Installing a cluster on OpenStack with customizations

In OKD version 4.12, you can install a customized cluster on OpenStack. To customize the installation, modify parameters in the install-config.yaml before you install the cluster.

Prerequisites

• You reviewed details about the OKD installation and update processes.

• You read the documentation on selecting a cluster installation method and preparing it for users.

• You verified that OKD 4.12 is compatible with your OpenStack version by using the Supported platforms for OpenShift clusters section. You can also compare platform support across different versions by viewing the OKD on OpenStack support matrix.

• You have a storage service installed in OpenStack, such as block storage (Cinder) or object storage (Swift). Object storage is the recommended storage technology for OKD registry cluster deployment. For more information, see Optimizing storage.

• You have the metadata service enabled in OpenStack.

Resource guidelines for installing OKD on OpenStack

To support an OKD installation, your OpenStack quota must meet the following requirements:

A cluster might function with fewer than recommended resources, but its performance is not guaranteed.

An OKD deployment comprises control plane machines, compute machines, and a bootstrap machine.

Control plane machines

By default, the OKD installation process creates three control plane machines.

Each machine requires:

• An instance from the OpenStack quota

• A port from the OpenStack quota

• A flavor with at least 16 GB memory and 4 vCPUs

• At least 100 GB storage space from the OpenStack quota

Compute machines

By default, the OKD installation process creates three compute machines.

Each machine requires:

• An instance from the OpenStack quota

• A port from the OpenStack quota

• A flavor with at least 8 GB memory and 2 vCPUs

• At least 100 GB storage space from the OpenStack quota

Bootstrap machine

During installation, a bootstrap machine is temporarily provisioned to stand up the control plane. After the production control plane is ready, the bootstrap machine is deprovisioned.

The bootstrap machine requires:

• An instance from the OpenStack quota

• A port from the OpenStack quota

• A flavor with at least 16 GB memory and 4 vCPUs

• At least 100 GB storage space from the OpenStack quota

Enabling Swift on OpenStack

Swift is operated by a user account with the swiftoperator role. Add the role to an account before you run the installation program.

Prerequisites

• You have a OpenStack administrator account on the target environment.

• The Swift service is installed.

• On Ceph RGW, the account in url option is enabled.

Procedure

To enable Swift on OpenStack:

1. As an administrator in the OpenStack CLI, add the swiftoperator role to the account that will access Swift:

   $ openstack role add --user <user> --project <project> swiftoperator

Your OpenStack deployment can now use Swift for the image registry.

Configuring an image registry with custom storage on clusters that run on OpenStack

After you install a cluster on OpenStack, you can use a Cinder volume that is in a specific availability zone for registry storage.

Procedure

1. Create a YAML file that specifies the storage class and availability zone to use. For example:

   apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
   kind: StorageClass
   metadata:
     name: custom-csi-storageclass
   provisioner: cinder.csi.openstack.org
   volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer
   allowVolumeExpansion: true
   parameters:
     availability: <availability_zone_name>

   OKD does not verify the existence of the availability zone you choose. Verify the name of the availability zone before you apply the configuration.

2. From a command line, apply the configuration:

   $ oc apply -f <storage_class_file_name>

   Example output

   storageclass.storage.k8s.io/custom-csi-storageclass created

3. Create a YAML file that specifies a persistent volume claim (PVC) that uses your storage class and the openshift-image-registry namespace. For example:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
   metadata:
     name: csi-pvc-imageregistry
     namespace: openshift-image-registry (1)
     annotations:
       imageregistry.openshift.io: "true"
   spec:
     accessModes:
     - ReadWriteOnce
     volumeMode: Filesystem
     resources:
       requests:
         storage: 100Gi (2)
     storageClassName: <your_custom_storage_class> (3)

   1	Enter the namespace openshift-image-registry. This namespace allows the Cluster Image Registry Operator to consume the PVC.
   2	Optional: Adjust the volume size.
   3	Enter the name of the storage class that you created.

4. From a command line, apply the configuration:

   $ oc apply -f <pvc_file_name>

   Example output

   persistentvolumeclaim/csi-pvc-imageregistry created

5. Replace the original persistent volume claim in the image registry configuration with the new claim:

   $ oc patch configs.imageregistry.operator.openshift.io/cluster --type 'json' -p='[{"op": "replace", "path": "/spec/storage/pvc/claim", "value": "csi-pvc-imageregistry"}]'

   Example output

   config.imageregistry.operator.openshift.io/cluster patched

   Over the next several minutes, the configuration is updated.

