| author | khdownie |
|---|---|
| ms.service | azure-container-storage |
| ms.topic | include |
| ms.date | 03/18/2024 |
| ms.author | kendownie |
When Azure Container Storage is installed via the az aks create command, a storage pool is automatically created. The following table shows the parameters you can specify for this storage pool.
| Parameter | Backing storage type | Description | Available values | Mandatory (Y/N) | Default value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
--enable-azure-container-storage |
All | Storage pool type to enable during installation | azureDisk, ephemeralDisk, elasticSan |
Y | N/A |
--storage-pool-option |
Ephemeral Disk only | Ephemeral Disk SKU to enable | NVMe, Temp | Y (only when using Ephemeral Disk) | If this parameter isn't specified, the Ephemeral Disk SKU is local NVMe |
--azure-container-storage-nodepools |
All | Names of the node pools on which to install Azure Container Storage | Comma separated list of node pool names (if specifying multiple node pools) | N | nodepool1* |
--storage-pool-name |
All | Storage pool name | N/A | N | azuredisk, ephemeraldisk, elasticsan |
--storage-pool-size |
All | Storage pool capacity | Storage capacity in Gi or Ti | N | Azure Disks: 512 GiLocal NVMe: Full disk Temp SSD: 95% of disk capacity Elastic SAN: 1 Ti |
--storage-pool-sku |
Azure Disks, Elastic SAN only | Storage pool SKU (performance/redundancy) | Azure Disks: Premium_LRS, Standard_LRS, StandardSSD_LRS, UltraSSD_LRS, Premium_ZRS, PremiumV2_LRS, StandardSSD_ZRSElastic SAN: Premium_LRS, Premium_ZRS |
N | Premium_LRS |
*If there are any existing node pools with the acstor.azure.com/io-engine:acstor label then Azure Container Storage will be installed there by default. Otherwise, it's installed in the system node pool, which by default is named nodepool1.