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In OpenShift Container Platform version 4.4, you can install a cluster on Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) that runs on user-provisioned infrastructure.

Using your own infrastructure allows you to integrate your cluster with existing infrastructure and modifications. The process requires more labor on your part than installer-provisioned installations, because you must create all RHOSP resources, like Nova servers, Neutron ports, and security groups. However, Red Hat provides Ansible playbooks to help you in the deployment process.

Prerequisites

  • Review details about the OpenShift Container Platform installation and update processes.

  • Verify that your network configuration does not rely on a provider network. Provider networks are not supported.

  • Have an RHOSP account where you want to install OpenShift Container Platform.

  • On the machine from which you run the installation program, have:

    • A single directory in which you can keep the files you create during the installation process

    • Python 3

Internet and Telemetry access for OpenShift Container Platform

In OpenShift Container Platform 4.4, you require access to the Internet to install your cluster. The Telemetry service, which runs by default to provide metrics about cluster health and the success of updates, also requires Internet access. If your cluster is connected to the Internet, Telemetry runs automatically, and your cluster is registered to the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager (OCM).

Once you confirm that your Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager inventory is correct, either maintained automatically by Telemetry or manually using OCM, use subscription watch to track your OpenShift Container Platform subscriptions at the account or multi-cluster level.

You must have Internet access to:

  • Access the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager page to download the installation program and perform subscription management. If the cluster has Internet access and you do not disable Telemetry, that service automatically entitles your cluster.

  • Access Quay.io to obtain the packages that are required to install your cluster.

  • Obtain the packages that are required to perform cluster updates.

If your cluster cannot have direct Internet access, you can perform a restricted network installation on some types of infrastructure that you provision. During that process, you download the content that is required and use it to populate a mirror registry with the packages that you need to install a cluster and generate the installation program. With some installation types, the environment that you install your cluster in will not require Internet access. Before you update the cluster, you update the content of the mirror registry.

Resource guidelines for installing OpenShift Container Platform on RHOSP

To support an OpenShift Container Platform installation, your Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) quota must meet the following requirements:

Table 1. Recommended resources for a default OpenShift Container Platform cluster on RHOSP
Resource Value

Floating IP addresses

3

Ports

15

Routers

1

Subnets

1

RAM

112 GB

vCPUs

28

Volume storage

275 GB

Instances

7

Security groups

3

Security group rules

60

A cluster might function with fewer than recommended resources, but its performance is not guaranteed.

If RHOSP object storage (Swift) is available and operated by a user account with the swiftoperator role, it is used as the default backend for the OpenShift Container Platform image registry. In this case, the volume storage requirement is 175 GB. Swift space requirements vary depending on the size of the image registry.

By default, your security group and security group rule quotas might be low. If you encounter problems, run openstack quota set --secgroups 3 --secgroup-rules 60 <project> as an administrator to increase them.

An OpenShift Container Platform deployment comprises control plane machines, compute machines, and a bootstrap machine.

Control plane and compute machines

By default, the OpenShift Container Platform installation process stands up three control plane and three compute machines.

Each machine requires:

  • An instance from the RHOSP quota

  • A port from the RHOSP quota

  • A flavor with at least 16 GB memory, 4 vCPUs, and 25 GB storage space

Compute machines host the applications that you run on OpenShift Container Platform; aim to run as many as you can.

Bootstrap machine

During installation, a bootstrap machine is temporarily provisioned to stand up the control plane. After the production control plane is ready, the bootstrap machine is deprovisioned.

The bootstrap machine requires:

  • An instance from the RHOSP quota

  • A port from the RHOSP quota

  • A flavor with at least 16 GB memory, 4 vCPUs, and 25 GB storage space

Downloading playbook dependencies

The Ansible playbooks that simplify the installation process on user-provisioned infrastructure require several Python modules. On the machine where you will run the installer, add the modules' repositories and then download them.

These instructions assume that you are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.
Prerequisites
  • Python 3 is installed on your machine

Procedure
  1. On a command line, add the repositories:

    $ sudo subscription-manager register # If not done already
    $ sudo subscription-manager attach --pool=$YOUR_POOLID # If not done already
    $ sudo subscription-manager repos --disable=* # If not done already
    
    $ sudo subscription-manager repos \
      --enable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms \
      --enable=openstack-16-tools-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms \
      --enable=ansible-2.9-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms \
      --enable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms
  2. Install the modules:

    $ sudo yum install python3-openstackclient ansible python3-openstacksdk python3-netaddr
  3. Ensure that the python command points to python3:

    $ sudo alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python3

Obtaining the installation program

Before you install OpenShift Container Platform, download the installation file on a local computer.

Prerequisites
  • You must install the cluster from a computer that uses Linux or macOS.

  • You need 500 MB of local disk space to download the installation program.

Procedure
  1. Access the Infrastructure Provider page on the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager site. If you have a Red Hat account, log in with your credentials. If you do not, create an account.

  2. Navigate to the page for your installation type, download the installation program for your operating system, and place the file in the directory where you will store the installation configuration files.

    The installation program creates several files on the computer that you use to install your cluster. You must keep both the installation program and the files that the installation program creates after you finish installing the cluster.

    Deleting the files created by the installation program does not remove your cluster, even if the cluster failed during installation. You must complete the OpenShift Container Platform uninstallation procedures outlined for your specific cloud provider to remove your cluster entirely.

  3. Extract the installation program. For example, on a computer that uses a Linux operating system, run the following command:

    $ tar xvf <installation_program>.tar.gz
  4. From the Pull Secret page on the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager site, download your installation pull secret as a .txt file. This pull secret allows you to authenticate with the services that are provided by the included authorities, including Quay.io, which serves the container images for OpenShift Container Platform components.

Generating an SSH private key and adding it to the agent

If you want to perform installation debugging or disaster recovery on your cluster, you must provide an SSH key to both your ssh-agent and the installation program. You can use this key to access the bootstrap machine in a public cluster to troubleshoot installation issues.

In a production environment, you require disaster recovery and debugging.

You can use this key to SSH into the master nodes as the user core. When you deploy the cluster, the key is added to the core user’s ~/.ssh/authorized_keys list.

You must use a local key, not one that you configured with platform-specific approaches such as AWS key pairs.

Procedure
  1. If you do not have an SSH key that is configured for password-less authentication on your computer, create one. For example, on a computer that uses a Linux operating system, run the following command:

    $ ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N '' \
        -f <path>/<file_name> (1)
    1 Specify the path and file name, such as ~/.ssh/id_rsa, of the SSH key. Do not specify an existing SSH key, as it will be overwritten.

    Running this command generates an SSH key that does not require a password in the location that you specified.

  2. Start the ssh-agent process as a background task:

    $ eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
    
    Agent pid 31874
  3. Add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent:

    $ ssh-add <path>/<file_name> (1)
    
    Identity added: /home/<you>/<path>/<file_name> (<computer_name>)
    1 Specify the path and file name for your SSH private key, such as ~/.ssh/id_rsa
Next steps
  • When you install OpenShift Container Platform, provide the SSH public key to the installation program.

Creating the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) image

The OpenShift Container Platform installation program requires that a Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) image be present in the Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) cluster. Retrieve the latest RHCOS image, then upload it using the RHOSP CLI.

Prerequisites
  • The RHOSP CLI is installed.

Procedure
  1. Log in to the Red Hat customer portal’s Product Downloads page.

  2. Under Version, select the most recent release of OpenShift Container Platform 4.4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.

    The RHCOS images might not change with every release of OpenShift Container Platform. You must download images with the highest version that is less than or equal to the OpenShift Container Platform version that you install. Use the image versions that match your OpenShift Container Platform version if they are available.

