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Chapter 1. Installing

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Learn how to install and uninstall Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes. Before you install Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, review the required hardware and system configuration for each product.

You can install the Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes online on Linux with a supported version of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform.

High-level installation flow:

  1. You must have a supported version of OpenShift Container Platform or Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated installed and configured.
  2. Install the Operator for Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes from the catalog.

After you install and deploy the Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, view the documentation on how to use the features.

Installing Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes sets up a multi-node cluster production environment. You can install Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes in either standard or high availability configurations.

1.1. Requirements and recommendations

Before you install Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, review the system configuration requirements and settings.

1.1.1. Supported operating systems and platforms

See the following table for supported operating systems:

PlatformOperating systemRed Hat OpenShift Container Platform version

Linux x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6, or later

Refer to the Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.2 Support matrix for the most current list of supported OpenShift Container Platform platforms.

1.1.2. Supported browsers

You can access the Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management console from Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Safari. See the following versions that are tested and supported:

PlatformSupported browsers

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Edge - 44 or later, Mozilla Firefox - 82.0 or later, Google Chrome - Version 86.0 and later

Linux

Mozilla Firefox - 82.0 and later, Google Chrome - Version 86.0 and later

macOS

Mozilla Firefox - 82.0 and later, Google Chrome - Version 86.0 and later, Safari - 14.0 and later

See the Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.2 Support Matrix for additional information.

1.1.3. Network configuration

Configure your network settings to allow the connections in the following sections:

Hub cluster:

DirectionConnectionPort (if specified)

Outbound

API of the cloud provider

 

Outbound

Kubernetes API server of the provisioned managed cluster

6443

Outbound

The channel source, including GitHub, Object Store, and Helm repository. This is only required when you are using Application lifecycle to connect to these sources.

 

Outbound and inbound

The WorkManager service route on the managed cluster

443

Inbound

The kube API server of the hub cluster from the managed cluster

6443

Inbound

Post-commit hook from GitHub to the hub cluster. This setting is only required when you use certain application management functions.

6443

Managed cluster:

DirectionConnectionPort (if specified)

Outbound and inbound

Kubernetes API server of the hub cluster

6443

Outbound

The managed cluster to the channel source, which includes GitHub, Object Store, and Helm repository. This is only required when you are using application lifecycle to connect to these sources.

 

Inbound

The WorkManager service endpoint from the hub cluster

443

Clusters that are using Submariner require three open ports. The following table shows which ports you might use:

DirectionConnectionPort (if specified)

Outbound and inbound

Each of the managed clusters

4800/UDP

Outbound and inbound

Each of the managed clusters

4500/UDP, 500/UDP, and any other ports that are used for IPSec traffic on the gateway nodes

Inbound

Each of the managed clusters

8080/TCP

1.1.3.1. Application deployment network requirements

In general, the application deployment communication is one way from a managed cluster to the hub cluster. The connection uses kubeconfig, which is configured by the agent on the managed cluster. The application deployment on the managed cluster needs to access the following namespaces on the hub cluster:

  • The namespace of the channel resource
  • The namespace of the managed cluster

See the Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2.2 Support matrix for additional information.

1.2. Performance and scalability

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes is tested to determine certain scalability and performance data. The major areas that are tested are cluster scalability and search performance.

You can use this information to help you plan your environment.

Note: Data is based on the results from a lab environment at the time of testing. Your results might vary, depending on your environment, network speed, and changes to the product.

1.2.1. Maximum number of managed clusters

The maximum number of clusters that Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management can manage varies based on several factors, including:

  • Number of resources in the cluster, which depends on factors like the number of policies and applications that are deployed.
  • Configuration of the hub cluster, such as how many pods are used for scaling.

The following table shows the configuration information for the clusters on the Amazon Web Services cloud platform that were used during this testing:

NodeFlavorvCPURAM (GiB)Disk typeDisk size (GiB)/IOSCountRegion

Master

m5.2xlarge

8

32

gp2

100

3

us-east-1

Worker

m5.2xlarge

8

32

gp2

100

3 or 5 nodes

us-east-1

1.2.2. Search scalability

The scalability of the Search component depends on the performance of the data store. The following variables are important when analyzing the search performance:

  • Physical memory
  • Write throughput (Cache recovery time)
  • Query execution time

1.2.2.1. Physical memory

Search keeps the data in-memory to achieve fast response times. The memory required is proportional to the number of Kubernetes resources and their relationships in the cluster.

