Chapter 2. Installing a cluster on Nutanix

apiVersion

The API version for the install-config.yaml content. The current version is v1. The installation program may also support older API versions.

String

baseDomain

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

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

metadata

Kubernetes resource ObjectMeta, from which only the name parameter is consumed.

Object

metadata.name

The name of the cluster. DNS records for the cluster are all subdomains of {{.metadata.name}}.{{.baseDomain}}.

String of lowercase letters and hyphens (-), such as dev.

platform

The configuration for the specific platform upon which to perform the installation: alibabacloud, aws, baremetal, azure, gcp, ibmcloud, nutanix, openstack, ovirt, powervs, vsphere, or {}. For additional information about platform.<platform> parameters, consult the table for your specific platform that follows.

Object

pullSecret

Get a pull secret from the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager to authenticate downloading container images for OpenShift Container Platform components from services such as Quay.io.

{
   "auths":{
      "cloud.openshift.com":{
         "auth":"b3Blb=",
         "email":"you@example.com"
      },
      "quay.io":{
         "auth":"b3Blb=",
         "email":"you@example.com"
      }
   }
}

networking

The configuration for the cluster network.

Object

networking.networkType

The Red Hat OpenShift Networking network plugin to install.

Either OpenShiftSDN or OVNKubernetes. OpenShiftSDN is a CNI plugin for all-Linux networks. OVNKubernetes is a CNI plugin for Linux networks and hybrid networks that contain both Linux and Windows servers. The default value is OVNKubernetes.

networking.clusterNetwork

The IP address blocks for pods.

The default value is 10.128.0.0/14 with a host prefix of /23.

If you specify multiple IP address blocks, the blocks must not overlap.

An array of objects. For example:

networking:
  clusterNetwork:
  - cidr: 10.128.0.0/14
    hostPrefix: 23

networking.clusterNetwork.cidr

Required if you use networking.clusterNetwork. An IP address block.

An IPv4 network.

An IP address block in Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) notation. The prefix length for an IPv4 block is between 0 and 32.

networking.clusterNetwork.hostPrefix

The subnet prefix length to assign to each individual node. For example, if hostPrefix is set to 23 then each node is assigned a /23 subnet out of the given cidr. A hostPrefix value of 23 provides 510 (2^(32 - 23) - 2) pod IP addresses.

A subnet prefix.

The default value is 23.

networking.serviceNetwork

The IP address block for services. The default value is 172.30.0.0/16.

The OpenShift SDN and OVN-Kubernetes network plugins support only a single IP address block for the service network.

An array with an IP address block in CIDR format. For example:

networking:
  serviceNetwork:
   - 172.30.0.0/16

networking.machineNetwork

The IP address blocks for machines.

If you specify multiple IP address blocks, the blocks must not overlap.

An array of objects. For example:

networking:
  machineNetwork:
  - cidr: 10.0.0.0/16

networking.machineNetwork.cidr

Required if you use networking.machineNetwork. An IP address block. The default value is 10.0.0.0/16 for all platforms other than libvirt and IBM Power Virtual Server. For libvirt, the default value is 192.168.126.0/24. For IBM Power Virtual Server, the default value is 192.168.0.0/24.

An IP network block in CIDR notation.

For example, 10.0.0.0/16.

additionalTrustBundle

A PEM-encoded X.509 certificate bundle that is added to the nodes' trusted certificate store. This trust bundle may also be used when a proxy has been configured.

String

capabilities

Controls the installation of optional core cluster components. You can reduce the footprint of your OpenShift Container Platform cluster by disabling optional components. For more information, see the "Cluster capabilities" page in Installing.

String array

capabilities.baselineCapabilitySet

Selects an initial set of optional capabilities to enable. Valid values are None, v4.11, v4.12 and vCurrent. The default value is vCurrent.

String

capabilities.additionalEnabledCapabilities

Extends the set of optional capabilities beyond what you specify in baselineCapabilitySet. You may specify multiple capabilities in this parameter.

