Red Hat Summit Red Hat SummitSupportConsoleDevelopersStart a trialContact

Chapter 5. Clair for Red Hat Quay

Clair v4 (Clair) is an open source application that leverages static code analyses for parsing image content and reporting vulnerabilities affecting the content. Clair is packaged with Red Hat Quay and can be used in both standalone and Operator deployments. It can be run in highly scalable configurations, where components can be scaled separately as appropriate for enterprise environments.

5.1. Clair vulnerability databases
Copy link

Clair uses the following vulnerability databases to report for issues in your images:

  • Ubuntu Oval database
  • Debian Security Tracker
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Oval database
  • SUSE Oval database
  • Oracle Oval database
  • Alpine SecDB database
  • VMWare Photon OS database
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) UpdateInfo
  • Open Source Vulnerability (OSV) Database

For information about how Clair does security mapping with the different databases, see Claircore Severity Mapping.

Open Source Vulnerability (OSV) is a vulnerability database and monitoring service that focuses on tracking and managing security vulnerabilities in open source software.

OSV provides a comprehensive and up-to-date database of known security vulnerabilities in open source projects. It covers a wide range of open source software, including libraries, frameworks, and other components that are used in software development. For a full list of included ecosystems, see defined ecosystems.

Clair also reports vulnerability and security information for golang, java, and ruby ecosystems through the Open Source Vulnerability (OSV) database.

By leveraging OSV, developers and organizations can proactively monitor and address security vulnerabilities in open source components that they use, which helps to reduce the risk of security breaches and data compromises in projects.

For more information about OSV, see the OSV website.

5.2. Clair on OpenShift Container Platform
Copy link

To set up Clair v4 (Clair) on a Red Hat Quay deployment on OpenShift Container Platform, it is recommended to use the Red Hat Quay Operator. By default, the Red Hat Quay Operator will install or upgrade a Clair deployment along with your Red Hat Quay deployment and configure Clair automatically.

5.3. Testing Clair
Copy link

Use the following procedure to test Clair on either a standalone Red Hat Quay deployment, or on an OpenShift Container Platform Operator-based deployment.

Prerequisites

  • You have deployed the Clair container image.

Procedure

  1. Pull a sample image by entering the following command: 

    $ podman pull ubuntu:20.04
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

  2. Tag the image to your registry by entering the following command: 

    $ sudo podman tag docker.io/library/ubuntu:20.04 <quay-server.example.com>/<user-name>/ubuntu:20.04
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

  3. Push the image to your Red Hat Quay registry by entering the following command: 

    $ sudo podman push --tls-verify=false quay-server.example.com/quayadmin/ubuntu:20.04
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
  4. Log in to your Red Hat Quay deployment through the UI.
  5. Click the repository name, for example, quayadmin/ubuntu.

  6. In the navigation pane, click Tags.

    Report summary

    Security scan information appears for scanned repository images

  7. Click the image report, for example, 45 medium, to show a more detailed report:

    Report details

    See all vulnerabilities or only those that are fixable

    Note

    In some cases, Clair shows duplicate reports on images, for example, ubi8/nodejs-12 or ubi8/nodejs-16. This occurs because vulnerabilities with same name are for different packages. This behavior is expected with Clair vulnerability reporting and will not be addressed as a bug.

5.4. Advanced Clair configuration
Copy link

Use the procedures in the following sections to configure advanced Clair settings.

5.4.1. Unmanaged Clair configuration
Copy link

Red Hat Quay users can run an unmanaged Clair configuration with the Red Hat Quay OpenShift Container Platform Operator. This feature allows users to create an unmanaged Clair database, or run their custom Clair configuration without an unmanaged database.

An unmanaged Clair database allows the Red Hat Quay Operator to work in a geo-replicated environment, where multiple instances of the Operator must communicate with the same database. An unmanaged Clair database can also be used when a user requires a highly-available (HA) Clair database that exists outside of a cluster.

Use the following procedure to set your Clair database to unmanaged.

Procedure

  • In the Quay Operator, set the clairpostgres component of the QuayRegistry custom resource to managed: false: 

    apiVersion: quay.redhat.com/v1
kind: QuayRegistry
metadata:
  name: quay370
spec:
  configBundleSecret: config-bundle-secret
  components:
    - kind: objectstorage
      managed: false
    - kind: route
      managed: true
    - kind: tls
      managed: false
    - kind: clairpostgres
      managed: false
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

The Red Hat Quay Operator for OpenShift Container Platform allows users to provide their own Clair database.

