Chapter 6. Networking Operators

Procedure

1. Select Operators OperatorHub.
2. In the search field below All Items, enter nmstate and click Enter to search for the Kubernetes NMState Operator.
3. Click on the Kubernetes NMState Operator search result.
4. Click on Install to open the Install Operator window.
5. Click Install to install the Operator.
6. After the Operator finishes installing, click View Operator.
7. Under Provided APIs, click Create Instance to open the dialog box for creating an instance of kubernetes-nmstate.

8. In the Name field of the dialog box, ensure the name of the instance is nmstate.

   Note

   The name restriction is a known issue. The instance is a singleton for the entire cluster.

9. Accept the default settings and click Create to create the instance.

Procedure

1. Create the nmstate Operator namespace:

   $ cat << EOF | oc apply -f -
   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Namespace
   metadata:
     name: openshift-nmstate
   spec:
     finalizers:
     - kubernetes
   EOF

2. Create the OperatorGroup:

   $ cat << EOF | oc apply -f -
   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
   kind: OperatorGroup
   metadata:
     name: openshift-nmstate
     namespace: openshift-nmstate
   spec:
     targetNamespaces:
     - openshift-nmstate
   EOF

3. Subscribe to the nmstate Operator:

   $ cat << EOF| oc apply -f -
   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
   kind: Subscription
   metadata:
     name: kubernetes-nmstate-operator
     namespace: openshift-nmstate
   spec:
     channel: stable
     installPlanApproval: Automatic
     name: kubernetes-nmstate-operator
     source: redhat-operators
     sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
   EOF

4. Confirm the ClusterServiceVersion (CSV) status for the nmstate Operator deployment equals Succeeded:

   $ oc get clusterserviceversion -n openshift-nmstate \
    -o custom-columns=Name:.metadata.name,Phase:.status.phase

   Example output

   Name                                             Phase
   kubernetes-nmstate-operator.4.17.0-202210210157   Succeeded

5. Create an instance of the nmstate Operator:

   $ cat << EOF | oc apply -f -
   apiVersion: nmstate.io/v1
   kind: NMState
   metadata:
     name: nmstate
   EOF

6. Verify the pods for NMState Operator are running:

   $ oc get pod -n openshift-nmstate

   Example output

   Name                                      Ready   Status  Restarts  Age
   pod/nmstate-cert-manager-5b47d8dddf-5wnb5   1/1   Running  0         77s
   pod/nmstate-console-plugin-d6b76c6b9-4dcwm  1/1   Running  0         77s
   pod/nmstate-handler-6v7rm                   1/1   Running  0         77s
   pod/nmstate-handler-bjcxw                   1/1   Running  0         77s
   pod/nmstate-handler-fv6m2                   1/1   Running  0         77s
   pod/nmstate-handler-kb8j6                   1/1   Running  0         77s
   pod/nmstate-handler-wn55p                   1/1   Running  0         77s
   pod/nmstate-operator-f6bb869b6-v5m92        1/1   Running  0        4m51s
   pod/nmstate-webhook-66d6bbd84b-6n674        1/1   Running  0         77s
   pod/nmstate-webhook-66d6bbd84b-vlzrd        1/1   Running  0         77s

Procedure

1. If you want to view the metrics from the Developer perspective in the OpenShift Container Platform web console, complete the following tasks:

   1. Click Observe.
   2. To view the metrics of a specific project, select the project in the Project: list. For example, openshift-nmstate.
   3. Click the Metrics tab.

   4. To visualize the metrics on the plot, select a query from the Select query list or create a custom PromQL query based on the selected query by selecting Show PromQL.

      Note

      In the Developer perspective, you can only run one query at a time.

2. If you want to view the metrics from the Administrator perspective in the OpenShift Container Platform web console, complete the following tasks:

   1. Click Observe Metrics.
   2. Enter kubernetes_nmstate_features_applied in the Expression field.
   3. Click Add query and then Run queries.

3. To explore the visualized metrics, do any of the following tasks:

   1. To zoom into the plot and change the time range, do any of the following tasks:

      • To visually select the time range, click and drag on the plot horizontally.
      • To select the time range, use the menu which is in the upper left of the console.
   2. To reset the time range, select Reset zoom.
   3. To display the output for all the queries at a specific point in time, hold the mouse cursor on the plot at that point. The query output displays in a pop-up box.

Procedure

1. You can deploy the AWS Load Balancer Operator on demand from OperatorHub, by creating a Subscription object by running the following command:

   $ oc -n aws-load-balancer-operator get sub aws-load-balancer-operator --template='{{.status.installplan.name}}{{"\n"}}'

   Example output

   install-zlfbt

2. Check if the status of an install plan is Complete by running the following command:

   $ oc -n aws-load-balancer-operator get ip <install_plan_name> --template='{{.status.phase}}{{"\n"}}'

   Example output

   Complete

3. View the status of the aws-load-balancer-operator-controller-manager deployment by running the following command:

   $ oc get -n aws-load-balancer-operator deployment/aws-load-balancer-operator-controller-manager

   Example output

   NAME                                           READY     UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
   aws-load-balancer-operator-controller-manager  1/1       1            1           23h

Procedure

1. Navigate to Operators OperatorHub in the OpenShift Container Platform web console.
2. Select the AWS Load Balancer Operator. You can use the Filter by keyword text box or use the filter list to search for the AWS Load Balancer Operator from the list of Operators.
3. Select the aws-load-balancer-operator namespace.