ClustersKubernetes resourcesRelationshipsObserved size (with simulated data)

1 medium

5000

9500

50 Mi

5 medium

25,000

75,000

120 Mi

15 medium

75,000

20,0000

492 Mi

30 medium

150,000

450,000

1 Gi

50 medium

250,000

750,000

2 Gi

By default, the redisgraph pod (search-redisgraph-0) is deployed with a memory limit of 4 Gi. If you are managing larger clusters, you might need to increase this limit by editing the redisgraph_resource.limit_memory for the searchoperator in the hub cluster namespace. For example, you can update the limit to 8Gi with the following command:

oc patch searchoperator searchoperator --type='merge' -p '{"spec":{"redisgraph_resource":{"limit_memory":"8Gi"}}}'

When the change is made, delete the search-redisgraph StatefulSet for the new limit to take effect.

1.2.2.2. Write throughput (cache recovery time)

Most clusters in steady state generate a small number of resource updates. The highest rate of updates happen when the data in RedisGraph is cleared, which causes the remote collectors to synchronize their full state around the same time. When the datastore is cleared, recovery times are measured for a different number of managed clusters.

ClustersKubernetes resourcesRelationshipsAverage recovery time from simulation

1 medium

5000

9500

less than 2 seconds

5 medium

25,000

75,000

less than 15 seconds

15 medium

75,000

200,000

2 minutes and 40 seconds

30 medium

150,000

450,000

5-8 minutes

Remember: Times might increase for clusters that have a slow network connection to the hub. The write throughput information that is previously stated is applicable only if persistence is disabled.

1.2.2.3. Query execution considerations

There are some things that can affect the time that it takes to run and return results from a query. Consider the following items when planning and configuring your environment:

  • Searching for a keyword is not efficient.

    If you search for RedHat and you manage a large number of clusters, it might take a longer time to receive search results.

  • The first search takes longer than later searches because it takes additional time to gather user role-based access control rules.
  • The length of time to complete a request is proportional to the number of namespaces and resources the user is authorized to access.

    Note: If you save and share a Search query with another user, returned results depend on access level for that user. For more information on role access, see Using RBAC to define and apply permissions in the OpenShift Container Platform documentation.

  • The worst performance is observed for a request by a non-administrator user with access to all of the namespaces, or all of the managed clusters.

1.2.3. Scaling for observability

You need to plan your environment if you want to enable and use the observability service. The resource consumption later is for the OpenShift Container Platform project, where observability components are installed. Values that you plan to use are sums for all observability components.

Note: Data is based on the results from a lab environment at the time of testing. Your results might vary, depending on your environment, network speed, and changes to the product.

1.2.3.1. Sample observability environment

In the sample environment, hub clusters and managed clusters are located in Amazon Web Services cloud platform and have the following topology and configuration:

NodeFlavorvCPURAM (GiB)Disk typeDisk size (GiB)/IOSCountRegion

Master node

m5.4xlarge

16

64

gp2

100

3

sa-east-1

Worker node

m5.4xlarge

16

64

gp2

100

3

sa-east-1

The observability deployment is configured for high availability environments. With a high availability environment, each Kubernetes deployment has two instances, and each StatefulSet has three instances.

During the sample test, a different number of managed clusters are simulated to push metrics, and each test lasts for 24 hours. See the following throughput:

1.2.3.2. Write throughput

PodsInterval (minute)Time series per min

400

1

83000

1.2.3.3. CPU usage (millicores)

CPU usage is stable during testing:

SizeCPU Usage

10 clusters

400

20 clusters

800

1.2.3.4. RSS and working set memory

Memory usage RSS: From the metrics container_memory_rss and keeps stability during the test.

Memory usage working set: From the metrics container_memory_working_set_bytes, increases along with the test.

The following results are from a 24-hour test:

SizeMemory usage RSSMemory usage working set

10 clusters

9.84

4.83

20 clusters

13.10

8.76

1.2.3.5. Persistent volume for thanos-receive component

Important: Metrics are stored in thanos-receive until retention time (four days) is reached. Other components do not require as much volume as thanos-receive components.

Disk usage increases along with the test. Data represents disk usage after one day, so the final disk usage is multiplied by four.

See the following disk usage:

SizeDisk usage (GiB)

10 clusters

2

20 clusters

3

1.2.3.6. Network transfer

During tests, network transfer provides stability. See the sizes and network transfer values:

SizeInbound network transferOutbound network transfer

10 clusters

6.55 MBs per second

5.80 MBs per second

20 clusters

13.08 MBs per second

10.9 MBs per second

1.2.3.7. Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

Total usage in Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) increases. The metrics data is stored in S3 until default retention time (five days) is reached. See the following disk usages:

SizeDisk usage (GiB)

10 clusters

16.2

20 clusters

23.8

1.3. Preparing your hub cluster for installation

Before you install Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, review the following installation requirements and recommendations for setting up your hub cluster:

1.3.1. Confirm your Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform installation

  • You must have a supported Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version, including the registry and storage services, installed and working in your cluster. For more information about installing OpenShift Container Platform, see the OpenShift Container Platform documentation.
  • For OpenShift Container Platform version 4.7, see OpenShift Container Platform Documentation.
  • To ensure that the OpenShift Container Platform cluster is set up correctly, access the OpenShift Container Platform web console.