Use the following procedure to create a custom Clair database.

Note

The following procedure sets up Clair with SSL/TLS certifications. To view a similar procedure that does not set up Clair with SSL/TSL certifications, see "Configuring a custom Clair database with a managed Clair configuration".

Procedure

  1. Create a Quay configuration bundle secret that includes the clair-config.yaml by entering the following command: 

    $ oc create secret generic --from-file config.yaml=./config.yaml --from-file extra_ca_cert_rds-ca-2019-root.pem=./rds-ca-2019-root.pem --from-file clair-config.yaml=./clair-config.yaml --from-file ssl.cert=./ssl.cert --from-file ssl.key=./ssl.key config-bundle-secret
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

    Example Clair config.yaml file

    indexer:
    connstring: host=quay-server.example.com port=5432 dbname=quay user=quayrdsdb password=quayrdsdb sslrootcert=/run/certs/rds-ca-2019-root.pem sslmode=verify-ca
    layer_scan_concurrency: 6
    migrations: true
    scanlock_retry: 11
log_level: debug
matcher:
    connstring: host=quay-server.example.com port=5432 dbname=quay user=quayrdsdb password=quayrdsdb sslrootcert=/run/certs/rds-ca-2019-root.pem sslmode=verify-ca
    migrations: true
metrics:
    name: prometheus
notifier:
    connstring: host=quay-server.example.com port=5432 dbname=quay user=quayrdsdb password=quayrdsdb sslrootcert=/run/certs/rds-ca-2019-root.pem sslmode=verify-ca
    migrations: true
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

    Note
    • The database certificate is mounted under /run/certs/rds-ca-2019-root.pem on the Clair application pod in the clair-config.yaml. It must be specified when configuring your clair-config.yaml.
    • An example clair-config.yaml can be found at Clair on OpenShift config.

  2. Add the clair-config.yaml file to your bundle secret, for example: 

    apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: config-bundle-secret
  namespace: quay-enterprise
data:
  config.yaml: <base64 encoded Quay config>
  clair-config.yaml: <base64 encoded Clair config>
  extra_ca_cert_<name>: <base64 encoded ca cert>
  ssl.crt: <base64 encoded SSL certificate>
  ssl.key: <base64 encoded SSL private key>
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
    Note

    When updated, the provided clair-config.yaml file is mounted into the Clair pod. Any fields not provided are automatically populated with defaults using the Clair configuration module.

  3. You can check the status of your Clair pod by clicking the commit in the Build History page, or by running oc get pods -n <namespace>. For example: 

    $ oc get pods -n <namespace>
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

    Example output

    NAME                                               READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
f192fe4a-c802-4275-bcce-d2031e635126-9l2b5-25lg2   1/1     Running   0          7s
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

In some cases, users might want to run a custom Clair configuration with a managed Clair database. This is useful in the following scenarios:

  • When a user wants to disable specific updater resources.

  • When a user is running Red Hat Quay in an disconnected environment. For more information about running Clair in a disconnected environment, see Configuring access to the Clair database in the air-gapped OpenShift cluster.

    Note
    • If you are running Red Hat Quay in an disconnected environment, the airgap parameter of your clair-config.yaml must be set to True.
    • If you are running Red Hat Quay in an disconnected environment, you should disable all updater components.

5.4.2.1. Setting a Clair database to managed
Copy link

Use the following procedure to set your Clair database to managed.

Procedure

  • In the Quay Operator, set the clairpostgres component of the QuayRegistry custom resource to managed: true: 

    apiVersion: quay.redhat.com/v1
kind: QuayRegistry
metadata:
  name: quay370
spec:
  configBundleSecret: config-bundle-secret
  components:
    - kind: objectstorage
      managed: false
    - kind: route
      managed: true
    - kind: tls
      managed: false
    - kind: clairpostgres
      managed: true
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

The Red Hat Quay Operator for OpenShift Container Platform allows users to provide their own Clair database.

Use the following procedure to create a custom Clair database.

