User guide

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, navigate to Operators → OperatorHub.
2. In the Filter by keyword field, type OpenShift sandboxed containers.
3. Select the OpenShift sandboxed containers Operator tile and click Install.
4. On the Install Operator page, select stable from the list of available Update Channel options.

5. Verify that Operator recommended Namespace is selected for Installed Namespace. This installs the Operator in the mandatory openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator namespace. If this namespace does not yet exist, it is automatically created.

   Note

   Attempting to install the OpenShift sandboxed containers Operator in a namespace other than openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator causes the installation to fail.

6. Verify that Automatic is selected for Approval Strategy. Automatic is the default value, and enables automatic updates to OpenShift sandboxed containers when a new z-stream release is available.
7. Click Install.

Verification

1. Navigate to Operators → Installed Operators.
2. Verify that the OpenShift sandboxed containers Operator is displayed.

Procedure

1. Create a Namespace.yaml manifest file:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Namespace
   metadata:
     name: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator

2. Create the namespace by running the following command:

   $ oc create -f Namespace.yaml

3. Create an OperatorGroup.yaml manifest file:

   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
   kind: OperatorGroup
   metadata:
     name: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
     namespace: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
   spec:
     targetNamespaces:
     - openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator

4. Create the operator group by running the following command:

   $ oc create -f OperatorGroup.yaml

5. Create a Subscription.yaml manifest file:

   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
   kind: Subscription
   metadata:
     name: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
     namespace: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
   spec:
     channel: stable
     installPlanApproval: Automatic
     name: sandboxed-containers-operator
     source: redhat-operators
     sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
     startingCSV: sandboxed-containers-operator.v1.6.0

6. Create the subscription by running the following command:

   $ oc create -f Subscription.yaml

Procedure

1. Log in to your OpenShift Container Platform cluster and retrieve the instance ID:

   $ INSTANCE_ID=$(oc get nodes -l 'node-role.kubernetes.io/worker' -o jsonpath='{.items[0].spec.providerID}' | sed 's#[^ ]*/##g')

2. Retrieve the AWS region:

   $ AWS_REGION=$(oc get infrastructure/cluster -o jsonpath='{.status.platformStatus.aws.region}')

3. Retrieve the security group IDs and store them in an array:

   $ AWS_SG_IDS=($(aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids ${INSTANCE_ID} --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].SecurityGroups[*].GroupId' --output text --region $AWS_REGION))

4. For each security group ID, authorize the peer pods shim to access kata-agent communication, and set up the peer pods tunnel:

   $ for AWS_SG_ID in "${AWS_SG_IDS[@]}"; do
   
       aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id $AWS_SG_ID --protocol tcp --port 15150 --source-group $AWS_SG_ID --region $AWS_REGION
   
       aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id $AWS_SG_ID --protocol tcp --port 9000 --source-group $AWS_SG_ID --region $AWS_REGION
   
   done

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, navigate to Operators → Installed Operators.
2. Click the OpenShift sandboxed containers Operator tile.
3. Click the Import icon (+) on the top right corner.

4. In the Import YAML window, paste the following YAML manifest:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Secret
   metadata:
     name: peer-pods-secret
     namespace: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
   type: Opaque
   stringData:
     AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: "<aws_access_key>" 1
     AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: "<aws_secret_access_key>" 2

   1

   Specify the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID value.

   2

   Specify the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY value.

5. Click Save to apply the changes.

Procedure

1. Obtain the following values from your AWS instance:

   1. Retrieve and record the instance ID:

      $ INSTANCE_ID=$(oc get nodes -l 'node-role.kubernetes.io/worker' -o jsonpath='{.items[0].spec.providerID}' | sed 's#[^ ]*/##g')

      This is used to retrieve other values for the secret object.