    Run the kubectl -n openshift-console get route command to access the OpenShift Container Platform web console. See the following example output:

      openshift-console          console             console-openshift-console.apps.new-coral.purple-chesterfield.com                       console                  https   reencrypt/Redirect     None

    The console URL in this example is: https:// console-openshift-console.apps.new-coral.purple-chesterfield.com. Open the URL in your browser and check the result. If the console URL displays console-openshift-console.router.default.svc.cluster.local, set the value for openshift_master_default_subdomain when you install OpenShift Container Platform.

See Sizing your cluster to learn about setting up capacity for your hub cluster.

1.3.2. Sizing your cluster

Each Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes cluster has its own characteristics. There are guidelines that provide sample deployment sizes. Recommendations are classified by size and purpose.

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management applies the following 3 dimensions for sizing and placement of supporting services:

  • Availability Zones that isolate potential fault domains across the cluster. Typical clusters should have roughly equivalent worker node capacity in 3 or more availability zones.
  • vCPU reservations and limits establish vCPU capacity on a worker node to assign to a container. A vCPU is equivalent to a Kubernetes compute unit. For more information, see Kubernetes Meaning of CPU.
  • Memory reservations and limits establish memory capacity on a worker node to assign to a container. Reservations establish a lower bound of CPU or memory and limits establish an upper bound.

The persistent data managed by the product is stored in the etcd cluster used by Kubernetes. Best practices for OpenShift recommend distributing the master nodes of the cluster across three (3) availability zones as well.

Note: The requirements that are listed are not minimum requirements.

1.3.2.1. Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes environment

OpenShift node roleAvailability zonesData storesTotal reserved memory (lower bound)Total reserved CPU (lower bound) 

Master

3

etcd x 3

Per OpenShift sizing guidelines

Per OpenShift sizing guidelines

 

Worker

3

redisgraph/redis x 1

12Gi

6 CPU

 

In addition to Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management, the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cluster runs additional services to support cluster features. The following node sizes (3 nodes of the types noted in the information that follows, distributed evenly across 3 availability zones) are recommended.

1.3.2.1.1. Settings for creating an OpenShift cluster on Amazon Web Services

See the Amazon Web Services information in the OpenShift Container Platform product documentation for more information. Also learn more about machine types.

  • Node count: 3
  • Availability zones: 3
  • Instance size: m5.xlarge

    • vCPU: 4
    • Memory: 16 GB
    • Storage size: 120 GB
1.3.2.1.2. Settings for creating an OpenShift cluster on Google Cloud Platform

See the Google Cloud Platform product documentation for more information about quotas. Also learn more about machine types.

  • Node count: 3
  • Availability zones: 3
  • Instance size: N1-standard-4 (0.95–6.5 GB)

    • vCPU: 4
    • Memory: 15 GB
    • Storage size: 120 GB
1.3.2.1.3. Settings for creating an OpenShift cluster on Microsoft Azure

See the following product documentation for more details.

  • Node count: 3
  • Availability zones: 3
  • Instance size: Standard_D4_v3

    • vCPU: 4
    • Memory: 16 GB
    • Storage size: 120 GB
1.3.2.1.4. Settings for creating an OpenShift cluster on VMware vSphere

See the following product documentation for more details.

  • Self-managed hub cluster:

    • Cores per socket: 2
    • CPUs: 4
    • Memory: 16 GB
    • Storage size: 120 GB
  • Managed cluster:

    • Cores per socket: 2
    • CPUs: 4
    • Memory: 16 GB
    • Storage size: 120 GB
1.3.2.1.5. Settings for creating an OpenShift cluster on bare metal

See the following product documentation for more details.

  • CPUs: 6 (minimum)
  • Memory: 16 GB (minimum)
  • Storage size: 50 GB (minimum)

1.4. Installing while connected online

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes is installed using an operator that deploys all of the required components.

1.4.1. Prerequisites

Before you install Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management, see the following requirements:

  • Your Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform must have access to the Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management operator in the OperatorHub catalog from the console.
  • OpenShift Container Platform version 4.6, or later, must be deployed in your environment, and you must be logged into with the CLI. See the OpenShift Container Platform version 4.7, OpenShift Container Platform version 4.6 for information.
  • Your OpenShift Container Platform command line interface (CLI) must be configured to run oc commands. See Getting started with the CLI for information about installing and configuring the OpenShift Container Platform CLI.
  • Your OpenShift Container Platform permissions must allow you to create a namespace.
  • You must have an Internet connection to access the dependencies for the operator.
  • To install in a Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated environment, see the following:

    • You must have the Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated environment configured and running.
    • You must have cluster-admin authority to the Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated environment where you are installing the hub cluster.

