Install ROSA with HCP clusters


Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS 4

Installing, accessing, and deleting Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) clusters.

Red Hat OpenShift Documentation Team

Abstract

This document provides information on how to install Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) clusters that use hosted control planes.

Chapter 1. Creating ROSA with HCP clusters using the default options

Note

If you are looking for a quickstart guide for ROSA Classic, see Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS quickstart guide.

Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) with hosted control planes (HCP) offers a more efficient and reliable architecture for creating Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) clusters. With ROSA with HCP, each cluster has a dedicated control plane that is isolated in a ROSA service account.

Create a ROSA with HCP cluster quickly by using the default options and automatic AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) resource creation. You can deploy your cluster by using the ROSA CLI (rosa).

Important

Since it is not possible to upgrade or convert existing ROSA clusters to a hosted control planes architecture, you must create a new cluster to use ROSA with HCP functionality.

Important

Sharing VPCs across multiple AWS accounts is not currently supported for ROSA with HCP. Do not install a ROSA with HCP cluster into subnets shared from another AWS account. See "Are multiple ROSA clusters in a single VPC supported?" for more information.

Note

ROSA with HCP clusters only support AWS Security Token Service (STS) authentication.

Further reading

Additional resources

For a full list of the supported certificates, see the Compliance section of "Understanding process and security for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS".

Considerations regarding auto creation mode

The procedures in this document use the auto mode in the ROSA CLI to immediately create the required IAM resources using the current AWS account. The required resources include the account-wide IAM roles and policies, cluster-specific Operator roles and policies, and OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity provider.

Alternatively, you can use manual mode, which outputs the aws commands needed to create the IAM resources instead of deploying them automatically.

Next steps

1.1. Overview of the default cluster specifications

You can quickly create a Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) cluster with the Security Token Service (STS) by using the default installation options. The following summary describes the default cluster specifications.

Table 1.1. Default ROSA with STS cluster specifications
ComponentDefault specifications

Accounts and roles

  • Default IAM role prefix: ManagedOpenShift
  • No cluster admin role created

Cluster settings

  • Default cluster version: Latest
  • Default AWS region for installations using the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager Hybrid Cloud Console: us-east-1 (US East, North Virginia)
  • Availability: Single zone for the data plane
  • EC2 Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) is enabled and allows the use of IMDSv1 or IMDSv2 (token optional)
  • Monitoring for user-defined projects: Enabled

Encryption

  • Cloud storage is encrypted at rest
  • Additional etcd encryption is not enabled
  • The default AWS Key Management Service (KMS) key is used as the encryption key for persistent data

Control plane node configuration

  • Control plane node instance type: m5.2xlarge (8 vCPU, 32 GiB RAM)
  • Control plane node count: 3

Infrastructure node configuration

  • Infrastructure node instance type: r5.xlarge (4 vCPU, 32 GiB RAM)
  • Infrastructure node count: 2

Compute node machine pool

  • Compute node instance type: m5.xlarge (4 vCPU 16, GiB RAM)
  • Compute node count: 2
  • Autoscaling: Not enabled
  • No additional node labels

Networking configuration

  • Cluster privacy: Public
  • You must have configured your own Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
  • No cluster-wide proxy is configured

Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) ranges

  • Machine CIDR: 10.0.0.0/16
  • Service CIDR: 172.30.0.0/16
  • Pod CIDR: 10.128.0.0/16
  • Host prefix: /23

Cluster roles and policies

  • Mode used to create the Operator roles and the OpenID Connect (OIDC) provider: auto

    Note

    For installations that use OpenShift Cluster Manager on the Hybrid Cloud Console, the auto mode requires an admin-privileged OpenShift Cluster Manager role.

  • Default Operator role prefix: <cluster_name>-<4_digit_random_string>

Cluster update strategy

  • Individual updates
  • 1 hour grace period for node draining

1.2. ROSA with HCP Prerequisites

To create a ROSA with HCP cluster, you must have the following items:

  • A configured virtual private cloud (VPC)
  • Account-wide roles
  • An OIDC configuration
  • Operator roles

1.2.1. Creating a Virtual Private Cloud for your ROSA with HCP clusters

You must have a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to create ROSA with HCP cluster. You can use the following methods to create a VPC:

  • Create a VPC by using a Terraform template
  • Manually create the VPC resources in the AWS console
Note

The Terraform instructions are for testing and demonstration purposes. Your own installation requires some modifications to the VPC for your own use. You should also ensure that when you use this Terraform script it is in the same region that you intend to install your cluster. In these examples, use us-east-2.

Creating a Virtual Private Cloud using Terraform

Terraform is a tool that allows you to create various resources using an established template. The following process uses the default options as required to create a ROSA with HCP cluster. For more information about using Terraform, see the additional resources.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed Terraform version 1.4.0 or newer on your machine.
  • You have installed Git on your machine.

Procedure

  1. Open a shell prompt and clone the Terraform VPC repository by running the following command:

    $ git clone https://github.com/openshift-cs/terraform-vpc-example
  2. Navigate to the created directory by running the following command:

    $ cd terraform-vpc-example
  3. Initiate the Terraform file by running the following command:

    $ terraform init

    A message confirming the initialization appears when this process completes.

  4. To build your VPC Terraform plan based on the existing Terraform template, run the plan command. You must include your AWS region. You can choose to specify a cluster name. A rosa.tfplan file is added to the hypershift-tf directory after the terraform plan completes. For more detailed options, see the Terraform VPC repository’s README file.

    $ terraform plan -out rosa.tfplan -var region=<region>
  5. Apply this plan file to build your VPC by running the following command:

    $ terraform apply rosa.tfplan
    1. Optional: You can capture the values of the Terraform-provisioned private, public, and machinepool subnet IDs as environment variables to use when creating your ROSA with HCP cluster by running the following commands:

      $ export SUBNET_IDS=$(terraform output -raw cluster-subnets-string)
    2. Verify that the variables were correctly set with the following command:

      $ echo $SUBNET_IDS

      Example output

      $ subnet-0a6a57e0f784171aa,subnet-078e84e5b10ecf5b0

Additional resources

  • See the Terraform VPC repository for a detailed list of all options available when customizing the VPC for your needs.
Creating a Virtual Private Cloud manually

If you choose to manually create your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) instead of using Terraform, go to the VPC page in the AWS console. Your VPC must meet the requirements shown in the following table.

Table 1.2. Requirements for your VPC
RequirementDetails

VPC name

You need to have the specific VPC name and ID when creating your cluster.

CIDR range

Your VPC CIDR range should match your machine CIDR.

Availability zone

You need one availability zone for a single zone, and you need three for availability zones for multi-zone.

Public subnet

You must have one public subnet with an internet gateway for public clusters.

Private subnet

You must have exactly one private subnet in each availability zone (AZ) for installing machine pools in ROSA HCP clusters. A NAT gateway may be associated with this subnet to allow outbound internet access for the instances. Private clusters do not need a public subnet.

DNS hostname and resolution

You must ensure that the DNS hostname and resolution are enabled.

Tagging your subnets

Before you can use your VPC to create a ROSA with HCP cluster, you must tag your VPC subnets. Automated service preflight checks verify that these resources are tagged correctly before you can use these resources. The following table shows how your resources should be tagged as the following:

ResourceKeyValue

Public subnet

kubernetes.io/role/elb

1 or no value

Private subnet

kubernetes.io/role/internal-elb

1 or no value

Note

You must tag at least one private subnet and, if applicable, and one public subnet.

Prerequisites

  • You have created a VPC.
  • You have installed the aws CLI.

Procedure

  1. Tag your resources in your terminal by running the following commands:

    1. For public subnets, run:

      $ aws ec2 create-tags --resources <public-subnet-id> --tags Key=kubernetes.io/role/elb,Value=1
    2. For private subnets, run:

      $ aws ec2 create-tags --resources <private-subnet-id> --tags Key=kubernetes.io/role/internal-elb,Value=1

Verification

  • Verify that the tag is correctly applied by running the following command:

    $ aws ec2 describe-tags --filters "Name=resource-id,Values=<subnet_id>"

    Example output

    TAGS    Name                    <subnet-id>        subnet  <prefix>-subnet-public1-us-east-1a
    TAGS    kubernetes.io/role/elb  <subnet-id>        subnet  1

1.2.2. Creating the account-wide STS roles and policies

Before using the Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) CLI (rosa) to create Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) with hosted control planes (HCP) clusters, create the required account-wide roles and policies, including the Operator policies.

Note

ROSA with HCP clusters require account and Operator roles with AWS managed policies attached. Customer managed policies are not supported. For more information regarding AWS managed policies for ROSA with HCP clusters, see AWS managed policies for ROSA account roles.

Prerequisites

  • You have completed the AWS prerequisites for ROSA with HCP.
  • You have available AWS service quotas.
  • You have enabled the ROSA service in the AWS Console.
  • You have installed and configured the latest ROSA CLI (rosa) on your installation host.
  • You have logged in to your Red Hat account by using the ROSA CLI.

Procedure

  1. If they do not exist in your AWS account, create the required account-wide STS roles and attach the policies by running the following command:

    $ rosa create account-roles --hosted-cp
  2. Optional: Set your prefix as an environmental variable by running the following command:

    $ export ACCOUNT_ROLES_PREFIX=<account_role_prefix>
    • View the value of the variable by running the following command:

      $ echo $ACCOUNT_ROLES_PREFIX

      Example output

      ManagedOpenShift

For more information regarding AWS managed IAM policies for ROSA, see AWS managed IAM policies for ROSA.

1.2.3. Creating an OpenID Connect configuration

When using a ROSA with HCP cluster, you must create the OpenID Connect (OIDC) configuration prior to creating your cluster. This configuration is registered to be used with OpenShift Cluster Manager.

Prerequisites

  • You have completed the AWS prerequisites for ROSA with HCP.
  • You have completed the AWS prerequisites for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS.
  • You have installed and configured the latest Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) CLI, rosa, on your installation host.

Procedure

  1. To create your OIDC configuration alongside the AWS resources, run the following command:

    $ rosa create oidc-config --mode=auto --yes

    This command returns the following information.

    Example output

    ? Would you like to create a Managed (Red Hat hosted) OIDC Configuration Yes
    I: Setting up managed OIDC configuration
    I: To create Operator Roles for this OIDC Configuration, run the following command and remember to replace <user-defined> with a prefix of your choice:
    	rosa create operator-roles --prefix <user-defined> --oidc-config-id 13cdr6b
    If you are going to create a Hosted Control Plane cluster please include '--hosted-cp'
    I: Creating OIDC provider using 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:user/userName'
    ? Create the OIDC provider? Yes
    I: Created OIDC provider with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:oidc-provider/dvbwgdztaeq9o.cloudfront.net/13cdr6b'

    When creating your cluster, you must supply the OIDC config ID. The CLI output provides this value for --mode auto, otherwise you must determine these values based on aws CLI output for --mode manual.

  2. Optional: you can save the OIDC configuration ID as a variable to use later. Run the following command to save the variable:

    $ export OIDC_ID=<oidc_config_id>1
    1
    In the example output above, the OIDC configuration ID is 13cdr6b.
    • View the value of the variable by running the following command:

      $ echo $OIDC_ID

      Example output

      13cdr6b

Verification

  • You can list the possible OIDC configurations available for your clusters that are associated with your user organization. Run the following command:

    $ rosa list oidc-config

    Example output

    ID                                MANAGED  ISSUER URL                                                             SECRET ARN
    2330dbs0n8m3chkkr25gkkcd8pnj3lk2  true     https://dvbwgdztaeq9o.cloudfront.net/2330dbs0n8m3chkkr25gkkcd8pnj3lk2
    233hvnrjoqu14jltk6lhbhf2tj11f8un  false    https://oidc-r7u1.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com                           aws:secretsmanager:us-east-1:242819244:secret:rosa-private-key-oidc-r7u1-tM3MDN

1.2.4. Creating Operator roles and policies

When using a ROSA with HCP cluster, you must create the Operator IAM roles that are required for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) with hosted control planes (HCP) deployments. The cluster Operators use the Operator roles to obtain the temporary permissions required to carry out cluster operations, such as managing back-end storage, cloud provider credentials, and external access to a cluster.

Prerequisites

  • You have completed the AWS prerequisites for ROSA with HCP.
  • You have installed and configured the latest Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS ROSA CLI (rosa), on your installation host.
  • You created the account-wide AWS roles.

Procedure

  1. Set your prefix name to an environment variable using the following command:

    $ export OPERATOR_ROLES_PREFIX=<prefix_name>
  2. To create your Operator roles, run the following command:

    $ rosa create operator-roles --hosted-cp --prefix=$OPERATOR_ROLES_PREFIX --oidc-config-id=$OIDC_ID --installer-role-arn arn:aws:iam::${AWS_ACCOUNT_ID}:role/${ACCOUNT_ROLES_PREFIX}-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role

    The following breakdown provides options for the Operator role creation.

    $ rosa create operator-roles --hosted-cp
    	--prefix=$OPERATOR_ROLES_PREFIX 1
    	--oidc-config-id=$OIDC_ID 2
    	--installer-role-arn arn:aws:iam::${AWS_ACCOUNT_ID}:role/${ACCOUNT_ROLES_PREFIX}-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role 3
    1
    You must supply a prefix when creating these Operator roles. Failing to do so produces an error. See the Additional resources of this section for information on the Operator prefix.
    2
    This value is the OIDC configuration ID that you created for your ROSA with HCP cluster.
    3
    This value is the installer role ARN that you created when you created the ROSA account roles.

    You must include the --hosted-cp parameter to create the correct roles for ROSA with HCP clusters. This command returns the following information.

