Chapter 4. Deploying OpenShift sandboxed containers on Azure

Procedure

1. Create an osc-namespace.yaml manifest file:

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

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2. Create the namespace by running the following command:

   $ oc apply -f osc-namespace.yaml

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3. Create an osc-operatorgroup.yaml manifest file:

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

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

   $ oc apply -f osc-operatorgroup.yaml

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5. Create an osc-subscription.yaml manifest file:

   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
   kind: Subscription
   metadata:
     name: sandboxed-containers-operator
     namespace: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
   spec:
     channel: stable
     installPlanApproval: Automatic
     name: sandboxed-containers-operator
     source: redhat-operators
     sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
     startingCSV: sandboxed-containers-operator.v1.10.1

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6. Create the subscription by running the following command:

   $ oc apply -f osc-subscription.yaml

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7. Verify that the Operator is correctly installed by running the following command:

   $ oc get csv -n openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator

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   This command can take several minutes to complete.

8. Watch the process by running the following command:

   $ watch oc get csv -n openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator

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   Example output

   NAME                             DISPLAY                                  VERSION             REPLACES                   PHASE
   openshift-sandboxed-containers   openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator  1.10.1    1.9.0        Succeeded

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Procedure

1. Obtain the following values from your Azure instance:

   1. Retrieve and record the Azure resource group:

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

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   2. Retrieve and record the Azure VNet name:

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

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      This value is used to retrieve the Azure subnet ID.

   3. Retrieve and record the Azure subnet ID:

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

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

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

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   5. Retrieve and record the Azure region:

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

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

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: ConfigMap
   metadata:
     name: peer-pods-cm
     namespace: openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator
   data:
     CLOUD_PROVIDER: "azure"
     VXLAN_PORT: "9000"
     PROXY_TIMEOUT: "5m"
     AZURE_INSTANCE_SIZE: "Standard_B2als_v2"
     AZURE_INSTANCE_SIZES: "Standard_B2als_v2,Standard_D2as_v5,Standard_D4as_v5,Standard_D2ads_v5"
     AZURE_SUBNET_ID: "<azure_subnet_id>"
     AZURE_NSG_ID: "<azure_nsg_id>"
     AZURE_IMAGE_ID: ""
     AZURE_REGION: "<azure_region>"
     AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP: "<azure_resource_group>"
     TAGS: "key1=value1,key2=value2"
     PEERPODS_LIMIT_PER_NODE: "10"
     ROOT_VOLUME_SIZE: "6"
     DISABLECVM: "true"

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   AZURE_INSTANCE_SIZE

   Defines the default instance size that is used if the instance size is not defined in the workload object.

   AZURE_IMAGE_ID

   Leave this value empty. When you install the Operator, a Job is scheduled to download the default pod VM image from the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog and upload it to the Azure Image Gallery within the same Azure Resource Group as the OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

   AZURE_INSTANCE_SIZES

   Specify the instance sizes, without spaces, for creating the pod. You can define smaller instance sizes for workloads that need less memory and fewer CPUs or larger instance sizes for larger workloads.

   TAGS

   You can configure custom tags as key:value pairs for pod VM instances to track peer pod costs or to identify peer pods in different clusters.

   PEERPODS_LIMIT_PER_NODE

   You can increase this value to run more peer pods on a node. The default value is 10.

   ROOT_VOLUME_SIZE

   You can increase this value for pods with larger container images. Specify the root volume size in gigabytes for the pod VM. The default and minimum size is 6 GB.

3. Create the config map by running the following command:

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

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Procedure

1. Set the NS variable to the namespace where you deploy your peer pods:

   $ NS=<namespace>

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2. Copy the pull secret to the peer pod namespace:

   $ oc get secret pull-secret -n openshift-config -o yaml \
     | sed "s/namespace: openshift-config/namespace: ${NS}/" \
     | oc apply -n "${NS}" -f -

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   You can use the cluster pull secret, as in this example, or a custom pull secret.

3. Optional: Link the pull secret to the default service account:

   $ oc secrets link default pull-secret --for=pull -n ${NS}

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4. Alternatively, add the pull secret to the peer pod manifest:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: <Pod>
   spec:
     containers:
     - name: <container_name>
       image: <image_name>
     imagePullSecrets:
     - name: pull-secret
   # ...