1.4.2. Confirm your installation

You must have a supported Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version, including the registry and storage services, installed and working in your cluster. For more information about installing OpenShift Container Platform, see the OpenShift Container Platform documentation.

  1. To ensure that the OpenShift Container Platform cluster is set up correctly, access the OpenShift Container Platform web console.

    Run the kubectl -n openshift-console get route command to access the OpenShift Container Platform web console.

See the following example output:

+

openshift-console        console  console-openshift-console.apps.new-coral.purple-chesterfield.com                       console                  https   reencrypt/Redirect     None

+ The console URL in this example is: https://console-openshift-console.apps.new-coral.purple-chesterfield.com.

  1. Open the URL in your browser and check the result. If the console URL displays console-openshift-console.router.default.svc.cluster.local, set the value for openshift_master_default_subdomain when you install OpenShift Container Platform.
  2. See Sizing your cluster to learn about setting up capacity for your hub cluster.

1.4.3. Preparing to install the hub cluster on an infrastructure node

By using tolerations, the Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes hub cluster allows hub cluster components to be installed on an infrastructure node. To install the hub cluster on an infrastructure node, complete the following steps to prepare:

  1. Configure your infrastructure nodes as infrastructure machine sets according to the procedure in Creating infrastructure machine sets in the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation.

    See the following example of the toleration:

    tolerations:
      - effect: NoSchedule
        key: node-role.kubernetes.io/infra
        operator: Exists
  2. Add the following nodeSelector entry to the MultclusterHub resource object section:

    spec:
      nodeSelector:
        node-role.kubernetes.io/infra: ""
  3. Complete the steps to finish installing the hub cluster.

Notes:

  • A ServiceAccount with a ClusterRoleBinding automatically gives cluster administrator privileges to Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management and to any user credentials with access to the namespace where you install Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management.
  • The installation also creates a namespace called local-cluster that is reserved for the hub cluster when it is managed by itself. There cannot be an existing namespace called local-cluster. For security reasons, do not release access to the local-cluster namespace to any user who does not already have cluster-administrator access.

1.4.4. Installing from the OperatorHub

Best practice: Install by using the OperatorHub that is provided with OpenShift Container Platform.

Note: For Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated environment only, log in to your Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated environment with cluster-admin permissions.

  1. From the Administrator view in your OpenShift Container Platform navigation, select Operators > OperatorHub to access the list of available operators.
  2. Find and select the Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes operator.
  3. On the Operator subscription page, select the options for your installation:

    • Namespace:

      • The hub cluster must be installed in its own namespace, or project.
      • By default, the OperatorHub console installation process creates a namespace titled open-cluster-management. Best practice: Continue to use the open-cluster-management namespace if it is available.
      • If there is already a namespace named open-cluster-management, choose a different namespace.
    • Channel: The channel that you select corresponds to the release that you are installing. When you select the channel, it installs the identified release, and establishes that the future errata updates within that release are obtained.
    • Approval strategy: The approval strategy identifies the human interaction that is required for applying updates to the channel or release to which you subscribed. If you select Automatic updates, any updates within that release are automatically applied. If you have concerns about when the updates are applied, you can select Manual, and receive a notification when an update is available.

    Note: To upgrade to the next minor release, you must return to the OperatorHub page and select a new channel for the more current release.

  4. Select Install to apply your changes and create the operator.
  5. If you plan to import Kubernetes clusters that were not created by OpenShift Container Platform or Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management, create a secret that contains your OpenShift Container Platform pull secret to access the entitled content from the distribution registry. Secret requirements for OpenShift Container Platform clusters are automatically resolved by OpenShift Container Platform and Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management, so you do not have to create the secret if you are not importing other types of Kubernetes clusters to be managed.

    Important: These secrets are namespace-specific, so be sure to create a secret in the namespace where you installed Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management.

    1. Copy your OpenShift Container Platform pull secret from cloud.redhat.com/openshift/install/pull-secret by selecting Copy pull secret. You need the content of this pull secret in a step later in this procedure. Your OpenShift Container Platform pull secret is associated with your Red Hat Customer Portal ID and is the same across all Kubernetes providers.
    2. In the OpenShift Container Platform console navigation, select Workloads > Secrets.
    3. Select Create > Image Pull Secret.
    4. Enter a name for your secret.
    5. Select Upload Configuration File as the authentication type.
    6. In the Configuration file field, paste the pull secret that you copied from cloud.redhat.com.
    7. Select Create to create the secret.
  6. Create the MultiClusterHub custom resource.