    Example output

    ? Role creation mode: auto
    ? Operator roles prefix: <pre-filled_prefix> 1
    ? OIDC Configuration ID: 23soa2bgvpek9kmes9s7os0a39i13qm4 | https://dvbwgdztaeq9o.cloudfront.net/23soa2bgvpek9kmes9s7os0a39i13qm4 2
    ? Create hosted control plane operator roles: Yes
    W: More than one Installer role found
    ? Installer role ARN: arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role
    ? Permissions boundary ARN (optional):
    I: Reusable OIDC Configuration detected. Validating trusted relationships to operator roles:
    I: Creating roles using 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:user/<userName>'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-openshift-cluster-csi-drivers-ebs-cloud-credentials' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-cluster-csi-drivers-ebs-cloud-credentials'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-openshift-cloud-network-config-controller-cloud-credenti' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-cloud-network-config-controller-cloud-credenti'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-kube-system-kube-controller-manager' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-kube-controller-manager'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-kube-system-capa-controller-manager' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-capa-controller-manager'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-kube-system-control-plane-operator' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-control-plane-operator'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-kube-system-kms-provider' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-kms-provider'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-openshift-image-registry-installer-cloud-credentials' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-image-registry-installer-cloud-credentials'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-openshift-ingress-operator-cloud-credentials' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-ingress-operator-cloud-credentials'
    I: To create a cluster with these roles, run the following command:
    	rosa create cluster --sts --oidc-config-id 23soa2bgvpek9kmes9s7os0a39i13qm4 --operator-roles-prefix <prefix> --hosted-cp

    1
    This field is prepopulated with the prefix that you set in the initial creation command.
    2
    This field requires you to select an OIDC configuration that you created for your ROSA with HCP cluster.

    The Operator roles are now created and ready to use for creating your ROSA with HCP cluster.

Verification

  • You can list the Operator roles associated with your ROSA account. Run the following command:

    $ rosa list operator-roles

    Example output

    I: Fetching operator roles
    ROLE PREFIX  AMOUNT IN BUNDLE
    <prefix>      8
    ? Would you like to detail a specific prefix Yes 1
    ? Operator Role Prefix: <prefix>
    ROLE NAME                                                         ROLE ARN                                                                                         VERSION  MANAGED
    <prefix>-kube-system-capa-controller-manager                       arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-capa-controller-manager                       4.13     No
    <prefix>-kube-system-control-plane-operator                        arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-control-plane-operator                        4.13     No
    <prefix>-kube-system-kms-provider                                  arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-kms-provider                                  4.13     No
    <prefix>-kube-system-kube-controller-manager                       arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-kube-controller-manager                       4.13     No
    <prefix>-openshift-cloud-network-config-controller-cloud-credenti  arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-cloud-network-config-controller-cloud-credenti  4.13     No
    <prefix>-openshift-cluster-csi-drivers-ebs-cloud-credentials       arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-cluster-csi-drivers-ebs-cloud-credentials       4.13     No
    <prefix>-openshift-image-registry-installer-cloud-credentials      arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-image-registry-installer-cloud-credentials      4.13     No
    <prefix>-openshift-ingress-operator-cloud-credentials              arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-ingress-operator-cloud-credentials              4.13     No

    1
    After the command runs, it displays all the prefixes associated with your AWS account and notes how many roles are associated with this prefix. If you need to see all of these roles and their details, enter "Yes" on the detail prompt to have these roles listed out with specifics.

Additional resources

1.3. Creating a ROSA with HCP cluster using the CLI

When using the Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) CLI, rosa, to create a cluster, you can select the default options to create the cluster quickly.

Prerequisites

  • You have completed the AWS prerequisites for ROSA with HCP.
  • You have available AWS service quotas.
  • You have enabled the ROSA service in the AWS Console.
  • You have installed and configured the latest ROSA CLI (rosa) on your installation host. Run rosa version to see your currently installed version of the ROSA CLI. If a newer version is available, the CLI provides a link to download this upgrade.
  • You have logged in to your Red Hat account by using the ROSA CLI.
  • You have created an OIDC configuration.
  • You have verified that the AWS Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) service role exists in your AWS account.

Procedure

  1. Use one of the following commands to create your ROSA with HCP cluster:

    Note

    When creating a ROSA with HCP cluster, the default machine Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) is 10.0.0.0/16. If this does not correspond to the CIDR range for your VPC subnets, add --machine-cidr <address_block> to the following commands. To learn more about the default CIDR ranges for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS, see CIDR range definitions.

    • If you did not set environmental variables, run the following command:

      $ rosa create cluster --cluster-name=<cluster_name> \ <.>
          --mode=auto --hosted-cp [--private] \ <.>
          --operator-roles-prefix <operator-role-prefix> \ <.>
          --oidc-config-id <id-of-oidc-configuration> \
          --subnet-ids=<public-subnet-id>,<private-subnet-id>

      <.> Specify the name of your cluster. If your cluster name is longer than 15 characters, it will contain an autogenerated domain prefix as a subdomain for your provisioned cluster on openshiftapps.com. To customize the subdomain, use the --domain-prefix flag. The domain prefix cannot be longer than 15 characters, must be unique, and cannot be changed after cluster creation. <.> Optional: The --private argument is used to create private ROSA with HCP clusters. If you use this argument, ensure that you only use your private subnet ID for --subnet-ids. <.> By default, the cluster-specific Operator role names are prefixed with the cluster name and a random 4-digit hash. You can optionally specify a custom prefix to replace <cluster_name>-<hash> in the role names. The prefix is applied when you create the cluster-specific Operator IAM roles. For information about the prefix, see About custom Operator IAM role prefixes.

      Note

      If you specified custom ARN paths when you created the associated account-wide roles, the custom path is automatically detected. The custom path is applied to the cluster-specific Operator roles when you create them in a later step.

    • If you set the environmental variables, create a cluster with a single, initial machine pool, using either a publicly or privately available API, and a publicly or privately available Ingress by running the following command:

      $ rosa create cluster --private --cluster-name=<cluster_name> \
          --mode=auto --hosted-cp --operator-roles-prefix=$OPERATOR_ROLES_PREFIX \
          --oidc-config-id=$OIDC_ID --subnet-ids=$SUBNET_IDS
    • If you set the environmental variables, create a cluster with a single, initial machine pool, a publicly available API, and a publicly available Ingress by running the following command:

      $ rosa create cluster --cluster-name=<cluster_name> --mode=auto \
          --hosted-cp --operator-roles-prefix=$OPERATOR_ROLES_PREFIX \
          --oidc-config-id=$OIDC_ID --subnet-ids=$SUBNET_IDS
  2. Check the status of your cluster by running the following command:

    $ rosa describe cluster --cluster=<cluster_name>

    The following State field changes are listed in the output as the cluster installation progresses:

    • pending (Preparing account)
    • installing (DNS setup in progress)
    • installing
    • ready

      Note

      If the installation fails or the State field does not change to ready after more than 10 minutes, check the installation troubleshooting documentation for details. For more information, see Troubleshooting installations. For steps to contact Red Hat Support for assistance, see Getting support for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS.

  3. Track the progress of the cluster creation by watching the Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS installation program logs. To check the logs, run the following command:

    $ rosa logs install --cluster=<cluster_name> --watch \ <.>

    <.> Optional: To watch for new log messages as the installation progresses, use the --watch argument.

1.4. Next steps

1.5. Additional resources

Chapter 2. Creating a ROSA cluster using Terraform

2.1. Creating a default ROSA cluster using Terraform

Create a Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) cluster quickly by using a Terraform cluster template that is configured with the default cluster options.

The cluster creation process described below uses a Terraform configuration that prepares a ROSA with HCP cluster with the following resources:

  • An OIDC provider with a managed oidc-config configuration
  • Prerequisite IAM Operator roles with associated AWS Managed ROSA Policies
  • IAM account roles with associated AWS Managed ROSA Policies
  • All other AWS resources required to create a ROSA with STS cluster

2.1.1. Overview of Terraform

Terraform is an infrastructure-as-code tool that provides a way to configure your resources once and replicate those resources as desired. Terraform accomplishes the creation tasks by using declarative language. You declare what you want the final state of the infrastructure resource to be, and Terraform creates these resources to your specifications.

Prerequisites

To use the Red Hat Cloud Services provider inside your Terraform configuration, you must meet the following prerequisites:

  • You have installed the Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) command-line interface (CLI) tool.
  • You have your offline Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager token.
  • You have installed Terraform version 1.4.6 or newer.
  • You have created your AWS account-wide IAM roles.

    The specific account-wide IAM roles and policies provide the STS permissions required for ROSA support, installation, control plane, and compute functionality. This includes account-wide Operator policies. See the Additional resources for more information on the AWS account roles.

  • You have an AWS account and associated credentials that allow you to create resources. The credentials are configured for the AWS provider. See the Authentication and Configuration section in AWS Terraform provider documentation.
  • You have, at minimum, the following permissions in your AWS IAM role policy that is operating Terraform. Check for these permissions in the AWS console.

    Example 2.1. Minimum AWS permissions for Terraform

    {
      "Version": "2012-10-17",
      "Statement": [
        {
          "Sid": "VisualEditor0",
          "Effect": "Allow",
          "Action": [
            "iam:GetPolicyVersion",
            "iam:DeletePolicyVersion",
            "iam:CreatePolicyVersion",
            "iam:UpdateAssumeRolePolicy",
            "secretsmanager:DescribeSecret",
            "iam:ListRoleTags",
            "secretsmanager:PutSecretValue",
            "secretsmanager:CreateSecret",
            "iam:TagRole",
            "secretsmanager:DeleteSecret",
            "iam:UpdateOpenIDConnectProviderThumbprint",
            "iam:DeletePolicy",
            "iam:CreateRole",
            "iam:AttachRolePolicy",
            "iam:ListInstanceProfilesForRole",
            "secretsmanager:GetSecretValue",
            "iam:DetachRolePolicy",
            "iam:ListAttachedRolePolicies",
            "iam:ListPolicyTags",
            "iam:ListRolePolicies",
            "iam:DeleteOpenIDConnectProvider",
            "iam:DeleteInstanceProfile",
            "iam:GetRole",
            "iam:GetPolicy",
            "iam:ListEntitiesForPolicy",
            "iam:DeleteRole",
            "iam:TagPolicy",
            "iam:CreateOpenIDConnectProvider",
            "iam:CreatePolicy",
            "secretsmanager:GetResourcePolicy",
            "iam:ListPolicyVersions",
            "iam:UpdateRole",
            "iam:GetOpenIDConnectProvider",
            "iam:TagOpenIDConnectProvider",
            "secretsmanager:TagResource",
            "sts:AssumeRoleWithWebIdentity",
            "iam:ListRoles"
          ],
          "Resource": [
            "arn:aws:secretsmanager:*:<ACCOUNT_ID>:secret:*",
            "arn:aws:iam::<ACCOUNT_ID>:instance-profile/*",
            "arn:aws:iam::<ACCOUNT_ID>:role/*",
            "arn:aws:iam::<ACCOUNT_ID>:oidc-provider/*",
            "arn:aws:iam::<ACCOUNT_ID>:policy/*"
          ]
        },
        {
          "Sid": "VisualEditor1",
          "Effect": "Allow",
          "Action": [
            "s3:*"
            ],
          "Resource": "*"
        }
      ]
    }
Considerations when using Terraform

In general, using Terraform to manage cloud resources should be done with the expectation that any changes should be done using the Terraform methodology. Use caution when using tools outside of Terraform, such as the AWS console or Red Hat console, to modify cloud resources created by Terraform. Using tools outside Terraform to manage cloud resources that are already managed by Terraform introduces configuration drift from your declared Terraform configuration.

For example, if you upgrade your Terraform-created cluster by using the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console, you need to reconcile your Terraform state before applying any forthcoming configuration changes. For more information, see Manage resources in Terraform state in the HashiCorp Developer documentation.

2.1.2. Overview of the default cluster specifications

Table 2.1. Default ROSA with STS cluster specifications
ComponentDefault specifications

Accounts and roles

  • Default IAM role prefix: rosa-<6-digit-alphanumeric-string>
  • No cluster admin role created

Cluster settings

  • Default cluster version: 4.14
  • Cluster name: rosa-<6-digit-alphanumeric-string>
  • Default AWS region for installations using the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager Hybrid Cloud Console: us-east-2 (US East, Ohio)
  • Availability: Multi zone for the data plane
  • EC2 Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) is enabled and allows the use of IMDSv1 or IMDSv2 (token optional)
  • Monitoring for user-defined projects: Enabled

Encryption

  • Cloud storage is encrypted at rest
  • Additional etcd encryption is not enabled
  • The default AWS Key Management Service (KMS) key is used as the encryption key for persistent data
  • AWS Key Management Service (KMS) key encryption is not enabled by default

Control plane node configuration

  • Control plane node instance type: m5.2xlarge (8 vCPU, 32 GiB RAM)
  • Control plane node count: 3

Infrastructure node configuration

  • Infrastructure node instance type: r5.xlarge (4 vCPU, 32 GiB RAM)
  • Infrastructure node count: 2

Compute node machine pool

  • Compute node instance type: m5.xlarge (4 vCPU 16, GiB RAM)
  • Compute node count: 3
  • Autoscaling: Not enabled
  • No additional node labels

Networking configuration

  • Cluster privacy: public or private
  • You can choose to create a new VPC during the Terraform cluster creation process.
  • You must have configured your own Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
  • No cluster-wide proxy is configured

Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) ranges

  • Machine CIDR: 10.0.0.0/16
  • Service CIDR: 172.30.0.0/16
  • Pod CIDR: 10.128.0.0/14
  • Host prefix: /23

Cluster roles and policies

  • Mode used to create the Operator roles and the OpenID Connect (OIDC) provider: auto

    Note

    For installations that use OpenShift Cluster Manager on the Hybrid Cloud Console, the auto mode requires an admin-privileged OpenShift Cluster Manager role.