  3. Download the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS - OpenStack Image (QCOW).

  4. Decompress the image.

    You must decompress the RHOSP image before the cluster can use it. The name of the downloaded file might not contain a compression extension, like .gz or .tgz. To find out if or how the file is compressed, in a command line, enter:

    $ file <name_of_downloaded_file>
  5. From the image that you downloaded, create an image that is named rhcos in your cluster by using the RHOSP CLI:

    $ openstack image create --container-format=bare --disk-format=qcow2 --file rhcos-${RHCOS_VERSION}-openstack.qcow2 rhcos
    Depending on your RHOSP environment, you might be able to upload the image in either .raw or .qcow2 formats. If you use Ceph, you must use the .raw format.
    If the installation program finds multiple images with the same name, it chooses one of them at random. To avoid this behavior, create unique names for resources in RHOSP.

After you upload the image to RHOSP, it is usable in the installation process.

Verifying external network access

The OpenShift Container Platform installation process requires external network access. You must provide an external network value to it, or deployment fails. Before you begin the process, verify that a network with the external router type exists in Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP).

Procedure
  1. Using the RHOSP CLI, verify the name and ID of the 'External' network:

    $ openstack network list --long -c ID -c Name -c "Router Type"
    
    +--------------------------------------+----------------+-------------+
    | ID                                   | Name           | Router Type |
    +--------------------------------------+----------------+-------------+
    | 148a8023-62a7-4672-b018-003462f8d7dc | public_network | External    |
    +--------------------------------------+----------------+-------------+

A network with an external router type appears in the network list. If at least one does not, see Creating a default floating IP network and Creating a default provider network.

If the Neutron trunk service plug-in is enabled, a trunk port is created by default. For more information, see Neutron trunk port.

Enabling access to the environment

At deployment, all OpenShift Container Platform machines are created in a Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP)-tenant network. Therefore, they are not accessible directly in most RHOSP deployments.

You can configure the OpenShift Container Platform API and applications that run on the cluster to be accessible by using floating IP addresses.

Enabling access with floating IP addresses

Create two floating IP (FIP) addresses: one for external access to the OpenShift Container Platform API, the API FIP, and one for OpenShift Container Platform applications, the apps FIP.

The API FIP is also used in the install-config.yaml file.
Procedure
  1. Using the Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) CLI, create the API FIP:

    $ openstack floating ip create --description "API <cluster_name>.<base_domain>" <external network>
  2. Using the Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) CLI, create the apps, or Ingress, FIP:

    $ openstack floating ip create --description "Ingress <cluster_name>.<base_domain>" <external network>
  3. To reflect the new FIPs, add records that follow these patterns to your DNS server:

    api.<cluster_name>.<base_domain>.  IN  A  <API_FIP>
    *.apps.<cluster_name>.<base_domain>. IN  A <apps_FIP>

    If you do not control the DNS server you can add the record to your /etc/hosts file instead. This action makes the API accessible to you only, which is not suitable for production deployment but does allow installation for development and testing.

You can make OpenShift Container Platform resources available outside of the cluster by assigning a floating IP address and updating your firewall configuration.

Defining parameters for the installation program

The OpenShift Container Platform installation program relies on a file that is called clouds.yaml. The file describes Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) configuration parameters, including the project name, log in information, and authorization service URLs.

Procedure
  1. Create the clouds.yaml file:

    • If your RHOSP distribution includes the Horizon web UI, generate a clouds.yaml file in it.

      Remember to add a password to the auth field. You can also keep secrets in a separate file from clouds.yaml.

    • If your RHOSP distribution does not include the Horizon web UI, or you do not want to use Horizon, create the file yourself. For detailed information about clouds.yaml, see Config files in the RHOSP documentation.

      clouds:
        shiftstack:
          auth:
            auth_url: http://10.10.14.42:5000/v3
            project_name: shiftstack
            username: shiftstack_user
            password: XXX
            user_domain_name: Default
            project_domain_name: Default
        dev-env:
          region_name: RegionOne
          auth:
            username: 'devuser'
            password: XXX
            project_name: 'devonly'
            auth_url: 'https://10.10.14.22:5001/v2.0'
  2. If your RHOSP installation uses self-signed certificate authority (CA) certificates for endpoint authentication:

    1. Copy the certificate authority file to your machine.

    2. In the command line, run the following commands to add the machine to the certificate authority trust bundle:

      $ sudo cp ca.crt.pem /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/
      $ sudo update-ca-trust extract
    3. Add the cacerts key to the clouds.yaml file. The value must be an absolute, non-root-accessible path to the CA certificate:

      clouds:
        shiftstack:
          ...
          cacert: "/etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/ca.crt.pem"

      After you run the installer with a custom CA certificate, you can update the certificate by editing the value of the ca-cert.pem key in the cloud-provider-config keymap. On a command line, run:

      $ oc edit configmap -n openshift-config cloud-provider-config
  3. Place the clouds.yaml file in one of the following locations:

    1. The value of the OS_CLIENT_CONFIG_FILE environment variable

    2. The current directory

    3. A Unix-specific user configuration directory, for example ~/.config/openstack/clouds.yaml

    4. A Unix-specific site configuration directory, for example /etc/openstack/clouds.yaml

      The installation program searches for clouds.yaml in that order.

Creating the installation configuration file

You can customize the OpenShift Container Platform cluster you install on Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP).

Prerequisites
  • Obtain the OpenShift Container Platform installation program and the pull secret for your cluster.

Procedure
  1. Create the install-config.yaml file.

    1. Run the following command:

      $ ./openshift-install create install-config --dir=<installation_directory> (1)
      1 For <installation_directory>, specify the directory name to store the files that the installation program creates.

      Specify an empty directory. Some installation assets, like bootstrap X.509 certificates have short expiration intervals, so you must not reuse an installation directory. If you want to reuse individual files from another cluster installation, you can copy them into your directory. However, the file names for the installation assets might change between releases. Use caution when copying installation files from an earlier OpenShift Container Platform version.

    2. At the prompts, provide the configuration details for your cloud:

      1. Optional: Select an SSH key to use to access your cluster machines.

        For production OpenShift Container Platform clusters on which you want to perform installation debugging or disaster recovery, specify an SSH key that your ssh-agent process uses.

      2. Select openstack as the platform to target.

      3. Specify the Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) external network name to use for installing the cluster.

      4. Specify the floating IP address to use for external access to the OpenShift API.

      5. Specify a RHOSP flavor with at least 16 GB RAM to use for control plane and compute nodes.

      6. Select the base domain to deploy the cluster to. All DNS records will be sub-domains of this base and will also include the cluster name.

      7. Enter a name for your cluster. The name must be 14 or fewer characters long.

      8. Paste the pull secret that you obtained from the Pull Secret page on the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager site.

  2. Modify the install-config.yaml file. You can find more information about the available parameters in the Installation configuration parameters section.

  3. Back up the install-config.yaml file so that you can use it to install multiple clusters.

    The install-config.yaml file is consumed during the installation process. If you want to reuse the file, you must back it up now.

You now have the file install-config.yaml in the directory that you specified.

Installation configuration parameters

Before you deploy an OpenShift Container Platform cluster, you provide parameter values to describe your account on the cloud platform that hosts your cluster and optionally customize your cluster’s platform. When you create the install-config.yaml installation configuration file, you provide values for the required parameters through the command line. If you customize your cluster, you can modify the install-config.yaml file to provide more details about the platform.

You cannot modify these parameters in the install-config.yaml file after installation.