    1. In the OpenShift Container Platform console navigation, select Installed Operators > Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes.
    2. Select the MultiClusterHub tab.
    3. Select Create MultiClusterHub.
    4. Update the default values in the YAML file, according to your needs.

      • The following example shows the default template if you did not create an image pull secret. Confirm that namespace is your project namespace:

        apiVersion: operator.open-cluster-management.io/v1
        kind: MultiClusterHub
        metadata:
          name: multiclusterhub
          namespace: <namespace>
      • The following example is the default template if you created an image pull secret. Replace secret with the name of the pull secret that you created. Confirm that namespace is your project namespace.:
      apiVersion: operator.open-cluster-management.io/v1
      kind: MultiClusterHub
      metadata:
        name: multiclusterhub
        namespace: <namespace>
      spec:
        imagePullSecret: <secret>
  7. Optional: Disable hub self management, if necessary. By default, the hub cluster is automatically imported and managed by itself, like any other cluster. If you do not want the hub cluster to manage itself, then change the setting for disableHubSelfManagement from false to true. If the setting is not included in the YAML file that defines the custom resource, add it as shown in the example of the previous step.

    The following example shows the default template to use if you want to disable the hub self-management feature. Replace namespace with the name of your project namespace:

    apiVersion: operator.open-cluster-management.io/v1
    kind: MultiClusterHub
    metadata:
      name: multiclusterhub
      namespace: <namespace>
    spec:
      disableHubSelfManagement: true
  8. Select Create to initialize the custom resource. It can take up to 10 minutes for the hub cluster to build and start.

    After the hub cluster is created, the status for the operator is Running on the Installed Operators page.

  9. Access the console for the hub cluster.

    1. In the OpenShift Container Platform console navigation, select Networking > Routes.
    2. View the URL for your hub cluster in the list, and navigate to it to access the console.

1.4.5. Installing from the CLI

Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated environment only required access: Cluster administrator, as the default dedicated-admin role does not have the required permissions to create namespaces in the Red Hat OpenShift Dedicated environment. You must have cluster-admin permissions.

  1. Create a hub cluster namespace where the operator requirements are contained. Run the following command, where namespace is the name for your hub cluster namespace. The value for namespace might be referred to as Project in the OpenShift Container Platform environment:

    oc create namespace <namespace>
  2. Switch your project namespace to the one that you created. Replace namespace with the name of the hub cluster namespace that you created in step 1.

    oc project <namespace>
  3. If you plan to import Kubernetes clusters that were not created by OpenShift Container Platform or Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management, generate a secret that contains your OpenShift Container Platform pull secret information to access the entitled content from the distribution registry. The secret requirements for OpenShift Container Platform clusters are automatically resolved by OpenShift Container Platform and Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management, so you do not have to create the secret if you are not importing other types of Kubernetes clusters to be managed. Important: These secrets are namespace-specific, so make sure that you are in the namespace that you created in step 1.

    1. Download your OpenShift Container Platform pull secret file from cloud.redhat.com/openshift/install/pull-secret by selecting Download pull secret. Your OpenShift Container Platform pull secret is associated with your Red Hat Customer Portal ID, and is the same across all Kubernetes providers.
    2. Run the following command to create your secret:

      oc create secret generic <secret> -n <namespace> --from-file=.dockerconfigjson=<path-to-pull-secret> --type=kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson

      Replace secret with the name of the secret that you want to create. Replace namespace with your project namespace, as the secrets are namespace-specific. Replace path-to-pull-secret with the path to your OpenShift Container Platform pull secret that you downloaded.

  4. Create an operator group. Each namespace can have only one operator group.

    1. Create a YAML file that defines the operator group. Your file should look similar to the following example. Replace default with the name of your operator group. Replace namespace with the name of your project namespace:

      apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
      kind: OperatorGroup
      metadata:
        name: <default>
      spec:
        targetNamespaces:
        - <namespace>
    2. Apply the file that you created to define the operator group:

      oc apply -f <path-to-file><operator-group>.yaml

      Replace operator-group with the name of the operator group YAML file that you created.

  5. Apply the subscription.

    1. Create a YAML file that defines the subscription. Your file should look similar to the following example:

      apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
      kind: Subscription
      metadata:
        name: acm-operator-subscription
      spec:
        sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
        source: redhat-operators
        channel: release-2.3
        installPlanApproval: Automatic
        name: advanced-cluster-management
    2. Include the following if you are installing on infra nodes:

      spec:
        config:
          nodeSelector:
            node-role.kubernetes.io/infra: ""
          tolerations:
          - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/infra
            effect: NoSchedule
            operator: Exists
    3. Run the following command. Replace subscription with the name of the subscription file that you created:
    oc apply -f <path-to-file><subscription>.yaml
  6. Apply the MultiClusterHub custom resource.