   2. Retrieve and record the AWS region:

      $ AWS_REGION=$(oc get infrastructure/cluster -o jsonpath='{.status.platformStatus.aws.region}') && echo "AWS_REGION: \"$AWS_REGION\""

   3. Retrieve and record the AWS subnet ID:

      $ AWS_SUBNET_ID=$(aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids ${INSTANCE_ID} --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].SubnetId' --region ${AWS_REGION} --output text) && echo "AWS_SUBNET_ID: \"$AWS_SUBNET_ID\""

   4. Retrieve and record the AWS VPC ID:

      $ AWS_VPC_ID=$(aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids ${INSTANCE_ID} --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].VpcId' --region ${AWS_REGION} --output text) && echo "AWS_VPC_ID: \"$AWS_VPC_ID\""

   5. Retrieve and record the AWS security group IDs:

      $ AWS_SG_IDS=$(aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids ${INSTANCE_ID} --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].SecurityGroups[*].GroupId' --region ${AWS_REGION} --output text)
      && echo "AWS_SG_IDS: \"$AWS_SG_IDS\""

2. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, navigate to Operators → Installed Operators.
3. Select the OpenShift sandboxed containers Operator from the list of operators.
4. Click the Import icon (+) in the top right corner.

5. In the Import YAML window, paste the following YAML manifest:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: ConfigMap
   metadata:
     name: peer-pods-cm
     namespace: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
   data:
     CLOUD_PROVIDER: "aws"
     VXLAN_PORT: "9000"
     PODVM_INSTANCE_TYPE: "t3.medium" 1
     PODVM_INSTANCE_TYPES: "t2.small,t2.medium,t3.large" 2
     PROXY_TIMEOUT: "5m"
     DISABLECVM: "true"
     PODVM_AMI_ID: "<podvm_ami_id>" 3
     AWS_REGION: "<aws_region>" 4
     AWS_SUBNET_ID: "<aws_subnet_id>" 5
     AWS_VPC_ID: "<aws_vpc_id>" 6
     AWS_SG_IDS: "<aws_sg_ids>" 7

   1

   Defines the default instance type that is used when a type is not defined in the workload.

   2

   Lists all of the instance types you can specify when creating the pod. This allows you to define smaller instance types for workloads that need less memory and fewer CPUs or larger instance types for larger workloads.

   3

   Optional: By default, this value is populated when you run the KataConfig CR, using an AMI ID based on your cluster credentials. If you create your own AMI, specify the correct AMI ID.

   4

   Specify the AWS_REGION value you retrieved.

   5

   Specify the AWS_SUBNET_ID value you retrieved.

   6

   Specify the AWS_VPC_ID value you retrieved.

   7

   Specify the AWS_SG_IDS value you retrieved.

6. Click Save to apply the changes.

   A config map is created for your cloud provider.

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, navigate to Operators → Installed Operators.
2. Select the OpenShift sandboxed containers Operator.
3. On the KataConfig tab, click Create KataConfig.

4. Enter the following details:

   • Name: Optional: The default name is example-kataconfig.
   • Labels: Optional: Enter any relevant, identifying attributes to the KataConfig resource. Each label represents a key-value pair.
   • enablePeerPods: Select for public cloud, IBM Z®, and IBM® LinuxONE deployments.

   • kataConfigPoolSelector. Optional: To install kata-remote on selected nodes, add a match expression for the labels on the selected nodes:

     1. Expand the kataConfigPoolSelector area.
     2. In the kataConfigPoolSelector area, expand matchExpressions. This is a list of label selector requirements.
     3. Click Add matchExpressions.
     4. In the Key field, enter the label key the selector applies to.
     5. In the Operator field, enter the key’s relationship to the label values. Valid operators are In, NotIn, Exists, and DoesNotExist.
     6. Expand the Values area and then click Add value.
     7. In the Value field, enter true or false for key label value.
   • logLevel: Define the level of log data retrieved for nodes with the kata-remote runtime class.

5. Click Create. The KataConfig CR is created and installs the kata-remote runtime class on the worker nodes.

   Wait for the kata-remote installation to complete and the worker nodes to reboot before verifying the installation.

Verification

1. On the KataConfig tab, click the KataConfig CR to view its details.

2. Click the YAML tab to view the status stanza.

   The status stanza contains the conditions and kataNodes keys. The value of status.kataNodes is an array of nodes, each of which lists nodes in a particular state of kata-remote installation. A message appears each time there is an update.

3. Click Reload to refresh the YAML.

   When all workers in the status.kataNodes array display the values installed and conditions.InProgress: False with no specified reason, the kata-remote is installed on the cluster.

