EFS Mount with Access Point

This article provides the steps to configure Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) with access points for an Amazon EKS cluster. It includes EFS file system creation, access point configuration, PersistentVolume and PersistentVolumeClaim updates, and Helm chart configuration. This setup enables shared persistent storage access across OvalEdge UI and Job pods deployed in Kubernetes environments.

Prerequisites

Ensure the following prerequisites are met before starting the configuration:

• AWS account access is available

• Read and write permissions are available for Amazon EFS

• Configure the Amazon EKS cluster before starting the EFS integration steps.

• Helm is installed and configured

• Install the EFS CSI driver in the Amazon EKS cluster.

• Required Helm charts are available for deployment

Create an Amazon EFS File System

1. Log in to the AWS Management Console.

2. Navigate to the Amazon EFS service.

3. Click Create file system.

   
4. Click Customize to configure the EFS settings.

   
5. Provide the EFS file system name.

   
6. To select Network Configuration, perform the following actions:

   • Select the required VPC

   • Select the required Security Groups

     
7. To create a file system, click Next and then click Create.

   

Create EFS Access Points

1. Open Access points by performing the following actions:

   • Select the created EFS file system

   • Click Access points

     
2. Click Create access point.

   
3. Provide a name for the Access point and specify the root directory path as "/any-name".

4. Under "POSIX user," set:

   • USERID: 777

   • Group ID: 777

   • Secondary GroupID: 777

5. Set permissions for the root directory:

   • OWNER USER ID: 777

   • OWNER GROUP ID: 777

   • Access point: 777

6. Follow the same configuration as shown in the following screenshot

   

   
7. Repeat the same process to create access points for the following directories:

   • third-party-jars (csp-lib.jar, lineage.jar, required jars)

   • Oelogs

   • Certs

   • esdata

Update Helm Charts

1. Navigate to the Helm chart directory

2. Update the PersistentVolume and PersistentVolumeClaim YAML files with the EFS file system ID and access point ID obtained from the EFS.

Configure JARS

1. Persistent Volume Replace <fs-filesystem_ID> and <AccessPointID> with the actual EFS file system ID and access point ID.

2. PersistentVolumeClaim

Configure Certs

1. Persistent Volume Replace <fileSystem-id> & <AccessPointID> with the actual file system ID and access point ID of "certs" from EFS.

2. PersistentVolumeClaim

Configure Files

1. Persistent Volume Replace <fileSystem-id> & <AccessPointID> with the actual file system ID and access point ID of "files" from EFS.

2. PersistentVolumeClaim

3. Attach the PersistentVolumeClaims to the UI and Job pod deployment YAML files.

Install Updated Helm Charts

1. Navigate to Helm Chart Directory

2. Open the directory containing the updated Helm charts.

3. Run the following command:

4. This command deploys the application with the updated EFS PersistentVolume and PersistentVolumeClaim configurations.

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