Table 2. Required parameters
Parameter Description Values

baseDomain

The base domain of your cloud provider. This value is used to create routes to your OpenShift Container Platform cluster components. The full DNS name for your cluster is a combination of the baseDomain and metadata.name parameter values that uses the <metadata.name>.<baseDomain> format.

A fully-qualified domain or subdomain name, such as example.com.

controlPlane.platform

The cloud provider to host the control plane machines. This parameter value must match the compute.platform parameter value.

aws, azure, gcp, openstack, or {}

compute.platform

The cloud provider to host the worker machines. This parameter value must match the controlPlane.platform parameter value.

aws, azure, gcp, openstack, or {}

metadata.name

The name of your cluster.

A string that contains uppercase or lowercase letters, such as dev. The string must be 14 characters or fewer long.

platform.<platform>.region

The region to deploy your cluster in.

A valid region for your cloud, such as us-east-1 for AWS, centralus for Azure. Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) does not use this parameter.

pullSecret

The pull secret that you obtained from the Pull Secret page on the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager site. You use this pull secret to authenticate with the services that are provided by the included authorities, including Quay.io, which serves the container images for OpenShift Container Platform components.

{
   "auths":{
      "cloud.openshift.com":{
         "auth":"b3Blb=",
         "email":"you@example.com"
      },
      "quay.io":{
         "auth":"b3Blb=",
         "email":"you@example.com"
      }
   }
}
Table 3. Optional parameters
Parameter Description Values

sshKey

The SSH key to use to access your cluster machines.

For production OpenShift Container Platform clusters on which you want to perform installation debugging or disaster recovery, specify an SSH key that your ssh-agent process uses.

A valid, local public SSH key that you added to the ssh-agent process.

fips

Whether to enable or disable FIPS mode. By default, FIPS mode is not enabled. If FIPS mode is enabled, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) machines that OpenShift Container Platform runs on bypass the default Kubernetes cryptography suite and use the cryptography modules that are provided with RHCOS instead.

false or true

publish

How to publish the user-facing endpoints of your cluster.

Internal or External. Set publish to Internal to deploy a private cluster, which cannot be accessed from the internet. The default value is External.

compute.hyperthreading

Whether to enable or disable simultaneous multithreading, or hyperthreading, on compute machines. By default, simultaneous multithreading is enabled to increase the performance of your machines' cores.

If you disable simultaneous multithreading, ensure that your capacity planning accounts for the dramatically decreased machine performance.

Enabled or Disabled

compute.replicas

The number of compute machines, which are also known as worker machines, to provision.

A positive integer greater than or equal to 2. The default value is 3.

controlPlane.hyperthreading

Whether to enable or disable simultaneous multithreading, or hyperthreading, on control plane machines. By default, simultaneous multithreading is enabled to increase the performance of your machines' cores.

If you disable simultaneous multithreading, ensure that your capacity planning accounts for the dramatically decreased machine performance.

Enabled or Disabled

controlPlane.replicas

The number of control plane machines to provision.

The only supported value is 3, which is the default value.

Table 4. Additional Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) parameters
Parameter Description Values

compute.platform.openstack.rootVolume.size

For compute machines, the size in gigabytes of the root volume. If you do not set this value, machines use ephemeral storage.

Integer, for example 30.

compute.platform.openstack.rootVolume.type

For compute machines, the root volume’s type.

String, for example performance.

controlPlane.platform.openstack.rootVolume.size

For control plane machines, the size in gigabytes of the root volume. If you do not set this value, machines use ephemeral storage.

Integer, for example 30.

controlPlane.platform.openstack.rootVolume.type

For control plane machines, the root volume’s type.

String, for example performance.

platform.openstack.cloud

The name of the RHOSP cloud to use from the list of clouds in the clouds.yaml file.

String, for example MyCloud.

platform.openstack.computeFlavor

The RHOSP flavor to use for control plane and compute machines.

String, for example m1.xlarge.

platform.openstack.externalNetwork

The RHOSP external network name to be used for installation.

String, for example external.

platform.openstack.lbFloatingIP

An existing floating IP address to associate with the load balancer API.

An IP address, for example 128.0.0.1.

Table 5. Optional Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) parameters
Parameter Description Values

platform.openstack.clusterOSImage

The location from which the installer downloads the RHCOS image.

You must set this parameter to perform an installation in a restricted network.

An HTTP or HTTPS URL, optionally with an SHA-256 checksum.

For example, http://mirror.example.com/images/rhcos-43.81.201912131630.0-openstack.x86_64.qcow2.gz?sha256=ffebbd68e8a1f2a245ca19522c16c86f67f9ac8e4e0c1f0a812b068b16f7265d.

The value can also be the name of an existing Glance image, for example my-rhcos.

platform.openstack.defaultMachinePlatform

The default machine pool platform configuration.

{
   "type": "ml.large",
   "rootVolume": {
      "size": 30,
      "type": "performance"
   }
}

platform.openstack.externalDNS

IP addresses for external DNS servers that cluster instances use for DNS resolution.

A list of IP addresses as strings, for example ["8.8.8.8", "192.168.1.12"].

Sample customized install-config.yaml file for RHOSP

This sample install-config.yaml demonstrates all of the possible Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) customization options.

This sample file is provided for reference only. You must obtain your install-config.yaml file by using the installation program.
apiVersion: v1
baseDomain: example.com
clusterID: os-test
controlPlane:
  name: master
  platform: {}
  replicas: 3
compute:
- name: worker
  platform:
    openstack:
      type: ml.large
  replicas: 3
metadata:
  name: example
networking:
  clusterNetwork:
  - cidr: 10.128.0.0/14
    hostPrefix: 23
  machineNetwork:
  - cidr: 10.0.0.0/16
  serviceNetwork:
  - 172.30.0.0/16
  networkType: OpenShiftSDN
platform:
  openstack:
    cloud: mycloud
    externalNetwork: external
    computeFlavor: m1.xlarge
    lbFloatingIP: 128.0.0.1
fips: false
pullSecret: '{"auths": ...}'
sshKey: ssh-ed25519 AAAA...

Setting a custom subnet for machines

The IP range that the installation program uses by default might not match the Neutron subnet that you create when you install OpenShift Container Platform. If necessary, update the CIDR value for new machines by editing the installation configuration file.

Prerequisites
  • You have the install-config.yaml file that was generated by the OpenShift Container Platform installation program.

Procedure
  1. On a command line, browse to the directory that contains install-config.yaml.

  2. From that directory, either run a script to edit the install-config.yaml file or update the file manually:

    • To set the value by using a script, run:

      python -c '
      import yaml;
      path = "install-config.yaml";
      data = yaml.safe_load(open(path));
      data["networking"]["machineNetwork"] = [{"cidr": "192.168.0.0/18"}]; (1)
      open(path, "w").write(yaml.dump(data, default_flow_style=False))'
      1 Insert a value that matches your intended Neutron subnet, e.g. 192.0.2.0/24.
    • To set the value manually, open the file and set the value of networking.machineCIDR to something that matches your intended Neutron subnet.

Emptying compute machine pools

To proceed with an installation that uses your own infrastructure, set the number of compute machines in the installation configuration file to zero. Later, you create these machines manually.

Prerequisites
  • You have the install-config.yaml file that was generated by the OpenShift Container Platform installation program.

Procedure
  1. On a command line, browse to the directory that contains install-config.yaml.

