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Chapter 14. Installing IBM Cloud Bare Metal (Classic)


14.1. Prerequisites

You can use installer-provisioned installation to install OpenShift Container Platform on IBM Cloud® Bare Metal (Classic) nodes. This document describes the prerequisites and procedures when installing OpenShift Container Platform on IBM Cloud nodes.

Important

Red Hat supports IPMI and PXE on the provisioning network only. Red Hat has not tested Red Fish, virtual media, or other complementary technologies such as Secure Boot on IBM Cloud deployments. A provisioning network is required.

Installer-provisioned installation of OpenShift Container Platform requires:

  • One node with Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) 8.x installed, for running the provisioner
  • Three control plane nodes
  • One routable network
  • One provisioning network

Before starting an installer-provisioned installation of OpenShift Container Platform on IBM Cloud Bare Metal (Classic), address the following prerequisites and requirements.

14.1.1. Setting up IBM Cloud Bare Metal (Classic) infrastructure

To deploy an OpenShift Container Platform cluster on IBM Cloud® Bare Metal (Classic) infrastructure, you must first provision the IBM Cloud nodes.

Important

Red Hat supports IPMI and PXE on the provisioning network only. Red Hat has not tested Red Fish, virtual media, or other complementary technologies such as Secure Boot on IBM Cloud deployments. The provisioning network is required.

You can customize IBM Cloud nodes using the IBM Cloud API. When creating IBM Cloud nodes, you must consider the following requirements.

Use one data center per cluster

All nodes in the OpenShift Container Platform cluster must run in the same IBM Cloud data center.

Create public and private VLANs

Create all nodes with a single public VLAN and a single private VLAN.

Ensure subnets have sufficient IP addresses

IBM Cloud public VLAN subnets use a /28 prefix by default, which provides 16 IP addresses. That is sufficient for a cluster consisting of three control plane nodes, four worker nodes, and two IP addresses for the API VIP and Ingress VIP on the baremetal network. For larger clusters, you might need a smaller prefix.

IBM Cloud private VLAN subnets use a /26 prefix by default, which provides 64 IP addresses. IBM Cloud Bare Metal (Classic) uses private network IP addresses to access the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) of each node. OpenShift Container Platform creates an additional subnet for the provisioning network. Network traffic for the provisioning network subnet routes through the private VLAN. For larger clusters, you might need a smaller prefix.

Table 14.1. IP addresses per prefix
IP addressesPrefix

32

/27

64

/26

128

/25

256

/24

Configuring NICs

OpenShift Container Platform deploys with two networks:

  • provisioning: The provisioning network is a non-routable network used for provisioning the underlying operating system on each node that is a part of the OpenShift Container Platform cluster.
  • baremetal: The baremetal network is a routable network. You can use any NIC order to interface with the baremetal network, provided it is not the NIC specified in the provisioningNetworkInterface configuration setting or the NIC associated to a node’s bootMACAddress configuration setting for the provisioning network.

While the cluster nodes can contain more than two NICs, the installation process only focuses on the first two NICs. For example:

NICNetworkVLAN

NIC1

provisioning

<provisioning_vlan>

NIC2

baremetal

<baremetal_vlan>

In the previous example, NIC1 on all control plane and worker nodes connects to the non-routable network (provisioning) that is only used for the installation of the OpenShift Container Platform cluster. NIC2 on all control plane and worker nodes connects to the routable baremetal network.

PXEBoot order

NIC1 PXE-enabled provisioning network

1

NIC2 baremetal network.

2

Note

Ensure PXE is enabled on the NIC used for the provisioning network and is disabled on all other NICs.

Configuring canonical names

Clients access the OpenShift Container Platform cluster nodes over the baremetal network. Configure IBM Cloud subdomains or subzones where the canonical name extension is the cluster name.