Procedure

  1. Create a Quay configuration bundle secret that includes the clair-config.yaml by entering the following command: 

    $ oc create secret generic --from-file config.yaml=./config.yaml --from-file extra_ca_cert_rds-ca-2019-root.pem=./rds-ca-2019-root.pem --from-file clair-config.yaml=./clair-config.yaml config-bundle-secret
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

    Example Clair config.yaml file

    indexer:
    connstring: host=quay-server.example.com port=5432 dbname=quay user=quayrdsdb password=quayrdsdb sslmode=disable
    layer_scan_concurrency: 6
    migrations: true
    scanlock_retry: 11
log_level: debug
matcher:
    connstring: host=quay-server.example.com port=5432 dbname=quay user=quayrdsdb password=quayrdsdb sslmode=disable
    migrations: true
metrics:
    name: prometheus
notifier:
    connstring: host=quay-server.example.com port=5432 dbname=quay user=quayrdsdb password=quayrdsdb sslmode=disable
    migrations: true
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

    Note
    • The database certificate is mounted under /run/certs/rds-ca-2019-root.pem on the Clair application pod in the clair-config.yaml. It must be specified when configuring your clair-config.yaml.
    • An example clair-config.yaml can be found at Clair on OpenShift config.

  2. Add the clair-config.yaml file to your bundle secret, for example: 

    apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: config-bundle-secret
  namespace: quay-enterprise
data:
  config.yaml: <base64 encoded Quay config>
  clair-config.yaml: <base64 encoded Clair config>
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
    Note
    • When updated, the provided clair-config.yaml file is mounted into the Clair pod. Any fields not provided are automatically populated with defaults using the Clair configuration module.

  3. You can check the status of your Clair pod by clicking the commit in the Build History page, or by running oc get pods -n <namespace>. For example: 

    $ oc get pods -n <namespace>
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

    Example output

    NAME                                               READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
f192fe4a-c802-4275-bcce-d2031e635126-9l2b5-25lg2   1/1     Running   0          7s
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

5.4.3. Clair in disconnected environments
Copy link

Clair uses a set of components called updaters to handle the fetching and parsing of data from various vulnerability databases. Updaters are set up by default to pull vulnerability data directly from the internet and work for immediate use. However, some users might require Red Hat Quay to run in a disconnected environment, or an environment without direct access to the internet. Clair supports disconnected environments by working with different types of update workflows that take network isolation into consideration. This works by using the clairctl command line interface tool, which obtains updater data from the internet by using an open host, securely transferring the data to an isolated host, and then important the updater data on the isolated host into Clair.

Use this guide to deploy Clair in a disconnected environment.

Note

Currently, Clair enrichment data is CVSS data. Enrichment data is currently unsupported in disconnected environments.

For more information about Clair updaters, see "Clair updaters".

Use the following procedures to set up an OpenShift Container Platform provisioned Clair pod in a disconnected OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

Use the following procedure to install the clairctl CLI tool for OpenShift Container Platform deployments.

Procedure

  1. Install the clairctl program for a Clair deployment in an OpenShift Container Platform cluster by entering the following command: 

    $ oc -n quay-enterprise exec example-registry-clair-app-64dd48f866-6ptgw -- cat /usr/bin/clairctl > clairctl
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
    Note

    Unofficially, the clairctl tool can be downloaded

  2. Set the permissions of the clairctl file so that it can be executed and run by the user, for example: 

    $ chmod u+x ./clairctl
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

Use the following procedure to retrieve and decode the configuration secret for an OpenShift Container Platform provisioned Clair instance on OpenShift Container Platform.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the clairctl command line utility tool.

Procedure

  1. Enter the following command to retrieve and decode the configuration secret, and then save it to a Clair configuration YAML: 

    $ oc get secret -n quay-enterprise example-registry-clair-config-secret  -o "jsonpath={$.data['config\.yaml']}" | base64 -d > clair-config.yaml
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

  2. Update the clair-config.yaml file so that the disable_updaters and airgap parameters are set to True, for example: 

    ---
indexer:
  airgap: true
---
matcher:
  disable_updaters: true
---
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

Use the following procedure to export the updaters bundle from a Clair instance that has access to the internet.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the clairctl command line utility tool.
  • You have retrieved and decoded the Clair configuration secret, and saved it to a Clair config.yaml file.
  • The disable_updaters and airgap parameters are set to True in your Clair config.yaml file.