  • Default Operator role prefix: rosa-<6-digit-alphanumeric-string>

Cluster update strategy

  • Individual updates
  • 1 hour grace period for node draining

2.1.3. Creating a default ROSA cluster using Terraform

The cluster creation process outlined below shows how to use Terraform to create your account-wide IAM roles and a ROSA cluster with a managed OIDC configuration.

2.1.3.1. Preparing your environment for Terraform

Before you can create your Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS cluster by using Terraform, you need to export your offline Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager token.

Procedure

  1. Optional: Because the Terraform files get created in your current directory during this procedure, you can create a new directory to store these files and navigate into it by running the following command:

    $ mkdir terraform-cluster && cd terraform-cluster
  2. Grant permissions to your account by using an offline Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager token.
  3. Copy your offline token, and set the token as an environmental variable by running the following command:

    $ export RHCS_TOKEN=<your_offline_token>
    Note

    This environmental variable resets at the end of each session, such as restarting your machine or closing the terminal.

Verification

  • After you export your token, verify the value by running the following command:

    $ echo $RHCS_TOKEN
2.1.3.2. Creating your Terraform files locally

After you set up your offline Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager token, you need to create the Terraform files locally to build your cluster. You can create these files by using the following code templates.

Procedure

  1. Create the main.tf file by running the following command:

    $ cat<<-EOF>main.tf
    #
    # Copyright (c) 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
    #
    # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    # You may obtain a copy of the License at
    #
    #   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    #
    # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    # limitations under the License.
    #
    terraform {
      required_providers {
        aws = {
          source  = "hashicorp/aws"
          version = ">= 4.20.0"
        }
        rhcs = {
          version = ">= 1.6.3"
          source  = "terraform-redhat/rhcs"
        }
      }
    }
    
    # Export token using the RHCS_TOKEN environment variable
    provider "rhcs" {}
    
    provider "aws" {
      region = var.aws_region
      ignore_tags {
        key_prefixes = ["kubernetes.io/"]
      }
      default_tags {
        tags = var.default_aws_tags
      }
    }
    
    data "aws_availability_zones" "available" {}
    
    locals {
      # Extract availability zone names for the specified region, limit it to 3 if multi az or 1 if single
      region_azs = var.multi_az ? slice([for zone in data.aws_availability_zones.available.names : format("%s", zone)], 0, 3) : slice([for zone in data.aws_availability_zones.available.names : format("%s", zone)], 0, 1)
    }
    
    resource "random_string" "random_name" {
      length  = 6
      special = false
      upper   = false
    }
    
    locals {
      worker_node_replicas = var.multi_az ? 3 : 2
      # If cluster_name is not null, use that, otherwise generate a random cluster name
      cluster_name = coalesce(var.cluster_name, "rosa-\${random_string.random_name.result}")
    }
    
    # The network validator requires an additional 60 seconds to validate Terraform clusters.
    resource "time_sleep" "wait_60_seconds" {
      count = var.create_vpc ? 1 : 0
      depends_on = [module.vpc]
      create_duration = "60s"
    }
    
    module "rosa-hcp" {
      source                 = "terraform-redhat/rosa-hcp/rhcs"
      version                = "1.6.3"
      cluster_name           = local.cluster_name
      openshift_version      = var.openshift_version
      account_role_prefix    = local.cluster_name
      operator_role_prefix   = local.cluster_name
      replicas               = local.worker_node_replicas
      aws_availability_zones = local.region_azs
      create_oidc            = true
      private                = var.private_cluster
      aws_subnet_ids         = var.create_vpc ? var.private_cluster ? module.vpc[0].private_subnets : concat(module.vpc[0].public_subnets, module.vpc[0].private_subnets) : var.aws_subnet_ids
      create_account_roles   = true
      create_operator_roles  = true
    # Optional: Configure a cluster administrator user <.>
    #
    # Option 1: Default cluster-admin user
    # Create an administrator user (cluster-admin) and automatically
    # generate a password by uncommenting the following parameter:
    #  create_admin_user = true
    # Generated administrator credentials are displayed in terminal output.
    #
    # Option 2: Specify administrator username and password
    # Create an administrator user and define your own password
    # by uncommenting and editing the values of the following parameters:
    #  admin_credentials_username = <username>
    #  admin_credentials_password = <password>
    
      depends_on = [time_sleep.wait_60_seconds]
    }
    EOF

    <.> Optional: Create an administrator user during cluster creation by uncommenting the appropriate parameters and editing their values if required.

  2. Create the variables.tf file by running the following command:

    Note

    Copy and edit this file before running the command to build your cluster.

    $ cat<<-EOF>variables.tf
    #
    # Copyright (c) 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
    #
    # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    # You may obtain a copy of the License at
    #
    #   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    #
    # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    # limitations under the License.
    #
    variable "openshift_version" {
      type        = string
      default     = "4.14.20"
      description = "Desired version of OpenShift for the cluster, for example '4.14.20'. If version is greater than the currently running version, an upgrade will be scheduled."
    }
    
    variable "create_vpc" {
      type        = bool
      description = "If you would like to create a new VPC, set this value to 'true'. If you do not want to create a new VPC, set this value to 'false'."
    }
    
    # ROSA Cluster info
    variable "cluster_name" {
      default     = null
      type        = string
      description = "The name of the ROSA cluster to create"
    }
    
    variable "additional_tags" {
      default = {
        Terraform   = "true"
        Environment = "dev"
      }
      description = "Additional AWS resource tags"
      type        = map(string)
    }
    
    variable "multi_az" {
      type        = bool
      description = "Multi AZ Cluster for High Availability"
      default     = true
    }
    
    variable "worker_node_replicas" {
      default     = 3
      description = "Number of worker nodes to provision. Single zone clusters need at least 2 nodes, multizone clusters need at least 3 nodes"
      type        = number
    }
    
    variable "aws_subnet_ids" {
      type        = list(any)
      description = "A list of either the public or public + private subnet IDs to use for the cluster blocks to use for the cluster"
      default     = ["subnet-01234567890abcdef", "subnet-01234567890abcdef", "subnet-01234567890abcdef"]
    }
    
    variable "private_cluster" {
      type        = bool
      description = "If you want to create a private cluster, set this value to 'true'. If you want a publicly available cluster, set this value to 'false'."
    }
    
    #VPC Info
    variable "vpc_name" {
      type        = string
      description = "VPC Name"
      default     = "tf-qs-vpc"
    }
    
    variable "vpc_cidr_block" {
      type        = string
      description = "value of the CIDR block to use for the VPC"
      default     = "10.0.0.0/16"
    }
    
    variable "private_subnet_cidrs" {
      type        = list(any)
      description = "The CIDR blocks to use for the private subnets"
      default     = ["10.0.1.0/24", "10.0.2.0/24", "10.0.3.0/24"]
    }
    
    variable "public_subnet_cidrs" {
      type        = list(any)
      description = "The CIDR blocks to use for the public subnets"
      default     = ["10.0.101.0/24", "10.0.102.0/24", "10.0.103.0/24"]
    }
    
    variable "single_nat_gateway" {
      type        = bool
      description = "Single NAT or per NAT for subnet"
      default     = false
    }
    
    #AWS Info
    variable "aws_region" {
      type    = string
      default = "us-east-2"
    }
    
    variable "default_aws_tags" {
      type        = map(string)
      description = "Default tags for AWS"
      default     = {}
    }
    EOF
  3. Create the vpc.tf file by running the following command:

    $ cat<<-EOF>vpc.tf
    #
    # Copyright (c) 2023 Red Hat, Inc.
    #
    # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    # You may obtain a copy of the License at
    #
    #   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    #
    # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    # limitations under the License.
    #
    module "vpc" {
      source  = "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"
      version = "5.1.2"
    
      count = var.create_vpc ? 1 : 0
      name  = var.vpc_name
      cidr  = var.vpc_cidr_block
    
      azs             = local.region_azs
      private_subnets = var.multi_az ? var.private_subnet_cidrs : [var.private_subnet_cidrs[0]]
      public_subnets  = var.multi_az ? var.public_subnet_cidrs : [var.public_subnet_cidrs[0]]
    
      enable_nat_gateway   = true
      single_nat_gateway   = var.single_nat_gateway
      enable_dns_hostnames = true
      enable_dns_support   = true
    
      tags = var.additional_tags
    }
    EOF

    You are ready to initiate Terraform.

2.1.3.3. Using Terraform to create your ROSA cluster

After you create the Terraform files, you must initiate Terraform to provide all of the required dependencies. Then apply the Terraform plan.

Important

Do not modify Terraform state files. For more information, see Considerations when using Terraform

Procedure

  1. Set up Terraform to create your resources based on your Terraform files, run the following command:

    $ terraform init
  2. Optional: Verify that the Terraform you copied is correct by running the following command:

    $ terraform validate

    Example output

    Success! The configuration is valid.

  3. Create your cluster with Terraform by running the following command:

    $ terraform apply

    The Terraform interface asks two questions to create your cluster, similiar to the following:

    Example output

    var.create_vpc
      If you would like to create a new VPC, set this value to 'true'. If you do not want to create a new VPC, set this value to 'false'.
    
      Enter a value:
    
    var.private_cluster
      If you want to create a private cluster, set this value to 'true'. If you want a publicly available cluster, set this value to 'false'.
    
      Enter a value:

  4. Enter yes to proceed or no to cancel when the Terraform interface lists the resources to be created or changed and prompts for confirmation:

    Example output

    Plan: 63 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.
    
    Do you want to perform these actions?
      Terraform will perform the actions described above.
      Only 'yes' will be accepted to approve.

    If you enter yes, your Terraform plan starts, creating your AWS account roles, Operator roles, and your ROSA Classic cluster.

Verification

  1. Verify that your cluster was created by running the following command:

    $ rosa list clusters

    Example output showing a cluster’s ID, name, and status

    ID                                NAME          STATE  TOPOLOGY
    27c3snjsupa9obua74ba8se5kcj11269  rosa-tf-demo  ready  Classic (STS)

  2. Verify that your account roles were created by running the following command:

    $ rosa list account-roles

    Example output

    I: Fetching account roles
    ROLE NAME                                   ROLE TYPE      ROLE ARN                                                           OPENSHIFT VERSION  AWS Managed
    ROSA-demo-Installer-Role                    Installer      arn:aws:iam::<ID>:role/ROSA-demo-Installer-Role                    4.14               No
    ROSA-demo-Support-Role                      Support        arn:aws:iam::<ID>:role/ROSA-demo-Support-Role                      4.14               No
    ROSA-demo-Worker-Role                       Worker         arn:aws:iam::<ID>:role/ROSA-demo-Worker-Role                       4.14               No

  3. Verify that your Operator roles were created by running the following command:

    $ rosa list operator-roles

    Example output showing Terraform-created Operator roles

    I: Fetching operator roles
    ROLE PREFIX    AMOUNT IN BUNDLE
    rosa-demo      8

2.1.3.4. Deleting your ROSA cluster with Terraform

Use the terraform destroy command to remove all of the resources that were created with the terraform apply command.

Note

Do not modify your Terraform .tf files before destroying your resources. These variables are matched to resources to delete.

Procedure

  1. In the directory where you ran the terraform apply command to create your cluster, run the following command to delete the cluster:

    $ terraform destroy

    The Terraform interface prompts you for two variables. These should match the answers you provided when creating a cluster:

    var.create_vpc
      If you would like to create a new VPC, set this value to 'true.' If you do not want to create a new VPC, set this value to 'false.'
    
      Enter a value:
    
    var.private_cluster
      If you want to create a private cluster, set this value to 'true.' If you want a publicly available cluster, set this value to 'false.'
    
      Enter a value:
  2. Enter yes to start the role and cluster deletion:

    Example output

    Plan: 0 to add, 0 to change, 63 to destroy.
    
    Do you really want to destroy all resources?
      Terraform will destroy all your managed infrastructure, as shown above.
      There is no undo. Only 'yes' will be accepted to confirm.
    
      Enter a value: yes

Verification

  1. Verify that your cluster was destroyed by running the following command:

    $ rosa list clusters

    Example output showing no cluster

    I: No clusters available

  2. Verify that the account roles were destroyed by running the following command:

    $ rosa list account-roles

    Example output showing no Terraform-created account roles

    I: Fetching account roles
    I: No account roles available

  3. Verify that the Operator roles were destroyed by running the following command:

    $ rosa list operator-roles

    Example output showing no Terraform-created Operator roles

    I: Fetching operator roles
    I: No operator roles available

2.1.4. Additional resources

Chapter 3. Creating ROSA with HCP clusters using a custom AWS KMS encryption key

Create a Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) with a hosted control planes (HCP) cluster using a custom AWS Key Management Service (KMS) key.

3.1. ROSA with HCP Prerequisites

To create a ROSA with HCP cluster, you must have the following items:

  • A configured virtual private cloud (VPC)
  • Account-wide roles
  • An OIDC configuration
  • Operator roles

3.1.1. Creating a Virtual Private Cloud for your ROSA with HCP clusters

You must have a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to create ROSA with HCP cluster. You can use the following methods to create a VPC:

  • Create a VPC by using a Terraform template
  • Manually create the VPC resources in the AWS console
Note

The Terraform instructions are for testing and demonstration purposes. Your own installation requires some modifications to the VPC for your own use. You should also ensure that when you use this Terraform script it is in the same region that you intend to install your cluster. In these examples, use us-east-2.

Important

Sharing VPCs across multiple AWS accounts is not currently supported for ROSA with HCP. Do not install a ROSA with HCP cluster into subnets shared from another AWS account. See "Are multiple ROSA clusters in a single VPC supported?" for more information.

Creating a Virtual Private Cloud using Terraform

Terraform is a tool that allows you to create various resources using an established template. The following process uses the default options as required to create a ROSA with HCP cluster. For more information about using Terraform, see the additional resources.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed Terraform version 1.4.0 or newer on your machine.
  • You have installed Git on your machine.

