title: mounting vSphere store in Kubernetes pod not working
body: <p>I'm trying to mount a vSphere volume in a pod but I keep getting:</p>
  
  <pre><code>vsphere_volume_util.go:123] Cloud provider not initialized properly
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>/etc/kubernetes/environment/vsphere.conf</p>
  
  <pre><code>[Global]
      user="xxxxxx"
      password="xxxxxx"
      server="xxxxxx"
      port="443"
      insecure-flag="1"
      datacenter="Frankfurt"
      datastore="dfrclupoc01-001"
      #working-dir="dockvols"
  [Disk]
      scsicontrollertype=pvscsi
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In the "vmWare vSphere Web Client" I see:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;mltdfrd01.xx.com&gt;
    &lt;Frankfurt&gt;
      &lt;dfrclupoc01-001&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And under that store I have a folder "dockvols" with a subdirectory "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111".</p>
  
  <pre><code>apiVersion: v1
  kind: PersistentVolume
  metadata:
    name: pv0001
  spec:
    capacity:
      storage: 10Gi
    accessModes:
      - ReadWriteOnce
    persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
    vsphereVolume:
      volumePath: "[Frankfurt/dfrclupoc01-001] dockvols/11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111/MyVolume.vmdk"
      fsType: ext4
  
  kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
  apiVersion: v1
  metadata:
    name: pvcmilo1
  spec:
    accessModes:
      - ReadWriteOnce
    resources:
      requests:
        storage: 10Gi
  
  apiVersion: v1
  kind: Pod
  metadata:
    name: pod0001
  spec:
    containers:
    - image: busybox
      name: pod0001
      volumeMounts:
      - mountPath: /data
        name: pod-volume
    volumes:
    - name: pod-volume
      persistentVolumeClaim:
        claimName: pvcmilo1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tried different volume paths but I think the problem is earlier in the process.</p>
  
  <p>Log of the node starting at the moment I create the pod:</p>
  
  <pre><code>I0602 05:43:20.781563   84854 operation_executor.go:917] MountVolume.SetUp succeeded for volume "kubernetes.io/secret/224c6b51-24fc-11e7-adcd-005056890fa6-default-token-j6vgj" (spec.Name: "default-                 token-j6vgj") pod "224c6b51-24fc-11e7-adcd-005056890fa6" (UID: "224c6b51-24fc-11e7-adcd-005056890fa6").
  I0602 05:43:24.279729   84854 kubelet.go:1781] SyncLoop (ADD, "api"): "pod0001_default(ebe97189-4777-11e7-8979-005056890fa6)"
  E0602 05:43:24.378657   84854 vsphere_volume_util.go:123] Cloud provider not initialized properly
  I0602 05:43:24.382952   84854 reconciler.go:230] VerifyControllerAttachedVolume operation started for volume "kubernetes.io/vsphere-volume/ebe97189-4777-11e7-8979-005056890fa6-pv0001" (spec.Name: "                 pv0001") pod "ebe97189-4777-11e7-8979-005056890fa6" (UID: "ebe97189-4777-11e7-8979-005056890fa6")
  I0602 05:43:24.382985   84854 reconciler.go:230] VerifyControllerAttachedVolume operation started for volume "kubernetes.io/secret/ebe97189-4777-11e7-8979-005056890fa6-default-token-zsrfn" (spec.Na                 me: "default-token-zsrfn") pod "ebe97189-4777-11e7-8979-005056890fa6" (UID: "ebe97189-4777-11e7-8979-005056890fa6")
  I0602 05:43:24.483237   84854 reconciler.go:306] MountVolume operation started for volume "kubernetes.io/secret/ebe97189-4777-11e7-8979-005056890fa6-default-token-zsrfn" (spec.Name: "default-token-                 zsrfn") to pod "ebe97189-4777-11e7-8979-005056890fa6" (UID: "ebe97189-4777-11e7-8979-005056890fa6").
  E0602 05:43:24.483265   84854 vsphere_volume_util.go:123] Cloud provider not initialized properly
  I0602 05:43:24.483296   84854 reconciler.go:306] MountVolume operation started for volume "kubernetes.io/vsphere-volume/ebe97189-4777-11e7-8979-005056890fa6-pv0001" (spec.Name: "pv0001") to pod "eb                 e97189-4777-11e7-8979-005056890fa6" (UID: "ebe97189-4777-11e7-8979-005056890fa6").
  E0602 05:43:24.492507   84854 mount_linux.go:119] Mount failed: exit status 32
  Mounting command: mount
  Mounting arguments: /var/lib/kubelet/plugins/kubernetes.io/vsphere-volume/mounts/[dfrclupoc01-001] dockvols/11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111/MyVolume.vmdk /var/lib/kubelet/pods/ebe97189-4777-11                 e7-8979-005056890fa6/volumes/kubernetes.io~vsphere-volume/pv0001  [bind]
  Output: mount: special device /var/lib/kubelet/plugins/kubernetes.io/vsphere-volume/mounts/[dfrclupoc01-001] dockvols/11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111/MyVolume.vmdk does not exist
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Kubernete version: 1.5.2</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any help,
  Milo</p>