Procedure

  • From a Clair instance that has access to the internet, use the clairctl CLI tool with your configuration file to export the updaters bundle. For example: 

    $ ./clairctl --config ./config.yaml export-updaters updates.gz
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

Use the following procedure to configure access to the Clair database in your disconnected OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the clairctl command line utility tool.
  • You have retrieved and decoded the Clair configuration secret, and saved it to a Clair config.yaml file.
  • The disable_updaters and airgap parameters are set to True in your Clair config.yaml file.
  • You have exported the updaters bundle from a Clair instance that has access to the internet.

Procedure

  1. Determine your Clair database service by using the oc CLI tool, for example: 

    $ oc get svc -n quay-enterprise
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

    Example output

    NAME                                  TYPE           CLUSTER-IP       EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)                             AGE
example-registry-clair-app            ClusterIP      172.30.224.93    <none>        80/TCP,8089/TCP                     4d21h
example-registry-clair-postgres       ClusterIP      172.30.246.88    <none>        5432/TCP                            4d21h
...
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

  2. Forward the Clair database port so that it is accessible from the local machine. For example: 

    $ oc port-forward -n quay-enterprise service/example-registry-clair-postgres 5432:5432
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

  3. Update your Clair config.yaml file, for example: 

    indexer:
    connstring: host=localhost port=5432 dbname=postgres user=postgres password=postgres sslmode=disable
    1 
    
    scanlock_retry: 10
    layer_scan_concurrency: 5
    migrations: true
    scanner:
      repo:
        rhel-repository-scanner:
    2 
    
          repo2cpe_mapping_file: /data/cpe-map.json
      package:
        rhel_containerscanner:
    3 
    
          name2repos_mapping_file: /data/repo-map.json
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
    1
    Replace the value of the host in the multiple connstring fields with localhost.
    2
    For more information about the rhel-repository-scanner parameter, see "Mapping repositories to Common Product Enumeration information".
    3
    For more information about the rhel_containerscanner parameter, see "Mapping repositories to Common Product Enumeration information".

Use the following procedure to import the updaters bundle into your disconnected OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the clairctl command line utility tool.
  • You have retrieved and decoded the Clair configuration secret, and saved it to a Clair config.yaml file.
  • The disable_updaters and airgap parameters are set to True in your Clair config.yaml file.
  • You have exported the updaters bundle from a Clair instance that has access to the internet.
  • You have transferred the updaters bundle into your disconnected environment.

Procedure

  • Use the clairctl CLI tool to import the updaters bundle into the Clair database that is deployed by OpenShift Container Platform. For example: 

    $ ./clairctl --config ./clair-config.yaml import-updaters updates.gz
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

Use the following procedures to set up a self-managed deployment of Clair for a disconnected OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

Use the following procedure to install the clairctl CLI tool for self-managed Clair deployments on OpenShift Container Platform.

Procedure

  1. Install the clairctl program for a self-managed Clair deployment by using the podman cp command, for example: 

    $ sudo podman cp clairv4:/usr/bin/clairctl ./clairctl
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

  2. Set the permissions of the clairctl file so that it can be executed and run by the user, for example: 

    $ chmod u+x ./clairctl
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

Use the following procedure to deploy a self-managed Clair container for disconnected OpenShift Container Platform clusters.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the clairctl command line utility tool.

Procedure

  1. Create a folder for your Clair configuration file, for example: 

    $ mkdir /etc/clairv4/config/
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

  2. Create a Clair configuration file with the disable_updaters parameter set to True, for example: 

    ---
indexer:
  airgap: true
---
matcher:
  disable_updaters: true
---
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

  3. Start Clair by using the container image, mounting in the configuration from the file you created: 

    $ sudo podman run -it --rm --name clairv4 \
-p 8081:8081 -p 8088:8088 \
-e CLAIR_CONF=/clair/config.yaml \
-e CLAIR_MODE=combo \
-v /etc/clairv4/config:/clair:Z \
registry.redhat.io/quay/clair-rhel8:v3.9.15
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

Use the following procedure to export the updaters bundle from a Clair instance that has access to the internet.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the clairctl command line utility tool.
  • You have deployed Clair.
  • The disable_updaters and airgap parameters are set to True in your Clair config.yaml file.

Procedure

  • From a Clair instance that has access to the internet, use the clairctl CLI tool with your configuration file to export the updaters bundle. For example: 

    $ ./clairctl --config ./config.yaml export-updaters updates.gz
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

Use the following procedure to configure access to the Clair database in your disconnected OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the clairctl command line utility tool.
  • You have deployed Clair.
  • The disable_updaters and airgap parameters are set to True in your Clair config.yaml file.
  • You have exported the updaters bundle from a Clair instance that has access to the internet.

