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 or by kubectl. Reference to the knowledge base doc for the details.

The default settings can be customized in the following ways:

• Deploy
  • Using the Rancher UI
  • Using the Longhorn Deployment YAML File
  • Using Helm
• Upgrade
  • Using the Longhorn UI
  • Using Kubectl
  • Using Script

Deploy

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:
       backup-target-credential-secret:
       allow-recurring-job-while-volume-detached:
       create-default-disk-labeled-nodes:
       default-data-path:
       replica-soft-anti-affinity:
       storage-over-provisioning-percentage:
       storage-minimal-available-percentage:
       upgrade-checker:
       default-replica-count:
       default-data-locality:
       guaranteed-engine-cpu:
       default-longhorn-static-storage-class:
       backupstore-poll-interval:
       taint-toleration:
       system-managed-components-node-selector:
       priority-class:
       auto-salvage:
       auto-delete-pod-when-volume-detached-unexpectedly:
       disable-scheduling-on-cordoned-node:
       replica-zone-soft-anti-affinity:
       node-down-pod-deletion-policy:
       allow-node-drain-with-last-healthy-replica:
       mkfs-ext4-parameters:
       disable-replica-rebuild:
       replica-replenishment-wait-interval:
       disable-revision-counter:
       system-managed-pods-image-pull-policy:
       allow-volume-creation-with-degraded-availability:
       auto-cleanup-system-generated-snapshot:
       concurrent-automatic-engine-upgrade-per-node-limit:
       backing-image-cleanup-wait-interval:
       guaranteed-engine-manager-cpu:
       guaranteed-replica-manager-cpu:
       orphan-auto-deletion:
   ---
   

Using Helm

Use the Helm command with the --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"
  

You can also provide a copy of the values.yaml file with the default settings modified to the --values flag when running the Helm command:

1. Obtain a copy of the values.yaml file from GitHub:

   curl -Lo values.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/longhorn/charts/master/charts/longhorn/values.yaml
   

2. Modify the default settings in the YAML file. The following is an example snippet of 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
     defaultDataLocality: disabled
     guaranteedEngineCPU:
     defaultLonghornStaticStorageClass: longhorn-static-example
     backupstorePollInterval: 500
     taintToleration: key1=value1:NoSchedule; key2:NoExecute
     systemManagedComponentsNodeSelector: "label-key1:label-value1"
     priority-class: high-priority
     autoSalvage: false
     disableSchedulingOnCordonedNode: false
     replicaZoneSoftAntiAffinity: false
     volumeAttachmentRecoveryPolicy: never
     nodeDownPodDeletionPolicy: do-nothing
     mkfsExt4Parameters: -O ^64bit,^metadata_csum
     guaranteed-engine-manager-cpu: 15
     guaranteed-replica-manager-cpu: 15
     orphan-auto-deletion: false
   

3. Run Helm with values.yaml:

• 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

Upgrade

Using the Longhorn UI

We recommend using the Longhorn UI to change Longhorn setting on the existing cluster. It would make the setting persistent.

Using Kubectl

If you prefer to use the command line to update the setting, you could use kubectl. But please be aware this will bypass Longhorn backend validation.

kubectl edit settings <SETTING-NAME> -n longhorn-system

Using Script

If you’re using Rancher UI or Helm to upgrade the setting, but found that the customized setting does not apply to the cluster. You could run the below script to update the Longhorn Setting CR according to the longhorn-default-setting ConfigMap. But please be aware this will bypass Longhorn backend validation.

kubectl -n longhorn-system get configmap longhorn-default-setting -ojsonpath="{.data['default-setting\.yaml']}" | awk '{if ($2) print $0;}' | while read key val; do kubectl -n longhorn-system patch settings ${key%:} --type='json' -p='[{"op": "replace", "path": "/value", "value": "'${val}'"}]'; done

History

Original feature request

Available since v0.6.0