Procedure

1. Check the current limit by running the following command:

   $ oc get peerpodconfig peerpodconfig-openshift -n openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator \
   -o jsonpath='{.spec.limit}{"\n"}'

2. Modify the limit attribute of the peerpodConfig CR by running the following command:

   $ oc patch peerpodconfig peerpodconfig-openshift -n openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator \
   --type merge --patch '{"spec":{"limit":"<value>"}}' 1

   1

   Replace <value> with the limit you want to define.

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, navigate to Workloads → workload type, for example, Pods.
2. On the workload type page, click an object to view its details.
3. Click the YAML tab.

4. Add spec.runtimeClassName: kata-remote to the manifest of each pod-templated workload object as in the following example:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: <object>
   # ...
   spec:
     runtimeClassName: kata-remote
   # ...

5. Add an annotation to the pod-templated object to use a manually defined instance type or an automatic instance type:

   • To use a manually defined instance type, add the following annotation:

     apiVersion: v1
     kind: <object>
     metadata:
       annotations:
         io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.machine_type: t3.medium 1
     # ...

     1

     Specify the instance type that you defined in the config map.

   • To use an automatic instance type, add the following annotations:

     apiVersion: v1
     kind: <Pod>
     metadata:
       annotations:
         io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.default_vcpus: <vcpus>
         io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.default_memory: <memory>
     # ...

     Define the amount of memory available for the workload to use. The workload will run on an automatic instance type based on the amount of memory available.

6. Click Save to apply the changes.

   OpenShift Container Platform creates the workload object and begins scheduling it.

Procedure

1. Create a peer-pods-secret.yaml manifest file according to the following example:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Secret
   metadata:
     name: peer-pods-secret
     namespace: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
   type: Opaque
   stringData:
     AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: "<aws_access_key>" 1
     AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: "<aws_secret_access_key>" 2

   1

   Specify the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID value.

   2

   Specify the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY value.

2. Create the secret object by applying the manifest:

   $ oc apply -f peer-pods-secret.yaml

Procedure

1. Obtain the following values from your AWS instance:

   1. Retrieve and record the instance ID:

      $ INSTANCE_ID=$(oc get nodes -l 'node-role.kubernetes.io/worker' -o jsonpath='{.items[0].spec.providerID}' | sed 's#[^ ]*/##g')

      This is used to retrieve other values for the secret object.

   2. Retrieve and record the AWS region:

      $ AWS_REGION=$(oc get infrastructure/cluster -o jsonpath='{.status.platformStatus.aws.region}') && echo "AWS_REGION: \"$AWS_REGION\""

   3. Retrieve and record the AWS subnet ID:

      $ AWS_SUBNET_ID=$(aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids ${INSTANCE_ID} --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].SubnetId' --region ${AWS_REGION} --output text) && echo "AWS_SUBNET_ID: \"$AWS_SUBNET_ID\""

   4. Retrieve and record the AWS VPC ID:

      $ AWS_VPC_ID=$(aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids ${INSTANCE_ID} --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].VpcId' --region ${AWS_REGION} --output text) && echo "AWS_VPC_ID: \"$AWS_VPC_ID\""

   5. Retrieve and record the AWS security group IDs:

      $ AWS_SG_IDS=$(aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids ${INSTANCE_ID} --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].SecurityGroups[*].GroupId' --region ${AWS_REGION} --output text)
      && echo "AWS_SG_IDS: \"$AWS_SG_IDS\""

2. Create a peer-pods-cm.yaml manifest according to the following example:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: ConfigMap
   metadata:
     name: peer-pods-cm
     namespace: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
   data:
     CLOUD_PROVIDER: "aws"
     VXLAN_PORT: "9000"
     PODVM_INSTANCE_TYPE: "t3.medium" 1
     PODVM_INSTANCE_TYPES: "t2.small,t2.medium,t3.large" 2
     PROXY_TIMEOUT: "5m"
     DISABLECVM: "true"
     PODVM_AMI_ID: "<podvm_ami_id>" 3
     AWS_REGION: "<aws_region>" 4
     AWS_SUBNET_ID: "<aws_subnet_id>" 5
     AWS_VPC_ID: "<aws_vpc_id>" 6
     AWS_SG_IDS: "<aws_sg_ids>" 7

   1

   Defines the default instance type that is used when a type is not defined in the workload.