Verification

To confirm that the registry is using the resources that you defined:

1. Verify that the PVC claim value is identical to the name that you provided in your PVC definition:

   $ oc get configs.imageregistry.operator.openshift.io/cluster -o yaml

   Example output

   ...
   status:
       ...
       managementState: Managed
       pvc:
         claim: csi-pvc-imageregistry
   ...

2. Verify that the status of the PVC is Bound:

   $ oc get pvc -n openshift-image-registry csi-pvc-imageregistry

   Example output

   NAME                   STATUS   VOLUME                                     CAPACITY   ACCESS MODES   STORAGECLASS             AGE
   csi-pvc-imageregistry  Bound    pvc-72a8f9c9-f462-11e8-b6b6-fa163e18b7b5   100Gi      RWO            custom-csi-storageclass  11m

Verifying external network access

The OKD installation process requires external network access. You must provide an external network value to it, or deployment fails. Before you begin the process, verify that a network with the external router type exists in OpenStack.

Prerequisites

• Configure OpenStack’s networking service to have DHCP agents forward instances’ DNS queries

Procedure

1. Using the OpenStack CLI, verify the name and ID of the ‘External’ network:

   $ openstack network list --long -c ID -c Name -c "Router Type"

   Example output

   +--------------------------------------+----------------+-------------+
   | ID                                   | Name           | Router Type |
   +--------------------------------------+----------------+-------------+
   | 148a8023-62a7-4672-b018-003462f8d7dc | public_network | External    |
   +--------------------------------------+----------------+-------------+

A network with an external router type appears in the network list. If at least one does not, see Creating a default floating IP network and Creating a default provider network.

Defining parameters for the installation program

The OKD installation program relies on a file that is called clouds.yaml. The file describes OpenStack configuration parameters, including the project name, log in information, and authorization service URLs.

Procedure

1. Create the clouds.yaml file:

   • If your OpenStack distribution includes the Horizon web UI, generate a clouds.yaml file in it.

     Remember to add a password to the auth field. You can also keep secrets in a separate file from clouds.yaml.

   • If your OpenStack distribution does not include the Horizon web UI, or you do not want to use Horizon, create the file yourself. For detailed information about clouds.yaml, see Config files in the OpenStack documentation.

     clouds:
       shiftstack:
         auth:
           auth_url: http://10.10.14.42:5000/v3
           project_name: shiftstack
           username: shiftstack_user
           password: XXX
           user_domain_name: Default
           project_domain_name: Default
       dev-env:
         region_name: RegionOne
         auth:
           username: 'devuser'
           password: XXX
           project_name: 'devonly'
           auth_url: 'https://10.10.14.22:5001/v2.0'

2. If your OpenStack installation uses self-signed certificate authority (CA) certificates for endpoint authentication:

   1. Copy the certificate authority file to your machine.

   2. Add the cacerts key to the clouds.yaml file. The value must be an absolute, non-root-accessible path to the CA certificate:

      clouds:
        shiftstack:
          ...
          cacert: "/etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/ca.crt.pem"

      After you run the installer with a custom CA certificate, you can update the certificate by editing the value of the ca-cert.pem key in the cloud-provider-config keymap. On a command line, run: $ oc edit configmap -n openshift-config cloud-provider-config

3. Place the clouds.yaml file in one of the following locations:

   1. The value of the OS_CLIENT_CONFIG_FILE environment variable

   2. The current directory

   3. A Unix-specific user configuration directory, for example ~/.config/openstack/clouds.yaml

   4. A Unix-specific site configuration directory, for example /etc/openstack/clouds.yaml

      The installation program searches for clouds.yaml in that order.

Setting cloud provider options

Optionally, you can edit the cloud provider configuration for your cluster. The cloud provider configuration controls how OKD interacts with OpenStack.

For a complete list of cloud provider configuration parameters, see the cloud.conf specification.

Procedure

1. If you have not already generated manifest files for your cluster, generate them by running the following command:

   $ openshift-install --dir <destination_directory> create manifests

2. In a text editor, open the cloud-provider configuration manifest file. For example:

   $ vi openshift/manifests/cloud-provider-config.yaml

3. Modify the options based on the cloud.conf specification.

   Configuring Octavia for load balancing is a common case for clusters that do not use Kuryr. For example:

   #...
   [LoadBalancer]
   use-octavia=true (1)
   lb-provider = "amphora" (2)
   floating-network-id="d3deb660-4190-40a3-91f1-37326fe6ec4a" (3)
   create-monitor = True (4)
   monitor-delay = 10s (5)
   monitor-timeout = 10s (6)
   monitor-max-retries = 1 (7)
   #...