  2. From that directory, either run a script to edit the install-config.yaml file or update the file manually:

    • To set the value by using a script, run:

      $ python -c '
      import yaml;
      path = "install-config.yaml";
      data = yaml.safe_load(open(path));
      data["compute"][0]["replicas"] = 0;
      open(path, "w").write(yaml.dump(data, default_flow_style=False))'
    • To set the value manually, open the file and set the value of compute.<first entry>.replicas to 0.

Creating the Kubernetes manifest and Ignition config files

Because you must modify some cluster definition files and manually start the cluster machines, you must generate the Kubernetes manifest and Ignition config files that the cluster needs to make its machines.

The Ignition config files that the installation program generates contain certificates that expire after 24 hours, which are then renewed at that time. If the cluster is shut down before renewing the certificates and the cluster is later restarted after the 24 hours have elapsed, the cluster automatically recovers the expired certificates. The exception is that you must manually approve the pending node-bootstrapper certificate signing requests (CSRs) to recover kubelet certificates. See the documentation for Recovering from expired control plane certificates for more information.

Prerequisites
  • Obtain the OpenShift Container Platform installation program.

  • Create the install-config.yaml installation configuration file.

Procedure
  1. Generate the Kubernetes manifests for the cluster:

    $ ./openshift-install create manifests --dir=<installation_directory> (1)
    
    INFO Consuming Install Config from target directory
    WARNING Making control-plane schedulable by setting MastersSchedulable to true for Scheduler cluster settings
    1 For <installation_directory>, specify the installation directory that contains the install-config.yaml file you created.

    Because you create your own compute machines later in the installation process, you can safely ignore this warning.

  2. Remove the Kubernetes manifest files that define the control plane machines and compute machine sets:

    $ rm -f openshift/99_openshift-cluster-api_master-machines-*.yaml openshift/99_openshift-cluster-api_worker-machineset-*.yaml

    Because you create and manage these resources yourself, you do not have to initialize them.

    • You can preserve the machine set files to create compute machines by using the machine API, but you must update references to them to match your environment.

  3. Modify the <installation_directory>/manifests/cluster-scheduler-02-config.yml Kubernetes manifest file to prevent pods from being scheduled on the control plane machines:

    1. Open the <installation_directory>/manifests/cluster-scheduler-02-config.yml file.

    2. Locate the mastersSchedulable parameter and set its value to False.

    3. Save and exit the file.

    Currently, due to a Kubernetes limitation, router Pods running on control plane machines will not be reachable by the ingress load balancer. This step might not be required in a future minor version of OpenShift Container Platform.

  4. Obtain the Ignition config files:

    $ ./openshift-install create ignition-configs --dir=<installation_directory> (1)
    1 For <installation_directory>, specify the same installation directory.

    The following files are generated in the directory:

    .
    ├── auth
    │   ├── kubeadmin-password
    │   └── kubeconfig
    ├── bootstrap.ign
    ├── master.ign
    ├── metadata.json
    └── worker.ign
  5. Export the metadata file’s infraID key as an environment variable:

    $ export INFRA_ID=$(jq -r .infraID metadata.json)
Extract the infraID key from metadata.json and use it as a prefix for all of the RHOSP resources that you create. By doing so, you avoid name conflicts when making multiple deployments in the same project.

Preparing the bootstrap Ignition files

The OpenShift Container Platform installation process relies on bootstrap machines that are created from a bootstrap Ignition configuration file.

Edit the file and upload it. Then, create a secondary bootstrap Ignition configuration file that Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) uses to download the primary file.

Prerequisites
  • You have the bootstrap Ignition file that the installer program generates, bootstrap.ign.

  • The infrastructure ID from the installer’s metadata file is set as an environment variable ($INFRA_ID).

    • If the variable is not set, see Creating the Kubernetes manifest and Ignition config files.

  • You have an HTTP(S)-accessible way to store the bootstrap Ignition file.

    • The documented procedure uses the RHOSP image service (Glance), but you can also use the RHOSP storage service (Swift), Amazon S3, an internal HTTP server, or an ad hoc Nova server.

Procedure
  1. Run the following Python script. The script modifies the bootstrap Ignition file to set the host name and, if available, CA certificate file when it runs:

    import base64
    import json
    import os
    
    with open('bootstrap.ign', 'r') as f:
        ignition = json.load(f)
    
    files = ignition['storage'].get('files', [])
    
    infra_id = os.environ.get('INFRA_ID', 'openshift').encode()
    hostname_b64 = base64.standard_b64encode(infra_id + b'-bootstrap\n').decode().strip()
    files.append(
    {
        'path': '/etc/hostname',
        'mode': 420,
        'contents': {
            'source': 'data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,' + hostname_b64,
            'verification': {}
        },
        'filesystem': 'root',
    })
    
    ca_cert_path = os.environ.get('OS_CACERT', '')
    if ca_cert_path:
        with open(ca_cert_path, 'r') as f:
            ca_cert = f.read().encode()
            ca_cert_b64 = base64.standard_b64encode(ca_cert).decode().strip()
    
        files.append(
        {
            'path': '/opt/openshift/tls/cloud-ca-cert.pem',
            'mode': 420,
            'contents': {
                'source': 'data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,' + ca_cert_b64,
                'verification': {}
            },
            'filesystem': 'root',
        })
    
    ignition['storage']['files'] = files;
    
    with open('bootstrap.ign', 'w') as f:
        json.dump(ignition, f)
  2. Using the RHOSP CLI, create an image that uses the bootstrap Ignition file:

    $ openstack image create --disk-format=raw --container-format=bare --file bootstrap.ign <image_name>
  3. Get the image’s details:

    $ openstack image show <image_name>

    Make a note of the file value; it follows the pattern v2/images/<image_ID>/file.

    Verify that the image you created is active.
  4. Retrieve the image service’s public address:

    $ openstack catalog show image
  5. Combine the public address with the image file value and save the result as the storage location. The location follows the pattern <image_service_public_URL>/v2/images/<image_ID>/file.

  6. Generate an auth token and save the token ID:

    $ openstack token issue -c id -f value
  7. Insert the following content into a file called $INFRA_ID-bootstrap-ignition.json and edit the placeholders to match your own values:

    {
      "ignition": {
        "config": {
          "append": [{
            "source": "<storage_url>", (1)
            "verification": {},
            "httpHeaders": [{
              "name": "X-Auth-Token", (2)
              "value": "<token_ID>" (3)
            }]
          }]
        },
        "security": {
          "tls": {
            "certificateAuthorities": [{
              "source": "data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,<base64_encoded_certificate>", (4)
              "verification": {}
            }]
          }
        },
        "timeouts": {},
        "version": "2.4.0"
      },
      "networkd": {},
      "passwd": {},
      "storage": {},
      "systemd": {}
    }
    1 Replace the value of ignition.config.append.source with the bootstrap Ignition file storage URL.
    2 Set name in httpHeaders to "X-Auth-Token".
    3 Set value in httpHeaders to your token’s ID.
    4 If the bootstrap Ignition file server uses a self-signed certificate, include the base64-encoded certificate.
  8. Save the secondary Ignition config file.

The bootstrap Ignition data will be passed to RHOSP during installation.

The bootstrap Ignition file contains sensitive information, like clouds.yaml credentials. Ensure that you store it in a secure place, and delete it after you complete the installation process.

Creating control plane Ignition config files

Installing OpenShift Container Platform on Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) on your own infrastructure requires control plane Ignition config files. You must create multiple config files.

As with the bootstrap Ignition configuration, you must explicitly define a host name for each control plane machine.
Prerequisites
  • The infrastructure ID from the installation program’s metadata file is set as an environment variable ($INFRA_ID)

    • If the variable is not set, see Creating the Kubernetes manifest and Ignition config files.

