4.2. Using Multicloud Object Gateway as OpenShift Image Registry backend storage


You can use Multicloud Object Gateway (MCG) as OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) Image Registry backend storage in an on-prem OpenShift deployment.

To configure MCG as a backend storage for the OCP image registry, follow the steps mentioned in the procedure.

Prerequisites

  • Administrative access to OCP Web Console.
  • A running OpenShift Data Foundation cluster with MCG.

Procedure

  1. Create ObjectBucketClaim by following the steps in Creating Object Bucket Claim.
  2. Create an image-registry-private-configuration-user secret.

    1. Go to the OpenShift web-console.
    2. Click ObjectBucketClaim -→ ObjectBucketClaim Data.
    3. In the ObjectBucketClaim data, look for MCG access key and MCG secret key in the openshift-image-registry namespace.
    4. Create the secret using the following command:

      $ oc create secret generic image-registry-private-configuration-user --from-literal=REGISTRY_STORAGE_S3_ACCESSKEY=<MCG Accesskey> --from-literal=REGISTRY_STORAGE_S3_SECRETKEY=<MCG Secretkey> --namespace openshift-image-registry
  3. Change the status of managementState of Image Registry Operator to Managed.

    $ oc patch configs.imageregistry.operator.openshift.io/cluster --type merge -p '{"spec": {"managementState": "Managed"}}'
  4. Edit the spec.storage section of Image Registry Operator configuration file:

    1. Get the unique-bucket-name and regionEndpoint under the Object Bucket Claim Data section from the Web Console OR you can also get the information on regionEndpoint and unique-bucket-name from the command:

       $ oc describe  noobaa
    2. Add regionEndpoint as http://<Endpoint-name>:<port> if the

      • storageclass is ceph-rgw storageclass and the
      • endpoint points to the internal SVC from the openshift-storage namespace.
    3. An image-registry pod spawns after you make the changes to the Operator registry configuration file.

      $ oc edit configs.imageregistry.operator.openshift.io -n openshift-image-registry
      apiVersion: imageregistry.operator.openshift.io/v1
      kind: Config
      metadata:
      [..]
      name: cluster
      spec:
      [..]
      storage:
      s3:
      
        bucket: <Unique-bucket-name>
      
        region: us-east-1 (Use this region as default)
      
        regionEndpoint: https://<Endpoint-name>:<port>
      
        virtualHostedStyle: false
  5. Reset the image registry settings to default.

    $ oc get pods -n openshift-image-registry

Verification steps

  • Run the following command to check if you have configured the MCG as OpenShift Image Registry backend storage successfully.

    $ oc get pods -n openshift-image-registry

    Example output

    $ oc get pods -n openshift-image-registry
    
    NAME        	                                   READY   STATUS     RESTARTS    AGE
    
    cluster-image-registry-operator-56d78bc5fb-bxcgv   2/2 	   Running 	    0         44d
    image-pruner-1605830400-29r7k                  	   0/1 	   Completed    0         10h
    image-registry-b6c8f4596-ln88h                 	   1/1 	   Running 	    0         17d
    node-ca-2nxvz                                  	   1/1 	   Running    	0         44d
    node-ca-dtwjd                                  	   1/1 	   Running 	    0         44d
    node-ca-h92rj                                  	   1/1 	   Running 	    0         44d
    node-ca-k9bkd                                  	   1/1 	   Running 	    0         44d
    node-ca-stkzc                                  	   1/1 	   Running 	    0         44d
    node-ca-xn8h4                                  	   1/1 	   Running 	    0         44d

  • (Optional) You can also the run the following command to verify if you have configured the MCG as OpenShift Image Registry backend storage successfully.

    $ oc describe pod <image-registry-name>

    Example output

    $ oc describe pod image-registry-b6c8f4596-ln88h
    
    Environment:
    
          REGISTRY_STORAGE_S3_REGIONENDPOINT:      http://s3.openshift-storage.svc
    
          REGISTRY_STORAGE:                        s3
    
          REGISTRY_STORAGE_S3_BUCKET:              bucket-registry-mcg
    
          REGISTRY_STORAGE_S3_REGION:              us-east-1
    
          REGISTRY_STORAGE_S3_ENCRYPT:             true
    
          REGISTRY_STORAGE_S3_VIRTUALHOSTEDSTYLE:  false
    
          REGISTRY_STORAGE_S3_USEDUALSTACK:        true
    
          REGISTRY_STORAGE_S3_ACCESSKEY:           <set to the key 'REGISTRY_STORAGE_S3_ACCESSKEY' in secret 'image-registry-private-configuration'> Optional: false
    
          REGISTRY_STORAGE_S3_SECRETKEY:           <set to the key 'REGISTRY_STORAGE_S3_SECRETKEY' in secret 'image-registry-private-configuration'> Optional: false
    
          REGISTRY_HTTP_ADDR:                      :5000
    
          REGISTRY_HTTP_NET:                       tcp
    
          REGISTRY_HTTP_SECRET:                    57b943f691c878e342bac34e657b702bd6ca5488d51f839fecafa918a79a5fc6ed70184cab047601403c1f383e54d458744062dcaaa483816d82408bb56e686f
    
          REGISTRY_LOG_LEVEL:                      info
    
          REGISTRY_OPENSHIFT_QUOTA_ENABLED:        true
    
          REGISTRY_STORAGE_CACHE_BLOBDESCRIPTOR:   inmemory
    
          REGISTRY_STORAGE_DELETE_ENABLED:         true
    
          REGISTRY_OPENSHIFT_METRICS_ENABLED:      true
    
          REGISTRY_OPENSHIFT_SERVER_ADDR:          image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000
    
          REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_CERTIFICATE:           /etc/secrets/tls.crt
    
          REGISTRY_HTTP_TLS_KEY:                   /etc/secrets/tls.key

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