   1	This property enables Octavia integration.
   2	This property sets the Octavia provider that your load balancer uses. It accepts “ovn” or “amphora” as values. If you choose to use OVN, you must also set lb-method to SOURCE_IP_PORT.
   3	This property is required if you want to use multiple external networks with your cluster. The cloud provider creates floating IP addresses on the network that is specified here.
   4	This property controls whether the cloud provider creates health monitors for Octavia load balancers. Set the value to True to create health monitors. As of OpenStack 16.1 and 16.2, this feature is only available for the Amphora provider.
   5	This property sets the frequency with which endpoints are monitored. The value must be in the time.ParseDuration() format. This property is required if the value of the create-monitor property is True.
   6	This property sets the time that monitoring requests are open before timing out. The value must be in the time.ParseDuration() format. This property is required if the value of the create-monitor property is True.
   7	This property defines how many successful monitoring requests are required before a load balancer is marked as online. The value must be an integer. This property is required if the value of the create-monitor property is True.

   Prior to saving your changes, verify that the file is structured correctly. Clusters might fail if properties are not placed in the appropriate section.

   You must set the value of the create-monitor property to True if you use services that have the value of the .spec.endpointTrafficPolicy property set to Local. The OVN Octavia provider in OpenStack 16.1 and 16.2 does not support health monitors. Therefore, services that have ETP parameter values set to Local might not respond when the lb-provider value is set to “ovn”.

   For installations that use Kuryr, Kuryr handles relevant services. There is no need to configure Octavia load balancing in the cloud provider.

4. Save the changes to the file and proceed with installation.

   You can update your cloud provider configuration after you run the installer. On a command line, run: $ oc edit configmap -n openshift-config cloud-provider-config After you save your changes, your cluster will take some time to reconfigure itself. The process is complete if none of your nodes have a SchedulingDisabled status.

Obtaining the installation program

Before you install OKD, download the installation file on the host you are using for installation.

Prerequisites

• You have a computer that runs Linux or macOS, with 500 MB of local disk space.

Procedure

1. Download installer from https://github.com/openshift/okd/releases

   The installation program creates several files on the computer that you use to install your cluster. You must keep the installation program and the files that the installation program creates after you finish installing the cluster. Both files are required to delete the cluster.

   Deleting the files created by the installation program does not remove your cluster, even if the cluster failed during installation. To remove your cluster, complete the OKD uninstallation procedures for your specific cloud provider.

2. Extract the installation program. For example, on a computer that uses a Linux operating system, run the following command:

   $ tar -xvf openshift-install-linux.tar.gz

3. Download your installation pull secret from the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager. This pull secret allows you to authenticate with the services that are provided by the included authorities, including Quay.io, which serves the container images for OKD components.

   Using a pull secret from the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager is not required. You can use a pull secret for another private registry. Or, if you do not need the cluster to pull images from a private registry, you can use {"auths":{"fake":{"auth":"aWQ6cGFzcwo="}}} as the pull secret when prompted during the installation.

   If you do not use the pull secret from the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager:

   • Red Hat Operators are not available.

   • The Telemetry and Insights operators do not send data to Red Hat.

   • Content from the Red Hat Container Catalog registry, such as image streams and Operators, are not available.

Creating the installation configuration file

You can customize the OKD cluster you install on OpenStack.

Prerequisites

• Obtain the OKD installation program and the pull secret for your cluster.

• Obtain service principal permissions at the subscription level.

Procedure

1. Create the install-config.yaml file.

   1. Change to the directory that contains the installation program and run the following command:

      $ ./openshift-install create install-config --dir <installation_directory> (1)

      1	For <installation_directory>, specify the directory name to store the files that the installation program creates.

      When specifying the directory:

      • Verify that the directory has the execute permission. This permission is required to run Terraform binaries under the installation directory.

      • Use an empty directory. Some installation assets, such as bootstrap X.509 certificates, have short expiration intervals, therefore you must not reuse an installation directory. If you want to reuse individual files from another cluster installation, you can copy them into your directory. However, the file names for the installation assets might change between releases. Use caution when copying installation files from an earlier OKD version.

   2. At the prompts, provide the configuration details for your cloud:

      1. Optional: Select an SSH key to use to access your cluster machines.

         For production OKD clusters on which you want to perform installation debugging or disaster recovery, specify an SSH key that your ssh-agent process uses.

      2. Select openstack as the platform to target.

      3. Specify the OpenStack external network name to use for installing the cluster.

      4. Specify the floating IP address to use for external access to the OpenShift API.

      5. Specify a OpenStack flavor with at least 16 GB RAM to use for control plane nodes and 8 GB RAM for compute nodes.

      6. Select the base domain to deploy the cluster to. All DNS records will be sub-domains of this base and will also include the cluster name.