   2

   Lists all of the instance types you can specify when creating the pod. This allows you to define smaller instance types for workloads that need less memory and fewer CPUs or larger instance types for larger workloads.

   3

   Optional: By default, this value is populated when you run the KataConfig CR, using an AMI ID based on your cluster credentials. If you create your own AMI, specify the correct AMI ID.

   4

   Specify the AWS_REGION value you retrieved.

   5

   Specify the AWS_SUBNET_ID value you retrieved.

   6

   Specify the AWS_VPC_ID value you retrieved.

   7

   Specify the AWS_SG_IDS value you retrieved.

3. Apply the manifest to create a config map:

   $ oc apply -f peer-pods-cm.yaml

   A config map is created for your cloud provider.

Procedure

1. Create a cluster-kataconfig.yaml manifest file according to the following example:

   apiVersion: kataconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
   kind: KataConfig
   metadata:
     name: cluster-kataconfig
   spec:
     enablePeerPods: true
     logLevel: info

2. Optional: To install kata-remote on selected nodes, specify the node labels according to the following example:

   apiVersion: kataconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
   kind: KataConfig
   metadata:
     name: cluster-kataconfig
   spec:
     kataConfigPoolSelector:
       matchLabels:
         <label_key>: '<label_value>' 1
   # ...

   1

   Specify the labels of the selected nodes.

3. Create the KataConfig CR:

   $ oc create -f cluster-kataconfig.yaml

   The new KataConfig CR is created and installs kata-remote as a runtime class on the worker nodes.

   Wait for the kata-remote installation to complete and the worker nodes to reboot before verifying the installation.

Procedure

1. Check the current limit by running the following command:

   $ oc get peerpodconfig peerpodconfig-openshift -n openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator \
   -o jsonpath='{.spec.limit}{"\n"}'

2. Modify the limit attribute of the peerpodConfig CR by running the following command:

   $ oc patch peerpodconfig peerpodconfig-openshift -n openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator \
   --type merge --patch '{"spec":{"limit":"<value>"}}' 1

   1

   Replace <value> with the limit you want to define.

Procedure

1. Add spec.runtimeClassName: kata-remote to the manifest of each pod-templated workload object as in the following example:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: <object>
   # ...
   spec:
     runtimeClassName: kata-remote
   # ...

2. Add an annotation to the pod-templated object to use a manually defined instance type or an automatic instance type:

   • To use a manually defined instance type, add the following annotation:

     apiVersion: v1
     kind: <object>
     metadata:
       annotations:
         io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.machine_type: t3.medium 1
     # ...

     1

     Specify the instance type that you defined in the config map.

   • To use an automatic instance type, add the following annotations:

     apiVersion: v1
     kind: <Pod>
     metadata:
       annotations:
         io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.default_vcpus: <vcpus>
         io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.default_memory: <memory>
     # ...

     Define the amount of memory available for the workload to use. The workload will run on an automatic instance type based on the amount of memory available.

3. Apply the changes to the workload object by running the following command:

   $ oc apply -f <object.yaml>

   OpenShift Container Platform creates the workload object and begins scheduling it.

Procedure

1. Retrieve the Azure subscription ID:

   $ AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID=$(az account list --query "[?isDefault].id" -o tsv) && echo "AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: \"$AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID\""

2. Generate the RBAC content. This generates the client ID, client secret, and the tenant ID:

   $ az ad sp create-for-rbac --role Contributor --scopes /subscriptions/$AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID --query "{ client_id: appId, client_secret: password, tenant_id: tenant }

   Example output:

   {
     "client_id": `AZURE_CLIENT_ID`,
     "client_secret": `AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET`,
     "tenant_id": `AZURE_TENANT_ID`
   }

3. Record the RBAC output to use in the secret object.
4. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, navigate to Operators → Installed Operators.
5. Click the OpenShift sandboxed containers Operator tile.
6. Click the Import icon (+) on the top right corner.