Procedure
  • On a command line, run the following Python script:

    $ for index in $(seq 0 2); do
        MASTER_HOSTNAME="$INFRA_ID-master-$index\n"
        python -c "import base64, json, sys;
    ignition = json.load(sys.stdin);
    files = ignition['storage'].get('files', []);
    files.append({'path': '/etc/hostname', 'mode': 420, 'contents': {'source': 'data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,' + base64.standard_b64encode(b'$MASTER_HOSTNAME').decode().strip(), 'verification': {}}, 'filesystem': 'root'});
    ignition['storage']['files'] = files;
    json.dump(ignition, sys.stdout)" <master.ign >"$INFRA_ID-master-$index-ignition.json"
    done

    You now have three control plane Ignition files: <INFRA_ID>-master-0-ignition.json, <INFRA_ID>-master-1-ignition.json, and <INFRA_ID>-master-2-ignition.json.

Creating network resources

Create the network resources that an OpenShift Container Platform on Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) installation on your own infrastructure requires. To save time, run supplied Ansible playbooks that generate security groups, networks, subnets, routers, and ports.

Procedure
  1. Insert the following content into a local file that is called common.yaml:

    common.yaml Ansible playbook
    - hosts: localhost
      gather_facts: no
    
      vars_files:
      - metadata.json
    
      tasks:
      - name: 'Compute resource names'
        set_fact:
          cluster_id_tag: "openshiftClusterID={{ infraID }}"
          os_network: "{{ infraID }}-network"
          os_subnet: "{{ infraID }}-nodes"
          os_router: "{{ infraID }}-external-router"
          # Port names
          os_port_api: "{{ infraID }}-api-port"
          os_port_ingress: "{{ infraID }}-ingress-port"
          os_port_bootstrap: "{{ infraID }}-bootstrap-port"
          os_port_master: "{{ infraID }}-master-port"
          os_port_worker: "{{ infraID }}-worker-port"
          # Security groups names
          os_sg_master: "{{ infraID }}-master"
          os_sg_worker: "{{ infraID }}-worker"
          # Server names
          os_bootstrap_server_name: "{{ infraID }}-bootstrap"
          os_cp_server_name: "{{ infraID }}-master"
          os_compute_server_name: "{{ infraID }}-worker"
          # Trunk names
          os_cp_trunk_name: "{{ infraID }}-master-trunk"
          os_compute_trunk_name: "{{ infraID }}-worker-trunk"
          # Subnet pool name
          subnet_pool: "{{ infraID }}-kuryr-pod-subnetpool"
          # Service network name
          os_svc_network: "{{ infraID }}-kuryr-service-network"
          # Service subnet name
          os_svc_subnet: "{{ infraID }}-kuryr-service-subnet"
          # Ignition files
          os_bootstrap_ignition: "{{ infraID }}-bootstrap-ignition.json"
  2. Insert the following content into a local file that is called inventory.yaml:

    inventory.yaml Ansible playbook
    all:
      hosts:
        localhost:
          ansible_connection: local
          ansible_python_interpreter: "{{ansible_playbook_python}}"
    
          # User-provided values
          os_subnet_range: '10.0.0.0/16'
          os_flavor_master: 'm1.xlarge'
          os_flavor_worker: 'm1.large'
          os_image_rhcos: 'rhcos'
          os_external_network: 'external'
          # OpenShift API floating IP address
          os_api_fip: '203.0.113.23'
          # OpenShift Ingress floating IP address
          os_ingress_fip: '203.0.113.19'
          # Service subnet cidr
          svc_subnet_range: '172.30.0.0/16'
          os_svc_network_range: '172.30.0.0/15'
          # Subnet pool prefixes
          cluster_network_cidrs: '10.128.0.0/14'
          # Subnet pool prefix length
          host_prefix: '23'
          # Name of the SDN.
          # Possible values are OpenshiftSDN or Kuryr.
          os_networking_type: 'OpenshiftSDN'
    
          # Number of provisioned Control Plane nodes
          # 3 is the minimum number for a fully-functional cluster.
          os_cp_nodes_number: 3
    
          # Number of provisioned Compute nodes.
          # 3 is the minimum number for a fully-functional cluster.
          os_compute_nodes_number: 3
  3. Insert the following content into a local file that is called 01_security-groups.yaml

    01_security-groups.yaml
    # Required Python packages:
    #
    # ansible
    # openstackclient
    # openstacksdk
    
    - import_playbook: common.yaml
    
    - hosts: all
      gather_facts: no
    
      tasks:
      - name: 'Create the master security group'
        os_security_group:
          name: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
    
      - name: 'Set master security group tag'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack security group set --tag {{ cluster_id_tag }} {{ os_sg_master }} "
    
      - name: 'Create the worker security group'
        os_security_group:
          name: "{{ os_sg_worker }}"
    
      - name: 'Set worker security group tag'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack security group set --tag {{ cluster_id_tag }} {{ os_sg_worker }} "
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "ICMP"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          protocol: icmp
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "machine config server"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          protocol: tcp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 22623
          port_range_max: 22623
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "SSH"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          protocol: tcp
          port_range_min: 22
          port_range_max: 22
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "DNS (TCP)"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          protocol: tcp
          port_range_min: 53
          port_range_max: 53
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "DNS (UDP)"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          protocol: udp
          port_range_min: 53
          port_range_max: 53
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "mDNS"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          protocol: udp
          port_range_min: 5353
          port_range_max: 5353
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "OpenShift API"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          protocol: tcp
          port_range_min: 6443
          port_range_max: 6443
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "VXLAN"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          protocol: udp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 4789
          port_range_max: 4789
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "Geneve"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          protocol: udp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 6081
          port_range_max: 6081
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "ovndb"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          protocol: tcp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 6641
          port_range_max: 6642
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "master ingress internal (TCP)"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          protocol: tcp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 9000
          port_range_max: 9999
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "master ingress internal (UDP)"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          protocol: udp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 9000
          port_range_max: 9999
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "kube scheduler"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          protocol: tcp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 10259
          port_range_max: 10259
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "kube controller manager"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          protocol: tcp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 10257
          port_range_max: 10257
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "master ingress kubelet secure"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          protocol: tcp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 10250
          port_range_max: 10250
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "etcd"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          protocol: tcp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 2379
          port_range_max: 2380
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "master ingress services (TCP)"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          protocol: tcp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 30000
          port_range_max: 32767
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "master ingress services (UDP)"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          protocol: udp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 30000
          port_range_max: 32767
    
      - name: 'Create master-sg rule "VRRP"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          protocol: '112'
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
    
    
      - name: 'Create worker-sg rule "ICMP"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_worker }}"
          protocol: icmp
    
      - name: 'Create worker-sg rule "SSH"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_worker }}"
          protocol: tcp
          port_range_min: 22
          port_range_max: 22
    
      - name: 'Create worker-sg rule "mDNS"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_worker }}"
          protocol: udp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 5353
          port_range_max: 5353
    
      - name: 'Create worker-sg rule "Ingress HTTP"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_worker }}"
          protocol: tcp
          port_range_min: 80
          port_range_max: 80
    
      - name: 'Create worker-sg rule "Ingress HTTPS"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_worker }}"
          protocol: tcp
          port_range_min: 443
          port_range_max: 443
    
      - name: 'Create worker-sg rule "router"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_worker }}"
          protocol: tcp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 1936
          port_range_max: 1936
    
      - name: 'Create worker-sg rule "VXLAN"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_worker }}"
          protocol: udp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 4789
          port_range_max: 4789
    
      - name: 'Create worker-sg rule "Geneve"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_worker }}"
          protocol: udp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 6081
          port_range_max: 6081
    
