Install Edge Storage Accelerator (preview)

This article describes the steps to install Edge Storage Accelerator.

Optional: increase cache disk size

Currently, the cache disk size defaults to 8 GiB. If you're satisfied with the cache disk size, move to the next section, Install the Edge Storage Accelerator Arc Extension.

If you use Edge Essentials, require a larger cache disk size, and already created a config.json file, append the key and value pair ("cachedStorageSize": "20Gi") to your existing config.json. Don't erase the previous contents of config.json.

If you require a larger cache disk size, create config.json with the following contents:

{
  "cachedStorageSize": "20Gi"
}

Install Edge Storage Accelerator Arc extension

Install the Edge Storage Accelerator Arc extension using the following command:

Note

If you created a config.json file from the previous steps in Prepare Linux, append --config-file "config.json" to the following az k8s-extension create command. Any values set at installation time persist throughout the installation lifetime (inclusive of manual and auto-upgrades).

az k8s-extension create --resource-group "${YOUR-RESOURCE-GROUP}" --cluster-name "${YOUR-CLUSTER-NAME}" --cluster-type connectedClusters --name hydraext --extension-type microsoft.edgestorageaccelerator

Next steps

Once you complete these prerequisites, you can begin to create a Persistent Volume (PV) with Storage Key Authentication.