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Advanced managed cluster configuration with PolicyGenTemplate resources

Deploying additional changes to clusters

If you require cluster configuration changes outside of the base GitOps ZTP pipeline configuration, there are three options:

Apply the additional configuration after the ZTP pipeline is complete

When the GitOps ZTP pipeline deployment is complete, the deployed cluster is ready for application workloads. At this point, you can install additional Operators and apply configurations specific to your requirements. Ensure that additional configurations do not negatively affect the performance of the platform or allocated CPU budget.

Add content to the ZTP library

The base source custom resources (CRs) that you deploy with the GitOps ZTP pipeline can be augmented with custom content as required.

Create extra manifests for the cluster installation

Extra manifests are applied during installation and make the installation process more efficient.

Providing additional source CRs or modifying existing source CRs can significantly impact the performance or CPU profile of OpenShift Container Platform.
Additional resources

Using PolicyGenTemplate CRs to override source CRs content

PolicyGenTemplate custom resources (CRs) allow you to overlay additional configuration details on top of the base source CRs provided with the GitOps plugin in the ztp-site-generate container. You can think of PolicyGenTemplate CRs as a logical merge or patch to the base CR. Use PolicyGenTemplate CRs to update a single field of the base CR, or overlay the entire contents of the base CR. You can update values and insert fields that are not in the base CR.

The following example procedure describes how to update fields in the generated PerformanceProfile CR for the reference configuration based on the PolicyGenTemplate CR in the group-du-sno-ranGen.yaml file. Use the procedure as a basis for modifying other parts of the PolicyGenTemplate based on your requirements.

Prerequisites

  • Create a Git repository where you manage your custom site configuration data. The repository must be accessible from the hub cluster and be defined as a source repository for Argo CD.

Procedure

  1. Review the baseline source CR for existing content. You can review the source CRs listed in the reference PolicyGenTemplate CRs by extracting them from the zero touch provisioning (ZTP) container.

    1. Create an /out folder:

      $ mkdir -p ./out

    2. Extract the source CRs:

      $ podman run --log-driver=none --rm registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ztp-site-generate-rhel8:v4.12.1 extract /home/ztp --tar | tar x -C ./out

  2. Review the baseline PerformanceProfile CR in ./out/source-crs/PerformanceProfile.yaml:

    apiVersion: performance.openshift.io/v2
kind: PerformanceProfile
metadata:
  name: $name
  annotations:
    ran.openshift.io/ztp-deploy-wave: "10"
spec:
  additionalKernelArgs:
  - "idle=poll"
  - "rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot=0"
  cpu:
    isolated: $isolated
    reserved: $reserved
  hugepages:
    defaultHugepagesSize: $defaultHugepagesSize
    pages:
      - size: $size
        count: $count
        node: $node
  machineConfigPoolSelector:
    pools.operator.machineconfiguration.openshift.io/$mcp: ""
  net:
    userLevelNetworking: true
  nodeSelector:
    node-role.kubernetes.io/$mcp: ''
  numa:
    topologyPolicy: "restricted"
  realTimeKernel:
    enabled: true

    Any fields in the source CR which contain $…​ are removed from the generated CR if they are not provided in the PolicyGenTemplate CR.

  3. Update the PolicyGenTemplate entry for PerformanceProfile in the group-du-sno-ranGen.yaml reference file. The following example PolicyGenTemplate CR stanza supplies appropriate CPU specifications, sets the hugepages configuration, and adds a new field that sets globallyDisableIrqLoadBalancing to false.

    - fileName: PerformanceProfile.yaml
  policyName: "config-policy"
  metadata:
    name: openshift-node-performance-profile
  spec:
    cpu:
      # These must be tailored for the specific hardware platform
      isolated: "2-19,22-39"
      reserved: "0-1,20-21"
    hugepages:
      defaultHugepagesSize: 1G
      pages:
        - size: 1G
          count: 10
    globallyDisableIrqLoadBalancing: false

  4. Commit the PolicyGenTemplate change in Git, and then push to the Git repository being monitored by the GitOps ZTP argo CD application.

Example output

The ZTP application generates an RHACM policy that contains the generated PerformanceProfile CR. The contents of that CR are derived by merging the metadata and spec contents from the PerformanceProfile entry in the PolicyGenTemplate onto the source CR. The resulting CR has the following content:

---
apiVersion: performance.openshift.io/v2
kind: PerformanceProfile
metadata:
    name: openshift-node-performance-profile
spec:
    additionalKernelArgs:
        - idle=poll
        - rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot=0
    cpu:
        isolated: 2-19,22-39
        reserved: 0-1,20-21
    globallyDisableIrqLoadBalancing: false
    hugepages:
        defaultHugepagesSize: 1G
        pages:
            - count: 10
              size: 1G
    machineConfigPoolSelector:
        pools.operator.machineconfiguration.openshift.io/master: ""
    net:
        userLevelNetworking: true
    nodeSelector:
        node-role.kubernetes.io/master: ""
    numa:
        topologyPolicy: restricted
    realTimeKernel:
        enabled: true

In the /source-crs folder that you extract from the ztp-site-generate container, the $ syntax is not used for template substitution as implied by the syntax. Rather, if the policyGen tool sees the $ prefix for a string and you do not specify a value for that field in the related PolicyGenTemplate CR, the field is omitted from the output CR entirely.

An exception to this is the $mcp variable in /source-crs YAML files that is substituted with the specified value for mcp from the PolicyGenTemplate CR. For example, in example/policygentemplates/group-du-standard-ranGen.yaml, the value for mcp is worker:

spec:
  bindingRules:
    group-du-standard: ""
  mcp: "worker"

The policyGen tool replace instances of $mcp with worker in the output CRs.

Adding custom content to the GitOps ZTP pipeline

Perform the following procedure to add new content to the ZTP pipeline.

Procedure

  1. Create a subdirectory named source-crs in the directory that contains the kustomization.yaml file for the PolicyGenTemplate custom resource (CR).

  2. Add your custom CRs to the source-crs subdirectory, as shown in the following example:

    example
└── policygentemplates
    ├── dev.yaml
    ├── kustomization.yaml
    ├── mec-edge-sno1.yaml
    ├── sno.yaml
    └── source-crs (1)
        ├── PaoCatalogSource.yaml
        ├── PaoSubscription.yaml
        ├── custom-crs
        |   ├── apiserver-config.yaml
        |   └── disable-nic-lldp.yaml
        └── elasticsearch
            ├── ElasticsearchNS.yaml
            └── ElasticsearchOperatorGroup.yaml
    1 The source-crs subdirectory must be in the same directory as the kustomization.yaml file.

