and improvements. Release notes : https://docs.portworx.com/release-notes/stork#2431 --- ## [How can I optimize Portworx for high-availability applications?](https://forums.portworx.com/t/how-can-i-optimize-portworx-for-high-availability-applications/1964)
**Author:** [@monjoe](https://forums.portworx.com/u/monjoe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/how-can-i-optimize-portworx-for-high-availability-applications/1964 "2024-07-29T12:11:18Z")
Hello guys! :innocent: I am managing a deployment that relies heavily on Portworx for storage orchestration. My primary concern is optimizing the setup to ensure high availability and resilience for critical application… --- ## [Portworx operator 23.10.5 has been GA'd](https://forums.portworx.com/t/portworx-operator-23-10-5-has-been-gad/1884)
**Author:** [@abr](https://forums.portworx.com/u/abr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/portworx-operator-23-10-5-has-been-gad/1884 "2024-06-06T11:45:28Z")
Team, Happy to announce that we have made operator 23.10.5 GA. Highlight : Support for OCP 4.15. Release notes : https://docs.portworx.com/release-notes/operator#23105 --- ## [Portworx operator 23.10.2 is now GA](https://forums.portworx.com/t/portworx-operator-23-10-2-is-now-ga/1837)
**Author:** [@abr](https://forums.portworx.com/u/abr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/portworx-operator-23-10-2-is-now-ga/1837 "2024-01-24T05:04:45Z")
Operator 23.10.2 Has been GA’d Operator 23.10.2 is out. This release has fixes for some critical CVE’s and Bug fixes, details of tickets can be seen here. Thanks to all the folks involved for making this operator releas… --- ## [Cloudsnap restores to pvc without stork](https://forums.portworx.com/t/cloudsnap-restores-to-pvc-without-stork/1824)
**Author:** [@groucho64738](https://forums.portworx.com/u/groucho64738)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/cloudsnap-restores-to-pvc-without-stork/1824 "2023-12-07T14:54:46Z")
Due to a conflict with a piece of software we use on our cluster, we weren’t able to use Stork for the portworx installation. I’m testing cloudsnap backups right now, and I can restore a volume to a new volume name, but … --- ## [Minio set up + certificates](https://forums.portworx.com/t/minio-set-up-certificates/1823)
**Author:** [@groucho64738](https://forums.portworx.com/u/groucho64738)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/minio-set-up-certificates/1823 "2023-12-06T16:15:15Z")
Hi. We have a minio set up that uses certificates issued by our site administrator. I’ve been trying to set a cloud credential using pxctl but get a certificate verification error. The base OS (RH8) has the domain certi… --- ## [Change/removal of default px storageclasses](https://forums.portworx.com/t/change-removal-of-default-px-storageclasses/1773)
**Author:** [@groucho64738](https://forums.portworx.com/u/groucho64738)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/change-removal-of-default-px-storageclasses/1773 "2023-09-28T18:01:49Z")
Is there a way to configure Portworx to disable the auto-creation of the default storageclasses, or change which ones are available? I’d like to remove some of the older ones that we don’t want users to use, and would li… --- ## [Data Analytics Platform/tools](https://forums.portworx.com/t/data-analytics-platform-tools/1558)
**Author:** [@JCole0205](https://forums.portworx.com/u/JCole0205)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/data-analytics-platform-tools/1558 "2023-02-06T16:02:34Z")
Hey there! Hope this is the right section, but I wanted to know - what are your thoughts on using tools to help make data storage, cleaning and managing easier? I’m trying out Tesser Insights’ tool for data storage and … --- ## [Pxctl license setls](https://forums.portworx.com/t/pxctl-license-setls/1703)
**Author:** [@yifongau](https://forums.portworx.com/u/yifongau)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/pxctl-license-setls/1703 "2023-07-20T01:03:45Z")
Hi there, I am attempting to setup a license server on a management cluster. I installed px-central with the license server and exposed the server port 7070 with a loadbalancer. Executing pxctl license setls \:7070/f… --- ## [Best practices for using Portworx](https://forums.portworx.com/t/best-practices-for-using-portworx/1584)
