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Deploying distributed units manually on single-node OpenShift

The procedures in this topic tell you how to manually deploy clusters on a small number of single nodes as a distributed unit (DU) during installation.

The procedures do not describe how to install single-node OpenShift. This can be accomplished through many mechanisms. Rather, they are intended to capture the elements that should be configured as part of the installation process:

  • Networking is needed to enable connectivity to the single-node OpenShift DU when the installation is complete.

  • Workload partitioning, which can only be configured during installation.

  • Additional items that help minimize the potential reboots post installation.

Configuring the distributed units (DUs)

This section describes a set of configurations for an OpenShift Container Platform cluster so that it meets the feature and performance requirements necessary for running a distributed unit (DU) application. Some of this content must be applied during installation and other configurations can be applied post-install.

After you have installed the single-node OpenShift DU, further configuration is needed to enable the platform to carry a DU workload.

The configurations in this section are applied to the cluster after installation in order to configure the cluster for DU workloads.

Enabling workload partitioning

A key feature to enable as part of a single-node OpenShift installation is workload partitioning. This limits the cores allowed to run platform services, maximizing the CPU core for application payloads. You must configure workload partitioning at cluster installation time.

You can enable workload partitioning during cluster installation only. You cannot disable workload partitioning post-installation. However, you can reconfigure workload partitioning by updating the cpu value that you define in the performance profile, and in the related cpuset value in the MachineConfig custom resource (CR).
Procedure

  • The base64-encoded content below contains the CPU set that the management workloads are constrained to. This content must be adjusted to match the set specified in the performanceprofile and must be accurate for the number of cores on the cluster.

    apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
metadata:
  labels:
    machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: master
  name: 02-master-workload-partitioning
spec:
  config:
    ignition:
      version: 3.2.0
    storage:
      files:
      - contents:
          source: data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,W2NyaW8ucnVudGltZS53b3JrbG9hZHMubWFuYWdlbWVudF0KYWN0aXZhdGlvbl9hbm5vdGF0aW9uID0gInRhcmdldC53b3JrbG9hZC5vcGVuc2hpZnQuaW8vbWFuYWdlbWVudCIKYW5ub3RhdGlvbl9wcmVmaXggPSAicmVzb3VyY2VzLndvcmtsb2FkLm9wZW5zaGlmdC5pbyIKW2NyaW8ucnVudGltZS53b3JrbG9hZHMubWFuYWdlbWVudC5yZXNvdXJjZXNdCmNwdXNoYXJlcyA9IDAKQ1BVcyA9ICIwLTEsIDUyLTUzIgo=
        mode: 420
        overwrite: true
        path: /etc/crio/crio.conf.d/01-workload-partitioning
        user:
          name: root
      - contents:
          source: data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,ewogICJtYW5hZ2VtZW50IjogewogICAgImNwdXNldCI6ICIwLTEsNTItNTMiCiAgfQp9Cg==
        mode: 420
        overwrite: true
        path: /etc/kubernetes/openshift-workload-pinning
        user:
          name: root

  • The contents of /etc/crio/crio.conf.d/01-workload-partitioning should look like this:

    [crio.runtime.workloads.management]
activation_annotation = "target.workload.openshift.io/management"
annotation_prefix = "resources.workload.openshift.io"
[crio.runtime.workloads.management.resources]
cpushares = 0
cpuset = "0-1, 52-53" (1)
    1 The cpuset value varies based on the installation.

    If Hyper-Threading is enabled, specify both threads for each core. The cpuset value must match the reserved CPUs that you define in the spec.cpu.reserved field in the performance profile.

If Hyper-Threading is enabled, specify both threads of each core. The CPUs value must match the reserved CPU set specified in the performance profile.

This content should be base64 encoded and provided in the 01-workload-partitioning-content in the manifest above.

  • The contents of /etc/kubernetes/openshift-workload-pinning should look like this:

    {
  "management": {
    "cpuset": "0-1,52-53" (1)
  }
}
    1 The cpuset must match the cpuset value in /etc/crio/crio.conf.d/01-workload-partitioning.