7. In the Import YAML window, paste the following YAML manifest:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Secret
   metadata:
     name: peer-pods-secret
     namespace: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
   type: Opaque
   stringData:
     AZURE_CLIENT_ID: "<azure_client_id>" 1
     AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET: "<azure_client_secret>" 2
     AZURE_TENANT_ID: "<azure_tenant_id>" 3
     AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: "<azure_subscription_id>" 4

   1

   Specify the AZURE_CLIENT_ID value.

   2

   Specify the AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET value.

   3

   Specify the AZURE_TENANT_ID value.

   4

   Specify the AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID value.

8. Click Save to apply the changes.

Procedure

1. Obtain the following values from your Azure instance:

   1. Retrieve and record the Azure VNet name:

      $ AZURE_VNET_NAME=$(az network vnet list --resource-group ${AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP} --query "[].{Name:name}" --output tsv)

      This value is used to retrieve the Azure subnet ID.

   2. Retrieve and record the Azure subnet ID:

      $ AZURE_SUBNET_ID=$(az network vnet subnet list --resource-group ${AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP} --vnet-name $AZURE_VNET_NAME --query "[].{Id:id} | [? contains(Id, 'worker')]" --output tsv) && echo "AZURE_SUBNET_ID: \"$AZURE_SUBNET_ID\""

   3. Retrieve and record the Azure network security group (NSG) ID:

      $ AZURE_NSG_ID=$(az network nsg list --resource-group ${AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP} --query "[].{Id:id}" --output tsv) && echo "AZURE_NSG_ID: \"$AZURE_NSG_ID\""

   4. Retrieve and record the Azure resource group:

      $ AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP=$(oc get infrastructure/cluster -o jsonpath='{.status.platformStatus.azure.resourceGroupName}') && echo "AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP: \"$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP\""

   5. Retrieve and record the Azure region:

      $ AZURE_REGION=$(az group show --resource-group ${AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP} --query "{Location:location}" --output tsv) && echo "AZURE_REGION: \"$AZURE_REGION\""

2. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, navigate to Operators → Installed Operators.
3. Select the OpenShift sandboxed containers Operator from the list of operators.
4. Click the Import icon (+) in the top right corner.

5. In the Import YAML window, paste the following YAML manifest:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: ConfigMap
   metadata:
     name: peer-pods-cm
     namespace: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
   data:
     CLOUD_PROVIDER: "azure"
     VXLAN_PORT: "9000"
     AZURE_INSTANCE_SIZE: "Standard_B2als_v2" 1
     AZURE_INSTANCE_SIZES: "Standard_B2als_v2,Standard_D2as_v5,Standard_D4as_v5,Standard_D2ads_v5" 2
     AZURE_SUBNET_ID: "<azure_subnet_id>" 3
     AZURE_NSG_ID: "<azure_nsg_id>" 4
     PROXY_TIMEOUT: "5m"
     DISABLECVM: "true"
     AZURE_IMAGE_ID: "<azure_image_id>" 5
     AZURE_REGION: "<azure_region>" 6
     AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP: "<azure_resource_group>" 7

   1

   Defines the default instance size that is used when a type is not defined in the workload.

   2

   Lists all of the instance sizes you can specify when creating the pod. This allows you to define smaller instance sizes for workloads that need less memory and fewer CPUs or larger instance sizes for larger workloads.

   3

   Specify the AZURE_SUBNET_ID value that you retrieved.

   4

   Specify the AZURE_NSG_ID value that you retrieved.

   5

   Optional: By default, this value is populated when you run the KataConfig CR, using an Azure image ID based on your cluster credentials. If you create your own Azure image, specify the correct image ID.

   6

   Specify the AZURE_REGION value you retrieved.

   7

   Specify the AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP value you retrieved.

6. Click Save to apply the changes.

   A config map is created for your cloud provider.

Procedure

1. Log in to your OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

2. Generate an SSH key pair by running the following command:

   $ ssh-keygen -f ./id_rsa -N ""

3. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, navigate to Workloads → Secrets.
4. On the Secrets page, verify that you are in the openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator project.
5. Click Create and select Key/value secret.
6. In the Secret name field, enter ssh-key-secret.
7. In the Key field, enter id_rsa.pub.
8. In the Value field, paste your public SSH key.

9. Click Create.

   The SSH key secret is created.