Procedure

  1. Determine your Clair database service by using the oc CLI tool, for example: 

    $ oc get svc -n quay-enterprise
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

    Example output

    NAME                                  TYPE           CLUSTER-IP       EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)                             AGE
example-registry-clair-app            ClusterIP      172.30.224.93    <none>        80/TCP,8089/TCP                     4d21h
example-registry-clair-postgres       ClusterIP      172.30.246.88    <none>        5432/TCP                            4d21h
...
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

  2. Forward the Clair database port so that it is accessible from the local machine. For example: 

    $ oc port-forward -n quay-enterprise service/example-registry-clair-postgres 5432:5432
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

  3. Update your Clair config.yaml file, for example: 

    indexer:
    connstring: host=localhost port=5432 dbname=postgres user=postgres password=postgres sslmode=disable
    1 
    
    scanlock_retry: 10
    layer_scan_concurrency: 5
    migrations: true
    scanner:
      repo:
        rhel-repository-scanner:
    2 
    
          repo2cpe_mapping_file: /data/cpe-map.json
      package:
        rhel_containerscanner:
    3 
    
          name2repos_mapping_file: /data/repo-map.json
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
    1
    Replace the value of the host in the multiple connstring fields with localhost.
    2
    For more information about the rhel-repository-scanner parameter, see "Mapping repositories to Common Product Enumeration information".
    3
    For more information about the rhel_containerscanner parameter, see "Mapping repositories to Common Product Enumeration information".

Use the following procedure to import the updaters bundle into your disconnected OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the clairctl command line utility tool.
  • You have deployed Clair.
  • The disable_updaters and airgap parameters are set to True in your Clair config.yaml file.
  • You have exported the updaters bundle from a Clair instance that has access to the internet.
  • You have transferred the updaters bundle into your disconnected environment.

Procedure

  • Use the clairctl CLI tool to import the updaters bundle into the Clair database that is deployed by OpenShift Container Platform: 

    $ ./clairctl --config ./clair-config.yaml import-updaters updates.gz
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

Clair’s Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) scanner relies on a Common Product Enumeration (CPE) file to map RPM packages to the corresponding security data to produce matching results. These files are owned by product security and updated daily.

The CPE file must be present, or access to the file must be allowed, for the scanner to properly process RPM packages. If the file is not present, RPM packages installed in the container image will not be scanned.

Expand
Table 5.1. Clair CPE mapping files
CPELink to JSON mapping file

repos2cpe

Red Hat Repository-to-CPE JSON

names2repos

Red Hat Name-to-Repos JSON.

In addition to uploading CVE information to the database for disconnected Clair installations, you must also make the mapping file available locally:

  • For standalone Red Hat Quay and Clair deployments, the mapping file must be loaded into the Clair pod.
  • For Red Hat Quay Operator deployments on OpenShift Container Platform and Clair deployments, you must set the Clair component to unmanaged. Then, Clair must be deployed manually, setting the configuration to load a local copy of the mapping file.

Use the repo2cpe_mapping_file and name2repos_mapping_file fields in your Clair configuration to include the CPE JSON mapping files. For example: 

indexer:
 scanner:
    repo:
      rhel-repository-scanner:
        repo2cpe_mapping_file: /data/cpe-map.json
    package:
      rhel_containerscanner:
        name2repos_mapping_file: /data/repo-map.json
Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

For more information, see How to accurately match OVAL security data to installed RPMs.

By default, Quay related pods are placed on arbitrary worker nodes when using the Red Hat Quay Operator to deploy the registry. For more information about how to use machine sets to configure nodes to only host infrastructure components, see Creating infrastructure machine sets.

If you are not using OpenShift Container Platform machine set resources to deploy infra nodes, the section in this document shows you how to manually label and taint nodes for infrastructure purposes. After you have configured your infrastructure nodes either manually or use machines sets, you can control the placement of Quay pods on these nodes using node selectors and tolerations.

Use the following procedure to label and tain nodes for infrastructure use.

  1. Enter the following command to reveal the master and worker nodes. In this example, there are three master nodes and six worker nodes. 