<cluster_name>.<domain>

For example:

test-cluster.example.com
Creating DNS entries

You must create DNS A record entries resolving to unused IP addresses on the public subnet for the following:

UsageHost NameIP

API

api.<cluster_name>.<domain>

<ip>

Ingress LB (apps)

*.apps.<cluster_name>.<domain>

<ip>

Control plane and worker nodes already have DNS entries after provisioning.

The following table provides an example of fully qualified domain names. The API and Nameserver addresses begin with canonical name extensions. The host names of the control plane and worker nodes are examples, so you can use any host naming convention you prefer.

UsageHost NameIP

API

api.<cluster_name>.<domain>

<ip>

Ingress LB (apps)

*.apps.<cluster_name>.<domain>

<ip>

Provisioner node

provisioner.<cluster_name>.<domain>

<ip>

Master-0

openshift-master-0.<cluster_name>.<domain>

<ip>

Master-1

openshift-master-1.<cluster_name>.<domain>

<ip>

Master-2

openshift-master-2.<cluster_name>.<domain>

<ip>

Worker-0

openshift-worker-0.<cluster_name>.<domain>

<ip>

Worker-1

openshift-worker-1.<cluster_name>.<domain>

<ip>

Worker-n

openshift-worker-n.<cluster_name>.<domain>

<ip>

OpenShift Container Platform includes functionality that uses cluster membership information to generate A records. This resolves the node names to their IP addresses. After the nodes are registered with the API, the cluster can disperse node information without using CoreDNS-mDNS. This eliminates the network traffic associated with multicast DNS.

Important

After provisioning the IBM Cloud nodes, you must create a DNS entry for the api.<cluster_name>.<domain> domain name on the external DNS because removing CoreDNS causes the local entry to disappear. Failure to create a DNS record for the api.<cluster_name>.<domain> domain name in the external DNS server prevents worker nodes from joining the cluster.

Network Time Protocol (NTP)

Each OpenShift Container Platform node in the cluster must have access to an NTP server. OpenShift Container Platform nodes use NTP to synchronize their clocks. For example, cluster nodes use SSL certificates that require validation, which might fail if the date and time between the nodes are not in sync.

Important

Define a consistent clock date and time format in each cluster node’s BIOS settings, or installation might fail.

Configure a DHCP server

IBM Cloud Bare Metal (Classic) does not run DHCP on the public or private VLANs. After provisioning IBM Cloud nodes, you must set up a DHCP server for the public VLAN, which corresponds to OpenShift Container Platform’s baremetal network.

Note

The IP addresses allocated to each node do not need to match the IP addresses allocated by the IBM Cloud Bare Metal (Classic) provisioning system.

See the "Configuring the public subnet" section for details.

Ensure BMC access privileges

The "Remote management" page for each node on the dashboard contains the node’s intelligent platform management interface (IPMI) credentials. The default IPMI privileges prevent the user from making certain boot target changes. You must change the privilege level to OPERATOR so that Ironic can make those changes.

In the install-config.yaml file, add the privilegelevel parameter to the URLs used to configure each BMC. See the "Configuring the install-config.yaml file" section for additional details. For example:

ipmi://<IP>:<port>?privilegelevel=OPERATOR

Alternatively, contact IBM Cloud support and request that they increase the IPMI privileges to ADMINISTRATOR for each node.

Create bare metal servers

Create bare metal servers in the IBM Cloud dashboard by navigating to Create resource Bare Metal Servers for Classic.

Alternatively, you can create bare metal servers with the ibmcloud CLI utility. For example:

$ ibmcloud sl hardware create --hostname <SERVERNAME> \
                            --domain <DOMAIN> \
                            --size <SIZE> \
                            --os <OS-TYPE> \
                            --datacenter <DC-NAME> \
                            --port-speed <SPEED> \
                            --billing <BILLING>

See Installing the stand-alone IBM Cloud CLI for details on installing the IBM Cloud CLI.

Note

IBM Cloud servers might take 3-5 hours to become available.