    1. Create a YAML file that defines the custom resource.

      • Your default template should look similar to the following example. Replace namespace with the name of your project namespace. If you did not create a pull secret, it will not appear. If you did, replace secret with the name of your pull secret for this example:
      apiVersion: operator.open-cluster-management.io/v1
      kind: MultiClusterHub
      metadata:
        name: multiclusterhub
        namespace: <namespace>
      spec:
        imagePullSecret: <secret>
    2. Optional: If the installer-managed acm-hive-openshift-releases subscription is enabled, you can disable the subscription by setting the value of disableUpdateClusterImageSets to true.
    3. Optional: Disable hub self management, if necessary. By default, the hub cluster is automatically imported and managed by itself, like any other cluster. If you do not want the hub cluster to manage itself, then change the setting for disableHubSelfManagement from false to true.

      Your default template should look similar to the following example, if you created a pull secret and are enabling the disableHubSelfManagement feature. Replace namespace with the name of your project namespace. Replace secret with the name of your pull secret:

      apiVersion: operator.open-cluster-management.io/v1
      kind: MultiClusterHub
      metadata:
        name: multiclusterhub
        namespace: <namespace>
      spec:
        imagePullSecret: <secret>
        disableHubSelfManagement: true
    4. Apply the custom resource with the following command. Replace custom-resource with the name of your custom resource file:

      oc apply -f <path-to-file><custom-resource>.yaml

      If this step fails with the following error, the resources are still being created and applied. Run the command again in a few minutes when the resources are created:

    error: unable to recognize "./mch.yaml": no matches for kind "MultiClusterHub" in version "operator.open-cluster-management.io/v1"
  7. Run the following command to get the custom resource. It can take up to 10 minutes for the MultiClusterHub custom resource status to display as Running in the status.phase field after you run the following command:

    oc get mch -o=jsonpath='{.items[0].status.phase}'
  8. After the status is Running, view the list of routes to find your route:

    oc get routes

If you are reinstalling Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management and the pods do not start, see Troubleshooting reinstallation failure for steps to work around this problem.

1.5. Install on disconnected networks

You might need to install Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes on Red Hat OpenShift Clusters that are not connected to the Internet. The procedure to install on a disconnected hub requires some of the same steps as the connected installation. You must download copies of the packages in order to access them during the installation, rather than accessing them directly from the network during the installation.

1.5.1. Prerequisites for a disconnected installation

You must meet the following requirements before you install Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes:

1.5.2. Installing in a disconnected environment

Follow these steps to install Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management in a disconnected environment:

  1. Create a mirror registry, if necessary.

    If you do not already have a mirror registry, create one by completing the procedure in the Mirroring images for a disconnected installation topic of the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation.

    If you already have a mirror registry, you can configure and use your existing one.

  2. Bare metal only: Provide the certificate information for the disconnected registry in your install-config.yaml file. To access the image in a protected disconnected registry, you must provide the certificate information so Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management can access the registry.

    1. Copy the certificate information from the registry.
    2. Open the install-config.yaml file in an editor.
    3. Find the entry for additionalTrustBundle: |.
    4. Add the certificate information after the additionalTrustBundle line. The resulting content should look similar to the following example:

      additionalTrustBundle: |
        -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
        certificate_content
        -----END CERTIFICATE-----
      sshKey: >-
    5. Save the install-config.yaml file.
  3. Create a YAML file that contains the ImageContentSourcePolicy with the name rhacm-policy.yaml . Important: If you modify this on a running cluster, it causes a rolling restart of all nodes.

    apiVersion: operator.openshift.io/v1alpha1
    kind: ImageContentSourcePolicy
    metadata:
      name: rhacm-repo
    spec:
      repositoryDigestMirrors:
      - mirrors:
        - mirror.registry.com:5000/rhacm2
        source: registry.redhat.io/rhacm2
  4. Apply the ImageContentSourcePolicy file by entering the following command:

    oc apply -f rhacm-policy.yaml
  5. Enable the disconnected Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) Red Hat Operators and Community Operators.

    Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management is included in the OLM Red Hat Operator catalog.

  6. Configure the disconnected OLM for the Red Hat Operator catalog. Follow the steps in the Using Operator Lifecycle Manager on restricted networks topic of the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform documentation.
  7. Now that you have the image in the disconnected OLM, continue to install Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes from the OLM catalog. See the steps in Installing while connected online for the required steps.