String array

cpuPartitioningMode

Enables workload partitioning, which isolates OpenShift Container Platform services, cluster management workloads, and infrastructure pods to run on a reserved set of CPUs. Workload partitioning can only be enabled during installation and cannot be disabled after installation. While this field enables workload partitioning, it does not configure workloads to use specific CPUs. For more information, see the Workload partitioning page in the Scalability and Performance section.

None or AllNodes. None is the default value.

compute

The configuration for the machines that comprise the compute nodes.

Array of MachinePool objects.

compute.architecture

Determines the instruction set architecture of the machines in the pool. Currently, clusters with varied architectures are not supported. All pools must specify the same architecture. Valid values are amd64 (the default).

String

compute: hyperthreading:

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

Enabled or Disabled

compute.name

Required if you use compute. The name of the machine pool.

worker

compute.platform

Required if you use compute. Use this parameter to specify the cloud provider to host the worker machines. This parameter value must match the controlPlane.platform parameter value.

alibabacloud, aws, azure, gcp, ibmcloud, nutanix, openstack, ovirt, powervs, vsphere, or {}

compute.replicas

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

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

featureSet

Enables the cluster for a feature set. A feature set is a collection of OpenShift Container Platform features that are not enabled by default. For more information about enabling a feature set during installation, see "Enabling features using feature gates".

String. The name of the feature set to enable, such as TechPreviewNoUpgrade.

controlPlane

The configuration for the machines that comprise the control plane.

Array of MachinePool objects.

controlPlane.architecture

Determines the instruction set architecture of the machines in the pool. Currently, clusters with varied architectures are not supported. All pools must specify the same architecture. Valid values are amd64 (the default).

String

controlPlane: hyperthreading:

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

Enabled or Disabled

controlPlane.name

Required if you use controlPlane. The name of the machine pool.

master

controlPlane.platform

Required if you use controlPlane. Use this parameter to specify the cloud provider that hosts the control plane machines. This parameter value must match the compute.platform parameter value.

alibabacloud, aws, azure, gcp, ibmcloud, nutanix, openstack, ovirt, powervs, vsphere, or {}

controlPlane.replicas

The number of control plane machines to provision.

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

credentialsMode

The Cloud Credential Operator (CCO) mode. If no mode is specified, the CCO dynamically tries to determine the capabilities of the provided credentials, with a preference for mint mode on the platforms where multiple modes are supported.

Mint, Passthrough, Manual or an empty string ("").

imageContentSources

Sources and repositories for the release-image content.

Array of objects. Includes a source and, optionally, mirrors, as described in the following rows of this table.

imageContentSources.source

Required if you use imageContentSources. Specify the repository that users refer to, for example, in image pull specifications.

String

imageContentSources.mirrors

Specify one or more repositories that may also contain the same images.

Array of strings

publish

How to publish or expose the user-facing endpoints of your cluster, such as the Kubernetes API, OpenShift routes.

Internal or External. The default value is External.

Setting this field to Internal is not supported on non-cloud platforms.

sshKey

The SSH key to authenticate access to your cluster machines.

For example, sshKey: ssh-ed25519 AAAA...

compute.platform.nutanix.categories.key

The name of a prism category key to apply to compute VMs. This parameter must be accompanied by the value parameter, and both key and value parameters must exist in Prism Central. For more information on categories, see Category management.

String

compute.platform.nutanix.categories.value

The value of a prism category key-value pair to apply to compute VMs. This parameter must be accompanied by the key parameter, and both key and value parameters must exist in Prism Central.

String

compute.platform.nutanix.project.type

The type of identifier you use to select a project for compute VMs. Projects define logical groups of user roles for managing permissions, networks, and other parameters. For more information on projects, see Projects Overview.

name or uuid

compute.platform.nutanix.project.name or compute.platform.nutanix.project.uuid

The name or UUID of a project with which compute VMs are associated. This parameter must be accompanied by the type parameter.