14.2. Setting up the environment for an OpenShift Container Platform installation

14.2.1. Preparing the provisioner node on IBM Cloud Bare Metal (Classic) infrastructure

Perform the following steps to prepare the provisioner node.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the provisioner node via ssh.
  2. Create a non-root user (kni) and provide that user with sudo privileges:

    # useradd kni
    # passwd kni
    # echo "kni ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:ALL" | tee -a /etc/sudoers.d/kni
    # chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/kni
  3. Create an ssh key for the new user:

    # su - kni -c "ssh-keygen -f /home/kni/.ssh/id_rsa -N ''"
  4. Log in as the new user on the provisioner node:

    # su - kni
  5. Use Red Hat Subscription Manager to register the provisioner node:

    $ sudo subscription-manager register --username=<user> --password=<pass> --auto-attach
    $ sudo subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms \
                                      --enable=rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms
    Note

    For more information about Red Hat Subscription Manager, see Using and Configuring Red Hat Subscription Manager.

  6. Install the following packages:

    $ sudo dnf install -y libvirt qemu-kvm mkisofs python3-devel jq ipmitool
  7. Modify the user to add the libvirt group to the newly created user:

    $ sudo usermod --append --groups libvirt kni
  8. Start firewalld:

    $ sudo systemctl start firewalld
  9. Enable firewalld:

    $ sudo systemctl enable firewalld
  10. Start the http service:

    $ sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-service=http --permanent
    $ sudo firewall-cmd --reload
  11. Start and enable the libvirtd service:

    $ sudo systemctl enable libvirtd --now
  12. Set the ID of the provisioner node:

    $ PRVN_HOST_ID=<ID>

    You can view the ID with the following ibmcloud command:

    $ ibmcloud sl hardware list
  13. Set the ID of the public subnet:

    $ PUBLICSUBNETID=<ID>

    You can view the ID with the following ibmcloud command:

    $ ibmcloud sl subnet list
  14. Set the ID of the private subnet:

    $ PRIVSUBNETID=<ID>

    You can view the ID with the following ibmcloud command:

    $ ibmcloud sl subnet list
  15. Set the provisioner node public IP address:

    $ PRVN_PUB_IP=$(ibmcloud sl hardware detail $PRVN_HOST_ID --output JSON | jq .primaryIpAddress -r)
  16. Set the CIDR for the public network:

    $ PUBLICCIDR=$(ibmcloud sl subnet detail $PUBLICSUBNETID --output JSON | jq .cidr)
  17. Set the IP address and CIDR for the public network:

    $ PUB_IP_CIDR=$PRVN_PUB_IP/$PUBLICCIDR
  18. Set the gateway for the public network:

    $ PUB_GATEWAY=$(ibmcloud sl subnet detail $PUBLICSUBNETID --output JSON | jq .gateway -r)
  19. Set the private IP address of the provisioner node:

    $ PRVN_PRIV_IP=$(ibmcloud sl hardware detail $PRVN_HOST_ID --output JSON | \
                     jq .primaryBackendIpAddress -r)
  20. Set the CIDR for the private network:

    $ PRIVCIDR=$(ibmcloud sl subnet detail $PRIVSUBNETID --output JSON | jq .cidr)
  21. Set the IP address and CIDR for the private network:

    $ PRIV_IP_CIDR=$PRVN_PRIV_IP/$PRIVCIDR
  22. Set the gateway for the private network:

    $ PRIV_GATEWAY=$(ibmcloud sl subnet detail $PRIVSUBNETID --output JSON | jq .gateway -r)
  23. Set up the bridges for the baremetal and provisioning networks:

    $ sudo nohup bash -c "
        nmcli --get-values UUID con show | xargs -n 1 nmcli con delete
        nmcli connection add ifname provisioning type bridge con-name provisioning
        nmcli con add type bridge-slave ifname eth1 master provisioning
        nmcli connection add ifname baremetal type bridge con-name baremetal
        nmcli con add type bridge-slave ifname eth2 master baremetal
        nmcli connection modify baremetal ipv4.addresses $PUB_IP_CIDR ipv4.method manual ipv4.gateway $PUB_GATEWAY
        nmcli connection modify provisioning ipv4.addresses 172.22.0.1/24,$PRIV_IP_CIDR ipv4.method manual
        nmcli connection modify provisioning +ipv4.routes \"10.0.0.0/8 $PRIV_GATEWAY\"
        nmcli con down baremetal
        nmcli con up baremetal
        nmcli con down provisioning
        nmcli con up provisioning
        init 6
    "
    Note

    For eth1 and eth2, substitute the appropriate interface name, as needed.

  24. If required, SSH back into the provisioner node:

    # ssh kni@provisioner.<cluster-name>.<domain>
  25. Verify the connection bridges have been properly created:

    $ sudo nmcli con show

    Example output

    NAME               UUID                                  TYPE      DEVICE
    baremetal          4d5133a5-8351-4bb9-bfd4-3af264801530  bridge    baremetal
    provisioning       43942805-017f-4d7d-a2c2-7cb3324482ed  bridge    provisioning
    virbr0             d9bca40f-eee1-410b-8879-a2d4bb0465e7  bridge    virbr0
    bridge-slave-eth1  76a8ed50-c7e5-4999-b4f6-6d9014dd0812  ethernet  eth1
    bridge-slave-eth2  f31c3353-54b7-48de-893a-02d2b34c4736  ethernet  eth2

  26. Create a pull-secret.txt file:

    $ vim pull-secret.txt

    In a web browser, navigate to Install on Bare Metal with user-provisioned infrastructure. In step 1, click Download pull secret. Paste the contents into the pull-secret.txt file and save the contents in the kni user’s home directory.

14.2.2. Configuring the public subnet

All of the OpenShift Container Platform cluster nodes must be on the public subnet. IBM Cloud® Bare Metal (Classic) does not provide a DHCP server on the subnet. Set it up separately on the provisioner node.

You must reset the BASH variables defined when preparing the provisioner node. Rebooting the provisioner node after preparing it will delete the BASH variables previously set.

Procedure

  1. Install dnsmasq:

    $ sudo dnf install dnsmasq
  2. Open the dnsmasq configuration file:

    $ sudo vi /etc/dnsmasq.conf
  3. Add the following configuration to the dnsmasq configuration file:

    interface=baremetal
    except-interface=lo
    bind-dynamic
    log-dhcp
    
    dhcp-range=<ip_addr>,<ip_addr>,<pub_cidr> 1
    dhcp-option=baremetal,121,0.0.0.0/0,<pub_gateway>,<prvn_priv_ip>,<prvn_pub_ip> 2
    
    dhcp-hostsfile=/var/lib/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.hostsfile
    1
    Set the DHCP range. Replace both instances of <ip_addr> with one unused IP address from the public subnet so that the dhcp-range for the baremetal network begins and ends with the same the IP address. Replace <pub_cidr> with the CIDR of the public subnet.
    2
    Set the DHCP option. Replace <pub_gateway> with the IP address of the gateway for the baremetal network. Replace <prvn_priv_ip> with the IP address of the provisioner node’s private IP address on the provisioning network. Replace <prvn_pub_ip> with the IP address of the provisioner node’s public IP address on the baremetal network.

    To retrieve the value for <pub_cidr>, execute:

    $ ibmcloud sl subnet detail <publicsubnetid> --output JSON | jq .cidr

    Replace <publicsubnetid> with the ID of the public subnet.

    To retrieve the value for <pub_gateway>, execute:

    $ ibmcloud sl subnet detail <publicsubnetid> --output JSON | jq .gateway -r

    Replace <publicsubnetid> with the ID of the public subnet.

    To retrieve the value for <prvn_priv_ip>, execute:

    $ ibmcloud  sl hardware detail <id> --output JSON | \
                jq .primaryBackendIpAddress -r

    Replace <id> with the ID of the provisioner node.

