Description

The deploy-strimzi.sh script fails to deploy Kafka cluster on OpenShift, causing all Zookeeper and Kafka broker pods to remain in Pending state indefinitely. The root cause is incorrect storage class auto-detection that assumes ODF storage class naming (odf-storagecluster-ceph-rbd) when the cluster actually uses OCS naming (ocs-storagecluster-ceph-rbd).

Root Cause

At scripts/deploy-strimzi.sh:70, the script hardcodes the storage class assumption for OpenShift:
STORAGE_CLASS="odf-storagecluster-ceph-rbd"

However, many OpenShift clusters still use the older OCS (OpenShift Container Storage) naming convention instead of the newer ODF (OpenShift Data Foundation) naming.

Impact

• Severity: Major
• All 3 Zookeeper pods stuck in Pending state
• All 3 Kafka broker pods cannot start
• All 6 PVCs remain in Pending state with error: storageclass.storage.k8s.io "odf-storagecluster-ceph-rbd" not found
• Complete deployment failure requiring manual intervention
• Affects initial deployment on OpenShift clusters using OCS storage

Workaround

Set the correct storage class explicitly when running the script:
STORAGE_CLASS=ocs-storagecluster-ceph-rbd ./scripts/deploy-strimzi.sh

Permanent Fix

Update scripts/deploy-strimzi.sh:70 to include proper storage class auto-detection that checks for both OCS and ODF naming conventions before falling back to generic detection.

Steps to Reproduce

1. 1. Deploy on OpenShift cluster with OCS storage (using ocs-storagecluster-ceph-rbd storage class)
      2. Run ./scripts/deploy-strimzi.sh
      3. Wait for timeout (deployment hangs for 9+ minutes)
      4. Observe error: "Timeout waiting for Kafka cluster to be ready"

Error Logs

PVC Status shows Pending with storageclass not found error
PVC Events: Warning ProvisioningFailed storageclass.storage.k8s.io "odf-storagecluster-ceph-rbd" not found
Pod Status: ros-ocp-kafka-zookeeper-0 in Pending state indefinitely

Version Information

• Repository: ros-helm-chart
• Git Commit: f5806af
• OpenShift Version: 4.18.24
• Script: scripts/deploy-strimzi.sh
• Storage Class Found: ocs-storagecluster-ceph-rbd
• Storage Class Expected by Script: odf-storagecluster-ceph-rbd