String

compute.platform.nutanix.bootType

The boot type that the compute machines use. You must use the Legacy boot type in OpenShift Container Platform 4.13. For more information on boot types, see Understanding UEFI, Secure Boot, and TPM in the Virtualized Environment.

Legacy, SecureBoot or UEFI. The default is Legacy.

controlPlane.platform.nutanix.categories.key

The name of a prism category key to apply to control plane VMs. This parameter must be accompanied by the value parameter, and both key and value parameters must exist in Prism Central. For more information on categories, see Category management.

String

controlPlane.platform.nutanix.categories.value

The value of a prism category key-value pair to apply to control plane VMs. This parameter must be accompanied by the key parameter, and both key and value parameters must exist in Prism Central.

String

controlPlane.platform.nutanix.project.type

The type of identifier you use to select a project for control plane VMs. Projects define logical groups of user roles for managing permissions, networks, and other parameters. For more information on projects, see Projects Overview.

name or uuid

controlPlane.platform.nutanix.project.name or controlPlane.platform.nutanix.project.uuid

The name or UUID of a project with which control plane VMs are associated. This parameter must be accompanied by the type parameter.

String

platform.nutanix.defaultMachinePlatform.categories.key

The name of a prism category key to apply to all VMs. This parameter must be accompanied by the value parameter, and both key and value parameters must exist in Prism Central. For more information on categories, see Category management.

String

platform.nutanix.defaultMachinePlatform.categories.value

The value of a prism category key-value pair to apply to all VMs. This parameter must be accompanied by the key parameter, and both key and value parameters must exist in Prism Central.

String

platform.nutanix.defaultMachinePlatform.project.type

The type of identifier you use to select a project for all VMs. Projects define logical groups of user roles for managing permissions, networks, and other parameters. For more information on projects, see Projects Overview.

name or uuid.

platform.nutanix.defaultMachinePlatform.project.name or platform.nutanix.defaultMachinePlatform.project.uuid

The name or UUID of a project with which all VMs are associated. This parameter must be accompanied by the type parameter.

String

platform.nutanix.defaultMachinePlatform.bootType

The boot type for all machines. You must use the Legacy boot type in OpenShift Container Platform 4.13. For more information on boot types, see Understanding UEFI, Secure Boot, and TPM in the Virtualized Environment.

Legacy, SecureBoot or UEFI. The default is Legacy.

platform.nutanix.apiVIP

The virtual IP (VIP) address that you configured for control plane API access.

IP address

platform.nutanix.ingressVIP

The virtual IP (VIP) address that you configured for cluster ingress.

IP address

platform.nutanix.prismCentral.endpoint.address

The Prism Central domain name or IP address.

String

platform.nutanix.prismCentral.endpoint.port

The port that is used to log into Prism Central.

String

platform.nutanix.prismCentral.password

The password for the Prism Central user name.

String

platform.nutanix.prismCentral.username

The user name that is used to log into Prism Central.

String

platform.nutanix.prismElments.endpoint.address

The Prism Element domain name or IP address. [¹]

String

platform.nutanix.prismElments.endpoint.port

The port that is used to log into Prism Element.

String

platform.nutanix.prismElements.uuid

The universally unique identifier (UUID) for Prism Element.

String

platform.nutanix.subnetUUIDs

The UUID of the Prism Element network that contains the virtual IP addresses and DNS records that you configured. [²]

String

platform.nutanix.clusterOSImage

Optional: By default, the installation program downloads and installs the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS (RHCOS) image. If Prism Central does not have internet access, you can override the default behavior by hosting the RHCOS image on any HTTP server and pointing the installation program to the image.

An HTTP or HTTPS URL, optionally with a SHA-256 checksum. For example, http://example.com/images/rhcos-47.83.202103221318-0-nutanix.x86_64.qcow2