    $ oc get nodes
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

    Example output

    NAME                                               STATUS   ROLES    AGE     VERSION
user1-jcnp6-master-0.c.quay-devel.internal         Ready    master   3h30m   v1.20.0+ba45583
user1-jcnp6-master-1.c.quay-devel.internal         Ready    master   3h30m   v1.20.0+ba45583
user1-jcnp6-master-2.c.quay-devel.internal         Ready    master   3h30m   v1.20.0+ba45583
user1-jcnp6-worker-b-65plj.c.quay-devel.internal   Ready    worker   3h21m   v1.20.0+ba45583
user1-jcnp6-worker-b-jr7hc.c.quay-devel.internal   Ready    worker   3h21m   v1.20.0+ba45583
user1-jcnp6-worker-c-jrq4v.c.quay-devel.internal   Ready    worker   3h21m   v1.20.0+ba45583
user1-jcnp6-worker-c-pwxfp.c.quay-devel.internal   Ready    worker   3h21m   v1.20.0+ba45583
user1-jcnp6-worker-d-h5tv2.c.quay-devel.internal   Ready    worker   3h22m   v1.20.0+ba45583
user1-jcnp6-worker-d-m9gg4.c.quay-devel.internal   Ready    worker   3h21m   v1.20.0+ba45583
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

  2. Enter the following commands to label the three worker nodes for infrastructure use: 

    $ oc label node --overwrite user1-jcnp6-worker-c-pwxfp.c.quay-devel.internal node-role.kubernetes.io/infra=
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap 
    $ oc label node --overwrite user1-jcnp6-worker-d-h5tv2.c.quay-devel.internal node-role.kubernetes.io/infra=
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap 
    $ oc label node --overwrite user1-jcnp6-worker-d-m9gg4.c.quay-devel.internal node-role.kubernetes.io/infra=
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

  3. Now, when listing the nodes in the cluster, the last three worker nodes have the infra role. For example: 

    $ oc get nodes
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

    Example

    NAME                                               STATUS   ROLES          AGE     VERSION
user1-jcnp6-master-0.c.quay-devel.internal         Ready    master         4h14m   v1.20.0+ba45583
user1-jcnp6-master-1.c.quay-devel.internal         Ready    master         4h15m   v1.20.0+ba45583
user1-jcnp6-master-2.c.quay-devel.internal         Ready    master         4h14m   v1.20.0+ba45583
user1-jcnp6-worker-b-65plj.c.quay-devel.internal   Ready    worker         4h6m    v1.20.0+ba45583
user1-jcnp6-worker-b-jr7hc.c.quay-devel.internal   Ready    worker         4h5m    v1.20.0+ba45583
user1-jcnp6-worker-c-jrq4v.c.quay-devel.internal   Ready    worker         4h5m    v1.20.0+ba45583
user1-jcnp6-worker-c-pwxfp.c.quay-devel.internal   Ready    infra,worker   4h6m    v1.20.0+ba45583
user1-jcnp6-worker-d-h5tv2.c.quay-devel.internal   Ready    infra,worker   4h6m    v1.20.0+ba45583
user1-jcnp6-worker-d-m9gg4.c.quay-devel.internal   Ready    infra,worker   4h6m    v1.20.0+ba4558
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

  4. When a worker node is assigned the infra role, there is a chance that user workloads could get inadvertently assigned to an infra node. To avoid this, you can apply a taint to the infra node, and then add tolerations for the pods that you want to control. For example: 

    $ oc adm taint nodes user1-jcnp6-worker-c-pwxfp.c.quay-devel.internal node-role.kubernetes.io/infra:NoSchedule
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap 
    $ oc adm taint nodes user1-jcnp6-worker-d-h5tv2.c.quay-devel.internal node-role.kubernetes.io/infra:NoSchedule
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap 
    $ oc adm taint nodes user1-jcnp6-worker-d-m9gg4.c.quay-devel.internal node-role.kubernetes.io/infra:NoSchedule
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

Use the following procedure to create a project with node selector and tolerations.

Note

If you have already deployed Red Hat Quay using the Operator, remove the installed Operator and any specific namespaces that you created for the deployment.

Procedure

  1. Create a project resource, specifying a node selector and toleration. For example:

    quay-registry.yaml

    kind: Project
apiVersion: project.openshift.io/v1
metadata:
  name: quay-registry
  annotations:
    openshift.io/node-selector: 'node-role.kubernetes.io/infra='
    scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/defaultTolerations: >-
      [{"operator": "Exists", "effect": "NoSchedule", "key":
      "node-role.kubernetes.io/infra"}]
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

  2. Enter the following command to create the project: 

    $ oc apply -f quay-registry.yaml
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

    Example output

    project.project.openshift.io/quay-registry created
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

Subsequent resources created in the quay-registry namespace should now be scheduled on the dedicated infrastructure nodes.