    To retrieve the value for <prvn_pub_ip>, execute:

    $ ibmcloud sl hardware detail <id> --output JSON | jq .primaryIpAddress -r

    Replace <id> with the ID of the provisioner node.

  4. Obtain the list of hardware for the cluster:

    $ ibmcloud sl hardware list
  5. Obtain the MAC addresses and IP addresses for each node:

    $ ibmcloud sl hardware detail <id> --output JSON | \
      jq '.networkComponents[] | \
      "\(.primaryIpAddress) \(.macAddress)"' | grep -v null

    Replace <id> with the ID of the node.

    Example output

    "10.196.130.144 00:e0:ed:6a:ca:b4"
    "141.125.65.215 00:e0:ed:6a:ca:b5"

    Make a note of the MAC address and IP address of the public network. Make a separate note of the MAC address of the private network, which you will use later in the install-config.yaml file. Repeat this procedure for each node until you have all the public MAC and IP addresses for the public baremetal network, and the MAC addresses of the private provisioning network.

  6. Add the MAC and IP address pair of the public baremetal network for each node into the dnsmasq.hostsfile file:

    $ sudo vim /var/lib/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.hostsfile

    Example input

    00:e0:ed:6a:ca:b5,141.125.65.215,master-0
    <mac>,<ip>,master-1
    <mac>,<ip>,master-2
    <mac>,<ip>,worker-0
    <mac>,<ip>,worker-1
    ...

    Replace <mac>,<ip> with the public MAC address and public IP address of the corresponding node name.

  7. Start dnsmasq:

    $ sudo systemctl start dnsmasq
  8. Enable dnsmasq so that it starts when booting the node:

    $ sudo systemctl enable dnsmasq
  9. Verify dnsmasq is running:

    $ sudo systemctl status dnsmasq

    Example output

    ● dnsmasq.service - DNS caching server.
    Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnsmasq.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
    Active: active (running) since Tue 2021-10-05 05:04:14 CDT; 49s ago
    Main PID: 3101 (dnsmasq)
    Tasks: 1 (limit: 204038)
    Memory: 732.0K
    CGroup: /system.slice/dnsmasq.service
    └─3101 /usr/sbin/dnsmasq -k

  10. Open ports 53 and 67 with UDP protocol:

    $ sudo firewall-cmd --add-port 53/udp --permanent
    $ sudo firewall-cmd --add-port 67/udp --permanent
  11. Add provisioning to the external zone with masquerade:

    $ sudo firewall-cmd --change-zone=provisioning --zone=external --permanent

    This step ensures network address translation for IPMI calls to the management subnet.

  12. Reload the firewalld configuration:

    $ sudo firewall-cmd --reload

14.2.3. Retrieving the OpenShift Container Platform installer

Use the stable-4.x version of the installer to deploy the generally available stable version of OpenShift Container Platform:

$ export VERSION=stable-4.10
export RELEASE_IMAGE=$(curl -s https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/clients/ocp/$VERSION/release.txt | grep 'Pull From: quay.io' | awk -F ' ' '{print $3}')

14.2.4. Extracting the OpenShift Container Platform installer

After retrieving the installer, the next step is to extract it.

Procedure

  1. Set the environment variables:

    $ export cmd=openshift-baremetal-install
    $ export pullsecret_file=~/pull-secret.txt
    $ export extract_dir=$(pwd)
  2. Get the oc binary:

    $ curl -s https://mirror.openshift.com/pub/openshift-v4/clients/ocp/$VERSION/openshift-client-linux.tar.gz | tar zxvf - oc
  3. Extract the installer:

    $ sudo cp oc /usr/local/bin
    $ oc adm release extract --registry-config "${pullsecret_file}" --command=$cmd --to "${extract_dir}" ${RELEASE_IMAGE}
    $ sudo cp openshift-baremetal-install /usr/local/bin

14.2.5. Configuring the install-config.yaml file

The install-config.yaml file requires some additional details. Most of the information is teaching the installer and the resulting cluster enough about the available IBM Cloud® Bare Metal (Classic) hardware so that it is able to fully manage it. The material difference between installing on bare metal and installing on IBM Cloud Bare Metal (Classic) is that you must explicitly set the privilege level for IPMI in the BMC section of the install-config.yaml file.