    To use your own resources, ensure that the custom CR names differ from the default source CRs provided in the ZTP container.

  3. Update the required PolicyGenTemplate CRs to include references to the content you added in the source-crs/custom-crs and source-crs/elasticsearch directories. For example:

    apiVersion: ran.openshift.io/v1
kind: PolicyGenTemplate
metadata:
  name: "group-dev"
  namespace: "ztp-clusters"
spec:
  bindingRules:
    dev: "true"
  mcp: "master"
  sourceFiles:
    # These policies/CRs come from the internal container Image
    #Cluster Logging
    - fileName: ClusterLogNS.yaml
      remediationAction: inform
      policyName: "group-dev-cluster-log-ns"
    - fileName: ClusterLogOperGroup.yaml
      remediationAction: inform
      policyName: "group-dev-cluster-log-operator-group"
    - fileName: ClusterLogSubscription.yaml
      remediationAction: inform
      policyName: "group-dev-cluster-log-sub"
    #Local Storage Operator
    - fileName: StorageNS.yaml
      remediationAction: inform
      policyName: "group-dev-lso-ns"
    - fileName: StorageOperGroup.yaml
      remediationAction: inform
      policyName: "group-dev-lso-operator-group"
    - fileName: StorageSubscription.yaml
      remediationAction: inform
      policyName: "group-dev-lso-sub"
    #These are custom local polices that come from the source-crs directory in the git repo
    # Performance Addon Operator
    - fileName: PaoSubscriptionNS.yaml
      remediationAction: inform
      policyName: "group-dev-pao-ns"
    - fileName: PaoSubscriptionCatalogSource.yaml
      remediationAction: inform
      policyName: "group-dev-pao-cat-source"
      spec:
        image: <image_URL_here>
    - fileName: PaoSubscription.yaml
      remediationAction: inform
      policyName: "group-dev-pao-sub"
    #Elasticsearch Operator
    - fileName: elasticsearch/ElasticsearchNS.yaml (1)
      remediationAction: inform
      policyName: "group-dev-elasticsearch-ns"
    - fileName: elasticsearch/ElasticsearchOperatorGroup.yaml
      remediationAction: inform
      policyName: "group-dev-elasticsearch-operator-group"
    #Custom Resources
    - fileName: custom-crs/apiserver-config.yaml (1)
      remediationAction: inform
      policyName: "group-dev-apiserver-config"
    - fileName: custom-crs/disable-nic-lldp.yaml
      remediationAction: inform
      policyName: "group-dev-disable-nic-lldp"
    1 Set the fileName field to include the relative path to the file from the /source-crs parent directory.

  4. Commit the PolicyGenTemplate change in Git, and then push to the Git repository that is monitored by the GitOps ZTP Argo CD policies application.

  5. Update the ClusterGroupUpgrade CR to include the changed PolicyGenTemplate and save it as cgu-test.yaml. The following example shows a generated cgu-test.yaml file.

    apiVersion: ran.openshift.io/v1alpha1
kind: ClusterGroupUpgrade
metadata:
  name: custom-source-cr
  namespace: ztp-clusters
spec:
  managedPolicies:
    - group-dev-config-policy
  enable: true
  clusters:
  - cluster1
  remediationStrategy:
    maxConcurrency: 2
    timeout: 240

  6. Apply the updated ClusterGroupUpgrade CR by running the following command:

    $ oc apply -f cgu-test.yaml
Verification

  • Check that the updates have succeeded by running the following command:

    $ oc get cgu -A
    Example output
    NAMESPACE     NAME               AGE   STATE        DETAILS
ztp-clusters  custom-source-cr   6s    InProgress   Remediating non-compliant policies
ztp-install   cluster1           19h   Completed    All clusters are compliant with all the managed policies

Configuring policy compliance evaluation timeouts for PolicyGenTemplate CRs

Use Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (RHACM) installed on a hub cluster to monitor and report on whether your managed clusters are compliant with applied policies. RHACM uses policy templates to apply predefined policy controllers and policies. Policy controllers are Kubernetes custom resource definition (CRD) instances.

You can override the default policy evaluation intervals with PolicyGenTemplate custom resources (CRs). You configure duration settings that define how long a ConfigurationPolicy CR can be in a state of policy compliance or non-compliance before RHACM re-evaluates the applied cluster policies.

The zero touch provisioning (ZTP) policy generator generates ConfigurationPolicy CR policies with pre-defined policy evaluation intervals. The default value for the noncompliant state is 10 seconds. The default value for the compliant state is 10 minutes. To disable the evaluation interval, set the value to never.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the OpenShift CLI (oc).

  • You have logged in to the hub cluster as a user with cluster-admin privileges.

  • You have created a Git repository where you manage your custom site configuration data.

Procedure

  1. To configure the evaluation interval for all policies in a PolicyGenTemplate CR, add evaluationInterval to the spec field, and then set the appropriate compliant and noncompliant values. For example:

    spec:
  evaluationInterval:
    compliant: 30m
    noncompliant: 20s

  2. To configure the evaluation interval for the spec.sourceFiles object in a PolicyGenTemplate CR, add evaluationInterval to the sourceFiles field, for example:

    spec:
  sourceFiles:
   - fileName: SriovSubscription.yaml
     policyName: "sriov-sub-policy"
     evaluationInterval:
       compliant: never
       noncompliant: 10s

  3. Commit the PolicyGenTemplate CRs files in the Git repository and push your changes.

Verification

Check that the managed spoke cluster policies are monitored at the expected intervals.

  1. Log in as a user with cluster-admin privileges on the managed cluster.

  2. Get the pods that are running in the open-cluster-management-agent-addon namespace. Run the following command:

    $ oc get pods -n open-cluster-management-agent-addon
    Example output
    NAME                                         READY   STATUS    RESTARTS        AGE
config-policy-controller-858b894c68-v4xdb    1/1     Running   22 (5d8h ago)   10d

  3. Check the applied policies are being evaluated at the expected interval in the logs for the config-policy-controller pod:

    $ oc logs -n open-cluster-management-agent-addon config-policy-controller-858b894c68-v4xdb
    Example output
    2022-05-10T15:10:25.280Z       info   configuration-policy-controller controllers/configurationpolicy_controller.go:166      Skipping the policy evaluation due to the policy not reaching the evaluation interval  {"policy": "compute-1-config-policy-config"}
2022-05-10T15:10:25.280Z       info   configuration-policy-controller controllers/configurationpolicy_controller.go:166      Skipping the policy evaluation due to the policy not reaching the evaluation interval  {"policy": "compute-1-common-compute-1-catalog-policy-config"}

Signalling ZTP cluster deployment completion with validator inform policies

Create a validator inform policy that signals when the zero touch provisioning (ZTP) installation and configuration of the deployed cluster is complete. This policy can be used for deployments of single-node OpenShift clusters, three-node clusters, and standard clusters.