Use the following procedure to install the Red Hat Quay Operator in the namespace.

  • To install the Red Hat Quay Operator in a specific namespace, you must explicitly specify the appropriate project namespace, as in the following command. In this example, we are using quay-registry. Ths results in the Operator pod landing on one of the three infrastructure nodes. For example: 

    $ oc get pods -n quay-registry -o wide
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

    Example output

    NAME                                    READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE   IP            NODE                                              
quay-operator.v3.4.1-6f6597d8d8-bd4dp   1/1     Running   0          30s   10.131.0.16   user1-jcnp6-worker-d-h5tv2.c.quay-devel.internal
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

5.5.4. Creating the Red Hat Quay registry
Copy link

Use the following procedure to create the Red Hat Quay registry.

  • Enter the following command to create the Red Hat Quay registry. Then, wait for the deployment to be marked as ready. In the following example, you should see that they have only been scheduled on the three nodes that you have labelled for infrastructure purposes. 

    $ oc get pods -n quay-registry -o wide
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

    Example output

    NAME                                                   READY   STATUS      RESTARTS   AGE     IP            NODE                                                
example-registry-clair-app-789d6d984d-gpbwd            1/1     Running     1          5m57s   10.130.2.80   user1-jcnp6-worker-d-m9gg4.c.quay-devel.internal
example-registry-clair-postgres-7c8697f5-zkzht         1/1     Running     0          4m53s   10.129.2.19   user1-jcnp6-worker-c-pwxfp.c.quay-devel.internal
example-registry-quay-app-56dd755b6d-glbf7             1/1     Running     1          5m57s   10.129.2.17   user1-jcnp6-worker-c-pwxfp.c.quay-devel.internal
example-registry-quay-config-editor-7bf9bccc7b-dpc6d   1/1     Running     0          5m57s   10.131.0.23   user1-jcnp6-worker-d-h5tv2.c.quay-devel.internal
example-registry-quay-database-8dc7cfd69-dr2cc         1/1     Running     0          5m43s   10.129.2.18   user1-jcnp6-worker-c-pwxfp.c.quay-devel.internal
example-registry-quay-mirror-78df886bcc-v75p9          1/1     Running     0          5m16s   10.131.0.24   user1-jcnp6-worker-d-h5tv2.c.quay-devel.internal
example-registry-quay-postgres-init-8s8g9              0/1     Completed   0          5m54s   10.130.2.79   user1-jcnp6-worker-d-m9gg4.c.quay-devel.internal
example-registry-quay-redis-5688ddcdb6-ndp4t           1/1     Running     0          5m56s   10.130.2.78   user1-jcnp6-worker-d-m9gg4.c.quay-devel.internal
quay-operator.v3.4.1-6f6597d8d8-bd4dp                  1/1     Running     0          22m     10.131.0.16   user1-jcnp6-worker-d-h5tv2.c.quay-devel.internal
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

5.6. Resizing Managed Storage
Copy link

When deploying the Red Hat Quay Operator, three distinct persistent volume claims (PVCs) are deployed:

  • One for the PostgreSQL 13 registry.
  • One for the Clair PostgreSQL 13 registry.
  • One that uses NooBaa as a backend storage.
Note

The connection between Red Hat Quay and NooBaa is done through the S3 API and ObjectBucketClaim API in OpenShift Container Platform. Red Hat Quay leverages that API group to create a bucket in NooBaa, obtain access keys, and automatically set everything up. On the backend, or NooBaa, side, that bucket is creating inside of the backing store. As a result, NooBaa PVCs are not mounted or connected to Red Hat Quay pods.

The default size for the PostgreSQL 13 and Clair PostgreSQL 13 PVCs is set to 50 GiB. You can expand storage for these PVCs on the OpenShift Container Platform console by using the following procedure.

Note

The following procedure shares commonality with Expanding Persistent Volume Claims on Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation.

5.6.1. Resizing PostgreSQL 13 PVCs on Red Hat Quay
Copy link

Use the following procedure to resize the PostgreSQL 13 and Clair PostgreSQL 13 PVCs.