4. On the Install Operator page, select the following options:

   1. Update the channel as stable-v1.
   2. Installation mode as All namespaces on the cluster (default).
   3. Installed Namespace as aws-load-balancer-operator. If the aws-load-balancer-operator namespace does not exist, it gets created during the Operator installation.
   4. Select Update approval as Automatic or Manual. By default, the Update approval is set to Automatic. If you select automatic updates, the Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) automatically upgrades the running instance of your Operator without any intervention. If you select manual updates, the OLM creates an update request. As a cluster administrator, you must then manually approve that update request to update the Operator updated to the new version.
5. Click Install.

Procedure

1. Create a Namespace object:

   1. Create a YAML file that defines the Namespace object:

      Example namespace.yaml file

      apiVersion: v1
      kind: Namespace
      metadata:
        name: aws-load-balancer-operator

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

      $ oc apply -f namespace.yaml

2. Create an OperatorGroup object:

   1. Create a YAML file that defines the OperatorGroup object:

      Example operatorgroup.yaml file

      apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
      kind: OperatorGroup
      metadata:
        name: aws-lb-operatorgroup
        namespace: aws-load-balancer-operator
      spec:
        upgradeStrategy: Default

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

      $ oc apply -f operatorgroup.yaml

3. Create a Subscription object:

   1. Create a YAML file that defines the Subscription object:

      Example subscription.yaml file

      apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
      kind: Subscription
      metadata:
        name: aws-load-balancer-operator
        namespace: aws-load-balancer-operator
      spec:
        channel: stable-v1
        installPlanApproval: Automatic
        name: aws-load-balancer-operator
        source: redhat-operators
        sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace

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

      $ oc apply -f subscription.yaml

Verification

1. Get the name of the install plan from the subscription:

   $ oc -n aws-load-balancer-operator \
       get subscription aws-load-balancer-operator \
       --template='{{.status.installplan.name}}{{"\n"}}'

2. Check the status of the install plan:

   $ oc -n aws-load-balancer-operator \
       get ip <install_plan_name> \
       --template='{{.status.phase}}{{"\n"}}'

   The output must be Complete.

Procedure

1. Create the aws-load-balancer-operator project by running the following command:

   $ oc new-project aws-load-balancer-operator

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

   $ cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
   kind: OperatorGroup
   metadata:
     name: aws-load-balancer-operator
     namespace: aws-load-balancer-operator
   spec:
     targetNamespaces: []
   EOF

3. Create the Subscription object by running the following command:

   $ cat <<EOF | oc apply -f -
   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
   kind: Subscription
   metadata:
     name: aws-load-balancer-operator
     namespace: aws-load-balancer-operator
   spec:
     channel: stable-v1
     name: aws-load-balancer-operator
     source: redhat-operators
     sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
     config:
       env:
       - name: ROLEARN
         value: "<albo_role_arn>" 1
   EOF

   1

   Specifies the ARN role to be used in the CredentialsRequest to provision the AWS credentials for the AWS Load Balancer Operator. An example for <albo_role_arn> is arn:aws:iam::<aws_account_number>:role/albo-operator.

   Note

   The AWS Load Balancer Operator waits until the secret is created before moving to the Available status.

Procedure

1. Create a YAML file that defines the AWSLoadBalancerController object:

   Example sample-aws-lb.yaml file

   apiVersion: networking.olm.openshift.io/v1
   kind: AWSLoadBalancerController 1
   metadata:
     name: cluster 2
   spec:
     subnetTagging: Auto 3
     additionalResourceTags: 4
     - key: example.org/security-scope
       value: staging
     ingressClass: alb 5
     config:
       replicas: 2 6
     enabledAddons: 7
       - AWSWAFv2 8

   1

   Defines the AWSLoadBalancerController object.

   2

   Defines the AWS Load Balancer Controller name. This instance name gets added as a suffix to all related resources.

   3

   Configures the subnet tagging method for the AWS Load Balancer Controller. The following values are valid:

   • Auto: The AWS Load Balancer Operator determines the subnets that belong to the cluster and tags them appropriately. The Operator cannot determine the role correctly if the internal subnet tags are not present on internal subnet.
   • Manual: You manually tag the subnets that belong to the cluster with the appropriate role tags. Use this option if you installed your cluster on user-provided infrastructure.

   4

   Defines the tags used by the AWS Load Balancer Controller when it provisions AWS resources.

   5

   Defines the ingress class name. The default value is alb.

   6

   Specifies the number of replicas of the AWS Load Balancer Controller.

   7

   Specifies annotations as an add-on for the AWS Load Balancer Controller.

   8

   Enables the alb.ingress.kubernetes.io/wafv2-acl-arn annotation.

