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In order to modify certain components managed by the Cluster Logging Operator or the Elasticsearch Operator, you must set the operator to the unmanaged state.

In unmanaged state, the operators do not respond to changes in the CRs. The administrator assumes full control of individual component configurations and upgrades when in unmanaged state.

In managed state, the Cluster Logging Operator (CLO) responds to changes in the Cluster Logging Custom Resource (CR) and attempts to update the cluster to match the CR.

The OpenShift Container Platform documentation indicates in a prerequisite step when you must set the cluster to Unmanaged.

If you set the Elasticsearch Operator (EO) to unmanaged and leave the Cluster Logging Operator (CLO) as managed, the CLO will revert changes you make to the EO, as the EO is managed by the CLO.

Changing the cluster logging management state

You must set the operator to the unmanaged state in order to modify the components managed by the Cluster Logging Operator:

  • the Curator CronJob,

  • the Elasticsearch CR,

  • the Kibana Deployment,

  • the log collector DaemonSet.

If you make changes to these components in managed state, the Cluster Logging Operator reverts those changes.

An unmanaged cluster logging environment does not receive updates until you return the Cluster Logging Operator to Managed state.

Prerequisites
  • The Cluster Logging Operator must be installed.

Procedure
  1. Edit the Cluster Logging Custom Resource (CR) in the openshift-logging project:

    $ oc edit ClusterLogging instance
    $ oc edit ClusterLogging instance
    
    apiVersion: "logging.openshift.io/v1"
    kind: "ClusterLogging"
    metadata:
      name: "instance"
    
    ....
    
    spec:
      managementState: "Managed" (1)
    1 Specify the management state as Managed or Unmanaged.

Changing the Elasticsearch management state

You must set the operator to the unmanaged state in order to modify the Elasticsearch deployment files, which are managed by the Elasticsearch Operator.

If you make changes to these components in managed state, the Elsticsearch Operator reverts those changes.

An unmanaged Elasticsearch cluster does not receive updates until you return the Elasticsearch Operator to Managed state.

Prerequisite
  • The Elasticsearch Operator must be installed.

  • Have the name of the Elasticsearch CR, in the openshift-logging project:

    $ oc get -n openshift-logging Elasticsearch
    NAME            AGE
    elasticsearch   28h
Procedure

Edit the Elasticsearch Custom Resource (CR) in the openshift-logging project:

$ oc edit Elasticsearch elasticsearch

apiVersion: logging.openshift.io/v1
kind: Elasticsearch
metadata:
  name: elasticsearch


....

spec:
  managementState: "Managed" (1)
1 Specify the management state as Managed or Unmanaged.

If you set the Elasticsearch Operator (EO) to unmanaged and leave the Cluster Logging Operator (CLO) as managed, the CLO will revert changes you make to the EO, as the EO is managed by the CLO.