Chapter 6. ConsolePlugin [console.openshift.io/v1]


Description
ConsolePlugin is an extension for customizing OpenShift web console by dynamically loading code from another service running on the cluster. Compatibility level 1: Stable within a major release for a minimum of 12 months or 3 minor releases (whichever is longer).
Type
object
Required
  • metadata
  • spec

6.1. Specification

PropertyTypeDescription

apiVersion

string

APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources

kind

string

Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds

metadata

ObjectMeta

Standard object’s metadata. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#metadata

spec

object

ConsolePluginSpec is the desired plugin configuration.

6.1.1. .spec

Description
ConsolePluginSpec is the desired plugin configuration.
Type
object
Required
  • backend
  • displayName
PropertyTypeDescription

backend

object

backend holds the configuration of backend which is serving console’s plugin .

displayName

string

displayName is the display name of the plugin. The dispalyName should be between 1 and 128 characters.

i18n

object

i18n is the configuration of plugin’s localization resources.

proxy

array

proxy is a list of proxies that describe various service type to which the plugin needs to connect to.

proxy[]

object

ConsolePluginProxy holds information on various service types to which console’s backend will proxy the plugin’s requests.

6.1.2. .spec.backend

Description
backend holds the configuration of backend which is serving console’s plugin .
Type
object
Required
  • type
PropertyTypeDescription

service

object

service is a Kubernetes Service that exposes the plugin using a deployment with an HTTP server. The Service must use HTTPS and Service serving certificate. The console backend will proxy the plugins assets from the Service using the service CA bundle.

type

string

type is the backend type which servers the console’s plugin. Currently only "Service" is supported. ---

6.1.3. .spec.backend.service

Description
service is a Kubernetes Service that exposes the plugin using a deployment with an HTTP server. The Service must use HTTPS and Service serving certificate. The console backend will proxy the plugins assets from the Service using the service CA bundle.
Type
object
Required
  • name
  • namespace
  • port
PropertyTypeDescription

basePath

string

basePath is the path to the plugin’s assets. The primary asset it the manifest file called plugin-manifest.json, which is a JSON document that contains metadata about the plugin and the extensions.

name

string

name of Service that is serving the plugin assets.

namespace

string

namespace of Service that is serving the plugin assets.

port

integer

port on which the Service that is serving the plugin is listening to.

6.1.4. .spec.i18n

Description
i18n is the configuration of plugin’s localization resources.
Type
object
Required
  • loadType
PropertyTypeDescription

loadType

string

loadType indicates how the plugin’s localization resource should be loaded. Valid values are Preload, Lazy and the empty string. When set to Preload, all localization resources are fetched when the plugin is loaded. When set to Lazy, localization resources are lazily loaded as and when they are required by the console. When omitted or set to the empty string, the behaviour is equivalent to Lazy type.

6.1.5. .spec.proxy

Description
proxy is a list of proxies that describe various service type to which the plugin needs to connect to.
Type
array

6.1.6. .spec.proxy[]

Description
ConsolePluginProxy holds information on various service types to which console’s backend will proxy the plugin’s requests.
Type
object
Required
  • alias
  • endpoint
PropertyTypeDescription

alias

string

alias is a proxy name that identifies the plugin’s proxy. An alias name should be unique per plugin. The console backend exposes following proxy endpoint: /api/proxy/plugin/<plugin-name>/<proxy-alias>/<request-path>?<optional-query-parameters> Request example path: /api/proxy/plugin/acm/search/pods?namespace=openshift-apiserver

authorization

string

authorization provides information about authorization type, which the proxied request should contain

caCertificate

string

caCertificate provides the cert authority certificate contents, in case the proxied Service is using custom service CA. By default, the service CA bundle provided by the service-ca operator is used.

endpoint

object

endpoint provides information about endpoint to which the request is proxied to.

