Chapter 7. OpenShift Serverless support
If you experience difficulty with a procedure described in this documentation, visit the Red Hat Customer Portal at http://access.redhat.com. You can use the Red Hat Customer Portal to search or browse through the Red Hat Knowledgebase of technical support articles about Red Hat products. You can also submit a support case to Red Hat Global Support Services (GSS), or access other product documentation.
7.1. About the Red Hat Knowledgebase Copy linkLink copied to clipboard!
The Red Hat Knowledgebase provides rich content aimed at helping you make the most of Red Hat’s products and technologies. The Red Hat Knowledgebase consists of articles, product documentation, and videos outlining best practices on installing, configuring, and using Red Hat products. In addition, you can search for solutions to known issues, each providing concise root cause descriptions and remedial steps.
7.2. Searching the Red Hat Knowledgebase Copy linkLink copied to clipboard!
In case of an OpenShift Container Platform issue, you can perform an initial search to find if a solution already exists within the Red Hat Knowledgebase.
Prerequisites
- You have a Red Hat Customer Portal account.
Procedure
- Log in to the Red Hat Customer Portal.
In the main Red Hat Customer Portal search field, input keywords and strings relating to the problem, including:
- OpenShift Container Platform components (such as etcd)
- Related procedure (such as installation)
- Warnings, error messages, and other outputs related to explicit failures
- Click Search.
- Select the OpenShift Container Platform product filter.
- Select the Knowledgebase content type filter.
7.3. Submitting a support case Copy linkLink copied to clipboard!
Prerequisites
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You have access to the cluster as a user with the
cluster-adminrole. -
You have installed the OpenShift CLI (
oc). - You have a Red Hat Customer Portal account.
- You have a Red Hat standard or premium Subscription.
Procedure
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Log in to the Red Hat Customer Portal and select SUPPORT CASES
Open a case. - Select the appropriate category for your issue (such as Defect / Bug), product (OpenShift Container Platform), and product version if this is not already autofilled).
- Review the list of suggested Red Hat Knowledgebase solutions for a potential match against the problem that is being reported. If the suggested articles do not address the issue, click Continue.
- Enter a concise but descriptive problem summary and further details about the symptoms being experienced, as well as your expectations.
- Review the updated list of suggested Red Hat Knowledgebase solutions for a potential match against the problem that is being reported. The list is refined as you provide more information during the case creation process. If the suggested articles do not address the issue, click Continue.
- Ensure that the account information presented is as expected, and if not, change accordingly.
Check that the autofilled OpenShift Container Platform Cluster ID is correct. If it is not, manually obtain your cluster ID.
To manually obtain your cluster ID using the OpenShift Container Platform web console:
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Navigate to Home
Dashboards Overview. - Find the value in the Cluster ID field of the Details section.
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Navigate to Home
It is also possible to open a new support case through the OpenShift Container Platform web console and have your cluster ID autofilled.
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From the toolbar, navigate to (?) Help
Open Support Case. - The Cluster ID value is autofilled.
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From the toolbar, navigate to (?) Help
To obtain your cluster ID using the OpenShift CLI (
oc), run the following command:$ oc get clusterversion -o jsonpath='{.items[].spec.clusterID}{"\n"}'
Complete the following questions where prompted and then click Continue:
- Where are you experiencing the behavior? What environment?
- When does the behavior occur? Frequency? Repeatedly? At certain times?
- What information can you give around time-frames and the business impact?
- Upload relevant diagnostic data files and click Continue.
It is recommended to include data gathered using the oc adm must-gather command as a starting point, plus any issue specific data that is not collected by that command.
- Input relevant case management details and click Continue.
- Preview the case details and click Submit.
7.4. Collecting diagnostic information for support Copy linkLink copied to clipboard!
When you open a support case, share debugging information about your cluster with Red Hat Support. You can use the must-gather tool to collect diagnostic information about your OpenShift Container Platform cluster, including data related to OpenShift Serverless. For faster support, give diagnostic information for both OpenShift Container Platform and OpenShift Serverless.
7.5. About collecting OpenShift Serverless data Copy linkLink copied to clipboard!
You can use the oc adm must-gather CLI command to collect information about your cluster, including features and objects associated with OpenShift Serverless. To collect OpenShift Serverless data with must-gather, you must specify the OpenShift Serverless image and the image tag for your installed version of OpenShift Serverless.
Prerequisites
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Install the OpenShift CLI (
oc).
Procedure
Collect data by using the
oc adm must-gathercommand:$ oc adm must-gather --image=registry.redhat.io/openshift-serverless-1/serverless-must-gather-rhel8:<image_version_tag>Example command
$ oc adm must-gather --image=registry.redhat.io/openshift-serverless-1/serverless-must-gather-rhel8:1.35.0