You may customize Longhorn’s default settings when deploying it. You may specify, for example, Create Default Disk With Node Labeled and Default Data Path before starting Longhorn.

This default setting is only for a Longhorn system that hasn’t been deployed. It has no impact on an existing Longhorn system. The settings for any existing Longhorn system should be modified using the Longhorn UI.

The default settings can be customized in the following ways:

• Using the Rancher UI
• Using the Longhorn Deployment YAML File
• Using Helm

Using the Rancher UI

From the project view in Rancher, go to Apps > Launch > Longhorn and edit the settings before launching the app.

Using the Longhorn Deployment YAML File

1. Download the longhorn repo:

   git clone https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn.git
   

2. Modify the config map named longhorn-default-setting in the yaml file longhorn/deploy/longhorn.yaml. For example:

   ---
   apiVersion: v1
   kind: ConfigMap
   metadata:
     name: longhorn-default-setting
     namespace: longhorn-system
   data:
     default-setting.yaml: |-
       backup-target: s3://backupbucket@us-east-1/backupstore
       backup-target-credential-secret: minio-secret
       create-default-disk-labeled-nodes: true
       default-data-path: /var/lib/longhorn-example/
       replica-soft-anti-affinity: false
       storage-over-provisioning-percentage: 600
       storage-minimal-available-percentage: 15
       upgrade-checker: false
       default-replica-count: 2
       guaranteed-engine-cpu:
       default-longhorn-static-storage-class: longhorn-static-example
       backupstore-poll-interval: 500
       taint-toleration: key1=value1:NoSchedule; key2:NoExecute
   ---
   

Using Helm

1. Download the chart in the Longhorn repo:

   git clone https://github.com/longhorn/longhorn.git
   

2. Use helm command with --set flag to modify the default settings. For example:

   • Helm 2

     helm install longhorn/longhorn \
       --name longhorn \
       --namespace longhorn-system \
       --set defaultSettings.taintToleration="key1=value1:NoSchedule; key2:NoExecute"
     

   • Helm 3

     helm install longhorn longhorn/longhorn \
       --namespace longhorn-system \
       --create-namespace \
       --set defaultSettings.taintToleration="key1=value1:NoSchedule; key2:NoExecute"
     

   Or directly modify the default settings in the YAML file longhorn/chart/values.yaml, then use the Helm command without --set to deploy Longhorn. The following is an example longhorn/chart/values.yaml:

   defaultSettings:
     backupTarget: s3://backupbucket@us-east-1/backupstore
     backupTargetCredentialSecret: minio-secret
     createDefaultDiskLabeledNodes: true
     defaultDataPath: /var/lib/longhorn-example/
     replicaSoftAntiAffinity: false
     storageOverProvisioningPercentage: 600
     storageMinimalAvailablePercentage: 15
     upgradeChecker: false
     defaultReplicaCount: 2
     guaranteedEngineCPU:
     defaultLonghornStaticStorageClass: longhorn-static-example
     backupstorePollInterval: 500
     taintToleration: key1=value1:NoSchedule; key2:NoExecute
   

   Then use the helm command:

   • Helm 2

     helm install longhorn/longhorn \
       --name longhorn \
       --namespace longhorn-system \
       --values values.yaml
     

   • Helm 3

     helm install longhorn longhorn/longhorn \
       --namespace longhorn-system \
       --create-namespace \
       --values values.yaml
     

For more info about using helm, see the section about installing Longhorn with Helm

History

Original feature request

Available since v0.6.0