      7. Enter a name for your cluster. The name must be 14 or fewer characters long.

      8. Paste the pull secret from the Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager. This field is optional.

1. Modify the install-config.yaml file. You can find more information about the available parameters in the “Installation configuration parameters” section.

2. Back up the install-config.yaml file so that you can use it to install multiple clusters.

   The install-config.yaml file is consumed during the installation process. If you want to reuse the file, you must back it up now.

Additional resources

See Installation configuration parameters section for more information about the available parameters.

Configuring the cluster-wide proxy during installation

Production environments can deny direct access to the internet and instead have an HTTP or HTTPS proxy available. You can configure a new OKD cluster to use a proxy by configuring the proxy settings in the install-config.yaml file.

Prerequisites

• You have an existing install-config.yaml file.

• You reviewed the sites that your cluster requires access to and determined whether any of them need to bypass the proxy. By default, all cluster egress traffic is proxied, including calls to hosting cloud provider APIs. You added sites to the Proxy object’s spec.noProxy field to bypass the proxy if necessary.

  The Proxy object status.noProxy field is populated with the values of the networking.machineNetwork[].cidr, networking.clusterNetwork[].cidr, and networking.serviceNetwork[] fields from your installation configuration. For installations on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, and OpenStack, the Proxy object status.noProxy field is also populated with the instance metadata endpoint (169.254.169.254).

Procedure

1. Edit your install-config.yaml file and add the proxy settings. For example:

   apiVersion: v1
   baseDomain: my.domain.com
   proxy:
     httpProxy: http://<username>:<pswd>@<ip>:<port> (1)
     httpsProxy: https://<username>:<pswd>@<ip>:<port> (2)
     noProxy: example.com (3)
   additionalTrustBundle: | (4)
       -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
       <MY_TRUSTED_CA_CERT>
       -----END CERTIFICATE-----
   additionalTrustBundlePolicy: <policy_to_add_additionalTrustBundle> (5)

   1	A proxy URL to use for creating HTTP connections outside the cluster. The URL scheme must be http.
   2	A proxy URL to use for creating HTTPS connections outside the cluster.
   3	A comma-separated list of destination domain names, IP addresses, or other network CIDRs to exclude from proxying. Preface a domain with . to match subdomains only. For example, .y.com matches x.y.com, but not y.com. Use * to bypass the proxy for all destinations.
   4	If provided, the installation program generates a config map that is named user-ca-bundle in the openshift-config namespace that contains one or more additional CA certificates that are required for proxying HTTPS connections. The Cluster Network Operator then creates a trusted-ca-bundle config map that merges these contents with the Fedora CoreOS (FCOS) trust bundle, and this config map is referenced in the trustedCA field of the Proxy object. The additionalTrustBundle field is required unless the proxy’s identity certificate is signed by an authority from the FCOS trust bundle.
   5	Optional: The policy to determine the configuration of the Proxy object to reference the user-ca-bundle config map in the trustedCA field. The allowed values are Proxyonly and Always. Use Proxyonly to reference the user-ca-bundle config map only when http/https proxy is configured. Use Always to always reference the user-ca-bundle config map. The default value is Proxyonly.

   The installation program does not support the proxy readinessEndpoints field.

2. Save the file and reference it when installing OKD.

The installation program creates a cluster-wide proxy that is named cluster that uses the proxy settings in the provided install-config.yaml file. If no proxy settings are provided, a cluster Proxy object is still created, but it will have a nil spec.

Installation configuration parameters

Before you deploy an OKD cluster, you provide parameter values to describe your account on the cloud platform that hosts your cluster and optionally customize your cluster’s platform. When you create the install-config.yaml installation configuration file, you provide values for the required parameters through the command line. If you customize your cluster, you can modify the install-config.yaml file to provide more details about the platform.

Required configuration parameters

Required installation configuration parameters are described in the following table:

Network configuration parameters

You can customize your installation configuration based on the requirements of your existing network infrastructure. For example, you can expand the IP address block for the cluster network or provide different IP address blocks than the defaults.

Only IPv4 addresses are supported.

networking:
  clusterNetwork:
  - cidr: 10.128.0.0/14
    hostPrefix: 23

networking:
  serviceNetwork:
   - 172.30.0.0/16

networking:
  machineNetwork:
  - cidr: 10.0.0.0/16

Optional configuration parameters

Optional installation configuration parameters are described in the following table:

sshKey:
  <key1>
  <key2>
  <key3>

Additional OpenStack configuration parameters

Additional OpenStack configuration parameters are described in the following table:

Optional OpenStack configuration parameters

Optional OpenStack configuration parameters are described in the following table:

{
   “type”: “ml.large”,
   “rootVolume”: {
      “size”: 30,
      “type”: “performance”
   }
}

Custom subnets in OpenStack deployments

Optionally, you can deploy a cluster on a OpenStack subnet of your choice. The subnet’s GUID is passed as the value of platform.openstack.machinesSubnet in the install-config.yaml file.