6.1.7. .spec.proxy[].endpoint

Description
endpoint provides information about endpoint to which the request is proxied to.
Type
object
Required
  • type
PropertyTypeDescription

service

object

service is an in-cluster Service that the plugin will connect to. The Service must use HTTPS. The console backend exposes an endpoint in order to proxy communication between the plugin and the Service. Note: service field is required for now, since currently only "Service" type is supported.

type

string

type is the type of the console plugin’s proxy. Currently only "Service" is supported. ---

6.1.8. .spec.proxy[].endpoint.service

Description
service is an in-cluster Service that the plugin will connect to. The Service must use HTTPS. The console backend exposes an endpoint in order to proxy communication between the plugin and the Service. Note: service field is required for now, since currently only "Service" type is supported.
Type
object
Required
  • name
  • namespace
  • port
PropertyTypeDescription

name

string

name of Service that the plugin needs to connect to.

namespace

string

namespace of Service that the plugin needs to connect to

port

integer

port on which the Service that the plugin needs to connect to is listening on.

6.2. API endpoints

The following API endpoints are available:

  • /apis/console.openshift.io/v1/consoleplugins

    • DELETE: delete collection of ConsolePlugin
    • GET: list objects of kind ConsolePlugin
    • POST: create a ConsolePlugin
  • /apis/console.openshift.io/v1/consoleplugins/{name}

    • DELETE: delete a ConsolePlugin
    • GET: read the specified ConsolePlugin
    • PATCH: partially update the specified ConsolePlugin
    • PUT: replace the specified ConsolePlugin

6.2.1. /apis/console.openshift.io/v1/consoleplugins

Table 6.1. Global query parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

pretty

string

If 'true', then the output is pretty printed.

HTTP method
DELETE
Description
delete collection of ConsolePlugin
Table 6.2. Query parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

allowWatchBookmarks

boolean

allowWatchBookmarks requests watch events with type "BOOKMARK". Servers that do not implement bookmarks may ignore this flag and bookmarks are sent at the server’s discretion. Clients should not assume bookmarks are returned at any specific interval, nor may they assume the server will send any BOOKMARK event during a session. If this is not a watch, this field is ignored.

continue

string

The continue option should be set when retrieving more results from the server. Since this value is server defined, clients may only use the continue value from a previous query result with identical query parameters (except for the value of continue) and the server may reject a continue value it does not recognize. If the specified continue value is no longer valid whether due to expiration (generally five to fifteen minutes) or a configuration change on the server, the server will respond with a 410 ResourceExpired error together with a continue token. If the client needs a consistent list, it must restart their list without the continue field. Otherwise, the client may send another list request with the token received with the 410 error, the server will respond with a list starting from the next key, but from the latest snapshot, which is inconsistent from the previous list results - objects that are created, modified, or deleted after the first list request will be included in the response, as long as their keys are after the "next key".

This field is not supported when watch is true. Clients may start a watch from the last resourceVersion value returned by the server and not miss any modifications.

fieldSelector

string

A selector to restrict the list of returned objects by their fields. Defaults to everything.

labelSelector

string

A selector to restrict the list of returned objects by their labels. Defaults to everything.

limit

integer

limit is a maximum number of responses to return for a list call. If more items exist, the server will set the continue field on the list metadata to a value that can be used with the same initial query to retrieve the next set of results. Setting a limit may return fewer than the requested amount of items (up to zero items) in the event all requested objects are filtered out and clients should only use the presence of the continue field to determine whether more results are available. Servers may choose not to support the limit argument and will return all of the available results. If limit is specified and the continue field is empty, clients may assume that no more results are available. This field is not supported if watch is true.

The server guarantees that the objects returned when using continue will be identical to issuing a single list call without a limit - that is, no objects created, modified, or deleted after the first request is issued will be included in any subsequent continued requests. This is sometimes referred to as a consistent snapshot, and ensures that a client that is using limit to receive smaller chunks of a very large result can ensure they see all possible objects. If objects are updated during a chunked list the version of the object that was present at the time the first list result was calculated is returned.

resourceVersion

string

resourceVersion sets a constraint on what resource versions a request may be served from. See https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/using-api/api-concepts/#resource-versions for details.

Defaults to unset

resourceVersionMatch

string

resourceVersionMatch determines how resourceVersion is applied to list calls. It is highly recommended that resourceVersionMatch be set for list calls where resourceVersion is set See https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/using-api/api-concepts/#resource-versions for details.