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

   $ oc create -f sample-aws-lb.yaml

3. Create a YAML file that defines the Deployment resource:

   Example sample-aws-lb.yaml file

   apiVersion: apps/v1
   kind: Deployment 1
   metadata:
     name: <echoserver> 2
     namespace: echoserver
   spec:
     selector:
       matchLabels:
         app: echoserver
     replicas: 3 3
     template:
       metadata:
         labels:
           app: echoserver
       spec:
         containers:
           - image: openshift/origin-node
             command:
              - "/bin/socat"
             args:
               - TCP4-LISTEN:8080,reuseaddr,fork
               - EXEC:'/bin/bash -c \"printf \\\"HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n\r\n\\\"; sed -e \\\"/^\r/q\\\"\"'
             imagePullPolicy: Always
             name: echoserver
             ports:
               - containerPort: 8080

   1

   Defines the deployment resource.

   2

   Specifies the deployment name.

   3

   Specifies the number of replicas of the deployment.

4. Create a YAML file that defines the Service resource:

   Example service-albo.yaml file

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Service 1
   metadata:
     name: <echoserver> 2
     namespace: echoserver
   spec:
     ports:
       - port: 80
         targetPort: 8080
         protocol: TCP
     type: NodePort
     selector:
       app: echoserver

   1

   Defines the service resource.

   2

   Specifies the service name.

5. Create a YAML file that defines the Ingress resource:

   Example ingress-albo.yaml file

   apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
   kind: Ingress
   metadata:
     name: <name> 1
     namespace: echoserver
     annotations:
       alb.ingress.kubernetes.io/scheme: internet-facing
       alb.ingress.kubernetes.io/target-type: instance
   spec:
     ingressClassName: alb
     rules:
       - http:
           paths:
             - path: /
               pathType: Exact
               backend:
                 service:
                   name: <echoserver> 2
                   port:
                     number: 80

   1

   Specify a name for the Ingress resource.

   2

   Specifies the service name.

Procedure

1. Create an IngressClassParams resource YAML file, for example, sample-single-lb-params.yaml, as follows:

   apiVersion: elbv2.k8s.aws/v1beta1 1
   kind: IngressClassParams
   metadata:
     name: single-lb-params 2
   spec:
     group:
       name: single-lb 3

   1

   Defines the API group and version of the IngressClassParams resource.

   2

   Specifies the IngressClassParams resource name.

   3

   Specifies the IngressGroup resource name. All of the Ingress resources of this class belong to this IngressGroup.

2. Create the IngressClassParams resource by running the following command:

   $ oc create -f sample-single-lb-params.yaml

3. Create the IngressClass resource YAML file, for example, sample-single-lb-class.yaml, as follows:

   apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1 1
   kind: IngressClass
   metadata:
     name: single-lb 2
   spec:
     controller: ingress.k8s.aws/alb 3
     parameters:
       apiGroup: elbv2.k8s.aws 4
       kind: IngressClassParams 5
       name: single-lb-params 6

   1

   Defines the API group and version of the IngressClass resource.

   2

   Specifies the ingress class name.

   3

   Defines the controller name. The ingress.k8s.aws/alb value denotes that all ingress resources of this class should be managed by the AWS Load Balancer Controller.

   4

   Defines the API group of the IngressClassParams resource.

   5

   Defines the resource type of the IngressClassParams resource.

   6

   Defines the IngressClassParams resource name.

4. Create the IngressClass resource by running the following command:

   $ oc create -f sample-single-lb-class.yaml

5. Create the AWSLoadBalancerController resource YAML file, for example, sample-single-lb.yaml, as follows:

   apiVersion: networking.olm.openshift.io/v1
   kind: AWSLoadBalancerController
   metadata:
     name: cluster
   spec:
     subnetTagging: Auto
     ingressClass: single-lb 1

   1

   Defines the name of the IngressClass resource.

6. Create the AWSLoadBalancerController resource by running the following command:

   $ oc create -f sample-single-lb.yaml

7. Create the Ingress resource YAML file, for example, sample-multiple-ingress.yaml, as follows:

   apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
   kind: Ingress
   metadata:
     name: example-1 1
     annotations:
       alb.ingress.kubernetes.io/scheme: internet-facing 2
       alb.ingress.kubernetes.io/group.order: "1" 3
       alb.ingress.kubernetes.io/target-type: instance 4
   spec:
     ingressClassName: single-lb 5
     rules:
     - host: example.com 6
       http:
           paths:
           - path: /blog 7
             pathType: Prefix
             backend:
               service:
                 name: example-1 8
                 port:
                   number: 80 9
   ---
   apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
   kind: Ingress
   metadata:
     name: example-2
     annotations:
       alb.ingress.kubernetes.io/scheme: internet-facing
       alb.ingress.kubernetes.io/group.order: "2"
       alb.ingress.kubernetes.io/target-type: instance
   spec:
     ingressClassName: single-lb
     rules:
     - host: example.com
       http:
           paths:
           - path: /store
             pathType: Prefix
             backend:
               service:
                 name: example-2
                 port:
                   number: 80
   ---
   apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
   kind: Ingress
   metadata:
     name: example-3
     annotations:
       alb.ingress.kubernetes.io/scheme: internet-facing
       alb.ingress.kubernetes.io/group.order: "3"
       alb.ingress.kubernetes.io/target-type: instance
   spec:
     ingressClassName: single-lb
     rules:
     - host: example.com
       http:
           paths:
           - path: /
             pathType: Prefix
             backend:
               service:
                 name: example-3
                 port:
                   number: 80

   1

   Specifies the ingress name.