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Procedure

1. Create a my-pod-manifest.yaml file according to the following example:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Pod
   metadata:
     name: my-pod-manifest
     annotations:
       io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.image: "<custom_image_id>"
   spec:
     runtimeClassName: kata-remote
     containers:
     - name: <example_container>
       image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi:9.3
       command: ["sleep", "36000"]

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2. Create the pod by running the following command:

   $ oc create -f my-pod-manifest.yaml

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Procedure

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

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

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

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

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3. Delete the SSH keys you created:

   $ shred --remove id_rsa.pub id_rsa

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Procedure

1. Create a custom policy.rego file by modifying the default policy:

   package agent_policy
   
   default AddARPNeighborsRequest := true
   default AddSwapRequest := true
   default CloseStdinRequest := true
   default CopyFileRequest := true
   default CreateContainerRequest := true
   default CreateSandboxRequest := true
   default DestroySandboxRequest := true
   default ExecProcessRequest := true
   default GetMetricsRequest := true
   default GetOOMEventRequest := true
   default GuestDetailsRequest := true
   default ListInterfacesRequest := true
   default ListRoutesRequest := true
   default MemHotplugByProbeRequest := true
   default OnlineCPUMemRequest := true
   default PauseContainerRequest := true
   default PullImageRequest := true
   default ReadStreamRequest := true
   default RemoveContainerRequest := true
   default RemoveStaleVirtiofsShareMountsRequest := true
   default ReseedRandomDevRequest := true
   default ResumeContainerRequest := true
   default SetGuestDateTimeRequest := true
   default SetPolicyRequest := true
   default SignalProcessRequest := true
   default StartContainerRequest := true
   default StartTracingRequest := true
   default StatsContainerRequest := true
   default StopTracingRequest := true
   default TtyWinResizeRequest := true
   default UpdateContainerRequest := true
   default UpdateEphemeralMountsRequest := true
   default UpdateInterfaceRequest := true
   default UpdateRoutesRequest := true
   default WaitProcessRequest := true
   default WriteStreamRequest := true

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   The default policy allows all API calls. Adjust the true or false values to customize the policy further based on your needs.

2. Convert the policy.rego file to a Base64-encoded string by running the following command:

   $ base64 -w0 policy.rego

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   Record the output.

3. Add the Base64-encoded policy string to the my-pod.yaml manifest:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Pod
   metadata:
     name: my-pod
     annotations:
       io.katacontainers.config.agent.policy: <base64_encoded_policy>
   spec:
     runtimeClassName: kata-remote
     containers:
     - name: <container_name>
       image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi:latest
       command:
       - sleep
       - "36000"
       securityContext:
         privileged: false
         seccompProfile:
           type: RuntimeDefault

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4. Create the pod by running the following command:

   $ oc create -f my-pod.yaml

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Procedure

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

   apiVersion: kataconfiguration.openshift.io/v1
   kind: KataConfig
   metadata:
     name: example-kataconfig
   spec:
     enablePeerPods: true
     logLevel: info
   #  kataConfigPoolSelector:
   #    matchLabels:
   #      <label_key>: '<label_value>' 

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   Optional: If you have applied node labels to install kata-remote on specific nodes, specify the key and value, for example, osc: 'true'.

2. Create the KataConfig CR by running the following command:

   $ oc apply -f example-kataconfig.yaml

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

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

3. Monitor the installation progress by running the following command:

   $ watch "oc describe kataconfig | sed -n /^Status:/,/^Events/p"

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   When the status of all workers under kataNodes is installed and the condition InProgress is False without specifying a reason, the kata-remote is installed on the cluster.

4. Verify the daemon set by running the following command:

   $ oc get -n openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator ds/osc-caa-ds

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5. Verify the runtime classes by running the following command:

   $ oc get runtimeclass

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   Example output

   NAME             HANDLER          AGE
   kata-remote      kata-remote      152m

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Procedure

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

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

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2. Specify a new value for the limit key by running the following command:

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

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Procedure

1. Obtain the config map you created for the peer pods:

   $ oc get configmap peer-pods-cm -n openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator -o yaml

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2. Check the status stanza of the YAML file.

   If the AZURE_IMAGE_ID parameter is populated, the pod VM image was created successfully.

Troubleshooting

1. Retrieve the events log by running the following command:

   $ oc get events -n openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator --field-selector involvedObject.name=osc-podvm-image-creation

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2. Retrieve the job log by running the following command:

   $ oc logs -n openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator jobs/osc-podvm-image-creation

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Procedure

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

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

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2. Optional: To use a manually defined instance size, add the following annotation with the instance size that you defined in the config map:

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

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3. Optional: To use an automatic instance size, add the following annotations:

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

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

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

   $ oc apply -f <object.yaml>

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