Defaults to unset

sendInitialEvents

boolean

sendInitialEvents=true may be set together with watch=true. In that case, the watch stream will begin with synthetic events to produce the current state of objects in the collection. Once all such events have been sent, a synthetic "Bookmark" event will be sent. The bookmark will report the ResourceVersion (RV) corresponding to the set of objects, and be marked with "k8s.io/initial-events-end": "true" annotation. Afterwards, the watch stream will proceed as usual, sending watch events corresponding to changes (subsequent to the RV) to objects watched.

When sendInitialEvents option is set, we require resourceVersionMatch option to also be set. The semantic of the watch request is as following: - resourceVersionMatch = NotOlderThan is interpreted as "data at least as new as the provided resourceVersion`" and the bookmark event is send when the state is synced to a `resourceVersion at least as fresh as the one provided by the ListOptions. If resourceVersion is unset, this is interpreted as "consistent read" and the bookmark event is send when the state is synced at least to the moment when request started being processed. - resourceVersionMatch set to any other value or unset Invalid error is returned.

Defaults to true if resourceVersion="" or resourceVersion="0" (for backward compatibility reasons) and to false otherwise.

timeoutSeconds

integer

Timeout for the list/watch call. This limits the duration of the call, regardless of any activity or inactivity.

watch

boolean

Watch for changes to the described resources and return them as a stream of add, update, and remove notifications. Specify resourceVersion.

Table 6.3. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

Status schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

HTTP method
GET
Description
list objects of kind ConsolePlugin
Table 6.4. Query parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

allowWatchBookmarks

boolean

allowWatchBookmarks requests watch events with type "BOOKMARK". Servers that do not implement bookmarks may ignore this flag and bookmarks are sent at the server’s discretion. Clients should not assume bookmarks are returned at any specific interval, nor may they assume the server will send any BOOKMARK event during a session. If this is not a watch, this field is ignored.

continue

string

The continue option should be set when retrieving more results from the server. Since this value is server defined, clients may only use the continue value from a previous query result with identical query parameters (except for the value of continue) and the server may reject a continue value it does not recognize. If the specified continue value is no longer valid whether due to expiration (generally five to fifteen minutes) or a configuration change on the server, the server will respond with a 410 ResourceExpired error together with a continue token. If the client needs a consistent list, it must restart their list without the continue field. Otherwise, the client may send another list request with the token received with the 410 error, the server will respond with a list starting from the next key, but from the latest snapshot, which is inconsistent from the previous list results - objects that are created, modified, or deleted after the first list request will be included in the response, as long as their keys are after the "next key".

This field is not supported when watch is true. Clients may start a watch from the last resourceVersion value returned by the server and not miss any modifications.

fieldSelector

string

A selector to restrict the list of returned objects by their fields. Defaults to everything.

labelSelector

string

A selector to restrict the list of returned objects by their labels. Defaults to everything.

limit

integer

limit is a maximum number of responses to return for a list call. If more items exist, the server will set the continue field on the list metadata to a value that can be used with the same initial query to retrieve the next set of results. Setting a limit may return fewer than the requested amount of items (up to zero items) in the event all requested objects are filtered out and clients should only use the presence of the continue field to determine whether more results are available. Servers may choose not to support the limit argument and will return all of the available results. If limit is specified and the continue field is empty, clients may assume that no more results are available. This field is not supported if watch is true.

The server guarantees that the objects returned when using continue will be identical to issuing a single list call without a limit - that is, no objects created, modified, or deleted after the first request is issued will be included in any subsequent continued requests. This is sometimes referred to as a consistent snapshot, and ensures that a client that is using limit to receive smaller chunks of a very large result can ensure they see all possible objects. If objects are updated during a chunked list the version of the object that was present at the time the first list result was calculated is returned.

resourceVersion

string

resourceVersion sets a constraint on what resource versions a request may be served from. See https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/using-api/api-concepts/#resource-versions for details.

