CSI Driver for PowerStore in CrashLoopBackoff, backslash in requests and context deadline exceeded

Summary: Container Storage Interface (CSI) Driver for PowerStore shows backslash in HTTP requests, context deadline exceeded, cannot setup host and pods show in CrashLoopBackoff.

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Symptoms

The request looks correct initially:

2024-04-19T14:58:28.524530051Z {"level":"debug","msg":"REQUEST: GET /api/rest/host?limit=1000\u0026offset=0\u0026order=name\u0026select=%2A HTTP/1.1 Host: <PowerStore IP> Application-Type: CSI Driver for Dell EMC PowerStore/2.9.0 Authorization: ******  ","time":"2024-04-19T14:58:28.524500816Z"}

Then, in the return message, the logs shows the back slash after the GET, cannot setup host and context deadline exceeded:

2024-04-19T15:00:28.524693103Z {"level":"error","msg":"Get \https://<PowerStore IP>/api/rest/host?limit=1000\u0026offset=0\u0026order=name\u0026select=%2A\: context deadline exceeded","time":"2024-04-19T15:00:28.524621418Z"}
2024-04-19T15:00:28.524693103Z {"level":"error","msg":"can't setup host on https://<PowerStore IP>/api/rest: Get \https://<PowerStore IP>/api/rest/host?limit=1000\u0026offset=0\u0026order=name\u0026select=%2A\: context deadline exceeded","time":"2024-04-19T15:00:28.524650483Z"}

Cause

The backslash in the logs is not an issue with the secret but can show similar behavior.
The issue is due to the user's firewall settings.

 

Resolution

The user opened port 443 between all Kubernetes/OpenShift Cluster nodes and the PowerStore array resolving the issue.

 

Article Properties
Article Number: 000224890
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 30 Jan 2026
Version:  2
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