**Author:** [@Julia-manu](https://forums.portworx.com/u/Julia-manu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/best-practices-for-using-portworx/1584 "2023-03-04T20:00:10Z")
Hello everyone, I’m a software developer from Softkit As you may already know, Portworx is a powerful data services platform that provides data protection, disaster recovery, and data management capabilities for Kubern… --- ## [PX-Essential - ERROR: License is expired, PX-Central server not reachable](https://forums.portworx.com/t/px-essential-error-license-is-expired-px-central-server-not-reachable/492)
**Author:** [@darioneto](https://forums.portworx.com/u/darioneto)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/px-essential-error-license-is-expired-px-central-server-not-reachable/492 "2023-01-30T12:27:06Z")
About one hour into configuring a new cluster and the message pops up about the license. Managed to bring 2 pods without issues, all mounted ok It picked up a license initially and all nodes formed a quorum : PX-Essen… --- ## [How can we disable portworx encryption in Running cluster?](https://forums.portworx.com/t/how-can-we-disable-portworx-encryption-in-running-cluster/1496)
**Author:** [@Girish\_Sanai](https://forums.portworx.com/u/Girish_Sanai)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/how-can-we-disable-portworx-encryption-in-running-cluster/1496 "2022-11-21T04:48:12Z")
Can anybody help me with process to disable the encryption in Running cluster --- ## [Does portworx support Openshift in GCP?](https://forums.portworx.com/t/does-portworx-support-openshift-in-gcp/1467)
**Author:** [@Windleaf\_Yang](https://forums.portworx.com/u/Windleaf_Yang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/does-portworx-support-openshift-in-gcp/1467 "2022-11-01T17:00:26Z")
I am installing portworx in OCP running in GCP. Even opened all ports to worker nodes and grant OWNER role to the service account, I am still hitting px-cluster pod errors like "Failed to create drive: googleapi: Error 4… --- ## [Storage down or offline (Pool used 90% capacity)](https://forums.portworx.com/t/storage-down-or-offline-pool-used-90-capacity/1453)
**Author:** [@\_Sinh\_Tran\_Van](https://forums.portworx.com/u/_Sinh_Tran_Van)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/storage-down-or-offline-pool-used-90-capacity/1453 "2022-09-22T13:25:07Z")
Hi everyone, I am using portworx version 2.8.1.3. I had a problem when the pool used 90% of the capacity. The pool was then offline. Please help me find the root cause. Thanks, --- ## [What is Burp Suite](https://forums.portworx.com/t/what-is-burp-suite/1358)
**Author:** [@saipriya](https://forums.portworx.com/u/saipriya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/what-is-burp-suite/1358 "2022-06-24T09:57:32Z")
Burp Suite is a Java based web Penetration Testing framework. It has become an industry standard suite of tools used by information security professionals. Burp Suite helps you identify vulnerabilities and verify attack … --- ## [Node status not OK (STATUS\_STORAGE\_DOWN)](https://forums.portworx.com/t/node-status-not-ok-status-storage-down/1280)
**Author:** [@zhili](https://forums.portworx.com/u/zhili)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/node-status-not-ok-status-storage-down/1280 "2022-05-21T21:36:00Z")
I’m seeing the portworx pod down. kubectl exec $PX\_POD -n kube-system – /opt/pwx/bin/pxctl status Status: PX storage down License: IBM Cloud Pak for Data Node ID: b4b1fd5f-c2e9-40c9-a86c-70d3a9b2b035 Need help. Tha… --- ## [Portworx StorageCluster not working on ARO cluster](https://forums.portworx.com/t/portworx-storagecluster-not-working-on-aro-cluster/1260)
**Author:** [@amtrice](https://forums.portworx.com/u/amtrice)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/portworx-storagecluster-not-working-on-aro-cluster/1260 "2022-03-17T22:54:29Z")
I am attempting to deploy Portworx Essentials on an ARO Cluster, and it is failing due to permission issues. Im trying to build automation that can provision ARO clusters for future enterprise workloads. I followed the… --- ## [How to get on lighthouse dashboard](https://forums.portworx.com/t/how-to-get-on-lighthouse-dashboard/1266)
**Author:** [@christian\_ngirinshut](https://forums.portworx.com/u/christian_ngirinshut)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/how-to-get-on-lighthouse-dashboard/1266 "2022-03-16T12:39:53Z")
After installing the script for the lighhouse dashboard. How do i get on the lightboard. http(ip node:login)? --- ## [How to sync Portworx volume](https://forums.portworx.com/t/how-to-sync-portworx-volume/1111)