   2

   Indicates the load balancer to provision in the public subnet to access the internet.

   3

   Specifies the order in which the rules from the multiple ingress resources are matched when the request is received at the load balancer.

   4

   Indicates that the load balancer will target OpenShift Container Platform nodes to reach the service.

   5

   Specifies the ingress class that belongs to this ingress.

   6

   Defines a domain name used for request routing.

   7

   Defines the path that must route to the service.

   8

   Defines the service name that serves the endpoint configured in the Ingress resource.

   9

   Defines the port on the service that serves the endpoint.

8. Create the Ingress resource by running the following command:

   $ oc create -f sample-multiple-ingress.yaml

Procedure

1. Create a YAML file that defines the AWSLoadBalancerController resource:

   Example add-tls-termination-albc.yaml file

   apiVersion: networking.olm.openshift.io/v1
   kind: AWSLoadBalancerController
   metadata:
     name: cluster
   spec:
     subnetTagging: Auto
     ingressClass: tls-termination 1

   1

   Defines the ingress class name. If the ingress class is not present in your cluster the AWS Load Balancer Controller creates one. The AWS Load Balancer Controller reconciles the additional ingress class values if spec.controller is set to ingress.k8s.aws/alb.

2. Create a YAML file that defines the Ingress resource:

   Example add-tls-termination-ingress.yaml file

   apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
   kind: Ingress
   metadata:
     name: <example> 1
     annotations:
       alb.ingress.kubernetes.io/scheme: internet-facing 2
       alb.ingress.kubernetes.io/certificate-arn: arn:aws:acm:us-west-2:xxxxx 3
   spec:
     ingressClassName: tls-termination 4
     rules:
     - host: <example.com> 5
       http:
           paths:
             - path: /
               pathType: Exact
               backend:
                 service:
                   name: <example-service> 6
                   port:
                     number: 80

   1

   Specifies the ingress name.

   2

   The controller provisions the load balancer for ingress in a public subnet to access the load balancer over the internet.

   3

   The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the certificate that you attach to the load balancer.

   4

   Defines the ingress class name.

   5

   Defines the domain for traffic routing.

   6

   Defines the service for traffic routing.

1. Create the config map to contain the certificate authority (CA) bundle in the aws-load-balancer-operator namespace by running the following command:

   $ oc -n aws-load-balancer-operator create configmap trusted-ca

2. To inject the trusted CA bundle into the config map, add the config.openshift.io/inject-trusted-cabundle=true label to the config map by running the following command:

   $ oc -n aws-load-balancer-operator label cm trusted-ca config.openshift.io/inject-trusted-cabundle=true

3. Update the AWS Load Balancer Operator subscription to access the config map in the AWS Load Balancer Operator deployment by running the following command:

   $ oc -n aws-load-balancer-operator patch subscription aws-load-balancer-operator --type='merge' -p '{"spec":{"config":{"env":[{"name":"TRUSTED_CA_CONFIGMAP_NAME","value":"trusted-ca"}],"volumes":[{"name":"trusted-ca","configMap":{"name":"trusted-ca"}}],"volumeMounts":[{"name":"trusted-ca","mountPath":"/etc/pki/tls/certs/albo-tls-ca-bundle.crt","subPath":"ca-bundle.crt"}]}}}'

4. After the AWS Load Balancer Operator is deployed, verify that the CA bundle is added to the aws-load-balancer-operator-controller-manager deployment by running the following command:

   $ oc -n aws-load-balancer-operator exec deploy/aws-load-balancer-operator-controller-manager -c manager -- bash -c "ls -l /etc/pki/tls/certs/albo-tls-ca-bundle.crt; printenv TRUSTED_CA_CONFIGMAP_NAME"

   Example output

   -rw-r--r--. 1 root 1000690000 5875 Jan 11 12:25 /etc/pki/tls/certs/albo-tls-ca-bundle.crt
   trusted-ca

5. Optional: Restart deployment of the AWS Load Balancer Operator every time the config map changes by running the following command:

   $ oc -n aws-load-balancer-operator rollout restart deployment/aws-load-balancer-operator-controller-manager

Procedure

1. To create the bpfman namespace, enter the following command:

   $ cat << EOF| oc create -f -
   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Namespace
   metadata:
     labels:
       pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce: privileged
       pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce-version: v1.24
     name: bpfman
   EOF

2. To create an OperatorGroup CR, enter the following command:

   $ cat << EOF| oc create -f -
   apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
   kind: OperatorGroup
   metadata:
     name: bpfman-operators
     namespace: bpfman
   EOF