Procedure

  1. Create a standalone PolicyGenTemplate custom resource (CR) that contains the source file validatorCRs/informDuValidator.yaml. You only need one standalone PolicyGenTemplate CR for each cluster type. For example, this CR applies a validator inform policy for single-node OpenShift clusters:

    Example single-node cluster validator inform policy CR (group-du-sno-validator-ranGen.yaml)
    apiVersion: ran.openshift.io/v1
kind: PolicyGenTemplate
metadata:
  name: "group-du-sno-validator" (1)
  namespace: "ztp-group" (2)
spec:
  bindingRules:
    group-du-sno: "" (3)
  bindingExcludedRules:
    ztp-done: "" (4)
  mcp: "master" (5)
  sourceFiles:
    - fileName: validatorCRs/informDuValidator.yaml
      remediationAction: inform (6)
      policyName: "du-policy" (7)
    1 The name of PolicyGenTemplates object. This name is also used as part of the names for the placementBinding, placementRule, and policy that are created in the requested namespace.
    2 This value should match the namespace used in the group PolicyGenTemplates.
    3 The group-du-* label defined in bindingRules must exist in the SiteConfig files.
    4 The label defined in bindingExcludedRules must be`ztp-done:`. The ztp-done label is used in coordination with the Topology Aware Lifecycle Manager.
    5 mcp defines the MachineConfigPool object that is used in the source file validatorCRs/informDuValidator.yaml. It should be master for single node and three-node cluster deployments and worker for standard cluster deployments.
    6 Optional. The default value is inform.
    7 This value is used as part of the name for the generated RHACM policy. The generated validator policy for the single node example is group-du-sno-validator-du-policy.

  2. Commit the PolicyGenTemplate CR file in your Git repository and push the changes.

Additional resources

Configuring PTP events with PolicyGenTemplate CRs

You can use the GitOps ZTP pipeline to configure PTP events that use HTTP or AMQP transport.

HTTP transport is the default transport for PTP and bare-metal events. Use HTTP transport instead of AMQP for PTP and bare-metal events where possible. AMQ Interconnect is EOL from 30 June 2024. Extended life cycle support (ELS) for AMQ Interconnect ends 29 November 2029. For more information see, Red Hat AMQ Interconnect support status.

Configuring PTP events that use HTTP transport

You can configure PTP events that use HTTP transport on managed clusters that you deploy with the GitOps Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) pipeline.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the OpenShift CLI (oc).

  • You have logged in as a user with cluster-admin privileges.

  • You have created a Git repository where you manage your custom site configuration data.

Procedure

  1. Apply the following PolicyGenTemplate changes to group-du-3node-ranGen.yaml, group-du-sno-ranGen.yaml, or group-du-standard-ranGen.yaml files according to your requirements:

    1. In .sourceFiles, add the PtpOperatorConfig CR file that configures the transport host:

      - fileName: PtpOperatorConfigForEvent.yaml
  policyName: "config-policy"
  spec:
    daemonNodeSelector: {}
    ptpEventConfig:
      enableEventPublisher: true
      transportHost: http://ptp-event-publisher-service-NODE_NAME.openshift-ptp.svc.cluster.local:9043

      In OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 or later, you do not need to set the transportHost field in the PtpOperatorConfig resource when you use HTTP transport with PTP events.

    2. Configure the linuxptp and phc2sys for the PTP clock type and interface. For example, add the following stanza into .sourceFiles:

      - fileName: PtpConfigSlave.yaml (1)
  policyName: "config-policy"
  metadata:
    name: "du-ptp-slave"
  spec:
    profile:
    - name: "slave"
      interface: "ens5f1" (2)
      ptp4lOpts: "-2 -s --summary_interval -4" (3)
      phc2sysOpts: "-a -r -m -n 24 -N 8 -R 16" (4)
    ptpClockThreshold: (5)
      holdOverTimeout: 30 #secs
      maxOffsetThreshold: 100  #nano secs
      minOffsetThreshold: -100 #nano secs
      1 Can be one of PtpConfigMaster.yaml, PtpConfigSlave.yaml, or PtpConfigSlaveCvl.yaml depending on your requirements. PtpConfigSlaveCvl.yaml configures linuxptp services for an Intel E810 Columbiaville NIC. For configurations based on group-du-sno-ranGen.yaml or group-du-3node-ranGen.yaml, use PtpConfigSlave.yaml.
      2 Device specific interface name.
      3 You must append the --summary_interval -4 value to ptp4lOpts in .spec.sourceFiles.spec.profile to enable PTP fast events.
      4 Required phc2sysOpts values. -m prints messages to stdout. The linuxptp-daemon DaemonSet parses the logs and generates Prometheus metrics.
      5 Optional. If the ptpClockThreshold stanza is not present, default values are used for the ptpClockThreshold fields. The stanza shows default ptpClockThreshold values. The ptpClockThreshold values configure how long after the PTP master clock is disconnected before PTP events are triggered. holdOverTimeout is the time value in seconds before the PTP clock event state changes to FREERUN when the PTP master clock is disconnected. The maxOffsetThreshold and minOffsetThreshold settings configure offset values in nanoseconds that compare against the values for CLOCK_REALTIME (phc2sys) or master offset (ptp4l). When the ptp4l or phc2sys offset value is outside this range, the PTP clock state is set to FREERUN. When the offset value is within this range, the PTP clock state is set to LOCKED.

  2. Merge any other required changes and files with your custom site repository.

  3. Push the changes to your site configuration repository to deploy PTP fast events to new sites using GitOps ZTP.

Additional resources

Configuring PTP events that use AMQP transport

You can configure PTP events that use AMQP transport on managed clusters that you deploy with the GitOps Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) pipeline.

HTTP transport is the default transport for PTP and bare-metal events. Use HTTP transport instead of AMQP for PTP and bare-metal events where possible. AMQ Interconnect is EOL from 30 June 2024. Extended life cycle support (ELS) for AMQ Interconnect ends 29 November 2029. For more information see, Red Hat AMQ Interconnect support status.
Prerequisites

  • You have installed the OpenShift CLI (oc).

  • You have logged in as a user with cluster-admin privileges.

  • You have created a Git repository where you manage your custom site configuration data.