10. Delete the SSH keys you created:

    $ shred -remove id_rsa.pub id_rsa

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, navigate to Operators → Installed Operators.
2. Select the OpenShift sandboxed containers Operator.
3. On the KataConfig tab, click Create KataConfig.

4. Enter the following details:

   • Name: Optional: The default name is example-kataconfig.
   • Labels: Optional: Enter any relevant, identifying attributes to the KataConfig resource. Each label represents a key-value pair.
   • enablePeerPods: Select for public cloud, IBM Z®, and IBM® LinuxONE deployments.

   • kataConfigPoolSelector. Optional: To install kata-remote on selected nodes, add a match expression for the labels on the selected nodes:

     1. Expand the kataConfigPoolSelector area.
     2. In the kataConfigPoolSelector area, expand matchExpressions. This is a list of label selector requirements.
     3. Click Add matchExpressions.
     4. In the Key field, enter the label key the selector applies to.
     5. In the Operator field, enter the key’s relationship to the label values. Valid operators are In, NotIn, Exists, and DoesNotExist.
     6. Expand the Values area and then click Add value.
     7. In the Value field, enter true or false for key label value.
   • logLevel: Define the level of log data retrieved for nodes with the kata-remote runtime class.

5. Click Create. The KataConfig CR is created and installs the kata-remote runtime class on the worker nodes.

   Wait for the kata-remote installation to complete and the worker nodes to reboot before verifying the installation.

Verification

1. On the KataConfig tab, click the KataConfig CR to view its details.

2. Click the YAML tab to view the status stanza.

   The status stanza contains the conditions and kataNodes keys. The value of status.kataNodes is an array of nodes, each of which lists nodes in a particular state of kata-remote installation. A message appears each time there is an update.

3. Click Reload to refresh the YAML.

   When all workers in the status.kataNodes array display the values installed and conditions.InProgress: False with no specified reason, the kata-remote is installed on the cluster.

Procedure

1. Check the current limit by running the following command:

   $ oc get peerpodconfig peerpodconfig-openshift -n openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator \
   -o jsonpath='{.spec.limit}{"\n"}'

2. Modify the limit attribute of the peerpodConfig CR by running the following command:

   $ oc patch peerpodconfig peerpodconfig-openshift -n openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator \
   --type merge --patch '{"spec":{"limit":"<value>"}}' 1

   1

   Replace <value> with the limit you want to define.

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, navigate to Workloads → workload type, for example, Pods.
2. On the workload type page, click an object to view its details.
3. Click the YAML tab.

4. Add spec.runtimeClassName: kata-remote to the manifest of each pod-templated workload object as in the following example:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: <object>
   # ...
   spec:
     runtimeClassName: kata-remote
   # ...

5. Add an annotation to the pod-templated object to use a manually defined instance size or an automatic instance size:

   • To use a manually defined instance size, add the following annotation:

     apiVersion: v1
     kind: <object>
     metadata:
       annotations:
         io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.machine_type: Standard_B2als_v2 1
     # ...

     1

     Specify the instance size that you defined in the config map.

   • To use an automatic instance size, add the following annotations:

     apiVersion: v1
     kind: <Pod>
     metadata:
       annotations:
         io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.default_vcpus: <vcpus>
         io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.default_memory: <memory>
     # ...

     Define the amount of memory available for the workload to use. The workload will run on an automatic instance size based on the amount of memory available.

6. Click Save to apply the changes.

   OpenShift Container Platform creates the workload object and begins scheduling it.

Procedure

1. Retrieve the Azure subscription ID:

   $ AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID=$(az account list --query "[?isDefault].id" -o tsv) && echo "AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: \"$AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID\""

2. Generate the RBAC content. This generates the client ID, client secret, and the tenant ID:

   $ az ad sp create-for-rbac --role Contributor --scopes /subscriptions/$AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID --query "{ client_id: appId, client_secret: password, tenant_id: tenant }

   Example output:

   {
     "client_id": `AZURE_CLIENT_ID`,
     "client_secret": `AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET`,
     "tenant_id": `AZURE_TENANT_ID`
   }

3. Record the RBAC output to use in the secret object.

4. Create a peer-pods-secret.yaml manifest file according to the following example:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Secret
   metadata:
     name: peer-pods-secret
     namespace: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
   type: Opaque
   stringData:
     AZURE_CLIENT_ID: "<azure_client_id>" 1
     AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET: "<azure_client_secret>" 2
     AZURE_TENANT_ID: "<azure_tenant_id>" 3
     AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: "<azure_subscription_id>" 4

   1

   Specify the AZURE_CLIENT_ID value.