Configuring the container mount namespace

To reduce the overall management footprint of the platform, a machine configuration is provided to contain the mount points. No configuration changes are needed. Use the provided settings:

apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
metadata:
  labels:
    machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: master
  name: container-mount-namespace-and-kubelet-conf-master
spec:
  config:
    ignition:
      version: 3.2.0
    storage:
      files:
      - contents:
          source: data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,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
        mode: 493
        path: /usr/local/bin/extractExecStart
      - contents:
          source: data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,IyEvYmluL2Jhc2gKbnNlbnRlciAtLW1vdW50PS9ydW4vY29udGFpbmVyLW1vdW50LW5hbWVzcGFjZS9tbnQgIiRAIgo=
        mode: 493
        path: /usr/local/bin/nsenterCmns
    systemd:
      units:
      - contents: |
          [Unit]
          Description=Manages a mount namespace that both kubelet and crio can use to share their container-specific mounts

          [Service]
          Type=oneshot
          RemainAfterExit=yes
          RuntimeDirectory=container-mount-namespace
          Environment=RUNTIME_DIRECTORY=%t/container-mount-namespace
          Environment=BIND_POINT=%t/container-mount-namespace/mnt
          ExecStartPre=bash -c "findmnt ${RUNTIME_DIRECTORY} || mount --make-unbindable --bind ${RUNTIME_DIRECTORY} ${RUNTIME_DIRECTORY}"
          ExecStartPre=touch ${BIND_POINT}
          ExecStart=unshare --mount=${BIND_POINT} --propagation slave mount --make-rshared /
          ExecStop=umount -R ${RUNTIME_DIRECTORY}
        enabled: true
        name: container-mount-namespace.service
      - dropins:
        - contents: |
            [Unit]
            Wants=container-mount-namespace.service
            After=container-mount-namespace.service

            [Service]
            ExecStartPre=/usr/local/bin/extractExecStart %n /%t/%N-execstart.env ORIG_EXECSTART
            EnvironmentFile=-/%t/%N-execstart.env
            ExecStart=
            ExecStart=bash -c "nsenter --mount=%t/container-mount-namespace/mnt \
                ${ORIG_EXECSTART}"
          name: 90-container-mount-namespace.conf
        name: crio.service
      - dropins:
        - contents: |
            [Unit]
            Wants=container-mount-namespace.service
            After=container-mount-namespace.service

            [Service]
            ExecStartPre=/usr/local/bin/extractExecStart %n /%t/%N-execstart.env ORIG_EXECSTART
            EnvironmentFile=-/%t/%N-execstart.env
            ExecStart=
            ExecStart=bash -c "nsenter --mount=%t/container-mount-namespace/mnt \
                ${ORIG_EXECSTART} --housekeeping-interval=30s"
          name: 90-container-mount-namespace.conf
        - contents: |
            [Service]
            Environment="OPENSHIFT_MAX_HOUSEKEEPING_INTERVAL_DURATION=60s"
            Environment="OPENSHIFT_EVICTION_MONITORING_PERIOD_DURATION=30s"
          name: 30-kubelet-interval-tuning.conf
        name: kubelet.service

Enabling Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)

SCTP is a key protocol used in RAN applications. This MachineConfig object adds the SCTP kernel module to the node to enable this protocol.

Procedure

  • No configuration changes are needed. Use the provided settings:

    apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
metadata:
  labels:
    machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: master
  name: load-sctp-module
spec:
  config:
    ignition:
      version: 2.2.0
    storage:
      files:
        - contents:
            source: data:,
            verification: {}
          filesystem: root
            mode: 420
            path: /etc/modprobe.d/sctp-blacklist.conf
        - contents:
            source: data:text/plain;charset=utf-8,sctp
          filesystem: root
            mode: 420
            path: /etc/modules-load.d/sctp-load.conf

Creating OperatorGroups for Operators

This configuration is provided to enable addition of the Operators needed to configure the platform post-installation. It adds the Namespace and OperatorGroup objects for the Local Storage Operator, Logging Operator, Performance Addon Operator, PTP Operator, and SRIOV Network Operator.

Procedure

  • No configuration changes are needed. Use the provided settings:

    Local Storage Operator
    apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  annotations:
    workload.openshift.io/allowed: management
  name: openshift-local-storage
---
apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
kind: OperatorGroup
metadata:
  name: openshift-local-storage
  namespace: openshift-local-storage
spec:
  targetNamespaces:
    - openshift-local-storage
    Logging Operator
    apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  annotations:
    workload.openshift.io/allowed: management
  name: openshift-logging
---
apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
kind: OperatorGroup
metadata:
  name: cluster-logging
  namespace: openshift-logging
spec:
  targetNamespaces:
    - openshift-logging
    Performance Addon Operator
    apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  annotations:
    workload.openshift.io/allowed: management
  labels:
    openshift.io/cluster-monitoring: "true"
  name: openshift-performance-addon-operator
spec: {}
---
apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
kind: OperatorGroup
metadata:
  name: performance-addon-operator
  namespace: openshift-performance-addon-operator
    PTP Operator
    apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  annotations:
    workload.openshift.io/allowed: management
  labels:
    openshift.io/cluster-monitoring: "true"
  name: openshift-ptp
---
apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
kind: OperatorGroup
metadata:
  name: ptp-operators
  namespace: openshift-ptp
spec:
  targetNamespaces:
    - openshift-ptp
    SRIOV Network Operator
    apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  annotations:
    workload.openshift.io/allowed: management
    name: openshift-sriov-network-operator
---
apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
kind: OperatorGroup
metadata:
  name: sriov-network-operators
  namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator
spec:
  targetNamespaces:
    - openshift-sriov-network-operator

Subscribing to the Operators

The subscription provides the location to download the Operators needed for platform configuration.