Procedure

  1. Add the following YAML into .spec.sourceFiles in the common-ranGen.yaml file to configure the AMQP Operator:

    #AMQ interconnect operator for fast events
- fileName: AmqSubscriptionNS.yaml
  policyName: "subscriptions-policy"
- fileName: AmqSubscriptionOperGroup.yaml
  policyName: "subscriptions-policy"
- fileName: AmqSubscription.yaml
  policyName: "subscriptions-policy"

  2. Apply the following PolicyGenTemplate changes to group-du-3node-ranGen.yaml, group-du-sno-ranGen.yaml, or group-du-standard-ranGen.yaml files according to your requirements:

    1. In .sourceFiles, add the PtpOperatorConfig CR file that configures the AMQ transport host to the config-policy:

      - fileName: PtpOperatorConfigForEvent.yaml
  policyName: "config-policy"
  spec:
    daemonNodeSelector: {}
    ptpEventConfig:
      enableEventPublisher: true
      transportHost: "amqp://amq-router.amq-router.svc.cluster.local"

    2. Configure the linuxptp and phc2sys for the PTP clock type and interface. For example, add the following stanza into .sourceFiles:

      - fileName: PtpConfigSlave.yaml (1)
  policyName: "config-policy"
  metadata:
    name: "du-ptp-slave"
  spec:
    profile:
    - name: "slave"
      interface: "ens5f1" (2)
      ptp4lOpts: "-2 -s --summary_interval -4" (3)
      phc2sysOpts: "-a -r -m -n 24 -N 8 -R 16" (4)
    ptpClockThreshold: (5)
      holdOverTimeout: 30 #secs
      maxOffsetThreshold: 100  #nano secs
      minOffsetThreshold: -100 #nano secs
      1 Can be one PtpConfigMaster.yaml, PtpConfigSlave.yaml, or PtpConfigSlaveCvl.yaml depending on your requirements. PtpConfigSlaveCvl.yaml configures linuxptp services for an Intel E810 Columbiaville NIC. For configurations based on group-du-sno-ranGen.yaml or group-du-3node-ranGen.yaml, use PtpConfigSlave.yaml.
      2 Device specific interface name.
      3 You must append the --summary_interval -4 value to ptp4lOpts in .spec.sourceFiles.spec.profile to enable PTP fast events.
      4 Required phc2sysOpts values. -m prints messages to stdout. The linuxptp-daemon DaemonSet parses the logs and generates Prometheus metrics.
      5 Optional. If the ptpClockThreshold stanza is not present, default values are used for the ptpClockThreshold fields. The stanza shows default ptpClockThreshold values. The ptpClockThreshold values configure how long after the PTP master clock is disconnected before PTP events are triggered. holdOverTimeout is the time value in seconds before the PTP clock event state changes to FREERUN when the PTP master clock is disconnected. The maxOffsetThreshold and minOffsetThreshold settings configure offset values in nanoseconds that compare against the values for CLOCK_REALTIME (phc2sys) or master offset (ptp4l). When the ptp4l or phc2sys offset value is outside this range, the PTP clock state is set to FREERUN. When the offset value is within this range, the PTP clock state is set to LOCKED.

  3. Apply the following PolicyGenTemplate changes to your specific site YAML files, for example, example-sno-site.yaml:

    1. In .sourceFiles, add the Interconnect CR file that configures the AMQ router to the config-policy:

      - fileName: AmqInstance.yaml
  policyName: "config-policy"

  4. Merge any other required changes and files with your custom site repository.

  5. Push the changes to your site configuration repository to deploy PTP fast events to new sites using GitOps ZTP.

Additional resources

Configuring bare-metal events with PolicyGenTemplate CRs

You can use the GitOps ZTP pipeline to configure bare-metal events that use HTTP or AMQP transport.

HTTP transport is the default transport for PTP and bare-metal events. Use HTTP transport instead of AMQP for PTP and bare-metal events where possible. AMQ Interconnect is EOL from 30 June 2024. Extended life cycle support (ELS) for AMQ Interconnect ends 29 November 2029. For more information see, Red Hat AMQ Interconnect support status.

Configuring bare-metal events that use HTTP transport

You can configure bare-metal events that use HTTP transport on managed clusters that you deploy with the GitOps Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) pipeline.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the OpenShift CLI (oc).

  • You have logged in as a user with cluster-admin privileges.

  • You have created a Git repository where you manage your custom site configuration data.

Procedure

  1. Configure the Bare Metal Event Relay Operator by adding the following YAML to spec.sourceFiles in the common-ranGen.yaml file:

    # Bare Metal Event Relay operator
- fileName: BareMetalEventRelaySubscriptionNS.yaml
  policyName: "subscriptions-policy"
- fileName: BareMetalEventRelaySubscriptionOperGroup.yaml
  policyName: "subscriptions-policy"
- fileName: BareMetalEventRelaySubscription.yaml
  policyName: "subscriptions-policy"

  2. Add the HardwareEvent CR to spec.sourceFiles in your specific group configuration file, for example, in the group-du-sno-ranGen.yaml file:

    - fileName: HardwareEvent.yaml (1)
  policyName: "config-policy"
  spec:
    nodeSelector: {}
    transportHost: "http://hw-event-publisher-service.openshift-bare-metal-events.svc.cluster.local:9043"
    logLevel: "info"
    1 Each baseboard management controller (BMC) requires a single HardwareEvent CR only.

    In OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 or later, you do not need to set the transportHost field in the HardwareEvent custom resource (CR) when you use HTTP transport with bare-metal events.

  3. Merge any other required changes and files with your custom site repository.

  4. Push the changes to your site configuration repository to deploy bare-metal events to new sites with GitOps ZTP.

  5. Create the Redfish Secret by running the following command:

    $ oc -n openshift-bare-metal-events create secret generic redfish-basic-auth \
--from-literal=username=<bmc_username> --from-literal=password=<bmc_password> \
--from-literal=hostaddr="<bmc_host_ip_addr>"
Additional resources

Configuring bare-metal events that use AMQP transport

You can configure bare-metal events that use AMQP transport on managed clusters that you deploy with the GitOps Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) pipeline.

HTTP transport is the default transport for PTP and bare-metal events. Use HTTP transport instead of AMQP for PTP and bare-metal events where possible. AMQ Interconnect is EOL from 30 June 2024. Extended life cycle support (ELS) for AMQ Interconnect ends 29 November 2029. For more information see, Red Hat AMQ Interconnect support status.
Prerequisites

  • You have installed the OpenShift CLI (oc).

  • You have logged in as a user with cluster-admin privileges.

  • You have created a Git repository where you manage your custom site configuration data.