   2

   Specify the AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET value.

   3

   Specify the AZURE_TENANT_ID value.

   4

   Specify the AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID value.

5. Create the secret object by applying the manifest:

   $ oc apply -f peer-pods-secret.yaml

Procedure

1. Obtain the following values from your Azure instance:

   1. Retrieve and record the Azure VNet name:

      $ AZURE_VNET_NAME=$(az network vnet list --resource-group ${AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP} --query "[].{Name:name}" --output tsv)

      This value is used to retrieve the Azure subnet ID.

   2. Retrieve and record the Azure subnet ID:

      $ AZURE_SUBNET_ID=$(az network vnet subnet list --resource-group ${AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP} --vnet-name $AZURE_VNET_NAME --query "[].{Id:id} | [? contains(Id, 'worker')]" --output tsv) && echo "AZURE_SUBNET_ID: \"$AZURE_SUBNET_ID\""

   3. Retrieve and record the Azure network security group (NSG) ID:

      $ AZURE_NSG_ID=$(az network nsg list --resource-group ${AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP} --query "[].{Id:id}" --output tsv) && echo "AZURE_NSG_ID: \"$AZURE_NSG_ID\""

   4. Retrieve and record the Azure resource group:

      $ AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP=$(oc get infrastructure/cluster -o jsonpath='{.status.platformStatus.azure.resourceGroupName}') && echo "AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP: \"$AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP\""

   5. Retrieve and record the Azure region:

      $ AZURE_REGION=$(az group show --resource-group ${AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP} --query "{Location:location}" --output tsv) && echo "AZURE_REGION: \"$AZURE_REGION\""

2. Create a peer-pods-cm.yaml manifest according to the following example:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: ConfigMap
   metadata:
     name: peer-pods-cm
     namespace: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
   data:
     CLOUD_PROVIDER: "azure"
     VXLAN_PORT: "9000"
     AZURE_INSTANCE_SIZE: "Standard_B2als_v2" 1
     AZURE_INSTANCE_SIZES: "Standard_B2als_v2,Standard_D2as_v5,Standard_D4as_v5,Standard_D2ads_v5" 2
     AZURE_SUBNET_ID: "<azure_subnet_id>" 3
     AZURE_NSG_ID: "<azure_nsg_id>" 4
     PROXY_TIMEOUT: "5m"
     DISABLECVM: "true"
     AZURE_IMAGE_ID: "<azure_image_id>" 5
     AZURE_REGION: "<azure_region>" 6
     AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP: "<azure_resource_group>" 7

   1

   Defines the default instance size that is used when a type is not defined in the workload.

   2

   Lists all of the instance sizes you can specify when creating the pod. This allows you to define smaller instance sizes for workloads that need less memory and fewer CPUs or larger instance sizes for larger workloads.

   3

   Specify the AZURE_SUBNET_ID value that you retrieved.

   4

   Specify the AZURE_NSG_ID value that you retrieved.

   5

   Optional: By default, this value is populated when you run the KataConfig CR, using an Azure image ID based on your cluster credentials. If you create your own Azure image, specify the correct image ID.

   6

   Specify the AZURE_REGION value you retrieved.

   7

   Specify the AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP value you retrieved.

3. Apply the manifest to create a config map:

   $ oc apply -f peer-pods-cm.yaml

   A config map is created for your cloud provider.

Procedure

1. Log in to your OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

2. Generate an SSH key pair by running the following command:

   $ ssh-keygen -f ./id_rsa -N ""

3. Create the Secret object by running the following command:

   $ oc create secret generic ssh-key-secret \
       -n openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator \
       --from-file=id_rsa.pub=./id_rsa.pub \
       --from-file=id_rsa=./id_rsa

   The SSH key secret is created.