Procedure

  1. Configure install-config.yaml. Change the appropriate variables to match the environment, including pullSecret and sshKey.

    apiVersion: v1
    baseDomain: <domain>
    metadata:
      name: <cluster_name>
    networking:
      machineNetwork:
      - cidr: <public-cidr>
      networkType: OVNKubernetes
    compute:
    - name: worker
      replicas: 2
    controlPlane:
      name: master
      replicas: 3
      platform:
        baremetal: {}
    platform:
      baremetal:
        apiVIP: <api_ip>
        ingressVIP: <wildcard_ip>
        provisioningNetworkInterface: <NIC1>
        provisioningNetworkCIDR: <CIDR>
        hosts:
          - name: openshift-master-0
            role: master
            bmc:
              address: ipmi://10.196.130.145?privilegelevel=OPERATOR 1
              username: root
              password: <password>
            bootMACAddress: 00:e0:ed:6a:ca:b4 2
            rootDeviceHints:
              deviceName: "/dev/sda"
          - name: openshift-worker-0
            role: worker
            bmc:
              address: ipmi://<out-of-band-ip>?privilegelevel=OPERATOR 3
              username: <user>
              password: <password>
            bootMACAddress: <NIC1_mac_address> 4
            rootDeviceHints:
              deviceName: "/dev/sda"
    pullSecret: '<pull_secret>'
    sshKey: '<ssh_pub_key>'
    1 3
    The bmc.address provides a privilegelevel configuration setting with the value set to OPERATOR. This is required for IBM Cloud Bare Metal (Classic) infrastructure.
    2 4
    Add the MAC address of the private provisioning network NIC for the corresponding node.
    Note

    You can use the ibmcloud command-line utility to retrieve the password.

    $ ibmcloud sl hardware detail <id> --output JSON | \
      jq '"(.networkManagementIpAddress) (.remoteManagementAccounts[0].password)"'

    Replace <id> with the ID of the node.

  2. Create a directory to store the cluster configuration:

    $ mkdir ~/clusterconfigs
  3. Copy the install-config.yaml file into the directory:

    $ cp install-config.yaml ~/clusterconfig
  4. Ensure all bare metal nodes are powered off prior to installing the OpenShift Container Platform cluster:

    $ ipmitool -I lanplus -U <user> -P <password> -H <management_server_ip> power off
  5. Remove old bootstrap resources if any are left over from a previous deployment attempt:

    for i in $(sudo virsh list | tail -n +3 | grep bootstrap | awk {'print $2'});
    do
      sudo virsh destroy $i;
      sudo virsh undefine $i;
      sudo virsh vol-delete $i --pool $i;
      sudo virsh vol-delete $i.ign --pool $i;
      sudo virsh pool-destroy $i;
      sudo virsh pool-undefine $i;
    done

14.2.6. Additional install-config parameters

See the following tables for the required parameters, the hosts parameter, and the bmc parameter for the install-config.yaml file.

Table 14.2. Required parameters
ParametersDefaultDescription

baseDomain

 

The domain name for the cluster. For example, example.com.

bootMode

UEFI

The boot mode for a node. Options are legacy, UEFI, and UEFISecureBoot. If bootMode is not set, Ironic sets it while inspecting the node.

sshKey

 

The sshKey configuration setting contains the key in the ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub file required to access the control plane nodes and worker nodes. Typically, this key is from the provisioner node.

pullSecret

 

The pullSecret configuration setting contains a copy of the pull secret downloaded from the Install OpenShift on Bare Metal page when preparing the provisioner node.

metadata:
    name:
 