Procedure

  1. To configure the AMQ Interconnect Operator and the Bare Metal Event Relay Operator, add the following YAML to spec.sourceFiles in the common-ranGen.yaml file:

    # AMQ interconnect operator for fast events
- fileName: AmqSubscriptionNS.yaml
  policyName: "subscriptions-policy"
- fileName: AmqSubscriptionOperGroup.yaml
  policyName: "subscriptions-policy"
- fileName: AmqSubscription.yaml
  policyName: "subscriptions-policy"
# Bare Metal Event Rely operator
- fileName: BareMetalEventRelaySubscriptionNS.yaml
  policyName: "subscriptions-policy"
- fileName: BareMetalEventRelaySubscriptionOperGroup.yaml
  policyName: "subscriptions-policy"
- fileName: BareMetalEventRelaySubscription.yaml
  policyName: "subscriptions-policy"

  2. Add the Interconnect CR to .spec.sourceFiles in the site configuration file, for example, the example-sno-site.yaml file:

    - fileName: AmqInstance.yaml
  policyName: "config-policy"

  3. Add the HardwareEvent CR to spec.sourceFiles in your specific group configuration file, for example, in the group-du-sno-ranGen.yaml file:

    - fileName: HardwareEvent.yaml
  policyName: "config-policy"
  spec:
    nodeSelector: {}
    transportHost: "amqp://<amq_interconnect_name>.<amq_interconnect_namespace>.svc.cluster.local" (1)
    logLevel: "info"
    1 The transportHost URL is composed of the existing AMQ Interconnect CR name and namespace. For example, in transportHost: "amqp://amq-router.amq-router.svc.cluster.local", the AMQ Interconnect name and namespace are both set to amq-router.

    Each baseboard management controller (BMC) requires a single HardwareEvent resource only.

  4. Commit the PolicyGenTemplate change in Git, and then push the changes to your site configuration repository to deploy bare-metal events monitoring to new sites using GitOps ZTP.

  5. Create the Redfish Secret by running the following command:

    $ oc -n openshift-bare-metal-events create secret generic redfish-basic-auth \
--from-literal=username=<bmc_username> --from-literal=password=<bmc_password> \
--from-literal=hostaddr="<bmc_host_ip_addr>"

Configuring the Image Registry Operator for local caching of images

OpenShift Container Platform manages image caching using a local registry. In edge computing use cases, clusters are often subject to bandwidth restrictions when communicating with centralized image registries, which might result in long image download times.

Long download times are unavoidable during initial deployment. Over time, there is a risk that CRI-O will erase the /var/lib/containers/storage directory in the case of an unexpected shutdown. To address long image download times, you can create a local image registry on remote managed clusters using GitOps ZTP. This is useful in Edge computing scenarios where clusters are deployed at the far edge of the network.

Before you can set up the local image registry with GitOps ZTP, you need to configure disk partitioning in the SiteConfig CR that you use to install the remote managed cluster. After installation, you configure the local image registry using a PolicyGenTemplate CR. Then, the ZTP pipeline creates Persistent Volume (PV) and Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) CRs and patches the imageregistry configuration.

The local image registry can only be used for user application images and cannot be used for the OpenShift Container Platform or Operator Lifecycle Manager operator images.
Additional resources

Configuring disk partitioning with SiteConfig

Configure disk partitioning for a managed cluster using a SiteConfig CR and GitOps Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP). The disk partition details in the SiteConfig CR must match the underlying disk.

You must complete this procedure at installation time.
Prerequisites

  • Install Butane.

Procedure

  1. Create the storage.bu file by using the following example YAML file:

    variant: fcos
version: 1.3.0
storage:
  disks:
  - device: /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:01:00.0-scsi-0:2:0:0 (1)
    wipe_table: false
    partitions:
    - label: var-lib-containers
      start_mib: <start_of_partition> (2)
      size_mib: <partition_size> (3)
  filesystems:
    - path: /var/lib/containers
      device: /dev/disk/by-partlabel/var-lib-containers
      format: xfs
      wipe_filesystem: true
      with_mount_unit: true
      mount_options:
        - defaults
        - prjquota
    1 Specify the root disk.
    2 Specify the start of the partition in MiB. If the value is too small, the installation fails.
    3 Specify the size of the partition. If the value is too small, the deployments fails.

  2. Convert the storage.bu file to an Ignition file by running the following command:

    $ butane storage.bu
    Example output
    {"ignition":{"version":"3.2.0"},"storage":{"disks":[{"device":"/dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:01:00.0-scsi-0:2:0:0","partitions":[{"label":"var-lib-containers","sizeMiB":0,"startMiB":250000}],"wipeTable":false}],"filesystems":[{"device":"/dev/disk/by-partlabel/var-lib-containers","format":"xfs","mountOptions":["defaults","prjquota"],"path":"/var/lib/containers","wipeFilesystem":true}]},"systemd":{"units":[{"contents":"# # Generated by Butane\n[Unit]\nRequires=systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\\x2dpartlabel-var\\x2dlib\\x2dcontainers.service\nAfter=systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\\x2dpartlabel-var\\x2dlib\\x2dcontainers.service\n\n[Mount]\nWhere=/var/lib/containers\nWhat=/dev/disk/by-partlabel/var-lib-containers\nType=xfs\nOptions=defaults,prjquota\n\n[Install]\nRequiredBy=local-fs.target","enabled":true,"name":"var-lib-containers.mount"}]}}

  3. Use a tool such as JSON Pretty Print to convert the output into JSON format.

  4. Copy the output into the .spec.clusters.nodes.ignitionConfigOverride field in the SiteConfig CR:

    [...]
spec:
  clusters:
    - nodes:
        - ignitionConfigOverride: |
          {
            "ignition": {
              "version": "3.2.0"
            },
            "storage": {
              "disks": [
                {
                  "device": "/dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:01:00.0-scsi-0:2:0:0",
                  "partitions": [
                    {
                      "label": "var-lib-containers",
                      "sizeMiB": 0,
                      "startMiB": 250000
                    }
                  ],
                  "wipeTable": false
                }
              ],
              "filesystems": [
                {
                  "device": "/dev/disk/by-partlabel/var-lib-containers",
                  "format": "xfs",
                  "mountOptions": [
                    "defaults",
                    "prjquota"
                  ],
                  "path": "/var/lib/containers",
                  "wipeFilesystem": true
                }
              ]
            },
            "systemd": {
              "units": [
                {
                  "contents": "# # Generated by Butane\n[Unit]\nRequires=systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\\x2dpartlabel-var\\x2dlib\\x2dcontainers.service\nAfter=systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\\x2dpartlabel-var\\x2dlib\\x2dcontainers.service\n\n[Mount]\nWhere=/var/lib/containers\nWhat=/dev/disk/by-partlabel/var-lib-containers\nType=xfs\nOptions=defaults,prjquota\n\n[Install]\nRequiredBy=local-fs.target",
                  "enabled": true,
                  "name": "var-lib-containers.mount"
                }
              ]
            }
          }
[...]