1.6. Upgrading by using the operator

You control your Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes upgrades by using the operator subscription settings in the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform console. When you initially deploy Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management by using the operator, you make the following selections:

  • Channel - Corresponds to the version of the product that you are installing. The initial channel setting is often the most current channel that was available at the time of installation.
  • Approval - Specifies whether approval is required for updates within the channel, or if they are done automatically. If set to Automatic, then minor release updates in the selected channel are deployed without administrator intervention. If the Manual setting is selected, then each update to the minor release within the channel requires an administrator to approve the update.

You also use those settings when you upgrade Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management by using the operator.

Required access: OpenShift Container Platform administrator

Complete the following steps to upgrade your operator:

  1. Log in to your OpenShift Container Platform operator hub.
  2. In the OpenShift Container Platform navigation, select Operators > Installed operators.
  3. Select the Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes operator.
  4. Select the Subscription tab to edit the subscription settings.
  5. Ensure that the Upgrade Status is labeled Up to date. This status indicates that the operator is at the latest level that is available in the selected channel. If the Upgrade Status indicates that there is an upgrade pending, complete the following steps to update it to the latest minor release that is available in the channel:

    1. Click the Manual setting in the Approval field to edit the value.
    2. Select Automatic to enable automatic updates.
    3. Select Save to commit your change.
    4. Wait for the automatic updates to be applied to the operator. The updates automatically add the required updates to the latest version in the selected channel. When all of the updated updates are complete, the Upgrade Status field indicates Up to date.

      Tip: It can take up to 10 minutes for the MultiClusterHub custom resource to finish upgrading. You can check whether the upgrade is still in process by entering the following command:

      oc get mch

      While it is upgrading, the Status field shows Updating. After upgrading is complete, the Status field shows Running.

  6. Now that the Upgrade Status is Up to date, click the value in the Channel field to edit it.
  7. Select the channel for the next available feature release. You cannot skip channels when upgrading.

    Important: You cannot revert back to an earlier version after upgrading to a later version in the channel selection. You must uninstall the operator and reinstall it with the earlier version to use a previous version.

  8. Select Save to save your changes.
  9. Wait for the automatic upgrade to complete. After the upgrade to the next feature release completes, the updates to the latest patch releases within the channel are deployed.

    Tip: It can take up to 10 minutes for the MultiClusterHub custom resource to finish upgrading. You can check whether the upgrade is still in process by entering the following command:

    oc get mch

    While it is upgrading, the Status field shows Updating. After upgrading is complete, the Status field shows Running.

  10. If you have to upgrade to a later feature release, repeat steps 7-9 until your operator is at the latest level of the desired channel. Make sure that all of the patch releases are deployed for your final channel.
  11. Optional: You can set your Approval setting to Manual, if you want your future updates within the channel to require manual approvals.

Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management is running at the latest version of the selected channel.

For more information about upgrading your operator, see Operators in the OpenShift Container Platform documentation.

1.7. Upgrading OpenShift Container Platform

You can upgrade the version of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform that hosts your Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes hub cluster. Back up your data before initiating any cluster-wide upgrade.

During the upgrade of the OpenShift Container Platform version, the Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management web console might show brief periods when pages or data are unavailable. Indicators can include HTTP 500 (Internal Server Error), HTTP 504 (Gateway Timeout Error), or errors that data that was previously available is not available. This is a normal part of the upgrade, and no data is lost when this occurs. The availability is eventually restored.

The search index is also rebuilt during this upgrade, so any queries that are submitted during the upgrade might be incomplete.

The following table contains some noted observations from an upgrade from OpenShift Container Platform version 4.4.3 to 4.4.10:

Table 1.1. Table Observations from an OpenShift Container Platform upgrade from version 4.3.3 to 4.4.10.
Elapsed time of upgrade process (minutes:seconds)Observed changeDuration

03:40

Governance and risk console experiences HTTP 500

Service restored within 20 seconds

05:30

AppUI experiences HTTP 504 Gateway Timeout

Service restored within 60 seconds

06:05

Cluster and Search console experience HTTP 504 Gateway Timeout

Service restored within 20 seconds

07:00

Cluster and Search console experience HTTP 504 Gateway Timeout

Service restored within 20 seconds

07:10

Topology and Cluster console Display error messages within the page

Service restored within 20 seconds

07:35

HTTP 500 for most console pages

Service restored within 60 seconds

08:30

Service restored for all pages

 

1.8. Uninstalling

When you uninstall Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes, there are two different levels of the process.

The first level is a custom resource removal. It is the most basic type of uninstallation that removes the custom resource of the MultiClusterHub instance, but leaves other required components. This level of uninstallation is helpful if you plan another installation that uses the same settings and components of the one that you are removing. Your time to install the next version is reduced when you have all of the other components already installed.