3. Subscribe to the eBPF Manager Operator.

   1. To create a Subscription CR for the eBPF Manager Operator, enter the following command:

      $ cat << EOF| oc create -f -
      apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
      kind: Subscription
      metadata:
        name: bpfman-operator
        namespace: bpfman
      spec:
        name: bpfman-operator
        channel: alpha
        source: community-operators
        sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
      EOF

4. To verify that the Operator is installed, enter the following command:

   $ oc get ip -n bpfman

   Example output

   NAME            CSV                                 APPROVAL    APPROVED
   install-ppjxl   security-profiles-operator.v0.8.5   Automatic   true

5. To verify the version of the Operator, enter the following command:

   $ oc get csv -n bpfman

   Example output

   NAME                                DISPLAY                      VERSION   REPLACES                            PHASE
   bpfman-operator.v0.5.0              eBPF Manager Operator              0.5.0     bpfman-operator.v0.4.2              Succeeded

Procedure

1. Install the eBPF Manager Operator:

   1. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, click Operators OperatorHub.
   2. Select eBPF Manager Operator from the list of available Operators, and if prompted to Show community Operator, click Continue.
   3. Click Install.
   4. On the Install Operator page, under Installed Namespace, select Operator recommended Namespace.
   5. Click Install.

2. Verify that the eBPF Manager Operator is installed successfully:

   1. Navigate to the Operators Installed Operators page.

   2. Ensure that eBPF Manager Operator is listed in the openshift-ingress-node-firewall project with a Status of InstallSucceeded.

      Note

      During installation an Operator might display a Failed status. If the installation later succeeds with an InstallSucceeded message, you can ignore the Failed message.

      If the Operator does not have a Status of InstallSucceeded, troubleshoot using the following steps:

      • Inspect the Operator Subscriptions and Install Plans tabs for any failures or errors under Status.
      • Navigate to the Workloads Pods page and check the logs for pods in the bpfman project.

Procedure

1. To download the manifest, enter the following command:

   $ curl -L https://github.com/bpfman/bpfman/releases/download/v0.5.1/go-xdp-counter-install-selinux.yaml -o go-xdp-counter-install-selinux.yaml

2. To deploy the sample eBPF application, enter the following command:

   $ oc create -f go-xdp-counter-install-selinux.yaml

   Example output

   namespace/go-xdp-counter created
   serviceaccount/bpfman-app-go-xdp-counter created
   clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/xdp-binding created
   daemonset.apps/go-xdp-counter-ds created
   xdpprogram.bpfman.io/go-xdp-counter-example created
   selinuxprofile.security-profiles-operator.x-k8s.io/bpfman-secure created

3. To confirm that the eBPF sample application deployed successfully, enter the following command:

   $ oc get all -o wide -n go-xdp-counter

   Example output

   NAME                          READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE   IP             NODE                                 NOMINATED NODE   READINESS GATES
   pod/go-xdp-counter-ds-4m9cw   1/1     Running   0          44s   10.129.0.92    ci-ln-dcbq7d2-72292-ztrkp-master-1   <none>           <none>
   pod/go-xdp-counter-ds-7hzww   1/1     Running   0          44s   10.130.0.86    ci-ln-dcbq7d2-72292-ztrkp-master-2   <none>           <none>
   pod/go-xdp-counter-ds-qm9zx   1/1     Running   0          44s   10.128.0.101   ci-ln-dcbq7d2-72292-ztrkp-master-0   <none>           <none>
   
   NAME                               DESIRED   CURRENT   READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   NODE SELECTOR   AGE   CONTAINERS       IMAGES                                           SELECTOR
   daemonset.apps/go-xdp-counter-ds   3         3         3       3            3           <none>          44s   go-xdp-counter   quay.io/bpfman-userspace/go-xdp-counter:v0.5.0   name=go-xdp-counter

4. To confirm that the example XDP program is running, enter the following command:

   $ oc get xdpprogram go-xdp-counter-example

   Example output

   NAME                     BPFFUNCTIONNAME   NODESELECTOR   STATUS
   go-xdp-counter-example   xdp_stats         {}             ReconcileSuccess

5. To confirm that the XDP program is collecting data, enter the following command:

   $ oc logs <pod_name> -n go-xdp-counter

   Replace <pod_name> with the name of a XDP program pod, such as go-xdp-counter-ds-4m9cw.

   Example output

   2024/08/13 15:20:06 15016 packets received
   2024/08/13 15:20:06 93581579 bytes received
   
   2024/08/13 15:20:09 19284 packets received
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1. Check the name of an install plan by running the following command:

   $ oc -n external-dns-operator get sub external-dns-operator -o yaml | yq '.status.installplan.name'

   Example output

   install-zcvlr

2. Check if the status of an install plan is Complete by running the following command:

   $ oc -n external-dns-operator get ip <install_plan_name> -o yaml | yq '.status.phase'

   Example output

   Complete

3. View the status of the external-dns-operator deployment by running the following command:

   $ oc get -n external-dns-operator deployment/external-dns-operator

   Example output

   NAME                    READY     UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
   external-dns-operator   1/1       1            1           23h

Procedure

1. View the logs of the External DNS Operator by running the following command:

   $ oc logs -n external-dns-operator deployment/external-dns-operator -c external-dns-operator

Procedure

1. Click Operators OperatorHub in the OpenShift Container Platform web console.
2. Click External DNS Operator. You can use the Filter by keyword text box or the filter list to search for External DNS Operator from the list of Operators.
3. Select the external-dns-operator namespace.
4. On the External DNS Operator page, click Install.