Procedure

  1. Open a shell prompt and clone the Terraform VPC repository by running the following command:

    $ git clone https://github.com/openshift-cs/terraform-vpc-example
  2. Navigate to the created directory by running the following command:

    $ cd terraform-vpc-example
  3. Initiate the Terraform file by running the following command:

    $ terraform init

    A message confirming the initialization appears when this process completes.

  4. To build your VPC Terraform plan based on the existing Terraform template, run the plan command. You must include your AWS region. You can choose to specify a cluster name. A rosa.tfplan file is added to the hypershift-tf directory after the terraform plan completes. For more detailed options, see the Terraform VPC repository’s README file.

    $ terraform plan -out rosa.tfplan -var region=<region>
  5. Apply this plan file to build your VPC by running the following command:

    $ terraform apply rosa.tfplan
    1. Optional: You can capture the values of the Terraform-provisioned private, public, and machinepool subnet IDs as environment variables to use when creating your ROSA with HCP cluster by running the following commands:

      $ export SUBNET_IDS=$(terraform output -raw cluster-subnets-string)
    2. Verify that the variables were correctly set with the following command:

      $ echo $SUBNET_IDS

      Example output

      $ subnet-0a6a57e0f784171aa,subnet-078e84e5b10ecf5b0

Additional resources

  • See the Terraform VPC repository for a detailed list of all options available when customizing the VPC for your needs.
Creating a Virtual Private Cloud manually

If you choose to manually create your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) instead of using Terraform, go to the VPC page in the AWS console. Your VPC must meet the requirements shown in the following table.

Table 3.1. Requirements for your VPC
RequirementDetails

VPC name

You need to have the specific VPC name and ID when creating your cluster.

CIDR range

Your VPC CIDR range should match your machine CIDR.

Availability zone

You need one availability zone for a single zone, and you need three for availability zones for multi-zone.

Public subnet

You must have one public subnet with an internet gateway for public clusters.

Private subnet

You must have exactly one private subnet in each availability zone (AZ) for installing machine pools in ROSA HCP clusters. A NAT gateway may be associated with this subnet to allow outbound internet access for the instances. Private clusters do not need a public subnet.

DNS hostname and resolution

You must ensure that the DNS hostname and resolution are enabled.

3.1.2. Creating the account-wide STS roles and policies

Before using the Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) CLI (rosa) to create Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) with hosted control planes (HCP) clusters, create the required account-wide roles and policies, including the Operator policies.

Note

ROSA with HCP clusters require account and Operator roles with AWS managed policies attached. Customer managed policies are not supported. For more information regarding AWS managed policies for ROSA with HCP clusters, see AWS managed policies for ROSA account roles.

Prerequisites

  • You have completed the AWS prerequisites for ROSA with HCP.
  • You have available AWS service quotas.
  • You have enabled the ROSA service in the AWS Console.
  • You have installed and configured the latest ROSA CLI (rosa) on your installation host.
  • You have logged in to your Red Hat account by using the ROSA CLI.

Procedure

  1. If they do not exist in your AWS account, create the required account-wide STS roles and attach the policies by running the following command:

    $ rosa create account-roles --hosted-cp
  2. Optional: Set your prefix as an environmental variable by running the following command:

    $ export ACCOUNT_ROLES_PREFIX=<account_role_prefix>
    • View the value of the variable by running the following command:

      $ echo $ACCOUNT_ROLES_PREFIX

      Example output

      ManagedOpenShift

For more information regarding AWS managed IAM policies for ROSA, see AWS managed IAM policies for ROSA.

3.1.3. Creating an OpenID Connect configuration

When using a ROSA with HCP cluster, you must create the OpenID Connect (OIDC) configuration prior to creating your cluster. This configuration is registered to be used with OpenShift Cluster Manager.

Prerequisites

  • You have completed the AWS prerequisites for ROSA with HCP.
  • You have completed the AWS prerequisites for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS.
  • You have installed and configured the latest Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) CLI, rosa, on your installation host.

Procedure

  1. To create your OIDC configuration alongside the AWS resources, run the following command:

    $ rosa create oidc-config --mode=auto --yes

    This command returns the following information.

    Example output

    ? Would you like to create a Managed (Red Hat hosted) OIDC Configuration Yes
    I: Setting up managed OIDC configuration
    I: To create Operator Roles for this OIDC Configuration, run the following command and remember to replace <user-defined> with a prefix of your choice:
    	rosa create operator-roles --prefix <user-defined> --oidc-config-id 13cdr6b
    If you are going to create a Hosted Control Plane cluster please include '--hosted-cp'
    I: Creating OIDC provider using 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:user/userName'
    ? Create the OIDC provider? Yes
    I: Created OIDC provider with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:oidc-provider/dvbwgdztaeq9o.cloudfront.net/13cdr6b'

    When creating your cluster, you must supply the OIDC config ID. The CLI output provides this value for --mode auto, otherwise you must determine these values based on aws CLI output for --mode manual.

  2. Optional: you can save the OIDC configuration ID as a variable to use later. Run the following command to save the variable:

    $ export OIDC_ID=<oidc_config_id>1
    1
    In the example output above, the OIDC configuration ID is 13cdr6b.
    • View the value of the variable by running the following command:

      $ echo $OIDC_ID

      Example output

      13cdr6b

Verification

  • You can list the possible OIDC configurations available for your clusters that are associated with your user organization. Run the following command:

    $ rosa list oidc-config

    Example output

    ID                                MANAGED  ISSUER URL                                                             SECRET ARN
    2330dbs0n8m3chkkr25gkkcd8pnj3lk2  true     https://dvbwgdztaeq9o.cloudfront.net/2330dbs0n8m3chkkr25gkkcd8pnj3lk2
    233hvnrjoqu14jltk6lhbhf2tj11f8un  false    https://oidc-r7u1.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com                           aws:secretsmanager:us-east-1:242819244:secret:rosa-private-key-oidc-r7u1-tM3MDN

3.1.4. Creating Operator roles and policies

When using a ROSA with HCP cluster, you must create the Operator IAM roles that are required for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) with hosted control planes (HCP) deployments. The cluster Operators use the Operator roles to obtain the temporary permissions required to carry out cluster operations, such as managing back-end storage, cloud provider credentials, and external access to a cluster.

Prerequisites

  • You have completed the AWS prerequisites for ROSA with HCP.
  • You have installed and configured the latest Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS ROSA CLI (rosa), on your installation host.
  • You created the account-wide AWS roles.

Procedure

  1. Set your prefix name to an environment variable using the following command:

    $ export OPERATOR_ROLES_PREFIX=<prefix_name>
  2. To create your Operator roles, run the following command:

    $ rosa create operator-roles --hosted-cp --prefix=$OPERATOR_ROLES_PREFIX --oidc-config-id=$OIDC_ID --installer-role-arn arn:aws:iam::${AWS_ACCOUNT_ID}:role/${ACCOUNT_ROLES_PREFIX}-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role

    The following breakdown provides options for the Operator role creation.

    $ rosa create operator-roles --hosted-cp
    	--prefix=$OPERATOR_ROLES_PREFIX 1
    	--oidc-config-id=$OIDC_ID 2
    	--installer-role-arn arn:aws:iam::${AWS_ACCOUNT_ID}:role/${ACCOUNT_ROLES_PREFIX}-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role 3
    1
    You must supply a prefix when creating these Operator roles. Failing to do so produces an error. See the Additional resources of this section for information on the Operator prefix.
    2
    This value is the OIDC configuration ID that you created for your ROSA with HCP cluster.
    3
    This value is the installer role ARN that you created when you created the ROSA account roles.

    You must include the --hosted-cp parameter to create the correct roles for ROSA with HCP clusters. This command returns the following information.

    Example output

    ? Role creation mode: auto
    ? Operator roles prefix: <pre-filled_prefix> 1
    ? OIDC Configuration ID: 23soa2bgvpek9kmes9s7os0a39i13qm4 | https://dvbwgdztaeq9o.cloudfront.net/23soa2bgvpek9kmes9s7os0a39i13qm4 2
    ? Create hosted control plane operator roles: Yes
    W: More than one Installer role found
    ? Installer role ARN: arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role
    ? Permissions boundary ARN (optional):
    I: Reusable OIDC Configuration detected. Validating trusted relationships to operator roles:
    I: Creating roles using 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:user/<userName>'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-openshift-cluster-csi-drivers-ebs-cloud-credentials' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-cluster-csi-drivers-ebs-cloud-credentials'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-openshift-cloud-network-config-controller-cloud-credenti' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-cloud-network-config-controller-cloud-credenti'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-kube-system-kube-controller-manager' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-kube-controller-manager'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-kube-system-capa-controller-manager' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-capa-controller-manager'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-kube-system-control-plane-operator' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-control-plane-operator'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-kube-system-kms-provider' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-kms-provider'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-openshift-image-registry-installer-cloud-credentials' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-image-registry-installer-cloud-credentials'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-openshift-ingress-operator-cloud-credentials' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-ingress-operator-cloud-credentials'
    I: To create a cluster with these roles, run the following command:
    	rosa create cluster --sts --oidc-config-id 23soa2bgvpek9kmes9s7os0a39i13qm4 --operator-roles-prefix <prefix> --hosted-cp

    1
    This field is prepopulated with the prefix that you set in the initial creation command.
    2
    This field requires you to select an OIDC configuration that you created for your ROSA with HCP cluster.

    The Operator roles are now created and ready to use for creating your ROSA with HCP cluster.

Verification

  • You can list the Operator roles associated with your ROSA account. Run the following command:

    $ rosa list operator-roles

    Example output

    I: Fetching operator roles
    ROLE PREFIX  AMOUNT IN BUNDLE
    <prefix>      8
    ? Would you like to detail a specific prefix Yes 1
    ? Operator Role Prefix: <prefix>
    ROLE NAME                                                         ROLE ARN                                                                                         VERSION  MANAGED
    <prefix>-kube-system-capa-controller-manager                       arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-capa-controller-manager                       4.13     No
    <prefix>-kube-system-control-plane-operator                        arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-control-plane-operator                        4.13     No
    <prefix>-kube-system-kms-provider                                  arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-kms-provider                                  4.13     No
    <prefix>-kube-system-kube-controller-manager                       arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-kube-controller-manager                       4.13     No
    <prefix>-openshift-cloud-network-config-controller-cloud-credenti  arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-cloud-network-config-controller-cloud-credenti  4.13     No
    <prefix>-openshift-cluster-csi-drivers-ebs-cloud-credentials       arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-cluster-csi-drivers-ebs-cloud-credentials       4.13     No
    <prefix>-openshift-image-registry-installer-cloud-credentials      arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-image-registry-installer-cloud-credentials      4.13     No
    <prefix>-openshift-ingress-operator-cloud-credentials              arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-ingress-operator-cloud-credentials              4.13     No

    1
    After the command runs, it displays all the prefixes associated with your AWS account and notes how many roles are associated with this prefix. If you need to see all of these roles and their details, enter "Yes" on the detail prompt to have these roles listed out with specifics.

3.1.5. Creating a ROSA cluster using a custom AWS KMS key

You can create a Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) cluster with a customer-provided KMS key that is used to encrypt either node root volumes, the etcd database, or both. A different KMS key ARN can be provided for each option.

Note

ROSA with HCP does not automatically configure the default storage class to encrypt persistent volumes with the customer-provided KMS key. This is something that can be configured in-cluster after installation.

Procedure

  1. Create a custom AWS customer-managed KMS key by running the following command:

    $ KMS_ARN=$(aws kms create-key --region $AWS_REGION --description 'Custom ROSA Encryption Key' --tags TagKey=red-hat,TagValue=true --query KeyMetadata.Arn --output text)

    This command saves the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) output of this custom key for further steps.

    Note

    Customers must provide the --tags TagKey=red-hat,TagValue=true argument that is required for a customer KMS key.

  2. Verify the KMS key has been created by running the following command:

    $ echo $KMS_ARN
  3. Set your AWS account ID to an environment variable.

    $ AWS_ACCOUNT_ID=<aws_account_id>
  4. Add the ARN for the account-wide installer role and operator roles that you created in the preceding step to the Statement.Principal.AWS section in the file. In the following example, the ARN for the default ManagedOpenShift-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role role is added:

    {
      "Version": "2012-10-17",
      "Id": "key-rosa-policy-1",
      "Statement": [
      {
                  "Sid": "Enable IAM User Permissions",
                  "Effect": "Allow",
                  "Principal": {
                      "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::${AWS_ACCOUNT_ID}:root"
                  },
                  "Action": "kms:*",
                  "Resource": "*"
              },
            {
                  "Sid": "Installer Permissions",
                  "Effect": "Allow",
                  "Principal": {
                      "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::${AWS_ACCOUNT_ID}:role/ManagedOpenShift-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role"
                  },
                  "Action": [
                      "kms:CreateGrant",
                      "kms:DescribeKey",
                      "kms:GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext"
                  ],
                  "Resource": "*"
              },
              {
                  "Sid": "ROSA KubeControllerManager Permissions",
                  "Effect": "Allow",
                  "Principal": {
                      "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::${AWS_ACCOUNT_ID}:role/<operator_role_prefix>-kube-system-kube-controller-manager"
    
                  },
                  "Action": "kms:DescribeKey",
                  "Resource": "*"
              },
              {
                  "Sid": "ROSA KMS Provider Permissions",
                  "Effect": "Allow",
                  "Principal": {
                      "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::${AWS_ACCOUNT_ID}:role/<operator_role_prefix>-kube-system-kms-provider"
                  },
                  "Action": [
                      "kms:Encrypt",
                      "kms:Decrypt",
                      "kms:DescribeKey"
                  ],
                  "Resource": "*"
              },
              {
                  "Sid": "ROSA NodeManager Permissions",
                  "Effect": "Allow",
                  "Principal": {
                      "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::${AWS_ACCOUNT_ID}:role/<operator_role_prefix>-kube-system-capa-controller-manager"
                  },
                  "Action": [
                      "kms:DescribeKey",
                      "kms:GenerateDataKeyWithoutPlaintext",
                      "kms:CreateGrant"
                  ],
                  "Resource": "*"
              }
          ]
      }
  5. Confirm the details of the policy file created by running the following command:

    $ cat rosa-key-policy.json
  6. Apply the newly generated key policy to the custom KMS key by running the following command:

    $ aws kms put-key-policy --key-id $KMS_ARN \
    --policy file://rosa-key-policy.json \
    --policy-name default
  7. Create the cluster by running the following command:

    Note

    If your cluster name is longer than 15 characters, it will contain an autogenerated domain prefix as a sub-domain for your provisioned cluster on *.openshiftapps.com.