Procedure

  • Use the following example to configure the subscription:

    apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
kind: Subscription
metadata:
  name: cluster-logging
  namespace: openshift-logging
spec:
  channel: "stable" (1)
  name: cluster-logging
  source: redhat-operators
  sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
  installPlanApproval: Manual (2)
---
apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
kind: Subscription
metadata:
  name: local-storage-operator
  namespace: openshift-local-storage
spec:
  channel: "stable" (3)
  installPlanApproval: Automatic
  name: local-storage-operator
  source: redhat-operators
  sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
  installPlanApproval: Manual
---
apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
kind: Subscription
metadata:
  name: performance-addon-operator
  namespace: openshift-performance-addon-operator
spec:
  channel: "4.10" (4)
  name: performance-addon-operator
  source: performance-addon-operator
  sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
  installPlanApproval: Manual
---
apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
kind: Subscription
metadata:
    name: ptp-operator-subscription
    namespace: openshift-ptp
spec:
  channel: "stable" (5)
  name: ptp-operator
  source: redhat-operators
  sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
  installPlanApproval: Manual
---
apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
kind: Subscription
metadata:
  name: sriov-network-operator-subscription
  namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator
spec:
  channel: "stable" (6)
  name: sriov-network-operator
  source: redhat-operators
  sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
  installPlanApproval: Manual
    1 Specify the channel to get the cluster-logging Operator.
    2 Specify Manual or Automatic. In Automatic mode, the Operator automatically updates to the latest versions in the channel as they become available in the registry. In Manual mode, new Operator versions are installed only after they are explicitly approved.
    3 Specify the channel to get the local-storage-operator Operator.
    4 Specify the channel to get the performance-addon-operator Operator.
    5 Specify the channel to get the ptp-operator Operator.
    6 Specify the channel to get the sriov-network-operator Operator.

Configuring logging locally and forwarding

To be able to debug a single node distributed unit (DU), logs need to be stored for further analysis.

Procedure

  • Edit the ClusterLogging custom resource (CR) in the openshift-logging project:

    apiVersion: logging.openshift.io/v1
kind: ClusterLogging (1)
 metadata:
  name: instance
  namespace: openshift-logging
spec:
  collection:
    logs:
      fluentd: {}
      type: fluentd
  curation:
    type: "curator"
    curator:
      schedule: "30 3 * * *"
    managementState: Managed
---
apiVersion: logging.openshift.io/v1
kind: ClusterLogForwarder (2)
metadata:
  name: instance
  namespace: openshift-logging
spec:
  inputs:
    - infrastructure: {}
  outputs:
    - name: kafka-open
      type: kafka
      url: tcp://10.46.55.190:9092/test    (3)
  pipelines:
    - inputRefs:
      - audit
      name: audit-logs
      outputRefs:
      - kafka-open
    - inputRefs:
      - infrastructure
      name: infrastructure-logs
      outputRefs:
      - kafka-open
    1 Updates the existing instance or creates the instance if it does not exist.
    2 Updates the existing instance or creates the instance if it does not exist.
    3 Specifies the destination of the kafka server.

Configuring the Performance Addon Operator

This is a key configuration for the single node distributed unit (DU). Many of the real-time capabilities and service assurance are configured here.

Procedure

  • Configure the performance addons using the following example:

    Recommended performance profile configuration
    apiVersion: performance.openshift.io/v2
kind: PerformanceProfile
metadata:
  name: openshift-node-performance-profile (1)
spec:
  additionalKernelArgs:
    - "idle=poll"
    - "rcupdate.rcu_normal_after_boot=0"
  cpu:
    isolated: 2-51,54-103 (2)
    reserved: 0-1,52-53   (3)
  hugepages:
    defaultHugepagesSize: 1G
    pages:
      - count: 32 (4)
        size: 1G  (5)
        node: 0 (6)
  machineConfigPoolSelector:
    pools.operator.machineconfiguration.openshift.io/master: ""
  net:
    userLevelNetworking: true (7)
  nodeSelector:
    node-role.kubernetes.io/master: ''
  numa:
    topologyPolicy: "restricted"
  realTimeKernel:
    enabled: true    (8)
    1 Ensure that the value for name matches that specified in the spec.profile.data field of TunedPerformancePatch.yaml and the status.configuration.source.name field of validatorCRs/informDuValidator.yaml.
    2 Set the isolated CPUs. Ensure all of the Hyper-Threading pairs match.
    3 Set the reserved CPUs. When workload partitioning is enabled, system processes, kernel threads, and system container threads are restricted to these CPUs. All CPUs that are not isolated should be reserved.
    4 Set the number of huge pages.
    5 Set the huge page size.
    6 Set node to the NUMA node where the hugepages are allocated.
    7 Set userLevelNetworking to true to isolate the CPUs from networking interrupts.
    8 Set enabled to true to install the real-time Linux kernel.

Configuring Precision Time Protocol (PTP)

In the far edge, the RAN uses PTP to synchronize the systems.

Procedure

  • Configure PTP using the following example:

    apiVersion: ptp.openshift.io/v1
kind: PtpConfig
metadata:
  name: du-ptp-slave
  namespace: openshift-ptp
spec:
  profile:
    - interface: ens5f0     (1)
      name: slave
      phc2sysOpts: -a -r -n 24
      ptp4lConf: |
        [global]
        #
        # Default Data Set
        #
        twoStepFlag 1
        slaveOnly 0
        priority1 128
        priority2 128
        domainNumber 24
        #utc_offset 37
        clockClass 248
        clockAccuracy 0xFE
        offsetScaledLogVariance 0xFFFF
        free_running 0
        freq_est_interval 1
        dscp_event 0
        dscp_general 0
        dataset_comparison ieee1588
        G.8275.defaultDS.localPriority 128
        #
        # Port Data Set
        #
        logAnnounceInterval -3
        logSyncInterval -4
        logMinDelayReqInterval -4
        logMinPdelayReqInterval -4
        announceReceiptTimeout 3
        syncReceiptTimeout 0
        delayAsymmetry 0
        fault_reset_interval 4
        neighborPropDelayThresh 20000000
        masterOnly 0
        G.8275.portDS.localPriority 128
        #
        # Run time options
        #
        assume_two_step 0
        logging_level 6
        path_trace_enabled 0
        follow_up_info 0
        hybrid_e2e 0
        inhibit_multicast_service 0
        net_sync_monitor 0
        tc_spanning_tree 0
        tx_timestamp_timeout 50
        unicast_listen 0
        unicast_master_table 0
        unicast_req_duration 3600
        use_syslog 1
        verbose 0
        summary_interval 0
        kernel_leap 1
        check_fup_sync 0
        #
        # Servo Options
        #
        pi_proportional_const 0.0
        pi_integral_const 0.0
        pi_proportional_scale 0.0
        pi_proportional_exponent -0.3
        pi_proportional_norm_max 0.7
        pi_integral_scale 0.0
        pi_integral_exponent 0.4
        pi_integral_norm_max 0.3
        step_threshold 2.0
        first_step_threshold 0.00002
        max_frequency 900000000
        clock_servo pi
        sanity_freq_limit 200000000
        ntpshm_segment 0
        #
        # Transport options
        #
        transportSpecific 0x0
        ptp_dst_mac 01:1B:19:00:00:00
        p2p_dst_mac 01:80:C2:00:00:0E
        udp_ttl 1
        udp6_scope 0x0E
        uds_address /var/run/ptp4l
        #
        # Default interface options
        #
        clock_type OC
        network_transport UDPv4
        delay_mechanism E2E
        time_stamping hardware
        tsproc_mode filter
        delay_filter moving_median
        delay_filter_length 10
        egressLatency 0
        ingressLatency 0
        boundary_clock_jbod 0
        #
        # Clock description
        #
        productDescription ;;
        revisionData ;;
        manufacturerIdentity 00:00:00
        userDescription ;
        timeSource 0xA0
      ptp4lOpts: -2 -s --summary_interval -4
recommend:
  - match:
      - nodeLabel: node-role.kubernetes.io/master
    priority: 4
    profile: slave
1 Sets the interface used for PTP.

Disabling Network Time Protocol (NTP)

After the system is configured for Precision Time Protocol (PTP), you need to remove NTP to prevent it from impacting the system clock.