5. On the Install Operator page, ensure that you selected the following options:

   1. Update the channel as stable-v1.
   2. Installation mode as A specific name on the cluster.
   3. Installed namespace as external-dns-operator. If namespace external-dns-operator does not exist, it gets created during the Operator installation.
   4. Select Approval Strategy as Automatic or Manual. Approval Strategy is set to Automatic by default.
   5. Click Install.

Procedure

1. Create a Namespace object:

   1. Create a YAML file that defines the Namespace object:

      Example namespace.yaml file

      apiVersion: v1
      kind: Namespace
      metadata:
        name: external-dns-operator

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

      $ oc apply -f namespace.yaml

2. Create an OperatorGroup object:

   1. Create a YAML file that defines the OperatorGroup object:

      Example operatorgroup.yaml file

      apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
      kind: OperatorGroup
      metadata:
        name: external-dns-operator
        namespace: external-dns-operator
      spec:
        upgradeStrategy: Default
        targetNamespaces:
        - external-dns-operator

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

      $ oc apply -f operatorgroup.yaml

3. Create a Subscription object:

   1. Create a YAML file that defines the Subscription object:

      Example subscription.yaml file

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

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

      $ oc apply -f subscription.yaml

Verification

1. Get the name of the install plan from the subscription by running the following command:

   $ oc -n external-dns-operator \
       get subscription external-dns-operator \
       --template='{{.status.installplan.name}}{{"\n"}}'

2. Verify that the status of the install plan is Complete by running the following command:

   $ oc -n external-dns-operator \
       get ip <install_plan_name> \
       --template='{{.status.phase}}{{"\n"}}'

3. Verify that the status of the external-dns-operator pod is Running by running the following command:

   $ oc -n external-dns-operator get pod

   Example output

   NAME                                     READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
   external-dns-operator-5584585fd7-5lwqm   2/2     Running   0          11m

4. Verify that the catalog source of the subscription is redhat-operators by running the following command:

   $ oc -n external-dns-operator get subscription

   Example output

   NAME                    PACKAGE                 SOURCE             CHANNEL
   external-dns-operator   external-dns-operator   redhat-operators   stable-v1

5. Check the external-dns-operator version by running the following command:

   $ oc -n external-dns-operator get csv

   Example output

   NAME                           DISPLAY                VERSION   REPLACES   PHASE
   external-dns-operator.v<1.y.z>   ExternalDNS Operator   <1.y.z>                Succeeded

Procedure

1. Check the user. The user must have access to the kube-system namespace. If you don’t have the credentials, as you can fetch the credentials from the kube-system namespace to use the cloud provider client:

   $ oc whoami

   Example output

   system:admin

2. Fetch the values from aws-creds secret present in kube-system namespace.

   $ export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$(oc get secrets aws-creds -n kube-system  --template={{.data.aws_access_key_id}} | base64 -d)
   $ export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$(oc get secrets aws-creds -n kube-system  --template={{.data.aws_secret_access_key}} | base64 -d)

3. Get the routes to check the domain:

   $ oc get routes --all-namespaces | grep console

   Example output

   openshift-console          console             console-openshift-console.apps.testextdnsoperator.apacshift.support                       console             https   reencrypt/Redirect     None
   openshift-console          downloads           downloads-openshift-console.apps.testextdnsoperator.apacshift.support                     downloads           http    edge/Redirect          None

4. Get the list of dns zones to find the one which corresponds to the previously found route’s domain:

   $ aws route53 list-hosted-zones | grep testextdnsoperator.apacshift.support

   Example output

   HOSTEDZONES	terraform	/hostedzone/Z02355203TNN1XXXX1J6O	testextdnsoperator.apacshift.support.	5

5. Create ExternalDNS resource for route source:

   $ cat <<EOF | oc create -f -
   apiVersion: externaldns.olm.openshift.io/v1beta1
   kind: ExternalDNS
   metadata:
     name: sample-aws 1
   spec:
     domains:
     - filterType: Include   2
       matchType: Exact   3
       name: testextdnsoperator.apacshift.support 4
     provider:
       type: AWS 5
     source:  6
       type: OpenShiftRoute 7
       openshiftRouteOptions:
         routerName: default 8
   EOF

   1

   Defines the name of external DNS resource.

   2

   By default all hosted zones are selected as potential targets. You can include a hosted zone that you need.

   3

   The matching of the target zone’s domain has to be exact (as opposed to regular expression match).

   4

   Specify the exact domain of the zone you want to update. The hostname of the routes must be subdomains of the specified domain.

   5

   Defines the AWS Route53 DNS provider.

   6

   Defines options for the source of DNS records.

   7

   Defines OpenShift route resource as the source for the DNS records which gets created in the previously specified DNS provider.

