Chapter 4. Handling a machine configuration for hosted control planes

Procedure

1. To create a MachineConfig object inside of a config map in the management cluster, enter the following information:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: ConfigMap
   metadata:
     name: <configmap_name>
     namespace: clusters
   data:
     config: |
       apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
       kind: MachineConfig
       metadata:
         labels:
           machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: worker
         name: <machineconfig_name>
       spec:
         config:
           ignition:
             version: 3.2.0
           storage:
             files:
             - contents:
                 source: data:...
               mode: 420
               overwrite: true
               path: ${PATH} 

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   Sets the path on the node where the MachineConfig object is stored.

2. After you add the object to the config map, you can apply the config map to the node pool as follows:

   $ oc edit nodepool <nodepool_name> --namespace <hosted_cluster_namespace>

   apiVersion: hypershift.openshift.io/v1alpha1
   kind: NodePool
   metadata:
   # ...
     name: nodepool-1
     namespace: clusters
   # ...
   spec:
     config:
     - name: <configmap_name> 

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   # ...

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   Replace <configmap_name> with the name of your config map.

Procedure

1. Add the kubelet configuration inside of a config map in the management cluster by entering the following information:

   Example ConfigMap object with the kubelet configuration

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: ConfigMap
   metadata:
     name: <configmap_name> 

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     namespace: clusters
   data:
     config: |
       apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
       kind: KubeletConfig
       metadata:
         name: <kubeletconfig_name> 

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       spec:
         kubeletConfig:
           registerWithTaints:
           - key: "example.sh/unregistered"
             value: "true"
             effect: "NoExecute"

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   Replace <configmap_name> with the name of your config map.

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   Replace <kubeletconfig_name> with the name of the KubeletConfig resource.

2. Apply the config map to the node pool by entering the following command:

   $ oc edit nodepool <nodepool_name> --namespace clusters 

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   Replace <nodepool_name> with the name of your node pool.

   Example NodePool resource configuration

   apiVersion: hypershift.openshift.io/v1alpha1
   kind: NodePool
   metadata:
   # ...
     name: nodepool-1
     namespace: clusters
   # ...
   spec:
     config:
     - name: <configmap_name> 

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   # ...

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   Replace <configmap_name> with the name of your config map.

Procedure

1. Create a config map that contains a valid tuned manifest, and reference the manifest in a node pool. In the following example, a Tuned manifest defines a profile that sets vm.dirty_ratio to 55 on nodes that contain the tuned-1-node-label node label with any value. Save the following ConfigMap manifest in a file named tuned-1.yaml:

       apiVersion: v1
       kind: ConfigMap
       metadata:
         name: tuned-1
         namespace: clusters
       data:
         tuning: |
           apiVersion: tuned.openshift.io/v1
           kind: Tuned
           metadata:
             name: tuned-1
             namespace: openshift-cluster-node-tuning-operator
           spec:
             profile:
             - data: |
                 [main]
                 summary=Custom OpenShift profile
                 include=openshift-node
                 [sysctl]
                 vm.dirty_ratio="55"
               name: tuned-1-profile
             recommend:
             - priority: 20
               profile: tuned-1-profile

   Note

   If you do not add any labels to an entry in the spec.recommend section of the Tuned spec, node-pool-based matching is assumed, so the highest priority profile in the spec.recommend section is applied to nodes in the pool. Although you can achieve more fine-grained node-label-based matching by setting a label value in the Tuned .spec.recommend.match section, node labels will not persist during an upgrade unless you set the .spec.management.upgradeType value of the node pool to InPlace.

2. Create the ConfigMap object in the management cluster:

   $ oc --kubeconfig="$MGMT_KUBECONFIG" create -f tuned-1.yaml

3. Reference the ConfigMap object in the spec.tuningConfig field of the node pool, either by editing a node pool or creating one. In this example, assume that you have only one NodePool, named nodepool-1, which contains 2 nodes.

       apiVersion: hypershift.openshift.io/v1alpha1
       kind: NodePool
       metadata:
         ...
         name: nodepool-1
         namespace: clusters
       ...
       spec:
         ...
         tuningConfig:
         - name: tuned-1
       status:
       ...

   Note

   You can reference the same config map in multiple node pools. In hosted control planes, the Node Tuning Operator appends a hash of the node pool name and namespace to the name of the Tuned CRs to distinguish them. Outside of this case, do not create multiple TuneD profiles of the same name in different Tuned CRs for the same hosted cluster.

1. List the Tuned objects in the hosted cluster:

   $ oc --kubeconfig="$HC_KUBECONFIG" get tuned.tuned.openshift.io -n openshift-cluster-node-tuning-operator

   Example output

   NAME       AGE
   default    7m36s
   rendered   7m36s
   tuned-1    65s

2. List the Profile objects in the hosted cluster:

   $ oc --kubeconfig="$HC_KUBECONFIG" get profile.tuned.openshift.io -n openshift-cluster-node-tuning-operator

   Example output

   NAME                           TUNED            APPLIED   DEGRADED   AGE
   nodepool-1-worker-1            tuned-1-profile  True      False      7m43s
   nodepool-1-worker-2            tuned-1-profile  True      False      7m14s

   Note

   If no custom profiles are created, the openshift-node profile is applied by default.