      - name: 'Create worker-sg rule "worker ingress internal (TCP)"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_worker }}"
          protocol: tcp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 9000
          port_range_max: 9999
    
      - name: 'Create worker-sg rule "worker ingress internal (UDP)"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_worker }}"
          protocol: udp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 9000
          port_range_max: 9999
    
      - name: 'Create worker-sg rule "worker ingress kubelet insecure"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_worker }}"
          protocol: tcp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 10250
          port_range_max: 10250
    
      - name: 'Create worker-sg rule "worker ingress services (TCP)"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_worker }}"
          protocol: tcp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 30000
          port_range_max: 32767
    
      - name: 'Create worker-sg rule "worker ingress services (UDP)"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_worker }}"
          protocol: udp
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          port_range_min: 30000
          port_range_max: 32767
    
      - name: 'Create worker-sg rule "VRRP"'
        os_security_group_rule:
          security_group: "{{ os_sg_worker }}"
          protocol: '112'
          remote_ip_prefix: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
  4. Insert the following content into a local file that is called 02_network.yaml:

    02_network.yaml
    # Required Python packages:
    #
    # ansible
    # openstackclient
    # openstacksdk
    # netaddr
    
    - import_playbook: common.yaml
    
    - hosts: all
      gather_facts: no
    
      tasks:
      - name: 'Create the cluster network'
        os_network:
          name: "{{ os_network }}"
    
      - name: 'Set the cluster network tag'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack network set --tag {{ cluster_id_tag }} {{ os_network }}"
    
      - name: 'Create a subnet'
        os_subnet:
          name: "{{ os_subnet }}"
          network_name: "{{ os_network }}"
          cidr: "{{ os_subnet_range }}"
          allocation_pool_start: "{{ os_subnet_range | next_nth_usable(10) }}"
          allocation_pool_end: "{{ os_subnet_range | ipaddr('last_usable') }}"
    
      - name: 'Set the cluster subnet tag'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack subnet set --tag {{ cluster_id_tag }} {{ os_subnet }}"
    
      - name: 'Create the service network'
        os_network:
          name: "{{ os_svc_network }}"
        when: os_networking_type == "Kuryr"
    
      - name: 'Set the service network tag'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack network set --tag {{ cluster_id_tag }} {{ os_svc_network }}"
        when: os_networking_type == "Kuryr"
    
      - name: 'Computing facts for service subnet'
        set_fact:
          first_ip_svc_subnet_range: "{{ svc_subnet_range | ipv4('network') }}"
          last_ip_svc_subnet_range: "{{ svc_subnet_range | ipaddr('last_usable') |ipmath(1) }}"
          first_ip_os_svc_network_range: "{{ os_svc_network_range | ipv4('network') }}"
          last_ip_os_svc_network_range: "{{ os_svc_network_range | ipaddr('last_usable') |ipmath(1) }}"
          allocation_pool: ""
        when: os_networking_type == "Kuryr"
    
      - name: 'Get first part of OpenStack network'
        set_fact:
          allocation_pool: "{{ allocation_pool + '--allocation-pool start={{ first_ip_os_svc_network_range | ipmath(1) }},end={{ first_ip_svc_subnet_range |ipmath(-1) }}' }}"
        when:
        - os_networking_type == "Kuryr"
        - first_ip_svc_subnet_range != first_ip_os_svc_network_range
    
      - name: 'Get last part of OpenStack network'
        set_fact:
          allocation_pool: "{{ allocation_pool + ' --allocation-pool start={{ last_ip_svc_subnet_range | ipmath(1) }},end={{ last_ip_os_svc_network_range |ipmath(-1) }}' }}"
        when:
        - os_networking_type == "Kuryr"
        - last_ip_svc_subnet_range != last_ip_os_svc_network_range
    
      - name: 'Get end of allocation'
        set_fact:
          gateway_ip: "{{ allocation_pool.split('=')[-1] }}"
        when: os_networking_type == "Kuryr"
    
      - name: 'replace last IP'
        set_fact:
          allocation_pool: "{{ allocation_pool | replace(gateway_ip, gateway_ip | ipmath(-1))}}"
        when: os_networking_type == "Kuryr"
    
      - name: 'list service subnet'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack subnet list --name {{ os_svc_subnet }} --tag {{ cluster_id_tag }}"
        when: os_networking_type == "Kuryr"
        register: svc_subnet
    
      - name: 'Create the service subnet'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack subnet create --ip-version 4 --gateway {{ gateway_ip }} --subnet-range {{ os_svc_network_range }} {{ allocation_pool }} --no-dhcp --network {{ os_svc_network }} --tag {{ cluster_id_tag }} {{ os_svc_subnet }}"
        when:
        - os_networking_type == "Kuryr"
        - svc_subnet.stdout == ""
    
      - name: 'list subnet pool'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack subnet pool list --name {{ subnet_pool }} --tags {{ cluster_id_tag }}"
        when: os_networking_type == "Kuryr"
        register: pods_subnet_pool
    
      - name: 'Create pods subnet pool'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack subnet pool create --default-prefix-length {{ host_prefix }} --pool-prefix {{ cluster_network_cidrs }} --tag {{ cluster_id_tag }} {{ subnet_pool }}"
        when:
        - os_networking_type == "Kuryr"
        - pods_subnet_pool.stdout == ""
    
      - name: 'Create external router'
        os_router:
          name: "{{ os_router }}"
          network: "{{ os_external_network }}"
          interfaces:
          - "{{ os_subnet }}"
    
      - name: 'Set external router tag'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack router set --tag {{ cluster_id_tag }} {{ os_router }}"
        when: os_networking_type == "Kuryr"
    
      - name: 'Create the API port'
        os_port:
          name: "{{ os_port_api }}"
          network: "{{ os_network }}"
          security_groups:
          - "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          fixed_ips:
          - subnet: "{{ os_subnet }}"
            ip_address: "{{ os_subnet_range | next_nth_usable(5) }}"
    
      - name: 'Set API port tag'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack port set --tag {{ cluster_id_tag }} {{ os_port_api }}"
    
      - name: 'Create the Ingress port'
        os_port:
          name: "{{ os_port_ingress }}"
          network: "{{ os_network }}"
          security_groups:
          - "{{ os_sg_worker }}"
          fixed_ips:
          - subnet: "{{ os_subnet }}"
            ip_address: "{{ os_subnet_range | next_nth_usable(7) }}"
    
      - name: 'Set the Ingress port tag'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack port set --tag {{ cluster_id_tag }} {{ os_port_ingress }}"
    
      # NOTE: openstack ansible module doesn't allow attaching Floating IPs to
      # ports, let's use the CLI instead
      - name: 'Attach the API floating IP to API port'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack floating ip set --port {{ os_port_api }} {{ os_api_fip }}"
    
      # NOTE: openstack ansible module doesn't allow attaching Floating IPs to
      # ports, let's use the CLI instead
      - name: 'Attach the Ingress floating IP to Ingress port'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack floating ip set --port {{ os_port_ingress }} {{ os_ingress_fip }}"
  5. On a command line, create security groups by running the first numbered playbook:

    $ ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml 01_security-groups.yaml
  6. On a command line, create a network, subnet, and router by running the second numbered playbook:

    $ ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml 02_network.yaml
  7. Optional: If you want to control the default resolvers that Nova servers use, run the RHOSP CLI command:

    $ openstack subnet set --dns-nameserver <server_1> --dns-nameserver <server_2> "$INFRA_ID-nodes"

Creating the bootstrap machine

Create a bootstrap machine and give it the network access it needs to run on Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP). Red Hat provides an Ansible playbook that you run to simplify this process.