   8

   If the source is OpenShiftRoute, then you can pass the OpenShift Ingress Controller name. External DNS Operator selects the canonical hostname of that router as the target while creating CNAME record.

6. Check the records created for OCP routes using the following command:

   $ aws route53 list-resource-record-sets --hosted-zone-id Z02355203TNN1XXXX1J6O --query "ResourceRecordSets[?Type == 'CNAME']" | grep console

Procedure

1. Get the Role ARN of the IAM Role that you created to allow Account B to access Account A’s Route 53 hosted zone by running the following command:

   $ aws --profile account-a iam get-role --role-name user-rol1 | head -1

   Example output

   ROLE	arn:aws:iam::1234567890123:role/user-rol1	2023-09-14T17:21:54+00:00	3600	/	AROA3SGB2ZRKRT5NISNJN	user-rol1

2. Locate the private hosted zone to use with Account A’s credentials by running the following command:

   $ aws --profile account-a route53 list-hosted-zones | grep testextdnsoperator.apacshift.support

   Example output

   HOSTEDZONES	terraform	/hostedzone/Z02355203TNN1XXXX1J6O	testextdnsoperator.apacshift.support. 5

3. Create the ExternalDNS object by running the following command:

   $ cat <<EOF | oc create -f -
   apiVersion: externaldns.olm.openshift.io/v1beta1
   kind: ExternalDNS
   metadata:
     name: sample-aws
   spec:
     domains:
     - filterType: Include
       matchType: Exact
       name: testextdnsoperator.apacshift.support
     provider:
       type: AWS
       aws:
         assumeRole:
           arn: arn:aws:iam::12345678901234:role/user-rol1 1
     source:
       type: OpenShiftRoute
       openshiftRouteOptions:
         routerName: default
   EOF

   1

   Specify the Role ARN to have DNS records created in Account A.

4. Check the records created for OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) routes by using the following command:

   $ aws --profile account-a route53 list-resource-record-sets --hosted-zone-id Z02355203TNN1XXXX1J6O --query "ResourceRecordSets[?Type == 'CNAME']" | grep console-openshift-console

Procedure

1. Fetch the credentials from the kube-system namespace to use the cloud provider client by running the following command:

   $ CLIENT_ID=$(oc get secrets azure-credentials  -n kube-system  --template={{.data.azure_client_id}} | base64 -d)
   $ CLIENT_SECRET=$(oc get secrets azure-credentials  -n kube-system  --template={{.data.azure_client_secret}} | base64 -d)
   $ RESOURCE_GROUP=$(oc get secrets azure-credentials  -n kube-system  --template={{.data.azure_resourcegroup}} | base64 -d)
   $ SUBSCRIPTION_ID=$(oc get secrets azure-credentials  -n kube-system  --template={{.data.azure_subscription_id}} | base64 -d)
   $ TENANT_ID=$(oc get secrets azure-credentials  -n kube-system  --template={{.data.azure_tenant_id}} | base64 -d)

2. Log in to Azure by running the following command:

   $ az login --service-principal -u "${CLIENT_ID}" -p "${CLIENT_SECRET}" --tenant "${TENANT_ID}"

3. Get a list of routes by running the following command:

   $ oc get routes --all-namespaces | grep console

   Example output

   openshift-console          console             console-openshift-console.apps.test.azure.example.com                       console             https   reencrypt/Redirect     None
   openshift-console          downloads           downloads-openshift-console.apps.test.azure.example.com                     downloads           http    edge/Redirect          None

4. Get a list of DNS zones by running the following command:

   $ az network dns zone list --resource-group "${RESOURCE_GROUP}"

5. Create a YAML file, for example, external-dns-sample-azure.yaml, that defines the ExternalDNS object:

   Example external-dns-sample-azure.yaml file

   apiVersion: externaldns.olm.openshift.io/v1beta1
   kind: ExternalDNS
   metadata:
     name: sample-azure 1
   spec:
     zones:
     - "/subscriptions/1234567890/resourceGroups/test-azure-xxxxx-rg/providers/Microsoft.Network/dnszones/test.azure.example.com" 2
     provider:
       type: Azure 3
     source:
       openshiftRouteOptions: 4
         routerName: default 5
       type: OpenShiftRoute 6

   1

   Specifies the External DNS name.

   2

   Defines the zone ID.

   3

   Defines the provider type.

   4

   You can define options for the source of DNS records.

   5

   If the source type is OpenShiftRoute, you can pass the OpenShift Ingress Controller name. External DNS selects the canonical hostname of that router as the target while creating CNAME record.

   6

   Defines the route resource as the source for the Azure DNS records.

6. Check the DNS records created for OpenShift Container Platform routes by running the following command:

   $ az network dns record-set list -g "${RESOURCE_GROUP}"  -z test.azure.example.com | grep console

   Note

   To create records on private hosted zones on private Azure DNS, you need to specify the private zone under the zones field which populates the provider type to azure-private-dns in the ExternalDNS container arguments.