    To customize the subdomain, use the --domain-prefix flag. The domain prefix cannot be longer than 15 characters, must be unique, and cannot be changed after cluster creation.

    $ rosa create cluster --cluster-name <cluster_name> \
    --subnet-ids <private_subnet_id>,<public_subnet_id> \
    --sts \
    --mode auto \
    --machine-cidr 10.0.0.0/16 \
    --compute-machine-type m5.xlarge \
    --hosted-cp \
    --region <aws_region> \
    --oidc-config-id $OIDC_ID \
    --kms-key-arn $KMS_ARN \ 1
    --etcd-encryption-kms-arn $KMS_ARN \ 2
    --operator-roles-prefix $OPERATOR_ROLES_PREFIX
    1
    This KMS key ARN is used to encrypt all worker node root volumes. It is not required if only etcd database encryption is needed.
    2
    This KMS key ARN is used to encrypt the etcd database. The etcd database is always encrypted by default with an AES cipher block, but can be encrypted instead with a KMS key. It is not required if only node root volume encryption is needed.

Verification

You can verify that your KMS key works by using OpenShift Cluster Manager.

  1. Navigate to OpenShift Cluster Manager and select Instances.
  2. Select your instance.
  3. Click the Storage tab.
  4. Copy the KMS key ID.
  5. Search and select Key Management Service.
  6. Enter your copied KMS key ID in the Filter field.

3.2. Next steps

3.3. Additional resources

Chapter 4. Creating a private cluster on ROSA with HCP

For Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) with hosted control planes (HCP) workloads that do not require public internet access, you can create a private cluster.

4.1. Creating a private ROSA with HCP cluster using the ROSA CLI

You can create a private cluster with multiple availability zones (Multi-AZ) on ROSA with HCP using the ROSA command line interface (CLI), rosa.

Prerequisites

  • You have available AWS service quotas.
  • You have enabled the ROSA service in the AWS Console.
  • You have installed and configured the latest version of the ROSA CLI on your installation host.

Procedure

Creating a cluster with hosted control planes can take around 10 minutes.

  1. Create a VPC with at least one private subnet. Ensure that your machine’s classless inter-domain routing (CIDR) matches your virtual private cloud’s CIDR. For more information, see Requirements for using your own VPC and VPC Validation.

    Important

    If you use a firewall, you must configure it so that ROSA can access the sites that required to function.

    For more information, see the "AWS PrivateLink firewall prerequisites" section.

  2. Create the account-wide IAM roles by running the following command:

    $ rosa create account-roles --hosted-cp
  3. Create the OIDC configuration by running the following command:

    $ rosa create oidc-config --mode=auto --yes

    Save the OIDC configuration ID because you need it to create the Operator roles.

    Example output

    I: Setting up managed OIDC configuration
    I: To create Operator Roles for this OIDC Configuration, run the following command and remember to replace <user-defined> with a prefix of your choice:
    	rosa create operator-roles --prefix <user-defined> --oidc-config-id 28s4avcdt2l318r1jbk3ifmimkurk384
    If you are going to create a Hosted Control Plane cluster please include '--hosted-cp'
    I: Creating OIDC provider using 'arn:aws:iam::46545644412:user/user'
    I: Created OIDC provider with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::46545644412:oidc-provider/oidc.op1.openshiftapps.com/28s4avcdt2l318r1jbk3ifmimkurk384'

  4. Create the Operator roles by running the following command:

    $ rosa create operator-roles --hosted-cp --prefix <operator_roles_prefix> --oidc-config-id <oidc_config_id> --installer-role-arn arn:aws:iam::$<account_roles_prefix>:role/$<account_roles_prefix>-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role
  5. Create a private ROSA with HCP cluster by running the following command:

    $ rosa create cluster --private --cluster-name=<cluster-name> --sts --mode=auto --hosted-cp --operator-roles-prefix <operator_role_prefix> --oidc-config-id <oidc_config_id> [--machine-cidr=<VPC CIDR>/16] --subnet-ids=<private-subnet-id1>[,<private-subnet-id2>,<private-subnet-id3>]
  6. Enter the following command to check the status of your cluster. During cluster creation, the State field from the output will transition from pending to installing, and finally, to ready.

    $ rosa describe cluster --cluster=<cluster_name>
    Note

    If installation fails or the State field does not change to ready after 10 minutes, see the "Troubleshooting Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS installations" documentation in the Additional resources section.

  7. Enter the following command to follow the OpenShift installer logs to track the progress of your cluster:

    $ rosa logs install --cluster=<cluster_name> --watch

4.2. Additional principals on your ROSA with HCP cluster

You can allow AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles as additional principals to connect to your cluster’s private API server endpoint.

You can access your ROSA with HCP cluster’s API Server endpoint from either the public internet or the interface endpoint that was created within the VPC private subnets. By default, you can privately access your ROSA with HCP API Server by using the -kube-system-kube-controller-manager Operator role. To be able to access ROSA with HCP API server from another account directly without using the primary account where cluster is installed, you must include cross-account IAM roles as additional principals. This feature allows you to simplify your network architecture and reduce data transfer costs by avoiding peering or attaching cross-account VPCs to cluster’s VPC.

Overview of AWS cross account access

In this diagram, the cluster creating account is designated as Account A. This account designates that another account, Account B, should have access to the API server.

Note

After you have configured additional allowed principals, you must create the interface VPC endpoint in the VPC from where you want to access the cross-account ROSA with HCP API server. Then, create a private hosted zone in Route53 to route calls made to cross-account ROSA with HCP API server to pass through the created VPC endpoint.

4.2.1. Adding additional principals while creating your ROSA with HCP cluster

Use the --additional-allowed-principals argument to permit access through other roles.

Procedure

  1. Add the --additional-allowed-principals argument to the rosa create cluster command, similar to the following:

    $ rosa create cluster [...] --additional-allowed-principals <arn_string>

    You can use arn:aws:iam::account_id:role/role_name to approve a specific role.

  2. When the cluster creation command runs, you receive a summary of your cluster with the --additional-allowed-principals specified:

    Example output

    Name:                       mycluster
    Domain Prefix:              mycluster
    Display Name:               mycluster
    ID:                         <cluster-id>
    External ID:                <cluster-id>
    Control Plane:              ROSA Service Hosted
    OpenShift Version:          4.15.17
    Channel Group:              stable
    DNS:                        Not ready
    AWS Account:                <aws_id>
    AWS Billing Account:        <aws_id>
    API URL:
    Console URL:
    Region:                     us-east-2
    Availability:
     - Control Plane:           MultiAZ
     - Data Plane:              SingleAZ
    
    Nodes:
     - Compute (desired):       2
     - Compute (current):       0
    Network:
     - Type:                    OVNKubernetes
     - Service CIDR:            172.30.0.0/16
     - Machine CIDR:            10.0.0.0/16
     - Pod CIDR:                10.128.0.0/14
     - Host Prefix:             /23
     - Subnets:                 subnet-453e99d40, subnet-666847ce827
    EC2 Metadata Http Tokens:   optional
    Role (STS) ARN:             arn:aws:iam::<aws_id>:role/mycluster-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role
    Support Role ARN:           arn:aws:iam::<aws_id>:role/mycluster-HCP-ROSA-Support-Role
    Instance IAM Roles:
     - Worker:                  arn:aws:iam::<aws_id>:role/mycluster-HCP-ROSA-Worker-Role
    Operator IAM Roles:
     - arn:aws:iam::<aws_id>:role/mycluster-kube-system-control-plane-operator
     - arn:aws:iam::<aws_id>:role/mycluster-openshift-cloud-network-config-controller-cloud-creden
     - arn:aws:iam::<aws_id>:role/mycluster-openshift-image-registry-installer-cloud-credentials
     - arn:aws:iam::<aws_id>:role/mycluster-openshift-ingress-operator-cloud-credentials
     - arn:aws:iam::<aws_id>:role/mycluster-openshift-cluster-csi-drivers-ebs-cloud-credentials
     - arn:aws:iam::<aws_id>:role/mycluster-kube-system-kms-provider
     - arn:aws:iam::<aws_id>:role/mycluster-kube-system-kube-controller-manager
     - arn:aws:iam::<aws_id>:role/mycluster-kube-system-capa-controller-manager
    Managed Policies:           Yes
    State:                      waiting (Waiting for user action)
    Private:                    No
    Delete Protection:          Disabled
    Created:                    Jun 25 2024 13:36:37 UTC
    User Workload Monitoring:   Enabled
    Details Page:               https://console.redhat.com/openshift/details/s/Bvbok4O79q1Vg8
    OIDC Endpoint URL:          https://oidc.op1.openshiftapps.com/vhufi5lap6vbl3jlq20e (Managed)
    Audit Log Forwarding:       Disabled
    External Authentication:    Disabled
    Additional Principals:      arn:aws:iam::<aws_id>:role/additional-user-role

4.2.2. Adding additional principals to your existing ROSA with HCP cluster

You can add additional principals to your cluster by using the command line interface (CLI).

Procedure

  • Run the following command to edit your cluster and add an additional principal who can access this cluster’s endpoint:

    $ rosa edit cluster -c <cluster_name> --additional-allowed-principals <arn_string>

    You can use arn:aws:iam::account_id:role/role_name to approve a specific role.

4.3. Next steps

Configuring identity providers

Chapter 5. Creating ROSA with HCP clusters with external authentication

You can create Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) with hosted control planes (HCP) clusters that use an external OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity provider to issue tokens for authentication, replacing the built-in OpenShift OAuth server. While the built-in OpenShift OAuth server supports integration with a variety of identity providers, including external OIDC identity providers, it is limited to the capabilities of the OAuth server itself. You can directly integrate external OIDC identity providers with ROSA with HCP clusters in order to facilitate machine-to-machine workflows, such as CLI, and provide additional capabilities which are not available when using the built-in OpenShift OAuth server.

Important

Since it is not possible to upgrade or convert existing ROSA clusters to a hosted control planes architecture, you must create a new cluster to use ROSA with HCP functionality. You also cannot convert a cluster that was created to use external authentication providers to use the internal OAuth2 server. You must also create a new cluster.

Important

Sharing VPCs across multiple AWS accounts is not currently supported for ROSA with HCP. Do not install a ROSA with HCP cluster into subnets shared from another AWS account. See "Are multiple ROSA clusters in a single VPC supported?" for more information.

Note

ROSA with HCP clusters only support Security Token Service (STS) authentication.

Further reading

5.1. ROSA with HCP Prerequisites

To create a ROSA with HCP cluster, you must have completed the following steps:

5.2. Creating a ROSA with HCP cluster that uses external authentication providers

Use the --external-auth-providers-enabled flag in the ROSA CLI to create a cluster that uses an external authentication service.

Note

When creating a ROSA with HCP cluster, the default machine Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) is 10.0.0.0/16. If this does not correspond to the CIDR range for your VPC subnets, add --machine-cidr <address_block> to the following commands.

Procedure

  • If you used the OIDC_ID, SUBNET_IDS, and OPERATOR_ROLES_PREFIX variables to prepare your environment, you can continue to use those variables when creating your cluster. For example, run the following command:

    $ rosa create cluster --hosted-cp --subnet-ids=$SUBNET_IDS \
       --oidc-config-id=$OIDC_ID --cluster-name=<cluster_name> \
       --operator-roles-prefix=$OPERATOR_ROLES_PREFIX \
       --external-auth-providers-enabled
  • If you did not set environmental variables, run the following command:

    $ rosa create cluster --cluster-name=<cluster_name> --sts --mode=auto \
        --hosted-cp --operator-roles-prefix <operator-role-prefix> \
        --oidc-config-id <ID-of-OIDC-configuration> \
        --external-auth-providers-enabled \
        --subnet-ids=<public-subnet-id>,<private-subnet-id>

Verification

  • Verify that your external authentication is enabled in the cluster details by running the following command:

    $ rosa describe cluster --cluster=<cluster_name>
    Name:                       rosa-ext-test
    Display Name:               rosa-ext-test
    ID:                         <cluster_id>
    External ID:                <cluster_ext_id>
    Control Plane:              ROSA Service Hosted
    OpenShift Version:          4.17.0
    Channel Group:              stable
    DNS:                        <dns>
    AWS Account:                <AWS_id>
    AWS Billing Account:        <AWS_id>
    API URL:                    <ocm_api>
    Console URL:
    Region:                     us-east-1
    Availability:
     - Control Plane:           MultiAZ
     - Data Plane:              SingleAZ
    
    Nodes:
     - Compute (desired):       2
     - Compute (current):       0
    Network:
     - Type:                    OVNKubernetes
     - Service CIDR:            <service_cidr>
     - Machine CIDR:            <machine_cidr>
     - Pod CIDR:                <pod_cidr>
     - Host Prefix:             /23
     - Subnets:                 <subnet_ids>
    EC2 Metadata Http Tokens:   optional
    Role (STS) ARN:             arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/<account_roles_prefix>-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role
    Support Role ARN:           arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/<account_roles_prefix>-HCP-ROSA-Support-Role
    Instance IAM Roles:
     - Worker:                  arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/<account_roles_prefix>-HCP-ROSA-Worker-Role
    Operator IAM Roles:
     - arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/<operator_roles_prefix>-openshift-cloud-network-config-controller-clo
     - arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/<operator_roles_prefix>-kube-system-capa-controller-manager
     - arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/<operator_roles_prefix>-kube-system-control-plane-operator
     - arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/<operator_roles_prefix>-kube-system-kms-provider
     - arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/<operator_roles_prefix>-kube-system-kube-controller-manager
     - arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/<operator_roles_prefix>-openshift-image-registry-installer-cloud-cred
     - arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/<operator_roles_prefix>-openshift-ingress-operator-cloud-credentials
     - arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/<operator_roles_prefix>-openshift-cluster-csi-drivers-ebs-cloud-crede
    Managed Policies:           Yes
    State:                      ready
    Private:                    No
    Created:                    Mar 29 2024 14:25:52 UTC
    User Workload Monitoring:   Enabled
    Details Page:               https://<url>
    OIDC Endpoint URL:          https://<endpoint> (Managed)
    Audit Log Forwarding:       Disabled
    External Authentication:    Enabled 1
    1
    The External Authentication flag is enabled, and you can now create an external authentication provider.