Defaults to unset

resourceVersionMatch

string

resourceVersionMatch determines how resourceVersion is applied to list calls. It is highly recommended that resourceVersionMatch be set for list calls where resourceVersion is set See https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/using-api/api-concepts/#resource-versions for details.

Defaults to unset

sendInitialEvents

boolean

sendInitialEvents=true may be set together with watch=true. In that case, the watch stream will begin with synthetic events to produce the current state of objects in the collection. Once all such events have been sent, a synthetic "Bookmark" event will be sent. The bookmark will report the ResourceVersion (RV) corresponding to the set of objects, and be marked with "k8s.io/initial-events-end": "true" annotation. Afterwards, the watch stream will proceed as usual, sending watch events corresponding to changes (subsequent to the RV) to objects watched.

When sendInitialEvents option is set, we require resourceVersionMatch option to also be set. The semantic of the watch request is as following: - resourceVersionMatch = NotOlderThan is interpreted as "data at least as new as the provided resourceVersion`" and the bookmark event is send when the state is synced to a `resourceVersion at least as fresh as the one provided by the ListOptions. If resourceVersion is unset, this is interpreted as "consistent read" and the bookmark event is send when the state is synced at least to the moment when request started being processed. - resourceVersionMatch set to any other value or unset Invalid error is returned.

Defaults to true if resourceVersion="" or resourceVersion="0" (for backward compatibility reasons) and to false otherwise.

timeoutSeconds

integer

Timeout for the list/watch call. This limits the duration of the call, regardless of any activity or inactivity.

watch

boolean

Watch for changes to the described resources and return them as a stream of add, update, and remove notifications. Specify resourceVersion.

Table 6.5. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

ConsolePluginList schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

HTTP method
POST
Description
create a ConsolePlugin
Table 6.6. Query parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

dryRun

string

When present, indicates that modifications should not be persisted. An invalid or unrecognized dryRun directive will result in an error response and no further processing of the request. Valid values are: - All: all dry run stages will be processed

fieldManager

string

fieldManager is a name associated with the actor or entity that is making these changes. The value must be less than or 128 characters long, and only contain printable characters, as defined by https://golang.org/pkg/unicode/#IsPrint.

fieldValidation

string

fieldValidation instructs the server on how to handle objects in the request (POST/PUT/PATCH) containing unknown or duplicate fields. Valid values are: - Ignore: This will ignore any unknown fields that are silently dropped from the object, and will ignore all but the last duplicate field that the decoder encounters. This is the default behavior prior to v1.23. - Warn: This will send a warning via the standard warning response header for each unknown field that is dropped from the object, and for each duplicate field that is encountered. The request will still succeed if there are no other errors, and will only persist the last of any duplicate fields. This is the default in v1.23+ - Strict: This will fail the request with a BadRequest error if any unknown fields would be dropped from the object, or if any duplicate fields are present. The error returned from the server will contain all unknown and duplicate fields encountered.

Table 6.7. Body parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

body

ConsolePlugin schema

 
Table 6.8. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

ConsolePlugin schema

201 - Created

ConsolePlugin schema

202 - Accepted

ConsolePlugin schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

6.2.2. /apis/console.openshift.io/v1/consoleplugins/{name}

Table 6.9. Global path parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

name

string

name of the ConsolePlugin

Table 6.10. Global query parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

pretty

string

If 'true', then the output is pretty printed.

HTTP method
DELETE
Description
delete a ConsolePlugin
Table 6.11. Query parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

dryRun

string

When present, indicates that modifications should not be persisted. An invalid or unrecognized dryRun directive will result in an error response and no further processing of the request. Valid values are: - All: all dry run stages will be processed

gracePeriodSeconds

integer

The duration in seconds before the object should be deleted. Value must be non-negative integer. The value zero indicates delete immediately. If this value is nil, the default grace period for the specified type will be used. Defaults to a per object value if not specified. zero means delete immediately.

orphanDependents

boolean

Deprecated: please use the PropagationPolicy, this field will be deprecated in 1.7. Should the dependent objects be orphaned. If true/false, the "orphan" finalizer will be added to/removed from the object’s finalizers list. Either this field or PropagationPolicy may be set, but not both.

propagationPolicy

string

Whether and how garbage collection will be performed. Either this field or OrphanDependents may be set, but not both. The default policy is decided by the existing finalizer set in the metadata.finalizers and the resource-specific default policy. Acceptable values are: 'Orphan' - orphan the dependents; 'Background' - allow the garbage collector to delete the dependents in the background; 'Foreground' - a cascading policy that deletes all dependents in the foreground.