Procedure

1. Copy the gcp-credentials secret in the encoded-gcloud.json file by running the following command:

   $ oc get secret gcp-credentials -n kube-system --template='{{$v := index .data "service_account.json"}}{{$v}}' | base64 -d - > decoded-gcloud.json

2. Export your Google credentials by running the following command:

   $ export GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS=decoded-gcloud.json

3. Activate your account by using the following command:

   $ gcloud auth activate-service-account  <client_email as per decoded-gcloud.json> --key-file=decoded-gcloud.json

4. Set your project by running the following command:

   $ gcloud config set project <project_id as per decoded-gcloud.json>

5. Get a list of routes by running the following command:

   $ oc get routes --all-namespaces | grep console

   Example output

   openshift-console          console             console-openshift-console.apps.test.gcp.example.com                       console             https   reencrypt/Redirect     None
   openshift-console          downloads           downloads-openshift-console.apps.test.gcp.example.com                     downloads           http    edge/Redirect          None

6. Get a list of managed zones by running the following command:

   $ gcloud dns managed-zones list | grep test.gcp.example.com

   Example output

   qe-cvs4g-private-zone test.gcp.example.com

7. Create a YAML file, for example, external-dns-sample-gcp.yaml, that defines the ExternalDNS object:

   Example external-dns-sample-gcp.yaml file

   apiVersion: externaldns.olm.openshift.io/v1beta1
   kind: ExternalDNS
   metadata:
     name: sample-gcp 1
   spec:
     domains:
       - filterType: Include 2
         matchType: Exact 3
         name: test.gcp.example.com 4
     provider:
       type: GCP 5
     source:
       openshiftRouteOptions: 6
         routerName: default 7
       type: OpenShiftRoute 8

   1

   Specifies the External DNS name.

   2

   By default, all hosted zones are selected as potential targets. You can include your hosted zone.

   3

   The domain of the target must match the string defined by the name key.

   4

   Specify the exact domain of the zone you want to update. The hostname of the routes must be subdomains of the specified domain.

   5

   Defines the provider type.

   6

   You can define options for the source of DNS records.

   7

   If the source type is OpenShiftRoute, you can pass the OpenShift Ingress Controller name. External DNS selects the canonical hostname of that router as the target while creating CNAME record.

   8

   Defines the route resource as the source for GCP DNS records.

8. Check the DNS records created for OpenShift Container Platform routes by running the following command:

   $ gcloud dns record-sets list --zone=qe-cvs4g-private-zone | grep console

Procedure

1. Create a secret object with Infoblox credentials by running the following command:

   $ oc -n external-dns-operator create secret generic infoblox-credentials --from-literal=EXTERNAL_DNS_INFOBLOX_WAPI_USERNAME=<infoblox_username> --from-literal=EXTERNAL_DNS_INFOBLOX_WAPI_PASSWORD=<infoblox_password>

2. Get a list of routes by running the following command:

   $ oc get routes --all-namespaces | grep console

   Example Output

   openshift-console          console             console-openshift-console.apps.test.example.com                       console             https   reencrypt/Redirect     None
   openshift-console          downloads           downloads-openshift-console.apps.test.example.com                     downloads           http    edge/Redirect          None

3. Create a YAML file, for example, external-dns-sample-infoblox.yaml, that defines the ExternalDNS object:

   Example external-dns-sample-infoblox.yaml file

   apiVersion: externaldns.olm.openshift.io/v1beta1
   kind: ExternalDNS
   metadata:
     name: sample-infoblox 1
   spec:
     provider:
       type: Infoblox 2
       infoblox:
         credentials:
           name: infoblox-credentials
         gridHost: ${INFOBLOX_GRID_PUBLIC_IP}
         wapiPort: 443
         wapiVersion: "2.3.1"
     domains:
     - filterType: Include
       matchType: Exact
       name: test.example.com
     source:
       type: OpenShiftRoute 3
       openshiftRouteOptions:
         routerName: default 4

   1

   Specifies the External DNS name.

   2

   Defines the provider type.

   3

   You can define options for the source of DNS records.

   4

   If the source type is OpenShiftRoute, you can pass the OpenShift Ingress Controller name. External DNS selects the canonical hostname of that router as the target while creating CNAME record.

4. Create the ExternalDNS resource on Infoblox by running the following command:

   $ oc create -f external-dns-sample-infoblox.yaml

5. From the Infoblox UI, check the DNS records created for console routes:

   1. Click Data Management DNS Zones.
   2. Select the zone name.

Procedure

1. Create the config map to contain the CA bundle in the external-dns-operator namespace by running the following command:

   $ oc -n external-dns-operator create configmap trusted-ca

2. To inject the trusted CA bundle into the config map, add the config.openshift.io/inject-trusted-cabundle=true label to the config map by running the following command:

   $ oc -n external-dns-operator label cm trusted-ca config.openshift.io/inject-trusted-cabundle=true

3. Update the subscription of the External DNS Operator by running the following command:

   $ oc -n external-dns-operator patch subscription external-dns-operator --type='json' -p='[{"op": "add", "path": "/spec/config", "value":{"env":[{"name":"TRUSTED_CA_CONFIGMAP_NAME","value":"trusted-ca"}]}}]'