5.3. Creating an external authentication provider

After you have created a ROSA with HCP cluster with the enabled option for external authentication providers, you must create a provider using the ROSA CLI.

Note

Similar to the rosa create|delete|list idp[s] command in the ROSA CLI, you cannot edit an existing identity provider that you created using rosa create external-auth-provider. Instead, you must delete the external authentication provider and create a new one.

The following table shows the possible CLI flags you can use when creating your external authentication provider:

CLI FlagDescription

--cluster

The name or the ID of your cluster.

--name

A name that is used to refer to the external authentication provider.

--console-client-secret

This string is the client secret that is used to associate your account with the application. If you do not include the client secret, this command uses a public OIDC OAuthClient.

--issuer-audiences

This is a comma-separated list of token audiences.

--issuer-url

The URL of the token issuer.

--claim-mapping-username-claim

The name of the claim that should be used to construct user names for the cluster identity.

--claim-mapping-groups-claim

The name of the claim that should be used to construct group names for the cluster identity.

Procedure

  • To use the interactive command interface, run the following commands:

    $ rosa create external-auth-provider -c <cluster_name>
    I: Enabling interactive mode
    ? Name: 1
    ? Issuer audiences: 2
    ? The serving url of the token issuer: 3
    ? CA file path (optional): 4
    ? Claim mapping username: 5
    ? Claim mapping groups: 6
    ? Claim validation rule (optional): 7
    ? Console client id (optional): 8
    1
    The name of your external authentication provider. This name should be a lower-case with numbers and dashes.
    2
    The audience IDs that this authentication provider issues tokens for.
    3
    The issuer’s URL that serves the token.
    4
    Optional: The certificate file to use when making requests.
    5
    The name of the claim that is used to construct the user names for cluster identity, such as using email.
    6
    The method with which to transform the ID token into a cluster identity, such as using groups.
    7
    Optional: The rules that help validate token claims which authenticate your users. This field should be formatted as :<required_value>.
    8
    Optional: The application or client ID that your app registration uses for the console.
  • You can include the required IDs to create your external authentication provider with the following command:

    rosa create external-auth-provider --cluster=<cluster_id> \
        --name=<provider_name> --issuer-url=<issuing_url> \
        --issuer-audiences=<audience_id> \
        --claim-mapping-username-claim=email \
        --claim-mapping-groups-claim=groups \
        --console-client-id=<client_id_for_app_registration> \
        --console-client-secret=<client_secret>

    Example output

    I: Successfully created an external authentication provider for cluster '<cluster_id>'

Verification

  • To verify your external authentication provider, run one of the following options:

    • List the external authentication configuration on a specified cluster with the following command:

      $ rosa list external-auth-provider -c <cluster_name>

      Example output

      The following example shows a configured Microsoft Entra ID external authentication provider:

      NAME        ISSUER URL
      m-entra-id  https://login.microsoftonline.com/<group_id>/v2.0
    • Display the external authentication configuration on a specified cluster by using the following command:

      $ rosa describe external-auth-provider \
          -c <cluster_name> --name <name_of_external_authentication>

      Example output

      ID:                          ms-entra-id
      Cluster ID:                  <cluster_id>
      Issuer audiences:
                                   - <audience_id>
      Issuer Url:                  https://login.microsoftonline.com/<group_id>/v2.0
      Claim mappings group:        groups
      Claim mappings username:     email

Additional resources

5.4. Creating a break glass credential for a ROSA with HCP cluster

As a ROSA with HCP cluster owner, you can use the break glass credential to create temporary administrative client credentials to access your clusters that are configured with custom OpenID Connect (OIDC) token issuers. Creating a break glass credential generates a new cluster-admin kubeconfig file. The kubeconfig file contains information about the cluster that the CLI uses to connect a client to the correct cluster and API server. You can use the newly generated kubeconfig file to allow access to the ROSA with HCP cluster.

Prerequisites

  • You have created a ROSA with HCP cluster with external authentication enabled. For more information, see Creating a ROSA with HCP with HCP cluster that uses external authentication providers.
  • You have created an external authentication provider. For more information, see Creating an external authentication provider.
  • You have an account with cluster admin permissions.

Procedure

  1. Create a break glass credential by using one of the following commands:

    • To create a break glass credential by using the interactive command interface to interactively specify custom settings, run the following command:

      $ rosa create break-glass-credential -c <cluster_name> -i 1
      1
      Replace <cluster_name> with the name of your cluster.

      This command starts an interactive CLI process:

      Example output

      I: Enabling interactive mode
      ? Username (optional): 1
      ? Expiration duration (optional): 2
      I: Successfully created a break glass credential for cluster 'ac-hcp-test'.

      1
      If left blank, the value in the username will have a randomly generated username value.
      2
      The minimum validity of the break glass credential is 10 minutes, and the maximum validity is 24 hours. If left blank, the expiration duration value defaults to 24 hours.
    • To create a break glass credential for cluster called mycluster with specified values:

      $ rosa create break-glass-credential -c mycluster --username test-username --expiration 1h
  2. List the break glass credential IDs, status, and associated users that are available for a cluster called mycluster by running the following command:

    $ rosa list break-glass-credential -c mycluster

    Example output

    ID                                USERNAME    STATUS
    2a7jli9n4phe6c02ul7ti91djtv2o51d  test-user   issued

    Note

    You can also view the credentials in a JSON output by adding the -o json argument to the command.

  3. To view the status of a break glass credential, run the following command, replacing <break_glass_credential_id> with the break glass credential ID:

    $ rosa describe break-glass-credential <break_glass_credential_id> -c <cluster_name>

    Example output

    ID:                                    2a7jli9n4phe6c02ul7ti91djtv2o51d
    Username:                              test-user
    Expire at:                             Dec 28 2026 10:23:05 EDT
    Status:                                issued

    The following is a list of possible Status field values:

    • issued The break glass credential has been issued and is ready to use.
    • expired The break glass credential has expired and can no longer be used.
    • failed The break glass credential has failed to create. In this case, you receive a service log detailing the failure. For more information about service logs, see Accessing the service logs for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS clusters. For steps to contact Red Hat Support for assistance, see Getting support.
    • awaiting_revocation The break glass credential is currently being revoked, meaning it cannot be used.
    • revoked The break glass credential has been revoked and can no longer be used.
  4. To retrieve the kubeconfig, run the following commands:

    • Create a kubeconfigs directory:

      $ mkdir ~/kubeconfigs
    • Export the newly generated kubeconfig file, replacing <cluster_name> with the name of your cluster:

      $ export CLUSTER_NAME=<cluster_name> && export KUBECONFIG=~/kubeconfigs/break-glass-${CLUSTER_NAME}.kubeconfig
    • View the kubeconfig:

      $ rosa describe break-glass-credential <break_glass_credential_id> -c mycluster --kubeconfig

      Example output

      apiVersion: v1
      clusters:
      - cluster:
          server: <server_url>
        name: cluster
      contexts:
      - context:
          cluster: cluster
          namespace: default
          user: test-username
        name: admin
      current-context: admin
      kind: Config
      preferences: {}
      users:
      - name: test-user
        user:
          client-certificate-data: <client-certificate-data> 1
          client-key-data: <client-key-data> 2

      1
      The client-certificate contains a certificate for the user signed by the Kubernetes certificate authorities (CA).
      2
      The client-key contains the key that signed the client certificate.
  5. Optional: To save the kubeconfig, run the following command :

    $ rosa describe break-glass-credential <break_glass_credential_id> -c mycluster --kubeconfig > $KUBECONFIG

Additional resources

5.5. Accessing a ROSA with HCP cluster by using a break glass credential

Use the new kubeconfig from the break glass credential to gain temporary admin access to a ROSA with HCP cluster.

Prerequisites

  • You have access to a ROSA with HCP cluster with external authentication enabled. For more information, see Creating a ROSA with HCP cluster that uses external authentication providers.
  • You have installed the oc and the kubectl CLIs.
  • You have configured the new kubeconfig. For more information, see Creating a break glass credential for a ROSA with HCP cluster.

Procedure

  1. Access the details for the cluster:

    $ rosa describe break-glass-credential <break_glass_credential_id> -c <cluster_name>  --kubeconfig > $KUBECONFIG
  2. List the nodes from the cluster:

    $ oc get nodes

    Example output

    NAME                        STATUS   ROLES   AGE   VERSION
    ip-10-0-0-27.ec2.internal   Ready    worker  8m    v1.28.7+f1b5f6c
    ip-10-0-0-67.ec2.internal   Ready    worker  9m    v1.28.7+f1b5f6c

  3. Verify you have the correct credentials:

    $ kubectl auth whoami

    Example output

    ATTRIBUTE    VALUE
    Username     system:customer-break-glass:test-user
    Groups       [system:masters system:authenticated]

  4. Apply the ClusterRoleBinding for the groups defined in the external OIDC provider. The ClusterRoleBinding maps the rosa-hcp-admins group that is created in Microsoft Entra ID to a group in the ROSA with HCP cluster.

    $ oc apply -f - <<EOF
    apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
    kind: ClusterRoleBinding
    metadata:
      name: rosa-hcp-admins
    roleRef:
      apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
      kind: ClusterRole
      name: cluster-admin
    subjects:
    - apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
      kind: Group
      name: f715c264-ab90-45d5-8a29-2e91a609a895
    EOF

    Example output

    clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/rosa-hcp-admins created

    Note

    After the ClusterRoleBinding has been applied, the ROSA with HCP cluster is configured, and the rosa CLI and the Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console are authenticated through the external OpenID Connect (OIDC) provider. You can now start assigning roles and deploying applications on the cluster.

Additional resources

5.6. Revoking a break glass credential for a ROSA with HCP cluster

You can revoke access to any break glass credentials that you have provisioned at any time by using the revoke break-glass-credentials command.

Prerequisites

  • You have created a break glass credential.
  • You are the cluster owner.

Procedure

  • Revoke the break glass credentials for a ROSA with HCP cluster by running the following command.

    Important

    Running this command will revoke access for all break glass credentials related to the cluster.

    $ rosa revoke break-glass-credentials -c <cluster_name> 1
    1
    Replace <cluster_name> with the name of your cluster.

    Example output

    ? Are you sure you want to revoke all the break glass credentials on cluster 'my-cluster'?: Yes
    I: Successfully requested revocation for all break glass credentials from cluster 'my-cluster'

Verification

  • The revocation process can take several minutes. You can verify that the break glass credentials for your clusters have been revoked by running one of the following commands:

    • List all break glass credentials and check the status of each:

      $ rosa list break-glass-credential -c <cluster_name>

      Example output

      ID                                USERNAME    STATUS
      2330dbs0n8m3chkkr25gkkcd8pnj3lk2  test-user   awaiting_revocation

    • You can also verify the status by checking the individual credential:

      $ rosa describe break-glass-credential <break_glass_credential_id> -c <cluster_name>

      Example output

      ID:                                    2330dbs0n8m3chkkr25gkkcd8pnj3lk2
      Username:                              test-user
      Expire at:                             Dec 28 2026 10:23:05 EDT
      Status:                                issued
      Revoked at:                            Dec 27 2026 15:30:33 EDT

5.7. Deleting an external authentication provider

Delete external authentication providers by using the ROSA CLI.

Procedure

  1. Display your external authentication provider on your cluster by running the following command:

    $ rosa list external-auth-provider -c <cluster_name>

    Example output

    NAME        ISSUER URL
    entra-test  https://login.microsoftonline.com/<group_id>/v2.0

  2. Delete the external authentication provider by running the following command:

    $ rosa delete external-auth-provider <name_of_provider> -c <cluster_name>

    Example output

    ? Are you sure you want to delete external authentication provider entra-test on cluster rosa-ext-test? Yes
    I: Successfully deleted external authentication provider 'entra-test' from cluster 'rosa-ext-test'

Verification

  1. Query for any external authentication providers on your cluster by running the following command:

    $ rosa list external-auth-provider -c <cluster_name>

    Example output

    E: there are no external authentication providers for this cluster

5.8. Additional resources

Chapter 6. ROSA with HCP clusters without a CNI plugin

You can use your own Container Network Interface (CNI) plugin when creating a Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) with hosted control planes (HCP) cluster. You can create a ROSA with HCP cluster without a CNI and install your own CNI plugin after cluster creation.

Important

For customers who choose to use their own CNI, the responsibility of CNI plugin support belongs to the customer in coordination with their chosen CNI vendor.