Table 6.12. Body parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

body

DeleteOptions schema

 
Table 6.13. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

Status schema

202 - Accepted

Status schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

HTTP method
GET
Description
read the specified ConsolePlugin
Table 6.14. Query parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

resourceVersion

string

resourceVersion sets a constraint on what resource versions a request may be served from. See https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/using-api/api-concepts/#resource-versions for details.

Defaults to unset

Table 6.15. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

ConsolePlugin schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

HTTP method
PATCH
Description
partially update the specified ConsolePlugin
Table 6.16. Query parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

dryRun

string

When present, indicates that modifications should not be persisted. An invalid or unrecognized dryRun directive will result in an error response and no further processing of the request. Valid values are: - All: all dry run stages will be processed

fieldManager

string

fieldManager is a name associated with the actor or entity that is making these changes. The value must be less than or 128 characters long, and only contain printable characters, as defined by https://golang.org/pkg/unicode/#IsPrint. This field is required for apply requests (application/apply-patch) but optional for non-apply patch types (JsonPatch, MergePatch, StrategicMergePatch).

fieldValidation

string

fieldValidation instructs the server on how to handle objects in the request (POST/PUT/PATCH) containing unknown or duplicate fields. Valid values are: - Ignore: This will ignore any unknown fields that are silently dropped from the object, and will ignore all but the last duplicate field that the decoder encounters. This is the default behavior prior to v1.23. - Warn: This will send a warning via the standard warning response header for each unknown field that is dropped from the object, and for each duplicate field that is encountered. The request will still succeed if there are no other errors, and will only persist the last of any duplicate fields. This is the default in v1.23+ - Strict: This will fail the request with a BadRequest error if any unknown fields would be dropped from the object, or if any duplicate fields are present. The error returned from the server will contain all unknown and duplicate fields encountered.

force

boolean

Force is going to "force" Apply requests. It means user will re-acquire conflicting fields owned by other people. Force flag must be unset for non-apply patch requests.

Table 6.17. Body parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

body

Patch schema

 
Table 6.18. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

ConsolePlugin schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

HTTP method
PUT
Description
replace the specified ConsolePlugin
Table 6.19. Query parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

dryRun

string

When present, indicates that modifications should not be persisted. An invalid or unrecognized dryRun directive will result in an error response and no further processing of the request. Valid values are: - All: all dry run stages will be processed

fieldManager

string

fieldManager is a name associated with the actor or entity that is making these changes. The value must be less than or 128 characters long, and only contain printable characters, as defined by https://golang.org/pkg/unicode/#IsPrint.

fieldValidation

string

fieldValidation instructs the server on how to handle objects in the request (POST/PUT/PATCH) containing unknown or duplicate fields. Valid values are: - Ignore: This will ignore any unknown fields that are silently dropped from the object, and will ignore all but the last duplicate field that the decoder encounters. This is the default behavior prior to v1.23. - Warn: This will send a warning via the standard warning response header for each unknown field that is dropped from the object, and for each duplicate field that is encountered. The request will still succeed if there are no other errors, and will only persist the last of any duplicate fields. This is the default in v1.23+ - Strict: This will fail the request with a BadRequest error if any unknown fields would be dropped from the object, or if any duplicate fields are present. The error returned from the server will contain all unknown and duplicate fields encountered.

Table 6.20. Body parameters
ParameterTypeDescription

body

ConsolePlugin schema

 
Table 6.21. HTTP responses
HTTP codeReponse body

200 - OK

ConsolePlugin schema

201 - Created

ConsolePlugin schema

401 - Unauthorized

Empty

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