Prerequisites
  • The inventory.yaml and common.yaml Ansible playbooks in a common directory

    • If you need these files, copy them from Creating network resources

  • The metadata.yaml file that the installation program created is in the same directory as the Ansible playbooks

Procedure
  1. On a command line, change the working directory to the location of the inventory.yaml and common.yaml files.

  2. Insert the following content into a local file that is called 03_bootstrap.yaml:

    03_bootstrap.yaml
    # Required Python packages:
    #
    # ansible
    # openstackclient
    # openstacksdk
    # netaddr
    
    - import_playbook: common.yaml
    
    - hosts: all
      gather_facts: no
    
      tasks:
      - name: 'Create the bootstrap server port'
        os_port:
          name: "{{ os_port_bootstrap }}"
          network: "{{ os_network }}"
          security_groups:
          - "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          allowed_address_pairs:
          - ip_address: "{{ os_subnet_range | next_nth_usable(5) }}"
          - ip_address: "{{ os_subnet_range | next_nth_usable(6) }}"
    
      - name: 'Set bootstrap port tag'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack port set --tag {{ cluster_id_tag }} {{ os_port_bootstrap }}"
    
      - name: 'Create the bootstrap server'
        os_server:
          name: "{{ os_bootstrap_server_name }}"
          image: "{{ os_image_rhcos }}"
          flavor: "{{ os_flavor_master }}"
          userdata: "{{ lookup('file', os_bootstrap_ignition) | string }}"
          auto_ip: no
          nics:
          - port-name: "{{ os_port_bootstrap }}"
    
      - name: 'Create the bootstrap floating IP'
        os_floating_ip:
          state: present
          network: "{{ os_external_network }}"
          server: "{{ os_bootstrap_server_name }}"
  3. On a command line, run the playbook:

    $ ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml 03_bootstrap.yaml
  4. After the bootstrap server is active, view the logs to verify that the Ignition files were received:

    $ openstack console log show "$INFRA_ID-bootstrap"

Creating the control plane machines

Create three control plane machines by using the Ignition config files that you generated.

Prerequisites
  • The infrastructure ID from the installation program’s metadata file is set as an environment variable ($INFRA_ID)

  • The inventory.yaml and common.yaml Ansible playbooks in a common directory

    • If you need these files, copy them from Creating network resources

  • The three Ignition files created in Creating control plane Ignition config files

Procedure
  1. On a command line, change the working directory to the location of the inventory.yaml and common.yaml files.

  2. If the control plane Ignition config files aren’t already in your working directory, copy them into it.

  3. Insert the following content into a local file that is called 04_control-plane.yaml:

    04_control-plane.yaml
    # Required Python packages:
    #
    # ansible
    # openstackclient
    # openstacksdk
    # netaddr
    
    - import_playbook: common.yaml
    
    - hosts: all
      gather_facts: no
    
      tasks:
      - name: 'Create the Control Plane ports'
        os_port:
          name: "{{ item.1 }}-{{ item.0 }}"
          network: "{{ os_network }}"
          security_groups:
          - "{{ os_sg_master }}"
          allowed_address_pairs:
          - ip_address: "{{ os_subnet_range | next_nth_usable(5) }}"
          - ip_address: "{{ os_subnet_range | next_nth_usable(6) }}"
          - ip_address: "{{ os_subnet_range | next_nth_usable(7) }}"
        with_indexed_items: "{{ [os_port_master] * os_cp_nodes_number }}"
        register: ports
    
      - name: 'Set Control Plane ports tag'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack port set --tag {{ cluster_id_tag }} {{ item.1 }}-{{ item.0 }}"
        with_indexed_items: "{{ [os_port_master] * os_cp_nodes_number }}"
    
      - name: 'List the Control Plane Trunks'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack network trunk list"
        when: os_networking_type == "Kuryr"
        register: control_plane_trunks
    
      - name: 'Create the Control Plane trunks'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack network trunk create --parent-port {{ item.1.id }} {{ os_cp_trunk_name }}-{{ item.0 }}"
        with_indexed_items: "{{ ports.results }}"
        when:
        - os_networking_type == "Kuryr"
        - "os_cp_trunk_name|string not in control_plane_trunks.stdout"
    
      - name: 'Create the Control Plane servers'
        os_server:
          name: "{{ item.1 }}-{{ item.0 }}"
          image: "{{ os_image_rhcos }}"
          flavor: "{{ os_flavor_master }}"
          auto_ip: no
          # The ignition filename will be concatenated with the Control Plane node
          # name and its 0-indexed serial number.
          # In this case, the first node will look for this filename:
          #    "{{ infraID }}-master-0-ignition.json"
          userdata: "{{ lookup('file', [item.1, item.0, 'ignition.json'] | join('-')) | string }}"
          nics:
          - port-name: "{{ os_port_master }}-{{ item.0 }}"
        with_indexed_items: "{{ [os_cp_server_name] * os_cp_nodes_number }}"
  4. On a command line, run the playbook:

    $ ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml 04_control-plane.yaml
  5. Run the following command to monitor the bootstrapping process:

    $ openshift-install wait-for bootstrap-complete

    You will see messages that confirm that the control plane machines are running and have joined the cluster:

    INFO API v1.14.6+f9b5405 up
    INFO Waiting up to 30m0s for bootstrapping to complete...
    ...
    INFO It is now safe to remove the bootstrap resources

Logging in to the cluster

You can log in to your cluster as a default system user by exporting the cluster kubeconfig file. The kubeconfig file contains information about the cluster that is used by the CLI to connect a client to the correct cluster and API server. The file is specific to a cluster and is created during OpenShift Container Platform installation.

Prerequisites
  • Deploy an OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

  • Install the oc CLI.

Procedure
  1. Export the kubeadmin credentials:

    $ export KUBECONFIG=<installation_directory>/auth/kubeconfig (1)
    1 For <installation_directory>, specify the path to the directory that you stored the installation files in.
  2. Verify you can run oc commands successfully using the exported configuration:

    $ oc whoami
    system:admin

Deleting bootstrap resources

Delete the bootstrap resources that you no longer need.

Prerequisites
  • The inventory.yaml and common.yaml Ansible playbooks in a common directory

    • If you need these files, copy them from Creating network resources

  • The control plane machines are running

    • If you don’t know the machines' status, see Verifying cluster status

Procedure
  1. Insert the following content into a local file that is called down-03_bootstrap.yaml:

    down-03_bootstrap.yaml
    # Required Python packages:
    #
    # ansible
    # openstacksdk
    
    - import_playbook: common.yaml
    
    - hosts: all
      gather_facts: no
    
      tasks:
      - name: 'Remove the bootstrap server'
        os_server:
          name: "{{ os_bootstrap_server_name }}"
          state: absent
          delete_fip: yes
    
      - name: 'Remove the bootstrap server port'
        os_port:
          name: "{{ os_port_bootstrap }}"
          state: absent
  2. On a command line, run the playbook:

    $ ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml down-03_bootstrap.yaml

The bootstrap port, server, and floating IP address are deleted.

If you did not disable the bootstrap Ignition file URL earlier, do so now.

Creating compute machines

After standing up the control plane, create compute machines.

Prerequisites
  • The inventory.yaml and common.yaml Ansible playbooks in a common directory

    • If you need these files, copy them from Creating network resources

  • The metadata.yaml file that the installation program created is in the same directory as the Ansible playbooks

  • The control plane is active

Procedure
  1. On a command line, change the working directory to the location of the inventory.yaml and common.yaml files.

