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Title: Mayastor Installation on MicroK8s
Sidebar: Mayastor Installation on MicroK8s
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## Install Mayastor on MicroK8s

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**Prerequisite**: Prepare a cluster by following the steps outlined in this [guide](https://mayastor.gitbook.io/introduction/quickstart/preparing-the-cluster).
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To install Mayastor using Helm on MicroK8s, execute the following command:

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helm install mayastor mayastor/mayastor -n mayastor --create-namespace --version 2.2.0  --set values.csi.node.kubeletDir="/var/snap/microk8s/common/var/lib/kubelet

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NAME: mayastor
LAST DEPLOYED: Thu Sep 22 18:59:56 2022
NAMESPACE: mayastor
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 1
NOTES:
OpenEBS Mayastor has been installed. Check its status by running:
$ kubectl get pods -n mayastor
For more information or to view the documentation, visit our website at https://openebs.io.

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## Resolve Known Issue (Calico Vxlan)

During the installation of Mayastor in MicroK8s, Pods with hostnetwork might encounter a known issue where they get stuck in the init state due to the Calico Vxlan bug.

**Expected error:**

**Resolution:**
To resolve this error, execute the following command:

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microk8s kubectl patch felixconfigurations default --patch '{"spec":{"featureDetectOverride":"ChecksumOffloadBroken=true"}}' --type=merge

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> For more details about this issue, refer to the [GitHub issue](https://github.com/canonical/microk8s/issues/3695).

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For further **configuration of Mayastor** including storage pools, storage class, persistent volume claims, and application setup, refer to the [offical documentation](https://mayastor.gitbook.io/introduction/quickstart/configure-mayastor).
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