The second level is a more complete uninstallation, except for a few items, like custom resource definitions. This adds the removal of other required components and settings to the items that are removed. When you continue with this step, it removes all of the components and subscriptions that were not removed with the custom resource removal. If you complete this level of uninstallation, you must reinstall the operator before reinstalling the custom resource.

Important: Before you uninstall the Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management hub cluster, you must detach all of the clusters that are managed by that hub cluster. See Troubleshooting failed uninstallation because resources exist for the work around.

1.8.1. Removing a MultiClusterHub instance by using commands

  1. Disable and remove the MultiClusterObservability custom resource, if it is running.

    1. Log in to your hub cluster.
    2. Delete the MultiClusterObservability custom resource by entering the following command:

      oc delete mco observability

      When you delete the resource, the pods in the open-cluster-management-observability namespace on Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management hub cluster, and the pods in open-cluster-management-addon-observability namespace on all managed clusters are removed.

      Important: Your object storage is not affected after you remove the observability service.

  2. Change to your project namespace by entering the following command:

    oc project <namespace>

    Replace namespace with the name of your project namespace.

  3. Enter the following command to remove the MultiClusterHub custom resource:

    oc delete multiclusterhub --all

    It might take up to 20 minutes to complete the uninstall process. You can view the progress by entering the following command:

    oc get mch -o yaml
  4. Remove any potential remaining artifacts by running the clean-up script.

    1. Install the Helm CLI binary version 3.2.0, or later, by following the instructions at Installing Helm.
    2. Ensure that your OpenShift Container Platform CLI is configured to run oc commands. See Getting started with the OpenShift CLI in the OpenShift Container Platform documentation for more information about how to configure the oc commands.
    3. Copy the following script into a file:

      #!/bin/bash
      ACM_NAMESPACE=<namespace>
      oc delete mch --all -n $ACM_NAMESPACE
      helm ls --namespace $ACM_NAMESPACE | cut -f 1 | tail -n +2 | xargs -n 1 helm delete --namespace $ACM_NAMESPACE
      oc delete apiservice v1beta1.webhook.certmanager.k8s.io v1.admission.cluster.open-cluster-management.io v1.admission.work.open-cluster-management.io
      oc delete clusterimageset --all
      oc delete configmap -n $ACM_NAMESPACE cert-manager-controller cert-manager-cainjector-leader-election cert-manager-cainjector-leader-election-core
      oc delete consolelink acm-console-link
      oc delete crd klusterletaddonconfigs.agent.open-cluster-management.io placementbindings.policy.open-cluster-management.io policies.policy.open-cluster-management.io userpreferences.console.open-cluster-management.io searchservices.search.acm.com
      oc delete mutatingwebhookconfiguration cert-manager-webhook cert-manager-webhook-v1alpha1
      oc delete oauthclient multicloudingress
      oc delete rolebinding -n kube-system cert-manager-webhook-webhook-authentication-reader
      oc delete scc kui-proxy-scc
      oc delete validatingwebhookconfiguration cert-manager-webhook cert-manager-webhook-v1alpha1

      Replace <namespace> in the script with the name of the namespace where Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management was installed. Ensure that you specify the correct namespace, as the namespace is cleaned out and deleted.

    4. Run the script to remove any possible artifacts that remain from the previous installation. If there are no remaining artifacts, a message is returned that no resources were found.

      Tip: If you plan to reinstall a new version and want to keep your other information, you can skip the rest of the steps in this procedure and reinstall.

  5. Enter the following command to remove all of the related components and subscriptions:

    oc delete subs --all
  6. Enter the following command to delete the ClusterServiceVersion:

    oc delete clusterserviceversion --all

1.8.2. Deleting the components by using the console

When you use the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform console to uninstall, you remove the operator. Complete the following steps to uninstall by using the console:

  1. In the OpenShift Container Platform console navigation, select Operators > Installed Operators > Advanced Cluster Manager for Kubernetes.
  2. Remove the MultiClusterObservability custom resource, if installed.

    1. If the MultiClusterObservability custom resource is installed, select the tab for MultiClusterObservability.
    2. Select the Options menu for the MultiClusterObservability custom resource.
    3. Select Delete MultiClusterObservability.
  3. Remove the MultiClusterHub custom resource.

    1. Select the tab for Multiclusterhub.
    2. Select the Options menu for the MultiClusterHub custom resource.
    3. Select Delete MultiClusterHub.

      It might take up to 20 minutes to complete the uninstall process.

  4. Run the clean-up script according to the procedure in Removing a MultiClusterHub instance by using commands.

    Tip: If you plan to reinstall a new version and want to keep your other information, you can skip the rest of the steps in this procedure and reinstall.

  5. Navigate to Installed Operators.
  6. Remove the Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management operator by selecting the Options menu and selecting Uninstall operator.
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