  2. Insert the following content into a local file that is called 05_compute-nodes.yaml:

    05_compute-nodes.yaml
    # Required Python packages:
    #
    # ansible
    # openstackclient
    # openstacksdk
    # netaddr
    
    - import_playbook: common.yaml
    
    - hosts: all
      gather_facts: no
    
      tasks:
      - name: 'Create the Compute ports'
        os_port:
          name: "{{ item.1 }}-{{ item.0 }}"
          network: "{{ os_network }}"
          security_groups:
          - "{{ os_sg_worker }}"
          allowed_address_pairs:
          - ip_address: "{{ os_subnet_range | next_nth_usable(7) }}"
        with_indexed_items: "{{ [os_port_worker] * os_compute_nodes_number }}"
        register: ports
    
      - name: 'Set Compute ports tag'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack port set --tag {{ [cluster_id_tag] }} {{ item.1 }}-{{ item.0 }}"
        with_indexed_items: "{{ [os_port_worker] * os_compute_nodes_number }}"
    
      - name: 'List the Compute Trunks'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack network trunk list"
        when: os_networking_type == "Kuryr"
        register: compute_trunks
    
      - name: 'Create the Compute trunks'
        command:
          cmd: "openstack network trunk create --parent-port {{ item.1.id }} {{ os_compute_trunk_name }}-{{ item.0 }}"
        with_indexed_items: "{{ ports.results }}"
        when:
        - os_networking_type == "Kuryr"
        - "os_compute_trunk_name|string not in compute_trunks.stdout"
    
      - name: 'Create the Compute servers'
        os_server:
          name: "{{ item.1 }}-{{ item.0 }}"
          image: "{{ os_image_rhcos }}"
          flavor: "{{ os_flavor_worker }}"
          auto_ip: no
          userdata: "{{ lookup('file', 'worker.ign') | string }}"
          nics:
          - port-name: "{{ os_port_worker }}-{{ item.0 }}"
        with_indexed_items: "{{ [os_compute_server_name] * os_compute_nodes_number }}"
  3. On a command line, run the playbook:

    $ ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml 05_compute-nodes.yaml
Next steps
  • Approve the machines' certificate signing requests

Approving the certificate signing requests for your machines

When you add machines to a cluster, two pending certificate signing requests (CSRs) are generated for each machine that you added. You must confirm that these CSRs are approved or, if necessary, approve them yourself. The client requests must be approved first, followed by the server requests.

Prerequisites
  • You added machines to your cluster.

Procedure
  1. Confirm that the cluster recognizes the machines:

    # oc get nodes
    
    NAME                    STATUS   ROLES    AGE   VERSION
    master-01.example.com   Ready    master   40d   v1.17.1
    master-02.example.com   Ready    master   40d   v1.17.1
    master-03.example.com   Ready    master   40d   v1.17.1
    worker-01.example.com   Ready    worker   40d   v1.17.1
    worker-02.example.com   Ready    worker   40d   v1.17.1

    The output lists all of the machines that you created.

  2. Review the pending CSRs and ensure that you see the client requests with the Pending or Approved status for each machine that you added to the cluster:

    $ oc get csr
    
    NAME        AGE     REQUESTOR                                                                   CONDITION
    csr-8b2br   15m     system:serviceaccount:openshift-machine-config-operator:node-bootstrapper   Pending
    csr-8vnps   15m     system:serviceaccount:openshift-machine-config-operator:node-bootstrapper   Pending
    ...

    In this example, two machines are joining the cluster. You might see more approved CSRs in the list.

  3. If the CSRs were not approved, after all of the pending CSRs for the machines you added are in Pending status, approve the CSRs for your cluster machines:

    Because the CSRs rotate automatically, approve your CSRs within an hour of adding the machines to the cluster. If you do not approve them within an hour, the certificates will rotate, and more than two certificates will be present for each node. You must approve all of these certificates. After you approve the initial CSRs, the subsequent node client CSRs are automatically approved by the cluster kube-controller-manager. You must implement a method of automatically approving the kubelet serving certificate requests.

    • To approve them individually, run the following command for each valid CSR:

      $ oc adm certificate approve <csr_name> (1)
      1 <csr_name> is the name of a CSR from the list of current CSRs.
    • To approve all pending CSRs, run the following command:

      $ oc get csr -o go-template='{{range .items}}{{if not .status}}{{.metadata.name}}{{"\n"}}{{end}}{{end}}' | xargs oc adm certificate approve
  4. Now that your client requests are approved, you must review the server requests for each machine that you added to the cluster:

    $ oc get csr
    Example output
    NAME        AGE     REQUESTOR                                                                   CONDITION
    csr-bfd72   5m26s   system:node:ip-10-0-50-126.us-east-2.compute.internal                       Pending
    csr-c57lv   5m26s   system:node:ip-10-0-95-157.us-east-2.compute.internal                       Pending
    ...
  5. If the remaining CSRs are not approved, and are in the Pending status, approve the CSRs for your cluster machines:

    • To approve them individually, run the following command for each valid CSR:

      $ oc adm certificate approve <csr_name> (1)
      1 <csr_name> is the name of a CSR from the list of current CSRs.
    • To approve all pending CSRs, run the following command:

      $ oc get csr -o go-template='{{range .items}}{{if not .status}}{{.metadata.name}}{{"\n"}}{{end}}{{end}}' | xargs oc adm certificate approve
  6. After all client and server CSRs have been approved, the machines have the Ready status. Verify this by running the following command:

    $ oc get nodes
    Example output
    NAME      STATUS    ROLES   AGE  VERSION
    master-0  Ready     master  73m  v1.20.0
    master-1  Ready     master  73m  v1.20.0
    master-2  Ready     master  74m  v1.20.0
    worker-0  Ready     worker  11m  v1.20.0
    worker-1  Ready     worker  11m  v1.20.0

    It can take a few minutes after approval of the server CSRs for the machines to transition to the Ready status.

Additional information

Verifying a successful installation

Verify that the OpenShift Container Platform installation is complete.

Prerequisites
  • You have the installation program (openshift-install)

Procedure
  • On a command line, enter:

    $ openshift-install --log-level debug wait-for install-complete

The program outputs the console URL, as well as the administrator’s login information.

Configuring application access with floating IP addresses

After you install OpenShift Container Platform, configure Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) to allow application network traffic.

Prerequisites
  • OpenShift Container Platform cluster must be installed

  • Floating IP addresses are enabled as described in Enabling access to the environment.

Procedure

After you install the OpenShift Container Platform cluster, attach a floating IP address to the ingress port:

  1. Show the port:

    $ openstack port show <cluster name>-<clusterID>-ingress-port
  2. Attach the port to the IP address:

    $ openstack floating ip set --port <ingress port ID> <apps FIP>
  3. Add a wildcard A record for *apps. to your DNS file:

    *.apps.<cluster name>.<base domain>  IN  A  <apps FIP>

If you do not control the DNS server but want to enable application access for non-production purposes, you can add these hostnames to /etc/hosts:

<apps FIP> console-openshift-console.apps.<cluster name>.<base domain>
<apps FIP> integrated-oauth-server-openshift-authentication.apps.<cluster name>.<base domain>
<apps FIP> oauth-openshift.apps.<cluster name>.<base domain>
<apps FIP> prometheus-k8s-openshift-monitoring.apps.<cluster name>.<base domain>
<apps FIP> grafana-openshift-monitoring.apps.<cluster name>.<base domain>
<apps FIP> <app name>.apps.<cluster name>.<base domain>

Next steps