The default plugin for ROSA with HCP is the OVN-Kubernetes network plugin. This plugin is the only Red Hat supported CNI plugin for ROSA with HCP.

If you choose to use your own CNI for ROSA with HCP clusters, it is strongly recommended that you obtain commercial support from the plugin vendor before creating your clusters. Red Hat support cannot assist with CNI-related issues such as pod to pod traffic for customers who choose to use their own CNI. Red Hat still provides support for all non-CNI issues. If you want CNI-related support from Red Hat, you must install the cluster with the default OVN-Kubernetes network plugin. For more information, see the responsibility matrix.

6.1. Creating a ROSA with HCP cluster without a CNI plugin

6.1.1. Prerequisites

6.1.2. Creating the account-wide STS roles and policies

Before using the Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) CLI (rosa) to create Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) with hosted control planes (HCP) clusters, create the required account-wide roles and policies, including the Operator policies.

Note

ROSA with HCP clusters require account and Operator roles with AWS managed policies attached. Customer managed policies are not supported. For more information regarding AWS managed policies for ROSA with HCP clusters, see AWS managed policies for ROSA account roles.

Prerequisites

  • You have completed the AWS prerequisites for ROSA with HCP.
  • You have available AWS service quotas.
  • You have enabled the ROSA service in the AWS Console.
  • You have installed and configured the latest ROSA CLI (rosa) on your installation host.
  • You have logged in to your Red Hat account by using the ROSA CLI.

Procedure

  1. If they do not exist in your AWS account, create the required account-wide STS roles and attach the policies by running the following command:

    $ rosa create account-roles --hosted-cp
  2. Optional: Set your prefix as an environmental variable by running the following command:

    $ export ACCOUNT_ROLES_PREFIX=<account_role_prefix>
    • View the value of the variable by running the following command:

      $ echo $ACCOUNT_ROLES_PREFIX

      Example output

      ManagedOpenShift

For more information regarding AWS managed IAM policies for ROSA, see AWS managed IAM policies for ROSA.

6.1.3. Creating an OpenID Connect configuration

When using a ROSA with HCP cluster, you must create the OpenID Connect (OIDC) configuration prior to creating your cluster. This configuration is registered to be used with OpenShift Cluster Manager.

Prerequisites

  • You have completed the AWS prerequisites for ROSA with HCP.
  • You have completed the AWS prerequisites for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS.
  • You have installed and configured the latest Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) CLI, rosa, on your installation host.

Procedure

  1. To create your OIDC configuration alongside the AWS resources, run the following command:

    $ rosa create oidc-config --mode=auto --yes

    This command returns the following information.

    Example output

    ? Would you like to create a Managed (Red Hat hosted) OIDC Configuration Yes
    I: Setting up managed OIDC configuration
    I: To create Operator Roles for this OIDC Configuration, run the following command and remember to replace <user-defined> with a prefix of your choice:
    	rosa create operator-roles --prefix <user-defined> --oidc-config-id 13cdr6b
    If you are going to create a Hosted Control Plane cluster please include '--hosted-cp'
    I: Creating OIDC provider using 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:user/userName'
    ? Create the OIDC provider? Yes
    I: Created OIDC provider with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:oidc-provider/dvbwgdztaeq9o.cloudfront.net/13cdr6b'

    When creating your cluster, you must supply the OIDC config ID. The CLI output provides this value for --mode auto, otherwise you must determine these values based on aws CLI output for --mode manual.

  2. Optional: you can save the OIDC configuration ID as a variable to use later. Run the following command to save the variable:

    $ export OIDC_ID=<oidc_config_id>1
    1
    In the example output above, the OIDC configuration ID is 13cdr6b.
    • View the value of the variable by running the following command:

      $ echo $OIDC_ID

      Example output

      13cdr6b

Verification

  • You can list the possible OIDC configurations available for your clusters that are associated with your user organization. Run the following command:

    $ rosa list oidc-config

    Example output

    ID                                MANAGED  ISSUER URL                                                             SECRET ARN
    2330dbs0n8m3chkkr25gkkcd8pnj3lk2  true     https://dvbwgdztaeq9o.cloudfront.net/2330dbs0n8m3chkkr25gkkcd8pnj3lk2
    233hvnrjoqu14jltk6lhbhf2tj11f8un  false    https://oidc-r7u1.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com                           aws:secretsmanager:us-east-1:242819244:secret:rosa-private-key-oidc-r7u1-tM3MDN

6.1.4. Creating Operator roles and policies

When using a ROSA with HCP cluster, you must create the Operator IAM roles that are required for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) with hosted control planes (HCP) deployments. The cluster Operators use the Operator roles to obtain the temporary permissions required to carry out cluster operations, such as managing back-end storage, cloud provider credentials, and external access to a cluster.

Prerequisites

  • You have completed the AWS prerequisites for ROSA with HCP.
  • You have installed and configured the latest Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS ROSA CLI (rosa), on your installation host.
  • You created the account-wide AWS roles.

Procedure

  1. Set your prefix name to an environment variable using the following command:

    $ export OPERATOR_ROLES_PREFIX=<prefix_name>
  2. To create your Operator roles, run the following command:

    $ rosa create operator-roles --hosted-cp --prefix=$OPERATOR_ROLES_PREFIX --oidc-config-id=$OIDC_ID --installer-role-arn arn:aws:iam::${AWS_ACCOUNT_ID}:role/${ACCOUNT_ROLES_PREFIX}-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role

    The following breakdown provides options for the Operator role creation.

    $ rosa create operator-roles --hosted-cp
    	--prefix=$OPERATOR_ROLES_PREFIX 1
    	--oidc-config-id=$OIDC_ID 2
    	--installer-role-arn arn:aws:iam::${AWS_ACCOUNT_ID}:role/${ACCOUNT_ROLES_PREFIX}-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role 3
    1
    You must supply a prefix when creating these Operator roles. Failing to do so produces an error. See the Additional resources of this section for information on the Operator prefix.
    2
    This value is the OIDC configuration ID that you created for your ROSA with HCP cluster.
    3
    This value is the installer role ARN that you created when you created the ROSA account roles.

    You must include the --hosted-cp parameter to create the correct roles for ROSA with HCP clusters. This command returns the following information.

    Example output

    ? Role creation mode: auto
    ? Operator roles prefix: <pre-filled_prefix> 1
    ? OIDC Configuration ID: 23soa2bgvpek9kmes9s7os0a39i13qm4 | https://dvbwgdztaeq9o.cloudfront.net/23soa2bgvpek9kmes9s7os0a39i13qm4 2
    ? Create hosted control plane operator roles: Yes
    W: More than one Installer role found
    ? Installer role ARN: arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role
    ? Permissions boundary ARN (optional):
    I: Reusable OIDC Configuration detected. Validating trusted relationships to operator roles:
    I: Creating roles using 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:user/<userName>'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-openshift-cluster-csi-drivers-ebs-cloud-credentials' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-cluster-csi-drivers-ebs-cloud-credentials'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-openshift-cloud-network-config-controller-cloud-credenti' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-cloud-network-config-controller-cloud-credenti'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-kube-system-kube-controller-manager' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-kube-controller-manager'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-kube-system-capa-controller-manager' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-capa-controller-manager'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-kube-system-control-plane-operator' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-control-plane-operator'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-kube-system-kms-provider' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-kms-provider'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-openshift-image-registry-installer-cloud-credentials' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-image-registry-installer-cloud-credentials'
    I: Created role '<prefix>-openshift-ingress-operator-cloud-credentials' with ARN 'arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-ingress-operator-cloud-credentials'
    I: To create a cluster with these roles, run the following command:
    	rosa create cluster --sts --oidc-config-id 23soa2bgvpek9kmes9s7os0a39i13qm4 --operator-roles-prefix <prefix> --hosted-cp

    1
    This field is prepopulated with the prefix that you set in the initial creation command.
    2
    This field requires you to select an OIDC configuration that you created for your ROSA with HCP cluster.

    The Operator roles are now created and ready to use for creating your ROSA with HCP cluster.

Verification

  • You can list the Operator roles associated with your ROSA account. Run the following command:

    $ rosa list operator-roles

    Example output

    I: Fetching operator roles
    ROLE PREFIX  AMOUNT IN BUNDLE
    <prefix>      8
    ? Would you like to detail a specific prefix Yes 1
    ? Operator Role Prefix: <prefix>
    ROLE NAME                                                         ROLE ARN                                                                                         VERSION  MANAGED
    <prefix>-kube-system-capa-controller-manager                       arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-capa-controller-manager                       4.13     No
    <prefix>-kube-system-control-plane-operator                        arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-control-plane-operator                        4.13     No
    <prefix>-kube-system-kms-provider                                  arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-kms-provider                                  4.13     No
    <prefix>-kube-system-kube-controller-manager                       arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-kube-system-kube-controller-manager                       4.13     No
    <prefix>-openshift-cloud-network-config-controller-cloud-credenti  arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-cloud-network-config-controller-cloud-credenti  4.13     No
    <prefix>-openshift-cluster-csi-drivers-ebs-cloud-credentials       arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-cluster-csi-drivers-ebs-cloud-credentials       4.13     No
    <prefix>-openshift-image-registry-installer-cloud-credentials      arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-image-registry-installer-cloud-credentials      4.13     No
    <prefix>-openshift-ingress-operator-cloud-credentials              arn:aws:iam::4540112244:role/<prefix>-openshift-ingress-operator-cloud-credentials              4.13     No

    1
    After the command runs, it displays all the prefixes associated with your AWS account and notes how many roles are associated with this prefix. If you need to see all of these roles and their details, enter "Yes" on the detail prompt to have these roles listed out with specifics.

Additional resources

6.2. Creating the cluster

When using the Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) command line interface (CLI), rosa, to create a cluster, you can add an optional flag --no-cni to create a cluster without a CNI plugin.

Prerequisites

  • You have completed the AWS prerequisites for ROSA with HCP.
  • You have available AWS service quotas.
  • You have enabled the ROSA service in the AWS Console.
  • You have installed and configured the latest ROSA CLI (rosa) on your installation host. Run rosa version to see your currently installed version of the ROSA CLI. If a newer version is available, the CLI provides a link to download this upgrade.
  • You have logged in to your Red Hat account by using the ROSA CLI.
  • You have created an OIDC configuration.
  • You have verified that the AWS Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) service role exists in your AWS account.

Procedure

  1. You can create your ROSA with HCP cluster with one of the following commands.

    Note

    When creating a ROSA with HCP cluster, the default machine Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) is 10.0.0.0/16. If this does not correspond to the CIDR range for your VPC subnets, add --machine-cidr <address_block> to the following commands. To learn more about the default CIDR ranges for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS, see CIDR range definitions.

    • Create a cluster with a single, initial machine pool, publicly available API, publicly available Ingress, and no CNI plugin by running the following command:

      $ rosa create cluster --cluster-name=<cluster_name> \
          --sts --mode=auto --hosted-cp --operator-roles-prefix <operator-role-prefix> \
          --oidc-config-id <ID-of-OIDC-configuration> --subnet-ids=<public-subnet-id>,<private-subnet-id> --no-cni
    • Create a cluster with a single, initial machine pool, privately available API, privately available Ingress, and no CNI plugin by running the following command:

      $ rosa create cluster --private --cluster-name=<cluster_name> \
          --sts --mode=auto --hosted-cp --subnet-ids=<private-subnet-id> --no-cni
    • If you used the OIDC_ID, SUBNET_IDS, and OPERATOR_ROLES_PREFIX variables to prepare your environment, you can continue to use those variables when creating your cluster without a CNI plugin. For example, run the following command:

      $ rosa create cluster --hosted-cp --subnet-ids=$SUBNET_IDS --oidc-config-id=$OIDC_ID --cluster-name=<cluster_name> --operator-roles-prefix=$OPERATOR_ROLES_PREFIX --no-cni
  2. Check the status of your cluster by running the following command:

    $ rosa describe cluster --cluster=<cluster_name>
    Important

    When you first log in to the cluster after it reaches ready status, the nodes will still be in the not ready state until you install your own CNI plugin. After CNI installation, the nodes will change to ready.

    The following State field changes are listed in the output as the cluster installation progresses:

    • pending (Preparing account)
    • installing (DNS setup in progress)
    • installing
    • ready

      Note

      If the installation fails or the State field does not change to ready after more than 10 minutes, check the installation troubleshooting documentation for details. For more information, see Troubleshooting installations. For steps to contact Red Hat Support for assistance, see Getting support for Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS.

  3. Track the progress of the cluster creation by watching the Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS installation program logs. To check the logs, run the following command:

    $ rosa logs install --cluster=<cluster_name> --watch 1
    1
    Optional: To watch for new log messages as the installation progresses, use the --watch argument.

6.2.1. Expected behavior for clusters without a CNI plugin

Although ROSA with HCP cluster installation is complete, the cluster cannot operate without a CNI plugin. Because the nodes are not ready, the workloads cannot deploy. For example, the Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS cluster web console is not available, so you must use the OpenShift CLI (oc) to log in to the cluster. Additionally, other OpenShift components such as the HAProxy-based Ingress Controller, image registry, and prometheus-based monitoring stack are not running. This is expected behavior until you install a CNI provider.

6.3. Next steps

  • Install your CNI plugin. The nodes will then change from the not ready to ready state.
  • Access your ROSA cluster with the Accessing a ROSA cluster documentation.

Chapter 7. Deleting a ROSA with HCP cluster

If you want to delete a Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) with hosted control planes (HCP) cluster, you can use either the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager or the ROSA command line interface (CLI) (rosa). After deleting your cluster, you can also delete the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) resources that are used by the cluster.

7.1. Deleting a ROSA with HCP cluster and the cluster-specific IAM resources

You can delete a ROSA with HCP cluster by using the ROSA command line interface (CLI) (rosa) or Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager.