The name to be given to the OpenShift Container Platform cluster. For example, openshift.

networking:
    machineNetwork:
    - cidr:
 

The public CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) of the external network. For example, 10.0.0.0/24.

compute:
  - name: worker
 

The OpenShift Container Platform cluster requires a name be provided for worker (or compute) nodes even if there are zero nodes.

compute:
    replicas: 2
 

Replicas sets the number of worker (or compute) nodes in the OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

controlPlane:
    name: master
 

The OpenShift Container Platform cluster requires a name for control plane (master) nodes.

controlPlane:
    replicas: 3
 

Replicas sets the number of control plane (master) nodes included as part of the OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

provisioningNetworkInterface

 

The name of the network interface on nodes connected to the provisioning network. For OpenShift Container Platform 4.9 and later releases, use the bootMACAddress configuration setting to enable Ironic to identify the IP address of the NIC instead of using the provisioningNetworkInterface configuration setting to identify the name of the NIC.

defaultMachinePlatform

 

The default configuration used for machine pools without a platform configuration.

apiVIP

 

(Optional) The virtual IP address for Kubernetes API communication.

This setting must either be provided in the install-config.yaml file as a reserved IP from the MachineNetwork or pre-configured in the DNS so that the default name resolves correctly. Use the virtual IP address and not the FQDN when adding a value to the apiVIP configuration setting in the install-config.yaml file. The IP address must be from the primary IPv4 network when using dual stack networking. If not set, the installer uses api.<cluster_name>.<base_domain> to derive the IP address from the DNS.

disableCertificateVerification

False

redfish and redfish-virtualmedia need this parameter to manage BMC addresses. The value should be True when using a self-signed certificate for BMC addresses.

ingressVIP

 

(Optional) The virtual IP address for ingress traffic.

This setting must either be provided in the install-config.yaml file as a reserved IP from the MachineNetwork or pre-configured in the DNS so that the default name resolves correctly. Use the virtual IP address and not the FQDN when adding a value to the ingressVIP configuration setting in the install-config.yaml file. The IP address must be from the primary IPv4 network when using dual stack networking. If not set, the installer uses test.apps.<cluster_name>.<base_domain> to derive the IP address from the DNS.

Table 14.3. Optional Parameters
ParametersDefaultDescription

provisioningDHCPRange

172.22.0.10,172.22.0.100

Defines the IP range for nodes on the provisioning network.

provisioningNetworkCIDR

172.22.0.0/24

The CIDR for the network to use for provisioning. This option is required when not using the default address range on the provisioning network.

clusterProvisioningIP

The third IP address of the provisioningNetworkCIDR.

The IP address within the cluster where the provisioning services run. Defaults to the third IP address of the provisioning subnet. For example, 172.22.0.3.

bootstrapProvisioningIP

The second IP address of the provisioningNetworkCIDR.

The IP address on the bootstrap VM where the provisioning services run while the installer is deploying the control plane (master) nodes. Defaults to the second IP address of the provisioning subnet. For example, 172.22.0.2 or 2620:52:0:1307::2.

externalBridge

baremetal

The name of the bare-metal bridge of the hypervisor attached to the bare-metal network.

provisioningBridge

provisioning

The name of the provisioning bridge on the provisioner host attached to the provisioning network.

defaultMachinePlatform

 

The default configuration used for machine pools without a platform configuration.

bootstrapOSImage

 

A URL to override the default operating system image for the bootstrap node. The URL must contain a SHA-256 hash of the image. For example: https://mirror.openshift.com/rhcos-<version>-qemu.qcow2.gz?sha256=<uncompressed_sha256>.

provisioningNetwork

 

The provisioningNetwork configuration setting determines whether the cluster uses the provisioning network. If it does, the configuration setting also determines if the cluster manages the network.