Procedure

  • No configuration changes are needed. Use the provided settings:

    apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
kind: MachineConfig
metadata:
  labels:
    machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: master
  name: disable-chronyd
spec:
  config:
    systemd:
      units:
        - contents: |
            [Unit]
            Description=NTP client/server
            Documentation=man:chronyd(8) man:chrony.conf(5)
            After=ntpdate.service sntp.service ntpd.service
            Conflicts=ntpd.service systemd-timesyncd.service
            ConditionCapability=CAP_SYS_TIME
            [Service]
            Type=forking
            PIDFile=/run/chrony/chronyd.pid
            EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/chronyd
            ExecStart=/usr/sbin/chronyd $OPTIONS
            ExecStartPost=/usr/libexec/chrony-helper update-daemon
            PrivateTmp=yes
            ProtectHome=yes
            ProtectSystem=full
            [Install]
            WantedBy=multi-user.target
          enabled: false
          name: chronyd.service
    ignition:
      version: 2.2.0

Configuring single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV)

SR-IOV is commonly used to enable the fronthaul and the midhaul networks.

Procedure

  • Use the following configuration to configure SRIOV on a single node distributed unit (DU). Note that the first custom resource (CR) is required. The following CRs are examples.

    apiVersion: sriovnetwork.openshift.io/v1
kind: SriovOperatorConfig
metadata:
  name: default
  namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator
spec:
  configDaemonNodeSelector:
    node-role.kubernetes.io/master: ""
  disableDrain: true
  enableInjector: true
  enableOperatorWebhook: true
---
apiVersion: sriovnetwork.openshift.io/v1
kind: SriovNetwork
metadata:
  name: sriov-nw-du-mh
  namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator
spec:
  networkNamespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator
  resourceName: du_mh
  vlan: 150 (1)
---
apiVersion: sriovnetwork.openshift.io/v1
kind: SriovNetworkNodePolicy
metadata:
  name: sriov-nnp-du-mh
  namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator
spec:
  deviceType: vfio-pci (2)
  isRdma: false
  nicSelector:
    pfNames:
      - ens7f0 (3)
  nodeSelector:
    node-role.kubernetes.io/master: ""
  numVfs: 8 (4)
  priority: 10
  resourceName: du_mh
---
apiVersion: sriovnetwork.openshift.io/v1
kind: SriovNetwork
metadata:
  name: sriov-nw-du-fh
  namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator
spec:
  networkNamespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator
  resourceName: du_fh
  vlan: 140 (5)
---
apiVersion: sriovnetwork.openshift.io/v1
kind: SriovNetworkNodePolicy
metadata:
  name: sriov-nnp-du-fh
  namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator
spec:
  deviceType: netdevice (6)
  isRdma: true
  nicSelector:
    pfNames:
      - ens5f0 (7)
  nodeSelector:
    node-role.kubernetes.io/master: ""
  numVfs: 8 (8)
  priority: 10
  resourceName: du_fh
1 Specifies the VLAN for the midhaul network.
2 Select either vfio-pci or netdevice, as needed.
3 Specifies the interface connected to the midhaul network.
4 Specifies the number of VFs for the midhaul network.
5 The VLAN for the fronthaul network.
6 Select either vfio-pci or netdevice, as needed.
7 Specifies the interface connected to the fronthaul network.
8 Specifies the number of VFs for the fronthaul network.

Disabling the console Operator

The console-operator installs and maintains the web console on a cluster. When the node is centrally managed the Operator is not needed and makes space for application workloads.

Procedure

  • You can disable the Operator using the following configuration file. No configuration changes are needed. Use the provided settings:

    apiVersion: operator.openshift.io/v1
kind: Console
metadata:
  annotations:
    include.release.openshift.io/ibm-cloud-managed: "false"
    include.release.openshift.io/self-managed-high-availability: "false"
    include.release.openshift.io/single-node-developer: "false"
    release.openshift.io/create-only: "true"
  name: cluster
spec:
  logLevel: Normal
  managementState: Removed
  operatorLogLevel: Normal

Applying the distributed unit (DU) configuration to a single-node OpenShift cluster

Perform the following tasks to configure a single-node cluster for a DU:

  • Apply the required extra installation manifests at installation time.

  • Apply the post-install configuration custom resources (CRs).

Applying the extra installation manifests

To apply the distributed unit (DU) configuration to the single-node cluster, the following extra installation manifests need to be included during installation:

  • Enable workload partitioning.

  • Other MachineConfig objects – There is a set of MachineConfig custom resources (CRs) included by default. You can choose to include these additional MachineConfig CRs that are unique to their environment. It is recommended, but not required, to apply these CRs during installation in order to minimize the number of reboots that can occur during post-install configuration.

Applying the post-install configuration custom resources (CRs)

  • After OpenShift Container Platform is installed on the cluster, use the following command to apply the CRs you configured for the distributed units (DUs):

$ oc apply -f <file_name>.yaml