After deleting the cluster, you can clean up the cluster-specific Identity and Access Management (IAM) resources in your AWS account by using the ROSA CLI. The cluster-specific resources include the Operator roles and the OpenID Connect (OIDC) provider.

Note

The cluster deletion must complete before you remove the IAM resources, because the resources are used in the cluster deletion and clean up processes.

If add-ons are installed, the cluster deletion takes longer because add-ons are uninstalled before the cluster is deleted. The amount of time depends on the number and size of the add-ons.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed a ROSA with HCP cluster.
  • You have installed and configured the latest ROSA CLI (rosa) on your installation host.

Procedure

  1. Get the cluster ID, the Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) for the cluster-specific Operator roles, and the endpoint URL for the OIDC provider by running the following command:

    $ rosa describe cluster --cluster=<cluster_name>

    Example output

    Name:                       test_cluster
    Domain Prefix:              test_cluster
    Display Name:               test_cluster
    ID:                         <cluster_id> 1
    External ID:                <external_id>
    Control Plane:              ROSA Service Hosted
    OpenShift Version:          4.17.0
    Channel Group:              stable
    DNS:                        test_cluster.l3cn.p3.openshiftapps.com
    AWS Account:                <AWS_id>
    AWS Billing Account:        <AWS_id>
    API URL:                    https://api.test_cluster.l3cn.p3.openshiftapps.com:443
    Console URL:
    Region:                     us-east-1
    Availability:
     - Control Plane:           MultiAZ
     - Data Plane:              SingleAZ
    
    Nodes:
     - Compute (desired):       2
     - Compute (current):       0
    Network:
     - Type:                    OVNKubernetes
     - Service CIDR:            172.30.0.0/16
     - Machine CIDR:            10.0.0.0/16
     - Pod CIDR:                10.128.0.0/14
     - Host Prefix:             /23
     - Subnets:                 <subnet_ids>
    EC2 Metadata Http Tokens:   optional
    Role (STS) ARN:             arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/test_cluster-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role
    Support Role ARN:           arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/test_cluster-HCP-ROSA-Support-Role
    Instance IAM Roles:
     - Worker:                  arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/test_cluster-HCP-ROSA-Worker-Role
    Operator IAM Roles: 2
     - arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/test_cluster-openshift-cloud-network-config-controller-cloud-crede
     - arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/test_cluster-openshift-image-registry-installer-cloud-credentials
     - arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/test_cluster-openshift-ingress-operator-cloud-credentials
     - arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/test_cluster-kube-system-kube-controller-manager
     - arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/test_cluster-kube-system-capa-controller-manager
     - arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/test_cluster-kube-system-control-plane-operator
     - arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/hcpcluster-kube-system-kms-provider
     - arn:aws:iam::<AWS_id>:role/test_cluster-openshift-cluster-csi-drivers-ebs-cloud-credentials
    Managed Policies:           Yes
    State:                      ready
    Private:                    No
    Created:                    Apr 16 2024 20:32:06 UTC
    User Workload Monitoring:   Enabled
    Details Page:               https://console.redhat.com/openshift/details/s/<cluster_id>
    OIDC Endpoint URL:          https://oidc.op1.openshiftapps.com/<cluster_id> (Managed) 3
    Audit Log Forwarding:       Disabled
    External Authentication:    Disabled

    1
    Lists the cluster ID.
    2
    Specifies the ARNs for the cluster-specific Operator roles. For example, in the sample output the ARN for the role required by the Machine Config Operator is arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_id>:role/mycluster-x4q9-openshift-machine-api-aws-cloud-credentials.
    3
    Displays the endpoint URL for the cluster-specific OIDC provider.
    Important

    After the cluster is deleted, you need the cluster ID to delete the cluster-specific STS resources using the ROSA CLI.

  2. Delete the cluster by using either the OpenShift Cluster Manager or the ROSA CLI (rosa):

    • To delete the cluster by using the OpenShift Cluster Manager:

      1. Navigate to the OpenShift Cluster Manager.
      2. Click the Options menu kebab next to your cluster and select Delete cluster.
      3. Type the name of your cluster into the prompt and click Delete.
    • To delete the cluster using the ROSA CLI:

      1. Run the following command, replacing <cluster_name> with the name or ID of your cluster:

        $ rosa delete cluster --cluster=<cluster_name> --watch
        Important

        You must wait for cluster deletion to complete before you remove the Operator roles and the OIDC provider.

  3. Delete the cluster-specific Operator IAM roles by running the following command:

    $ rosa delete operator-roles --prefix <operator_role_prefix>
  4. Delete the OIDC provider by running the following command:

    $ rosa delete oidc-provider --oidc-config-id <oidc_config_id>

Troubleshooting

  • If the cluster cannot be deleted because of missing IAM roles, see Repairing a cluster that cannot be deleted.
  • If the cluster cannot be deleted for other reasons:

    • Ensure that there are no add-ons for your cluster pending in the Hybrid Cloud Console.
    • Ensure that all AWS resources and dependencies have been deleted in the Amazon Web Console.

7.2. Deleting the account-wide IAM resources

After you have deleted all Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) with hosted control planes (HCP) clusters that depend on the account-wide AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) resources, you can delete the account-wide resources.

If you no longer need to install a ROSA with HCP cluster by using Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager, you can also delete the OpenShift Cluster Manager and user IAM roles.

Important

The account-wide IAM roles and policies might be used by other ROSA with HCP clusters in the same AWS account. Only remove the resources if they are not required by other clusters.

The OpenShift Cluster Manager and user IAM roles are required if you want to install, manage, and delete other Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS clusters in the same AWS account by using OpenShift Cluster Manager. Only remove the roles if you no longer need to install Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS clusters in your account by using OpenShift Cluster Manager. For more information about repairing your cluster if these roles are removed before deletion, see "Repairing a cluster that cannot be deleted" in Troubleshooting cluster deployments.

7.2.1. Deleting the account-wide IAM roles and policies

This section provides steps to delete the account-wide IAM roles and policies that you created for ROSA with HCP deployments, along with the account-wide Operator policies. You can delete the account-wide AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles and policies only after deleting all of the ROSA with HCP clusters that depend on them.

Important

The account-wide IAM roles and policies might be used by other Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS in the same AWS account. Only remove the roles if they are not required by other clusters.

Prerequisites

  • You have account-wide IAM roles that you want to delete.
  • You have installed and configured the latest ROSA CLI (rosa) on your installation host.

Procedure

  1. Delete the account-wide roles:

    1. List the account-wide roles in your AWS account by using the ROSA CLI (rosa):

      $ rosa list account-roles

      Example output

      I: Fetching account roles
      ROLE NAME                                 ROLE TYPE      ROLE ARN                                                                 OPENSHIFT VERSION  AWS Managed
      ManagedOpenShift-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role  Installer      arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_id>:role/ManagedOpenShift-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role  4.17               Yes
      ManagedOpenShift-HCP-ROSA-Support-Role    Support        arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_id>:role/ManagedOpenShift-HCP-ROSA-Support-Role    4.17               Yes
      ManagedOpenShift-HCP-ROSA-Worker-Role     Worker         arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_id>:role/ManagedOpenShift-HCP-ROSA-Worker-Role     4.17               Yes

    2. Delete the account-wide roles:

      $ rosa delete account-roles --prefix <prefix> --mode auto 1
      1
      You must include the --<prefix> argument. Replace <prefix> with the prefix of the account-wide roles to delete. If you did not specify a custom prefix when you created the account-wide roles, specify the default prefix, ManagedOpenShift.
      Important

      The account-wide IAM roles might be used by other ROSA clusters in the same AWS account. Only remove the roles if they are not required by other clusters.

      Example output

      W: There are no classic account roles to be deleted
      I: Deleting hosted CP account roles
      ? Delete the account role 'delete-rosa-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role'? Yes
      I: Deleting account role 'delete-rosa-HCP-ROSA-Installer-Role'
      ? Delete the account role 'delete-rosa-HCP-ROSA-Support-Role'? Yes
      I: Deleting account role 'delete-rosa-HCP-ROSA-Support-Role'
      ? Delete the account role 'delete-rosa-HCP-ROSA-Worker-Role'? Yes
      I: Deleting account role 'delete-rosa-HCP-ROSA-Worker-Role'
      I: Successfully deleted the hosted CP account roles

  2. Delete the account-wide in-line and Operator policies:

    1. Under the Policies page in the AWS IAM Console, filter the list of policies by the prefix that you specified when you created the account-wide roles and policies.

      Note

      If you did not specify a custom prefix when you created the account-wide roles, search for the default prefix, ManagedOpenShift.

    2. Delete the account-wide in-line policies and Operator policies by using the AWS IAM Console. For more information about deleting IAM policies by using the AWS IAM Console, see Deleting IAM policies in the AWS documentation.

      Important

      The account-wide in-line and Operator IAM policies might be used by other ROSA with HCP in the same AWS account. Only remove the roles if they are not required by other clusters.

7.2.2. Unlinking and deleting the OpenShift Cluster Manager and user IAM roles

When you install a ROSA with HCP cluster by using Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager, you also create OpenShift Cluster Manager and user Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles that link to your Red Hat organization. After deleting your cluster, you can unlink and delete the roles by using the ROSA CLI (rosa).

Important

The OpenShift Cluster Manager and user IAM roles are required if you want to use OpenShift Cluster Manager to install and manage other ROSA with HCP in the same AWS account. Only remove the roles if you no longer need to use the OpenShift Cluster Manager to install ROSA with HCP clusters.

Prerequisites

  • You created OpenShift Cluster Manager and user IAM roles and linked them to your Red Hat organization.
  • You have installed and configured the latest ROSA CLI (rosa) on your installation host.
  • You have organization administrator privileges in your Red Hat organization.

Procedure

  1. Unlink the OpenShift Cluster Manager IAM role from your Red Hat organization and delete the role:

    1. List the OpenShift Cluster Manager IAM roles in your AWS account:

      $ rosa list ocm-roles

      Example output

      I: Fetching ocm roles
      ROLE NAME                                                     ROLE ARN                                                                                         LINKED  ADMIN  AWS Managed
      ManagedOpenShift-OCM-Role-<red_hat_organization_external_id>  arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_id>:role/ManagedOpenShift-OCM-Role-<red_hat_organization_external_id>  Yes      Yes     Yes

    2. If your OpenShift Cluster Manager IAM role is listed as linked in the output of the preceding command, unlink the role from your Red Hat organization by running the following command:

      $ rosa unlink ocm-role --role-arn <arn> 1
      1
      Replace <arn> with the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for your OpenShift Cluster Manager IAM role. The ARN is specified in the output of the preceding command. In the preceding example, the ARN is in the format arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_id>:role/ManagedOpenShift-OCM-Role-<red_hat_organization_external_id>.

      Example output

      I: Unlinking OCM role
      ? Unlink the 'arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_id>:role/ManagedOpenShift-OCM-Role-<red_hat_organization_external_id>' role from organization '<red_hat_organization_id>'? Yes
      I: Successfully unlinked role-arn 'arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_id>:role/ManagedOpenShift-OCM-Role-<red_hat_organization_external_id>' from organization account '<red_hat_organization_id>'

    3. Delete the OpenShift Cluster Manager IAM role and policies:

      $ rosa delete ocm-role --role-arn <arn>

      Example output

      I: Deleting OCM role
      ? OCM Role ARN: arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_id>:role/ManagedOpenShift-OCM-Role-<red_hat_organization_external_id>
      ? Delete 'arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_id>:role/ManagedOpenShift-OCM-Role-<red_hat_organization_external_id>' ocm role? Yes
      ? OCM role deletion mode: auto 1
      I: Successfully deleted the OCM role

      1
      Specifies the deletion mode. You can use auto mode to automatically delete the OpenShift Cluster Manager IAM role and policies. In manual mode, the ROSA CLI generates the aws commands needed to delete the role and policies. manual mode enables you to review the details before running the aws commands manually.
  2. Unlink the user IAM role from your Red Hat organization and delete the role:

    1. List the user IAM roles in your AWS account:

      $ rosa list user-roles

      Example output

      I: Fetching user roles
      ROLE NAME                                  ROLE ARN                                                                  LINKED
      ManagedOpenShift-User-<ocm_user_name>-Role  arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_id>:role/ManagedOpenShift-User-<ocm_user_name>-Role  Yes

    2. If your user IAM role is listed as linked in the output of the preceding command, unlink the role from your Red Hat organization:

      $ rosa unlink user-role --role-arn <arn> 1
      1
      Replace <arn> with the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for your user IAM role. The ARN is specified in the output of the preceding command. In the preceding example, the ARN is in the format arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_id>:role/ManagedOpenShift-User-<ocm_user_name>-Role.

      Example output

      I: Unlinking user role
      ? Unlink the 'arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_id>:role/ManagedOpenShift-User-<ocm_user_name>-Role' role from the current account '<ocm_user_account_id>'? Yes
      I: Successfully unlinked role ARN 'arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_id>:role/ManagedOpenShift-User-<ocm_user_name>-Role' from account '<ocm_user_account_id>'

    3. Delete the user IAM role:

      $ rosa delete user-role --role-arn <arn>

      Example output

      I: Deleting user role
      ? User Role ARN: arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_id>:role/ManagedOpenShift-User-<ocm_user_name>-Role
      ? Delete the 'arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_id>:role/ManagedOpenShift-User-<ocm_user_name>-Role' role from the AWS account? Yes
      ? User role deletion mode: auto 1
      I: Successfully deleted the user role

      1
      Specifies the deletion mode. You can use auto mode to automatically delete the user IAM role. In manual mode, the ROSA CLI generates the aws command needed to delete the role. manual mode enables you to review the details before running the aws command manually.

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