Disabled: Set this parameter to Disabled to disable the requirement for a provisioning network. When set to Disabled, you must only use virtual media based provisioning, or bring up the cluster using the assisted installer. If Disabled and using power management, BMCs must be accessible from the bare-metal network. If Disabled, you must provide two IP addresses on the bare-metal network that are used for the provisioning services.

Managed: Set this parameter to Managed, which is the default, to fully manage the provisioning network, including DHCP, TFTP, and so on.

Unmanaged: Set this parameter to Unmanaged to enable the provisioning network but take care of manual configuration of DHCP. Virtual media provisioning is recommended but PXE is still available if required.

httpProxy

 

Set this parameter to the appropriate HTTP proxy used within your environment.

httpsProxy

 

Set this parameter to the appropriate HTTPS proxy used within your environment.

noProxy

 

Set this parameter to the appropriate list of exclusions for proxy usage within your environment.

Hosts

The hosts parameter is a list of separate bare metal assets used to build the cluster.

Table 14.4. Hosts
NameDefaultDescription

name

 

The name of the BareMetalHost resource to associate with the details. For example, openshift-master-0.

role

 

The role of the bare metal node. Either master or worker.

bmc

 

Connection details for the baseboard management controller. See the BMC addressing section for additional details.

bootMACAddress

 

The MAC address of the NIC that the host uses for the provisioning network. Ironic retrieves the IP address using the bootMACAddress configuration setting. Then, it binds to the host.

Note

You must provide a valid MAC address from the host if you disabled the provisioning network.

networkConfig

 

Set this optional parameter to configure the network interface of a host. See "(Optional) Configuring host network interfaces" for additional details.

14.2.7. Root device hints

The rootDeviceHints parameter enables the installer to provision the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) image to a particular device. The installer examines the devices in the order it discovers them, and compares the discovered values with the hint values. The installer uses the first discovered device that matches the hint value. The configuration can combine multiple hints, but a device must match all hints for the installer to select it.

Table 14.5. Subfields
SubfieldDescription

deviceName

A string containing a Linux device name like /dev/vda. The hint must match the actual value exactly.

hctl

A string containing a SCSI bus address like 0:0:0:0. The hint must match the actual value exactly.

model

A string containing a vendor-specific device identifier. The hint can be a substring of the actual value.

vendor

A string containing the name of the vendor or manufacturer of the device. The hint can be a sub-string of the actual value.

serialNumber

A string containing the device serial number. The hint must match the actual value exactly.

minSizeGigabytes

An integer representing the minimum size of the device in gigabytes.

wwn

A string containing the unique storage identifier. The hint must match the actual value exactly.

wwnWithExtension

A string containing the unique storage identifier with the vendor extension appended. The hint must match the actual value exactly.

wwnVendorExtension

A string containing the unique vendor storage identifier. The hint must match the actual value exactly.

rotational

A boolean indicating whether the device should be a rotating disk (true) or not (false).

Example usage

     - name: master-0
       role: master
       bmc:
         address: ipmi://10.10.0.3:6203
         username: admin
         password: redhat
       bootMACAddress: de:ad:be:ef:00:40
       rootDeviceHints:
         deviceName: "/dev/sda"

14.2.8. Creating the OpenShift Container Platform manifests

  1. Create the OpenShift Container Platform manifests.

    $ ./openshift-baremetal-install --dir ~/clusterconfigs create manifests
    INFO Consuming Install Config from target directory
    WARNING Making control-plane schedulable by setting MastersSchedulable to true for Scheduler cluster settings
    WARNING Discarding the OpenShift Manifest that was provided in the target directory because its dependencies are dirty and it needs to be regenerated

14.2.9. Deploying the cluster via the OpenShift Container Platform installer

Run the OpenShift Container Platform installer:

$ ./openshift-baremetal-install --dir ~/clusterconfigs --log-level debug create cluster

14.2.10. Following the installation

During the deployment process, you can check the installation’s overall status by issuing the tail command to the .openshift_install.log log file in the install directory folder:

$ tail -f /path/to/install-dir/.openshift_install.log
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