I installed csi-for-s3 in a cluster. The one that uses [geesefs](CSI for S3 | DigitalOcean Marketplace 1-Click App). Precreated a bucket and create yamls to that bucket.
Can touch <file> or vi <file> and the file is seen on the D.O.
But cannot see the files on the container, using kubectl exec … ls. Even I cannot see the files I just created.
The container image is Alpine. Directory were the files are, is root and group root.
kubectl logs -l app=csi-s3-provisioner -n csi-s3, gives:
I0919 07:16:42.669631 1 reflector.go:530] k8s.io/client-go/informers/factory.go:134: Watch close - *v1.PersistentVolumeClaim total 4 items received
I0919 07:17:22.192663 1 reflector.go:530] sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v6/controller/controller.go:875: Watch close - *v1.StorageClass total 0 items received
I0919 07:20:21.956558 1 reflector.go:530] sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v6/controller/controller.go:872: Watch close - *v1.PersistentVolume total 0 items received
I0919 07:23:17.698600 1 reflector.go:530] k8s.io/client-go/informers/factory.go:134: Watch close - *v1.PersistentVolumeClaim total 0 items received
I0919 07:24:18.412923 1 reflector.go:530] k8s.io/client-go/informers/factory.go:134: Watch close - *v1.StorageClass total 9 items received
I0919 07:25:30.205731 1 reflector.go:530] sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v6/controller/controller.go:875: Watch close - *v1.StorageClass total 10 items received
I0919 07:26:44.994973 1 reflector.go:530] sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v6/controller/controller.go:872: Watch close - *v1.PersistentVolume total 8 items received
I0919 07:28:25.960968 1 reflector.go:381] sigs.k8s.io/sig-storage-lib-external-provisioner/v6/controller/controller.go:872: forcing resync
I0919 07:28:25.963330 1 reflector.go:381] k8s.io/client-go/informers/factory.go:134: forcing resync
I0919 07:29:58.726554 1 reflector.go:530] k8s.io/client-go/informers/factory.go:134: Watch close - *v1.PersistentVolumeClaim total 7 items received*
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Hi Marcel,
It sounds like your csi-for-s3 setup is partially working since files appear in your Digital Ocean S3 bucket, but not in the container when listing with kubectl exec ... ls. This is likely because you’re not operating in the mounted directory.
Can you check your pod’s mount point with kubectl describe pod <pod_name> (usually /data), then run cd /data && touch testfile && ls in the container?
If files still don’t show, verify permissions with ls -ld /data (should be root:root, which is fine for Alpine). The FUSE filesystem might also be caching, so double-check the csi-for-s3 logs (kubectl logs -l app=csi-s3-provisioner -n csi-s3) for clues.
If it’s still tricky, peek at the csi-for-s3 docs or ping DigitalOcean support, especially since you’re using their 1-Click App:
- Bobby
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