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OSDOCS 15329 Image Volume Source for AI Workloads in OpenShift - GA 4.20

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- Name: Creating and using config maps
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- Name: Mounting an OCI image into a pod
File: nodes-pods-image-volume
- Name: Using Device Manager to make devices available to nodes
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// Module included in the following assemblies:
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// * nodes/pods/nodes-pods-image-volume.adoc
:_mod-docs-content-type: CONCEPT
[id="nodes-pods-image-volume-about_{context}"]
= Understanding image volumes
You can you use an _image volume_ to mount an Open Container Initiative (OCI)-compliant container image or artifact directly into a pod, making the files within the image accessible to the containers without the need to include them in the base image. This means you can host the data in an OCI-compliant registry.
By using an image volume in a pod, you can take advantage of the OCI image and distribution specification standards to accomplish several tasks including the following use cases:
//Use cases copied from the enhancement doc: https://github.com/kubernetes/enhancements/tree/master/keps/sig-node/4639-oci-volume-source
* You can share configuration files among multiple containers in a pod without needing to include the file in the base image, which minimizes security risks and image size.
* In an artificial intelligence environment, you can use image volumes to mount large language model weights or machine learning model weights in a pod alongside a model-server. You can efficiently serve model weights this way without including them in the model-server container image. Therefore, you can separate the model specifications and content from the executables that process them.
* You can package and distribute binary artifacts and mount them directly into your pods, allowing you to streamline your CI/CD pipeline. This allows you to maintain a small set of base images by attaching the CI/CD artifacts to the image volumes instead.
* You can use a public image for a malware scanner and mount it in a volume of private malware signatures, so that you can load those signatures without incorporating the image into a base image, which might not be allowed by the copyright on the public image.
To mount an image volume, include a path to the image or artifact in your pod spec with an optional pull policy as described in _Adding an image volume to a pod_.

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// Module included in the following assemblies:
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// * nodes/pods/nodes-pods-image-volume.adoc
:_mod-docs-content-type: PROCEDURE
[id="nodes-pods-image-volume-adding_{context}"]
= Adding an image volume to a pod
To mount an Open Container Initiative (OCI)-compliant container image or artifact, use the `volume` parameter to include a path to the image or artifact in your pod spec with an optional pull policy. You can create the pod directly or use a controlling object, such as a deployment or replica set.
.Procedure
. Create a YAML file similar to the following.
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[source,yaml]
----
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
name: image-volume
spec:
containers:
- name: shell
command: ["sleep", "infinity"]
image: debian
volumeMounts:
- name: volume
mountPath: /volume
volumes:
- name: volume
image: <1>
reference: quay.io/crio/artifact:v2 <2>
pullPolicy: Always <3>
----
<1> Specifies an OCI container image or artifact that is available on the host machine.
<2> Specifies the path to the image or artifact.
<3> Specifies a pull policy, one of the following options:
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* If `Always`, the kubelet always attempts to pull the image. If the pull fails, the kubelet sets the pod to `Failed`.
* If `Never`, the kubelet never pulls the image and only uses a local image or artifact. The pod becomes `Failed` if any layers of the image are not present locally, or if the manifest for that image is not already cached.
* If `IfNotPresent` the kubelet pulls the image if it not present. The pod becomes `Failed` if the image is not present and the pull fails. This is the default.
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// Pull policy details from upstream: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/#image
. Create the pod by running the following command:
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[source,terminal]
----
$ oc create -f <file_name>.yaml
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.Verification
* Examine the pod to view detailed information about the image pull and mount by using a command similar to the following:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc describe pod <pod_name>
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.Example output
[source,yaml]
----
Name: image-volume
Namespace: default
# ...
Volumes:
volume: <1>
Type: Image (a container image or OCI artifact)
Reference: quay.io/crio/artifact:v2
PullPolicy: IfNotPresent
# ...
Events:
Type Reason Age From Message
---- ------ ---- ---- -------
# ...
Normal Pulling 46s kubelet Pulling image "quay.io/crio/artifact:v2"
Normal Pulled 44s kubelet Successfully pulled image "quay.io/crio/artifact:v2" in 2.261s (2.261s including waiting). Image size: 6707 bytes. <2>
# ...
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<1> Indicates that the image volume was mounted to the pod.
<2> Indicates that the image was successfully pulled.

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:_mod-docs-content-type: ASSEMBLY
:context: nodes-pods-node-selectors
[id="nodes-pods-image-volume"]
= Mounting an OCI image into a pod
include::_attributes/common-attributes.adoc[]
toc::[]
You can mount an Open Container Initiative (OCI)-compliant container image or artifact directly into a pod, making the files within the image accessible to the containers without the need to include them in the base image, which allows you to host the data in OCI-compliant registries.
// The following include statements pull in the module files that comprise
// the assembly. Include any combination of concept, procedure, or reference
// modules required to cover the user story. You can also include other
// assemblies.
include::modules/nodes-pods-image-volume-about.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
include::modules/nodes-pods-image-volume-adding.adoc[leveloffset=+1]