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Chapter 5. Scaling a user-provisioned cluster with the Bare Metal Operator
After deploying a user-provisioned infrastructure cluster, you can use the Bare Metal Operator (BMO) and other metal3 components to scale bare-metal hosts in the cluster. This approach helps you to scale a user-provisioned cluster in a more automated way.
5.1. About scaling a user-provisioned cluster with the Bare Metal Operator
You can scale user-provisioned infrastructure clusters by using the Bare Metal Operator (BMO) and other metal3 components. User-provisioned infrastructure installations do not feature the Machine API Operator. The Machine API Operator typically manages the lifecycle of bare-metal hosts in a cluster. However, it is possible to use the BMO and other metal3 components to scale nodes in user-provisioned clusters without requiring the Machine API Operator.
5.1.1. Prerequisites for scaling a user-provisioned cluster
- You installed a user-provisioned infrastructure cluster on bare metal.
- You have baseboard management controller (BMC) access to the hosts.
5.1.2. Limitations for scaling a user-provisioned cluster
You cannot use a provisioning network to scale user-provisioned infrastructure clusters by using the Bare Metal Operator (BMO).
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Consequentially, you can only use bare-metal host drivers that support virtual media networking booting, for example
redfish-virtualmedia
andidrac-virtualmedia
.
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Consequentially, you can only use bare-metal host drivers that support virtual media networking booting, for example
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You cannot scale
MachineSet
objects in user-provisioned infrastructure clusters by using the BMO.
5.2. Configuring a provisioning resource to scale user-provisioned clusters
Create a Provisioning
custom resource (CR) to enable Metal platform components on a user-provisioned infrastructure cluster.
Prerequisites
- You installed a user-provisioned infrastructure cluster on bare metal.
Procedure
Create a
Provisioning
CR.Save the following YAML in the
provisioning.yaml
file:apiVersion: metal3.io/v1alpha1 kind: Provisioning metadata: name: provisioning-configuration spec: provisioningNetwork: "Disabled" watchAllNamespaces: false
NoteOpenShift Container Platform 4.17 does not support enabling a provisioning network when you scale a user-provisioned cluster by using the Bare Metal Operator.
Create the
Provisioning
CR by running the following command:$ oc create -f provisioning.yaml
Example output
provisioning.metal3.io/provisioning-configuration created
Verification
Verify that the provisioning service is running by running the following command:
$ oc get pods -n openshift-machine-api
Example output
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE cluster-autoscaler-operator-678c476f4c-jjdn5 2/2 Running 0 5d21h cluster-baremetal-operator-6866f7b976-gmvgh 2/2 Running 0 5d21h control-plane-machine-set-operator-7d8566696c-bh4jz 1/1 Running 0 5d21h ironic-proxy-64bdw 1/1 Running 0 5d21h ironic-proxy-rbggf 1/1 Running 0 5d21h ironic-proxy-vj54c 1/1 Running 0 5d21h machine-api-controllers-544d6849d5-tgj9l 7/7 Running 1 (5d21h ago) 5d21h machine-api-operator-5c4ff4b86d-6fjmq 2/2 Running 0 5d21h metal3-6d98f84cc8-zn2mx 5/5 Running 0 5d21h metal3-image-customization-59d745768d-bhrp7 1/1 Running 0 5d21h
5.3. Provisioning new hosts in a user-provisioned cluster by using the BMO
You can use the Bare Metal Operator (BMO) to provision bare-metal hosts in a user-provisioned cluster by creating a BareMetalHost
custom resource (CR).
To provision bare-metal hosts to the cluster by using the BMO, you must set the spec.externallyProvisioned
specification in the BareMetalHost
custom resource to false
.
Prerequisites
- You created a user-provisioned bare-metal cluster.
- You have baseboard management controller (BMC) access to the hosts.
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You deployed a provisioning service in the cluster by creating a
Provisioning
CR.
Procedure
Create the
Secret
CR and theBareMetalHost
CR.Save the following YAML in the
bmh.yaml
file:--- apiVersion: v1 kind: Secret metadata: name: worker1-bmc namespace: openshift-machine-api type: Opaque data: username: <base64_of_uid> password: <base64_of_pwd> --- apiVersion: metal3.io/v1alpha1 kind: BareMetalHost metadata: name: worker1 namespace: openshift-machine-api spec: bmc: address: <protocol>://<bmc_url> 1 credentialsName: "worker1-bmc" bootMACAddress: <nic1_mac_address> externallyProvisioned: false 2 customDeploy: method: install_coreos online: true userData: name: worker-user-data-managed namespace: openshift-machine-api
Create the bare-metal host object by running the following command:
$ oc create -f bmh.yaml
Example output
secret/worker1-bmc created baremetalhost.metal3.io/worker1 created
Approve all certificate signing requests (CSRs).