    If the .spec.clusters.nodes.ignitionConfigOverride field does not exist, create it.
Verification

  1. During or after installation, verify on the hub cluster that the BareMetalHost object shows the annotation by running the following command:

    $ oc get bmh -n my-sno-ns my-sno -ojson | jq '.metadata.annotations["bmac.agent-install.openshift.io/ignition-config-overrides"]
    Example output
    "{\"ignition\":{\"version\":\"3.2.0\"},\"storage\":{\"disks\":[{\"device\":\"/dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x6b07b250ebb9d0002a33509f24af1f62\",\"partitions\":[{\"label\":\"var-lib-containers\",\"sizeMiB\":0,\"startMiB\":250000}],\"wipeTable\":false}],\"filesystems\":[{\"device\":\"/dev/disk/by-partlabel/var-lib-containers\",\"format\":\"xfs\",\"mountOptions\":[\"defaults\",\"prjquota\"],\"path\":\"/var/lib/containers\",\"wipeFilesystem\":true}]},\"systemd\":{\"units\":[{\"contents\":\"# Generated by Butane\\n[Unit]\\nRequires=systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\\\\x2dpartlabel-var\\\\x2dlib\\\\x2dcontainers.service\\nAfter=systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\\\\x2dpartlabel-var\\\\x2dlib\\\\x2dcontainers.service\\n\\n[Mount]\\nWhere=/var/lib/containers\\nWhat=/dev/disk/by-partlabel/var-lib-containers\\nType=xfs\\nOptions=defaults,prjquota\\n\\n[Install]\\nRequiredBy=local-fs.target\",\"enabled\":true,\"name\":\"var-lib-containers.mount\"}]}}"

  2. After installation, check the single-node OpenShift disk status:

    1. Enter into a debug session on the single-node OpenShift node by running the following command.

      This step instantiates a debug pod called <node_name>-debug:

      $ oc debug node/my-sno-node

    2. Set /host as the root directory within the debug shell by running the following command.

      The debug pod mounts the host’s root file system in /host within the pod. By changing the root directory to /host, you can run binaries contained in the host’s executable paths:

      # chroot /host

    3. List information about all available block devices by running the following command:

      # lsblk
      Example output
      NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda      8:0    0 446.6G  0 disk
├─sda1   8:1    0     1M  0 part
├─sda2   8:2    0   127M  0 part
├─sda3   8:3    0   384M  0 part /boot
├─sda4   8:4    0 243.6G  0 part /var
│                                /sysroot/ostree/deploy/rhcos/var
│                                /usr
│                                /etc
│                                /
│                                /sysroot
└─sda5   8:5    0 202.5G  0 part /var/lib/containers

    4. Display information about the file system disk space usage by running the following command:

      # df -h
      Example output
      Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs        4.0M     0  4.0M   0% /dev
tmpfs           126G   84K  126G   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs            51G   93M   51G   1% /run
/dev/sda4       244G  5.2G  239G   3% /sysroot
tmpfs           126G  4.0K  126G   1% /tmp
/dev/sda5       203G  119G   85G  59% /var/lib/containers
/dev/sda3       350M  110M  218M  34% /boot
tmpfs            26G     0   26G   0% /run/user/1000

Configuring the image registry using PolicyGenTemplate CRs

Use PolicyGenTemplate (PGT) CRs to apply the CRs required to configure the image registry and patch the imageregistry configuration.

Prerequisites

  • You have configured a disk partition in the managed cluster.

  • You have installed the OpenShift CLI (oc).

  • You have logged in to the hub cluster as a user with cluster-admin privileges.

  • You have created a Git repository where you manage your custom site configuration data for use with GitOps Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP).

Procedure

  1. Configure the storage class, persistent volume claim, persistent volume, and image registry configuration in the appropriate PolicyGenTemplate CR. For example, to configure an individual site, add the following YAML to the file example-sno-site.yaml:

    sourceFiles:
  # storage class
  - fileName: StorageClass.yaml
    policyName: "sc-for-image-registry"
    metadata:
      name: image-registry-sc
      annotations:
        ran.openshift.io/ztp-deploy-wave: "100" (1)
  # persistent volume claim
  - fileName: StoragePVC.yaml
    policyName: "pvc-for-image-registry"
    metadata:
      name: image-registry-pvc
      namespace: openshift-image-registry
      annotations:
        ran.openshift.io/ztp-deploy-wave: "100"
    spec:
      accessModes:
        - ReadWriteMany
      resources:
        requests:
          storage: 100Gi
      storageClassName: image-registry-sc
      volumeMode: Filesystem
  # persistent volume
  - fileName: ImageRegistryPV.yaml (2)
    policyName: "pv-for-image-registry"
    metadata:
      annotations:
        ran.openshift.io/ztp-deploy-wave: "100"
  - fileName: ImageRegistryConfig.yaml
    policyName: "config-for-image-registry"
    complianceType: musthave
    metadata:
      annotations:
        ran.openshift.io/ztp-deploy-wave: "100"
    spec:
      storage:
        pvc:
          claim: "image-registry-pvc"
    1 Set the appropriate value for ztp-deploy-wave depending on whether you are configuring image registries at the site, common, or group level. ztp-deploy-wave: "100" is suitable for development or testing because it allows you to group the referenced source files together.
    2 In ImageRegistryPV.yaml, ensure that the spec.local.path field is set to /var/imageregistry to match the value set for the mount_point field in the SiteConfig CR.

    Do not set complianceType: mustonlyhave for the - fileName: ImageRegistryConfig.yaml configuration. This can cause the registry pod deployment to fail.

  2. Commit the PolicyGenTemplate change in Git, and then push to the Git repository being monitored by the GitOps ZTP ArgoCD application.