Prerequisites

  • You have cluster admin privileges on OpenShift Container Platform.

Procedure

  1. Log into the OpenShift Container Platform console and select Storage Persistent Volume Claims.
  2. Select the desired PersistentVolumeClaim for either PostgreSQL 13 or Clair PostgreSQL 13, for example, example-registry-quay-postgres-13.
  3. From the Action menu, select Expand PVC.

  4. Enter the new size of the Persistent Volume Claim and select Expand.

    After a few minutes, the expanded size should reflect in the PVC’s Capacity field.

5.7. Customizing Default Operator Images
Copy link

In certain circumstances, it might be useful to override the default images used by the Red Hat Quay Operator. This can be done by setting one or more environment variables in the Red Hat Quay Operator ClusterServiceVersion.

Important

Using this mechanism is not supported for production Red Hat Quay environments and is strongly encouraged only for development or testing purposes. There is no guarantee your deployment will work correctly when using non-default images with the Red Hat Quay Operator.

5.7.1. Environment Variables
Copy link

The following environment variables are used in the Red Hat Quay Operator to override component images:

Expand

Environment Variable

Component

RELATED_IMAGE_COMPONENT_QUAY

base

RELATED_IMAGE_COMPONENT_CLAIR

clair

RELATED_IMAGE_COMPONENT_POSTGRES

postgres and clair databases

RELATED_IMAGE_COMPONENT_REDIS

redis

Note

Overridden images must be referenced by manifest (@sha256:) and not by tag (:latest).

5.7.2. Applying overrides to a running Operator
Copy link

When the Red Hat Quay Operator is installed in a cluster through the Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM), the managed component container images can be easily overridden by modifying the ClusterServiceVersion object.

Use the following procedure to apply overrides to a running Red Hat Quay Operator.

Procedure

  1. The ClusterServiceVersion object is Operator Lifecycle Manager’s representation of a running Operator in the cluster. Find the Red Hat Quay Operator’s ClusterServiceVersion by using a Kubernetes UI or the kubectl/oc CLI tool. For example: 

    $ oc get clusterserviceversions -n <your-namespace>
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap

  2. Using the UI, oc edit, or another method, modify the Red Hat Quay ClusterServiceVersion to include the environment variables outlined above to point to the override images:

    JSONPath: spec.install.spec.deployments[0].spec.template.spec.containers[0].env 

    - name: RELATED_IMAGE_COMPONENT_QUAY
  value: quay.io/projectquay/quay@sha256:c35f5af964431673f4ff5c9e90bdf45f19e38b8742b5903d41c10cc7f6339a6d
- name: RELATED_IMAGE_COMPONENT_CLAIR
  value: quay.io/projectquay/clair@sha256:70c99feceb4c0973540d22e740659cd8d616775d3ad1c1698ddf71d0221f3ce6
- name: RELATED_IMAGE_COMPONENT_POSTGRES
  value: centos/postgresql-10-centos7@sha256:de1560cb35e5ec643e7b3a772ebaac8e3a7a2a8e8271d9e91ff023539b4dfb33
- name: RELATED_IMAGE_COMPONENT_REDIS
  value: centos/redis-32-centos7@sha256:06dbb609484330ec6be6090109f1fa16e936afcf975d1cbc5fff3e6c7cae7542
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
Note

This is done at the Operator level, so every QuayRegistry will be deployed using these same overrides.

5.8. AWS S3 CloudFront
Copy link

Use the following procedure if you are using AWS S3 Cloudfront for your backend registry storage.

Procedure

  1. Enter the following command to specify the registry key: 

    $ oc create secret generic --from-file config.yaml=./config_awss3cloudfront.yaml --from-file default-cloudfront-signing-key.pem=./default-cloudfront-signing-key.pem test-config-bundle
    Copy to Clipboard Toggle word wrap
Back to top
Red Hat logoGithubredditYoutubeTwitter

Learn

Try, buy, & sell

Communities

About Red Hat Documentation

We help Red Hat users innovate and achieve their goals with our products and services with content they can trust. Explore our recent updates.

Making open source more inclusive

Red Hat is committed to replacing problematic language in our code, documentation, and web properties. For more details, see the Red Hat Blog.

About Red Hat

We deliver hardened solutions that make it easier for enterprises to work across platforms and environments, from the core datacenter to the network edge.

Theme

© 2025 Red Hat