Verify that the provisioning state of the host is
provisioned
by running the following command:$ oc get bmh -A
Example output
NAMESPACE NAME STATE CONSUMER ONLINE ERROR AGE openshift-machine-api controller1 externally provisioned true 5m25s openshift-machine-api worker1 provisioned true 4m45s
Get the list of pending CSRs by running the following command:
$ oc get csr
Example output
NAME AGE SIGNERNAME REQUESTOR REQUESTEDDURATION CONDITION csr-gfm9f 33s kubernetes.io/kube-apiserver-client-kubelet system:serviceaccount:openshift-machine-config-o perator:node-bootstrapper <none> Pending
Approve the CSR by running the following command:
$ oc adm certificate approve <csr_name>
Example output
certificatesigningrequest.certificates.k8s.io/<csr_name> approved
Verification
Verify that the node is ready by running the following command:
$ oc get nodes
Example output
NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION app1 Ready worker 47s v1.24.0+dc5a2fd controller1 Ready master,worker 2d22h v1.24.0+dc5a2fd
5.4. Optional: Managing existing hosts in a user-provisioned cluster by using the BMO
Optionally, you can use the Bare Metal Operator (BMO) to manage existing bare-metal controller hosts in a user-provisioned cluster by creating a BareMetalHost
object for the existing host. It is not a requirement to manage existing user-provisioned hosts; however, you can enroll them as externally-provisioned hosts for inventory purposes.
To manage existing hosts by using the BMO, you must set the spec.externallyProvisioned
specification in the BareMetalHost
custom resource to true
to prevent the BMO from re-provisioning the host.
Prerequisites
- You created a user-provisioned bare-metal cluster.
- You have baseboard management controller (BMC) access to the hosts.
-
You deployed a provisioning service in the cluster by creating a
Provisioning
CR.
Procedure
Create the
Secret
CR and theBareMetalHost
CR.Save the following YAML in the
controller.yaml
file:--- apiVersion: v1 kind: Secret metadata: name: controller1-bmc namespace: openshift-machine-api type: Opaque data: username: <base64_of_uid> password: <base64_of_pwd> --- apiVersion: metal3.io/v1alpha1 kind: BareMetalHost metadata: name: controller1 namespace: openshift-machine-api spec: bmc: address: <protocol>://<bmc_url> 1 credentialsName: "controller1-bmc" bootMACAddress: <nic1_mac_address> customDeploy: method: install_coreos externallyProvisioned: true 2 online: true userData: name: controller-user-data-managed namespace: openshift-machine-api
Create the bare-metal host object by running the following command:
$ oc create -f controller.yaml
Example output
secret/controller1-bmc created baremetalhost.metal3.io/controller1 created
Verification
Verify that the BMO created the bare-metal host object by running the following command:
$ oc get bmh -A
Example output
NAMESPACE NAME STATE CONSUMER ONLINE ERROR AGE openshift-machine-api controller1 externally provisioned true 13s
5.5. Removing hosts from a user-provisioned cluster by using the BMO
You can use the Bare Metal Operator (BMO) to remove bare-metal hosts from a user-provisioned cluster.
Prerequisites
- You created a user-provisioned bare-metal cluster.
- You have baseboard management controller (BMC) access to the hosts.
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You deployed a provisioning service in the cluster by creating a
Provisioning
CR.
Procedure
Cordon and drain the host by running the following command:
$ oc adm drain app1 --force --ignore-daemonsets=true
Example output
node/app1 cordoned WARNING: ignoring DaemonSet-managed Pods: openshift-cluster-node-tuning-operator/tuned-tvthg, openshift-dns/dns- default-9q6rz, openshift-dns/node-resolver-zvt42, openshift-image-registry/node-ca-mzxth, openshift-ingress-cana ry/ingress-canary-qq5lf, openshift-machine-config-operator/machine-config-daemon-v79dm, openshift-monitoring/nod e-exporter-2vn59, openshift-multus/multus-additional-cni-plugins-wssvj, openshift-multus/multus-fn8tg, openshift -multus/network-metrics-daemon-5qv55, openshift-network-diagnostics/network-check-target-jqxn2, openshift-ovn-ku bernetes/ovnkube-node-rsvqg evicting pod openshift-operator-lifecycle-manager/collect-profiles-27766965-258vp evicting pod openshift-operator-lifecycle-manager/collect-profiles-27766950-kg5mk evicting pod openshift-operator-lifecycle-manager/collect-profiles-27766935-stf4s pod/collect-profiles-27766965-258vp evicted pod/collect-profiles-27766950-kg5mk evicted pod/collect-profiles-27766935-stf4s evicted node/app1 drained
Delete the
customDeploy
specification from theBareMetalHost
CR.Edit the
BareMetalHost
CR for the host by running the following command:$ oc edit bmh -n openshift-machine-api <host_name>
Delete the lines
spec.customDeploy
andspec.customDeploy.method
:... customDeploy: method: install_coreos
Verify that the provisioning state of the host changes to
deprovisioning
by running the following command:$ oc get bmh -A
Example output
NAMESPACE NAME STATE CONSUMER ONLINE ERROR AGE openshift-machine-api controller1 externally provisioned true 58m openshift-machine-api worker1 deprovisioning true 57m
Delete the node by running the following command:
$ oc delete node <node_name>
Verification
Verify the node is deleted by running the following command:
$ oc get nodes
Example output
NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION controller1 Ready master,worker 2d23h v1.24.0+dc5a2fd