3. To confirm that the tuning was applied correctly, start a debug shell on a node and check the sysctl values:

   $ oc --kubeconfig="$HC_KUBECONFIG" debug node/nodepool-1-worker-1 -- chroot /host sysctl vm.dirty_ratio

   Example output

   vm.dirty_ratio = 55

Procedure

1. Create a namespace and an Operator group:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Namespace
   metadata:
     name: openshift-sriov-network-operator
   ---
   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
   kind: OperatorGroup
   metadata:
     name: sriov-network-operators
     namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator
   spec:
     targetNamespaces:
     - openshift-sriov-network-operator

2. Create a subscription to the SR-IOV Operator:

   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
   kind: Subscription
   metadata:
     name: sriov-network-operator-subsription
     namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator
   spec:
     channel: stable
     name: sriov-network-operator
     config:
       nodeSelector:
         node-role.kubernetes.io/worker: ""
     source: s/qe-app-registry/redhat-operators
     sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace

Verification

1. To verify that the SR-IOV Operator is ready, run the following command and view the resulting output:

   $ oc get csv -n openshift-sriov-network-operator

   Example output

   NAME                                         DISPLAY                   VERSION               REPLACES                                     PHASE
   sriov-network-operator.4.14.0-202211021237   SR-IOV Network Operator   4.14.0-202211021237   sriov-network-operator.4.14.0-202210290517   Succeeded

2. To verify that the SR-IOV pods are deployed, run the following command:

   $ oc get pods -n openshift-sriov-network-operator

Procedure

1. Create a Butane config file, 99-worker-chrony.bu, that includes the contents of the chrony.conf file. For more information about Butane, see "Creating machine configs with Butane".

   Example 99-worker-chrony.bu configuration

   # ...
   variant: openshift
   version: 4.14.0
   metadata:
     name: 99-worker-chrony
     labels:
       machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: worker
   storage:
     files:
     - path: /etc/chrony.conf
       mode: 0644  

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       overwrite: true
       contents:
         inline: |
           pool 0.rhel.pool.ntp.org iburst  

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           driftfile /var/lib/chrony/drift
           makestep 1.0 3
           rtcsync
           logdir /var/log/chrony
   # ...

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   Specify an octal value mode for the mode field in the machine config file. After creating the file and applying the changes, the mode field is converted to a decimal value.

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   Specify any valid, reachable time source, such as the one provided by your Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.

   Note

   For machine-to-machine communication, the NTP on the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port is 123. If you configured an external NTP time server, you must open UDP port 123.

2. Use Butane to generate a MachineConfig object file, 99-worker-chrony.yaml, that contains a configuration that Butane sends to the nodes. Run the following command:

   $ butane 99-worker-chrony.bu -o 99-worker-chrony.yaml

   Example 99-worker-chrony.yaml configuration

   # Generated by Butane; do not edit
   apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
   kind: MachineConfig
   metadata:
     labels:
       machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: worker
     name: <machineconfig_name>
   spec:
     config:
       ignition:
         version: 3.2.0
       storage:
         files:
           - contents:
               source: data:...
             mode: 420
             overwrite: true
             path: /example/path

3. Add the contents of the 99-worker-chrony.yaml file inside of a config map in the management cluster:

   Example config map

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: ConfigMap
   metadata:
     name: <configmap_name>
     namespace: <namespace>  

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   data:
     config: |
       apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
       kind: MachineConfig
       metadata:
         labels:
           machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: worker
         name: <machineconfig_name>
       spec:
         config:
           ignition:
             version: 3.2.0
           storage:
             files:
             - contents:
                 source: data:...
               mode: 420
               overwrite: true
               path: /example/path
   # ...

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   Replace <namespace> with the name of your namespace where you created the node pool, such as clusters.

4. Apply the config map to your node pool by running the following command:

   $ oc edit nodepool <nodepool_name> --namespace <hosted_cluster_namespace>

   Example NodePool configuration

   apiVersion: hypershift.openshift.io/v1alpha1
   kind: NodePool
   metadata:
   # ...
     name: nodepool-1
     namespace: clusters
   # ...
   spec:
     config:
     - name: <configmap_name> 

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   # ...

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   Replace <configmap_name> with the name of your config map.

5. Add the list of your NTP servers in the infra-env.yaml file, which defines the InfraEnv custom resource (CR):

   Example infra-env.yaml file

   apiVersion: agent-install.openshift.io/v1beta1
   kind: InfraEnv
   # ...
   spec:
     additionalNTPSources:
     - <ntp_server> 

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     - <ntp_server1>
     - <ntp_server2>
   # ...

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   Replace <ntp_server> with the name of your NTP server. For more details about creating a host inventory and the InfraEnv CR, see "Creating a host inventory".

6. Apply the InfraEnv CR by running the following command:

   $ oc apply -f infra-env.yaml