Verification

Use the following steps to troubleshoot errors with the local image registry on the managed clusters:

  • Verify successful login to the registry while logged in to the managed cluster. Run the following commands:

    1. Export the managed cluster name:

      $ cluster=<managed_cluster_name>

    2. Get the managed cluster kubeconfig details:

      $ oc get secret -n $cluster $cluster-admin-password -o jsonpath='{.data.password}' | base64 -d > kubeadmin-password-$cluster

    3. Download and export the cluster kubeconfig:

      $ oc get secret -n $cluster $cluster-admin-kubeconfig -o jsonpath='{.data.kubeconfig}' | base64 -d > kubeconfig-$cluster && export KUBECONFIG=./kubeconfig-$cluster

    4. Verify access to the image registry from the managed cluster. See "Accessing the registry".

  • Check that the Config CRD in the imageregistry.operator.openshift.io group instance is not reporting errors. Run the following command while logged in to the managed cluster:

    $ oc get image.config.openshift.io cluster -o yaml
    Example output
    apiVersion: config.openshift.io/v1
kind: Image
metadata:
  annotations:
    include.release.openshift.io/ibm-cloud-managed: "true"
    include.release.openshift.io/self-managed-high-availability: "true"
    include.release.openshift.io/single-node-developer: "true"
    release.openshift.io/create-only: "true"
  creationTimestamp: "2021-10-08T19:02:39Z"
  generation: 5
  name: cluster
  resourceVersion: "688678648"
  uid: 0406521b-39c0-4cda-ba75-873697da75a4
spec:
  additionalTrustedCA:
    name: acm-ice

  • Check that the PersistentVolumeClaim on the managed cluster is populated with data. Run the following command while logged in to the managed cluster:

    $ oc get pv image-registry-sc

  • Check that the registry* pod is running and is located under the openshift-image-registry namespace.

    $ oc get pods -n openshift-image-registry | grep registry*
    Example output
    cluster-image-registry-operator-68f5c9c589-42cfg   1/1     Running     0          8d
image-registry-5f8987879-6nx6h                     1/1     Running     0          8d

  • Check that the disk partition on the managed cluster is correct:

    1. Open a debug shell to the managed cluster:

      $ oc debug node/sno-1.example.com

    2. Run lsblk to check the host disk partitions:

      sh-4.4# lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda      8:0    0 446.6G  0 disk
  |-sda1   8:1    0     1M  0 part
  |-sda2   8:2    0   127M  0 part
  |-sda3   8:3    0   384M  0 part /boot
  |-sda4   8:4    0 336.3G  0 part /sysroot
  `-sda5   8:5    0 100.1G  0 part /var/imageregistry (1)
sdb      8:16   0 446.6G  0 disk
sr0     11:0    1   104M  0 rom
      1 /var/imageregistry indicates that the disk is correctly partitioned.
Additional resources

Using hub templates in PolicyGenTemplate CRs

Topology Aware Lifecycle Manager supports partial Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (RHACM) hub cluster template functions in configuration policies used with GitOps ZTP.

Hub-side cluster templates allow you to define configuration policies that can be dynamically customized to the target clusters. This reduces the need to create separate policies for many clusters with similiar configurations but with different values.

Policy templates are restricted to the same namespace as the namespace where the policy is defined. This means that you must create the objects referenced in the hub template in the same namespace where the policy is created.

The following supported hub template functions are available for use in GitOps ZTP with TALM:

  • fromConfigmap returns the value of the provided data key in the named ConfigMap resource.

    There is a 1 MiB size limit for ConfigMap CRs. The effective size for ConfigMap CRs is further limited by the last-applied-configuration annotation. To avoid the last-applied-configuration limitation, add the following annotation to the template ConfigMap:

    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: Replace=true

  • base64enc returns the base64-encoded value of the input string

  • base64dec returns the decoded value of the base64-encoded input string

  • indent returns the input string with added indent spaces

  • autoindent returns the input string with added indent spaces based on the spacing used in the parent template

  • toInt casts and returns the integer value of the input value

  • toBool converts the input string into a boolean value, and returns the boolean

Various Open source community functions are also available for use with GitOps ZTP.

Additional resources

Example hub templates

The following code examples are valid hub templates. Each of these templates return values from the ConfigMap CR with the name test-config in the default namespace.

  • Returns the value with the key common-key:

    {{hub fromConfigMap "default" "test-config" "common-key" hub}}

  • Returns a string by using the concatenated value of the .ManagedClusterName field and the string -name:

    {{hub fromConfigMap "default" "test-config" (printf "%s-name" .ManagedClusterName) hub}}

  • Casts and returns a boolean value from the concatenated value of the .ManagedClusterName field and the string -name:

    {{hub fromConfigMap "default" "test-config" (printf "%s-name" .ManagedClusterName) | toBool hub}}

  • Casts and returns an integer value from the concatenated value of the .ManagedClusterName field and the string -name:

    {{hub (printf "%s-name" .ManagedClusterName) | fromConfigMap "default" "test-config" | toInt hub}}

Specifying host NICs in site PolicyGenTemplate CRs with hub cluster templates

You can manage host NICs in a single ConfigMap CR and use hub cluster templates to populate the custom NIC values in the generated polices that get applied to the cluster hosts. Using hub cluster templates in site PolicyGenTemplate (PGT) CRs means that you do not need to create multiple single site PGT CRs for each site.

The following example shows you how to use a single ConfigMap CR to manage cluster host NICs and apply them to the cluster as polices by using a single PolicyGenTemplate site CR.

When you use the fromConfigmap function, the printf variable is only available for the template resource data key fields. You cannot use it with name and namespace fields.
Prerequisites

  • You have installed the OpenShift CLI (oc).

  • You have logged in to the hub cluster as a user with cluster-admin privileges.

  • You have created a Git repository where you manage your custom site configuration data. The repository must be accessible from the hub cluster and be defined as a source repository for the GitOps ZTP ArgoCD application.

Procedure

  1. Create a ConfigMap resource that describes the NICs for a group of hosts. For example:

    apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: sriovdata
  namespace: ztp-site
  annotations:
    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: Replace=true (1)
data:
  example-sno-du_fh-numVfs: "8"
  example-sno-du_fh-pf: ens1f0
  example-sno-du_fh-priority: "10"
  example-sno-du_fh-vlan: "140"
  example-sno-du_mh-numVfs: "8"
  example-sno-du_mh-pf: ens3f0
  example-sno-du_mh-priority: "10"
  example-sno-du_mh-vlan: "150"
    1 The argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options annotation is required only if the ConfigMap is larger than 1 MiB in size.

    The ConfigMap must be in the same namespace with the policy that has the hub template substitution.