**Author:** [@lindaorny](https://forums.portworx.com/u/lindaorny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/how-to-sync-portworx-volume/1111 "2022-03-14T18:51:37Z")
Hi All I have a four worker node kubernetes cluster and may add some more nodes as Portworx volume but I find that the Volume amount is different among nodes. Below is the /opt/pwx/bin/pxctl status: IP ID… --- ## [Does px-csi-service need a cluster IP?](https://forums.portworx.com/t/does-px-csi-service-need-a-cluster-ip/1164)
**Author:** [@mrzog](https://forums.portworx.com/u/mrzog)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/does-px-csi-service-need-a-cluster-ip/1164 "2022-01-18T23:54:14Z")
kubectl get services --namespace=kube-system NAME TYPE CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE autopilot ClusterIP 10.100.214.191 \ 9628/TCP… --- ## [Portworx Port 9002 consistently getting disconnected](https://forums.portworx.com/t/portworx-port-9002-consistently-getting-disconnected/1135)
**Author:** [@lindaorny](https://forums.portworx.com/u/lindaorny)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/portworx-port-9002-consistently-getting-disconnected/1135 "2021-12-16T02:08:32Z")
Hi All, I have set up the portworx cluster with the backend ceph on Openstack private cloud on my Kubernetes cluster and I see one strange phenomenon. The Portworx status consistently goes down whenever I attached Kafka… --- ## [Portworx kvdb Disaster Recovery](https://forums.portworx.com/t/portworx-kvdb-disaster-recovery/1117)
**Author:** [@lindaorny](https://forums.portworx.com/u/lindaorny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2021, 3:18am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/portworx-kvdb-disaster-recovery/1117 "2021-11-24T03:18:16Z")
I have 4 worker nodes kubernetes cluster with Portworx storage. Every each of them contains three devices (/dev/vda, /dev/vdb and /dev/vdc). The /dev/vdb is 20GB which contains the kvdb data while the /dev/vdc is 120GB w… --- ## [Storage Full or Offline](https://forums.portworx.com/t/storage-full-or-offline/1016)
**Author:** [@Crystal](https://forums.portworx.com/u/Crystal)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/storage-full-or-offline/1016 "2021-08-07T08:46:09Z")
Hello, in one of my node portworx storage went down. I use Portworx Essentials license. On that node only one disk attached 30 gb. 27 gb of 30 is busy now. It cannot recognize second disk which i added \[root@node3 ~… --- ## [Require OCI-Monitor image for ARM64 platform](https://forums.portworx.com/t/require-oci-monitor-image-for-arm64-platform/1004)
**Author:** [@odidev](https://forums.portworx.com/u/odidev)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/require-oci-monitor-image-for-arm64-platform/1004 "2021-07-06T14:01:58Z")
I have tried to use OCI-Monitor docker image for the ARM64 platform but I am unable to find ARM64 specific tag for this docker image I thought of building this package for the ARM64 platform, but I cannot find the Docke… --- ## [Install failed at AWS](https://forums.portworx.com/t/install-failed-at-aws/984)
**Author:** [@steven](https://forums.portworx.com/u/steven)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2021, 2:40am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/install-failed-at-aws/984 "2021-07-06T02:40:30Z")
Hi Team, i am install portfox at aws cloud EC2 machine. it will failed to create the deamon set and warn the following error. i have create the k8s with rancher rke version 1.20.6. I try many times still hit this error.… --- ## [How to run portworx kubernetes POD's as non-root user](https://forums.portworx.com/t/how-to-run-portworx-kubernetes-pods-as-non-root-user/388)
**Author:** [@cmpmohan](https://forums.portworx.com/u/cmpmohan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/how-to-run-portworx-kubernetes-pods-as-non-root-user/388 "2021-06-09T14:24:39Z")
We getting below error message after added the RunAsUser: 1000 in yaml file. please help us to fix issue. Error: container has runAsNonRoot and image will run as root --- ## [Object Storage on Portworx](https://forums.portworx.com/t/object-storage-on-portworx/947)
**Author:** [@cesouza-br](https://forums.portworx.com/u/cesouza-br)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/object-storage-on-portworx/947 "2021-05-26T02:05:47Z")
Hi, I am using object storage in a portworx cluster and I would like to know how to get the version of minio server and how to update to the latest version. Unfortunately there have been significant changes and I canno… [Next page](https://forums.portworx.com/c/uncategorized/1.md?page=1)