Chapter 9. The Node Feature Discovery Operator

Procedure

1. Create a namespace for the NFD Operator.

   1. Create the following Namespace custom resource (CR) that defines the openshift-nfd namespace, and then save the YAML in the nfd-namespace.yaml file:

      apiVersion: v1
      kind: Namespace
      metadata:
        name: openshift-nfd

   2. Create the namespace by running the following command:

      $ oc create -f nfd-namespace.yaml

2. Install the NFD Operator in the namespace you created in the previous step by creating the following objects:

   1. Create the following OperatorGroup CR and save the YAML in the nfd-operatorgroup.yaml file:

      apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
      kind: OperatorGroup
      metadata:
        generateName: openshift-nfd-
        name: openshift-nfd
        namespace: openshift-nfd
      spec:
        targetNamespaces:
        - openshift-nfd

   2. Create the OperatorGroup CR by running the following command:

      $ oc create -f nfd-operatorgroup.yaml

   3. Run the following command to get the channel value required for the next step.

      $ oc get packagemanifest nfd -n openshift-marketplace -o jsonpath='{.status.defaultChannel}'

      Example output

      4.8

   4. Create the following Subscription CR and save the YAML in the nfd-sub.yaml file:

      Example Subscription

      apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
      kind: Subscription
      metadata:
        name: nfd
        namespace: openshift-nfd
      spec:
        channel: "4.8"
        installPlanApproval: Automatic
        name: nfd
        source: redhat-operators
        sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace

   5. Create the subscription object by running the following command:

      $ oc create -f nfd-sub.yaml

   6. Change to the openshift-nfd project:

      $ oc project openshift-nfd

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, click Operators OperatorHub.
2. Choose Node Feature Discovery from the list of available Operators, and then click Install.
3. On the Install Operator page, select a specific namespace on the cluster, select the namespace created in the previous section, and then click Install.

1. Navigate to the Operators Installed Operators page.

2. Ensure that Node Feature Discovery is listed in the openshift-nfd project with a Status of InstallSucceeded.

   Note

   During installation an Operator might display a Failed status. If the installation later succeeds with an InstallSucceeded message, you can ignore the Failed message.

1. Navigate to the Operators Installed Operators page and inspect the Operator Subscriptions and Install Plans tabs for any failure or errors under Status.
2. Navigate to the Workloads Pods page and check the logs for pods in the openshift-nfd project.

Procedure

1. Create the following NodeFeatureDiscovery Custom Resource (CR), and then save the YAML in the NodeFeatureDiscovery.yaml file:

   apiVersion: nfd.openshift.io/v1
   kind: NodeFeatureDiscovery
   metadata:
     name: nfd-instance
     namespace: openshift-nfd
   spec:
     instance: "" # instance is empty by default
     operand:
       namespace: openshift-nfd
       image: quay.io/openshift/origin-node-feature-discovery:4.8
       imagePullPolicy: Always
     workerConfig:
       configData: |
         #core:
         #  labelWhiteList:
         #  noPublish: false
         #  sleepInterval: 60s
         #  sources: [all]
         #  klog:
         #    addDirHeader: false
         #    alsologtostderr: false
         #    logBacktraceAt:
         #    logtostderr: true
         #    skipHeaders: false
         #    stderrthreshold: 2
         #    v: 0
         #    vmodule:
         ##   NOTE: the following options are not dynamically run-time configurable
         ##         and require a nfd-worker restart to take effect after being changed
         #    logDir:
         #    logFile:
         #    logFileMaxSize: 1800
         #    skipLogHeaders: false
         #sources:
         #  cpu:
         #    cpuid:
         ##     NOTE: whitelist has priority over blacklist
         #      attributeBlacklist:
         #        - "BMI1"
         #        - "BMI2"
         #        - "CLMUL"
         #        - "CMOV"
         #        - "CX16"
         #        - "ERMS"
         #        - "F16C"
         #        - "HTT"
         #        - "LZCNT"
         #        - "MMX"
         #        - "MMXEXT"
         #        - "NX"
         #        - "POPCNT"
         #        - "RDRAND"
         #        - "RDSEED"
         #        - "RDTSCP"
         #        - "SGX"
         #        - "SSE"
         #        - "SSE2"
         #        - "SSE3"
         #        - "SSE4.1"
         #        - "SSE4.2"
         #        - "SSSE3"
         #      attributeWhitelist:
         #  kernel:
         #    kconfigFile: "/path/to/kconfig"
         #    configOpts:
         #      - "NO_HZ"
         #      - "X86"
         #      - "DMI"
         #  pci:
         #    deviceClassWhitelist:
         #      - "0200"
         #      - "03"
         #      - "12"
         #    deviceLabelFields:
         #      - "class"
         #      - "vendor"
         #      - "device"
         #      - "subsystem_vendor"
         #      - "subsystem_device"
         #  usb:
         #    deviceClassWhitelist:
         #      - "0e"
         #      - "ef"
         #      - "fe"
         #      - "ff"
         #    deviceLabelFields:
         #      - "class"
         #      - "vendor"
         #      - "device"
         #  custom:
         #    - name: "my.kernel.feature"
         #      matchOn:
         #        - loadedKMod: ["example_kmod1", "example_kmod2"]
         #    - name: "my.pci.feature"
         #      matchOn:
         #        - pciId:
         #            class: ["0200"]
         #            vendor: ["15b3"]
         #            device: ["1014", "1017"]
         #        - pciId :
         #            vendor: ["8086"]
         #            device: ["1000", "1100"]
         #    - name: "my.usb.feature"
         #      matchOn:
         #        - usbId:
         #          class: ["ff"]
         #          vendor: ["03e7"]
         #          device: ["2485"]
         #        - usbId:
         #          class: ["fe"]
         #          vendor: ["1a6e"]
         #          device: ["089a"]
         #    - name: "my.combined.feature"
         #      matchOn:
         #        - pciId:
         #            vendor: ["15b3"]
         #            device: ["1014", "1017"]
         #          loadedKMod : ["vendor_kmod1", "vendor_kmod2"]
     customConfig:
       configData: |
         #    - name: "more.kernel.features"
         #      matchOn:
         #      - loadedKMod: ["example_kmod3"]
         #    - name: "more.features.by.nodename"
         #      value: customValue
         #      matchOn:
         #      - nodename: ["special-.*-node-.*"]

2. Create the NodeFeatureDiscovery CR instance by running the following command:

   $ oc create -f NodeFeatureDiscovery.yaml

Procedure

1. Navigate to the Operators Installed Operators page.
2. Find Node Feature Discovery and see a box under Provided APIs.
3. Click Create instance.
4. Edit the values of the NodeFeatureDiscovery CR.
5. Click Create.