  2. Commit the ConfigMap CR in Git, and then push to the Git repository being monitored by the Argo CD application.

  3. Create a site PGT CR that uses templates to pull the required data from the ConfigMap object. For example:

    apiVersion: ran.openshift.io/v1
kind: PolicyGenTemplate
metadata:
  name: "site"
  namespace: "ztp-site"
spec:
  remediationAction: inform
  bindingRules:
    group-du-sno: ""
  mcp: "master"
  sourceFiles:
    - fileName: SriovNetwork.yaml
      policyName: "config-policy"
      metadata:
        name: "sriov-nw-du-fh"
      spec:
        resourceName: du_fh
        vlan: '{{hub fromConfigMap "ztp-site" "sriovdata" (printf "%s-du_fh-vlan" .ManagedClusterName) | toInt hub}}'
    - fileName: SriovNetworkNodePolicy.yaml
      policyName: "config-policy"
      metadata:
        name: "sriov-nnp-du-fh"
      spec:
        deviceType: netdevice
        isRdma: true
        nicSelector:
          pfNames:
          - '{{hub fromConfigMap "ztp-site" "sriovdata" (printf "%s-du_fh-pf" .ManagedClusterName) | autoindent hub}}'
        numVfs: '{{hub fromConfigMap "ztp-site" "sriovdata" (printf "%s-du_fh-numVfs" .ManagedClusterName) | toInt hub}}'
        priority: '{{hub fromConfigMap "ztp-site" "sriovdata" (printf "%s-du_fh-priority" .ManagedClusterName) | toInt hub}}'
        resourceName: du_fh
    - fileName: SriovNetwork.yaml
      policyName: "config-policy"
      metadata:
        name: "sriov-nw-du-mh"
      spec:
        resourceName: du_mh
        vlan: '{{hub fromConfigMap "ztp-site" "sriovdata" (printf "%s-du_mh-vlan" .ManagedClusterName) | toInt hub}}'
    - fileName: SriovNetworkNodePolicy.yaml
      policyName: "config-policy"
      metadata:
        name: "sriov-nnp-du-mh"
      spec:
        deviceType: vfio-pci
        isRdma: false
        nicSelector:
          pfNames:
          - '{{hub fromConfigMap "ztp-site" "sriovdata" (printf "%s-du_mh-pf" .ManagedClusterName)  hub}}'
        numVfs: '{{hub fromConfigMap "ztp-site" "sriovdata" (printf "%s-du_mh-numVfs" .ManagedClusterName) | toInt hub}}'
        priority: '{{hub fromConfigMap "ztp-site" "sriovdata" (printf "%s-du_mh-priority" .ManagedClusterName) | toInt hub}}'
        resourceName: du_mh

  4. Commit the site PolicyGenTemplate CR in Git and push to the Git repository that is monitored by the ArgoCD application.

    Subsequent changes to the referenced ConfigMap CR are not automatically synced to the applied policies. You need to manually sync the new ConfigMap changes to update existing PolicyGenTemplate CRs. See "Syncing new ConfigMap changes to existing PolicyGenTemplate CRs".

Specifying VLAN IDs in group PolicyGenTemplate CRs with hub cluster templates

You can manage VLAN IDs for managed clusters in a single ConfigMap CR and use hub cluster templates to populate the VLAN IDs in the generated polices that get applied to the clusters.

The following example shows how you how manage VLAN IDs in single ConfigMap CR and apply them in individual cluster polices by using a single PolicyGenTemplate group CR.

When using the fromConfigmap function, the printf variable is only available for the template resource data key fields. You cannot use it with name and namespace fields.
Prerequisites

  • You have installed the OpenShift CLI (oc).

  • You have logged in to the hub cluster as a user with cluster-admin privileges.

  • You have created a Git repository where you manage your custom site configuration data. The repository must be accessible from the hub cluster and be defined as a source repository for the Argo CD application.

Procedure

  1. Create a ConfigMap CR that describes the VLAN IDs for a group of cluster hosts. For example:

    apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: site-data
  namespace: ztp-group
  annotations:
    argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options: Replace=true (1)
data:
  site-1-vlan: "101"
  site-2-vlan: "234"
    1 The argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options annotation is required only if the ConfigMap is larger than 1 MiB in size.

    The ConfigMap must be in the same namespace with the policy that has the hub template substitution.

  2. Commit the ConfigMap CR in Git, and then push to the Git repository being monitored by the Argo CD application.

  3. Create a group PGT CR that uses a hub template to pull the required VLAN IDs from the ConfigMap object. For example, add the following YAML snippet to the group PGT CR:

    - fileName: SriovNetwork.yaml
    policyName: "config-policy"
    metadata:
      name: "sriov-nw-du-mh"
      annotations:
        ran.openshift.io/ztp-deploy-wave: "10"
    spec:
      resourceName: du_mh
      vlan: '{{hub fromConfigMap "" "site-data" (printf "%s-vlan" .ManagedClusterName) | toInt hub}}'

  4. Commit the group PolicyGenTemplate CR in Git, and then push to the Git repository being monitored by the Argo CD application.

    Subsequent changes to the referenced ConfigMap CR are not automatically synced to the applied policies. You need to manually sync the new ConfigMap changes to update existing PolicyGenTemplate CRs. See "Syncing new ConfigMap changes to existing PolicyGenTemplate CRs".

Syncing new ConfigMap changes to existing PolicyGenTemplate CRs

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the OpenShift CLI (oc).

  • You have logged in to the hub cluster as a user with cluster-admin privileges.

  • You have created a PolicyGenTemplate CR that pulls information from a ConfigMap CR using hub cluster templates.

Procedure

  1. Update the contents of your ConfigMap CR, and apply the changes in the hub cluster.

  2. To sync the contents of the updated ConfigMap CR to the deployed policy, do either of the following:

    1. Option 1: Delete the existing policy. ArgoCD uses the PolicyGenTemplate CR to immediately recreate the deleted policy. For example, run the following command:

      $ oc delete policy <policy_name> -n <policy_namespace>

    2. Option 2: Apply a special annotation policy.open-cluster-management.io/trigger-update to the policy with a different value every time when you update the ConfigMap. For example:

      $ oc annotate policy <policy_name> -n <policy_namespace> policy.open-cluster-management.io/trigger-update="1"

      You must apply the updated policy for the changes to take effect. For more information, see Special annotation for reprocessing.

  3. Optional: If it exists, delete the ClusterGroupUpdate CR that contains the policy. For example:

    $ oc delete clustergroupupgrade <cgu_name> -n <cgu_namespace>

    1. Create a new ClusterGroupUpdate CR that includes the policy to apply with the updated ConfigMap changes. For example, add the following YAML to the file cgr-example.yaml:

      apiVersion: ran.openshift.io/v1alpha1
kind: ClusterGroupUpgrade
metadata:
  name: <cgr_name>
  namespace: <policy_namespace>
spec:
  managedPolicies:
    - <managed_policy>
  enable: true
  clusters:
  - <managed_cluster_1>
  - <managed_cluster_2>
  remediationStrategy:
    maxConcurrency: 2
    timeout: 240

    2. Apply the updated policy:

      $ oc apply -f cgr-example.yaml