4. Delete the SSH keys you created:

   $ shred -remove id_rsa.pub id_rsa

Procedure

1. Create a cluster-kataconfig.yaml manifest file according to the following example:

   apiVersion: kataconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
   kind: KataConfig
   metadata:
     name: cluster-kataconfig
   spec:
     enablePeerPods: true
     logLevel: info

2. Optional: To install kata-remote on selected nodes, specify the node labels according to the following example:

   apiVersion: kataconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
   kind: KataConfig
   metadata:
     name: cluster-kataconfig
   spec:
     kataConfigPoolSelector:
       matchLabels:
         <label_key>: '<label_value>' 1
   # ...

   1

   Specify the labels of the selected nodes.

3. Create the KataConfig CR:

   $ oc create -f cluster-kataconfig.yaml

   The new KataConfig CR is created and installs kata-remote as a runtime class on the worker nodes.

   Wait for the kata-remote installation to complete and the worker nodes to reboot before verifying the installation.

Procedure

1. Check the current limit by running the following command:

   $ oc get peerpodconfig peerpodconfig-openshift -n openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator \
   -o jsonpath='{.spec.limit}{"\n"}'

2. Modify the limit attribute of the peerpodConfig CR by running the following command:

   $ oc patch peerpodconfig peerpodconfig-openshift -n openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator \
   --type merge --patch '{"spec":{"limit":"<value>"}}' 1

   1

   Replace <value> with the limit you want to define.

Procedure

1. Add spec.runtimeClassName: kata-remote to the manifest of each pod-templated workload object as in the following example:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: <object>
   # ...
   spec:
     runtimeClassName: kata-remote
   # ...

2. Add an annotation to the pod-templated object to use a manually defined instance size or an automatic instance size:

   • To use a manually defined instance size, add the following annotation:

     apiVersion: v1
     kind: <object>
     metadata:
       annotations:
         io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.machine_type: Standard_B2als_v2 1
     # ...

     1

     Specify the instance size that you defined in the config map.

   • To use an automatic instance size, add the following annotations:

     apiVersion: v1
     kind: <Pod>
     metadata:
       annotations:
         io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.default_vcpus: <vcpus>
         io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.default_memory: <memory>
     # ...

     Define the amount of memory available for the workload to use. The workload will run on an automatic instance size based on the amount of memory available.

3. Apply the changes to the workload object by running the following command:

   $ oc apply -f <object.yaml>

   OpenShift Container Platform creates the workload object and begins scheduling it.

Procedure

1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, navigate to Operators → OperatorHub.
2. In the Filter by keyword field, type OpenShift sandboxed containers.
3. Select the OpenShift sandboxed containers Operator tile and click Install.
4. On the Install Operator page, select stable from the list of available Update Channel options.

5. Verify that Operator recommended Namespace is selected for Installed Namespace. This installs the Operator in the mandatory openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator namespace. If this namespace does not yet exist, it is automatically created.

   Note

   Attempting to install the OpenShift sandboxed containers Operator in a namespace other than openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator causes the installation to fail.

6. Verify that Automatic is selected for Approval Strategy. Automatic is the default value, and enables automatic updates to OpenShift sandboxed containers when a new z-stream release is available.
7. Click Install.

Verification

1. Navigate to Operators → Installed Operators.
2. Verify that the OpenShift sandboxed containers Operator is displayed.

Procedure

1. Create a Namespace.yaml manifest file:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Namespace
   metadata:
     name: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator

2. Create the namespace by running the following command:

   $ oc create -f Namespace.yaml

3. Create an OperatorGroup.yaml manifest file:

   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
   kind: OperatorGroup
   metadata:
     name: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
     namespace: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
   spec:
     targetNamespaces:
     - openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator

4. Create the operator group by running the following command:

   $ oc create -f OperatorGroup.yaml

5. Create a Subscription.yaml manifest file:

   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
   kind: Subscription
   metadata:
     name: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
     namespace: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
   spec:
     channel: stable
     installPlanApproval: Automatic
     name: sandboxed-containers-operator
     source: redhat-operators
     sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
     startingCSV: sandboxed-containers-operator.v1.6.0

6. Create the subscription by running the following command:

   $ oc create -f Subscription.yaml