This subnet is used as the cluster’s primary subnet. By default, nodes and ports are created on it. You can create nodes and ports on a different OpenStack subnet by setting the value of the platform.openstack.machinesSubnet property to the subnet’s UUID.

Before you run the OKD installer with a custom subnet, verify that your configuration meets the following requirements:

• The subnet that is used by platform.openstack.machinesSubnet has DHCP enabled.

• The CIDR of platform.openstack.machinesSubnet matches the CIDR of networking.machineNetwork.

• The installation program user has permission to create ports on this network, including ports with fixed IP addresses.

Clusters that use custom subnets have the following limitations:

• If you plan to install a cluster that uses floating IP addresses, the platform.openstack.machinesSubnet subnet must be attached to a router that is connected to the externalNetwork network.

• If the platform.openstack.machinesSubnet value is set in the install-config.yaml file, the installation program does not create a private network or subnet for your OpenStack machines.

• You cannot use the platform.openstack.externalDNS property at the same time as a custom subnet. To add DNS to a cluster that uses a custom subnet, configure DNS on the OpenStack network.

Deploying a cluster with bare metal machines

If you want your cluster to use bare metal machines, modify the install-config.yaml file. Your cluster can have both control plane and compute machines running on bare metal, or just compute machines.

Bare-metal compute machines are not supported on clusters that use Kuryr.

Prerequisites

• The OpenStack Bare Metal service (Ironic) is enabled and accessible via the OpenStack Compute API.

• Bare metal is available as a OpenStack flavor.

• The OpenStack network supports both VM and bare metal server attachment.

• Your network configuration does not rely on a provider network. Provider networks are not supported.

• If you want to deploy the machines on a pre-existing network, a OpenStack subnet is provisioned.

• If you want to deploy the machines on an installer-provisioned network, the OpenStack Bare Metal service (Ironic) is able to listen for and interact with Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot machines that run on tenant networks.

• You created an install-config.yaml file as part of the OKD installation process.

Procedure

1. In the install-config.yaml file, edit the flavors for machines:

   1. If you want to use bare-metal control plane machines, change the value of controlPlane.platform.openstack.type to a bare metal flavor.

   2. Change the value of compute.platform.openstack.type to a bare metal flavor.

   3. If you want to deploy your machines on a pre-existing network, change the value of platform.openstack.machinesSubnet to the OpenStack subnet UUID of the network. Control plane and compute machines must use the same subnet.

      An example bare metal install-config.yaml file

      controlPlane:
          platform:
            openstack:
              type: <bare_metal_control_plane_flavor> (1)
      ...
      compute:
        - architecture: amd64
          hyperthreading: Enabled
          name: worker
          platform:
            openstack:
              type: <bare_metal_compute_flavor> (2)
          replicas: 3
      ...
      platform:
          openstack:
            machinesSubnet: <subnet_UUID> (3)
      ...

      1	If you want to have bare-metal control plane machines, change this value to a bare metal flavor.
      2	Change this value to a bare metal flavor to use for compute machines.
      3	If you want to use a pre-existing network, change this value to the UUID of the OpenStack subnet.

Use the updated install-config.yaml file to complete the installation process. The compute machines that are created during deployment use the flavor that you added to the file.

./openshift-install wait-for install-complete —log-level debug

Cluster deployment on OpenStack provider networks

You can deploy your OKD clusters on OpenStack with a primary network interface on a provider network. Provider networks are commonly used to give projects direct access to a public network that can be used to reach the internet. You can also share provider networks among projects as part of the network creation process.

OpenStack provider networks map directly to an existing physical network in the data center. A OpenStack administrator must create them.

In the following example, OKD workloads are connected to a data center by using a provider network:

OKD clusters that are installed on provider networks do not require tenant networks or floating IP addresses. The installer does not create these resources during installation.

Example provider network types include flat (untagged) and VLAN (802.1Q tagged).

You can learn more about provider and tenant networks in the OpenStack documentation.

OpenStack provider network requirements for cluster installation

Before you install an OKD cluster, your OpenStack deployment and provider network must meet a number of conditions:

• The OpenStack networking service (Neutron) is enabled and accessible through the OpenStack networking API.

• The OpenStack networking service has the port security and allowed address pairs extensions enabled.

• The provider network can be shared with other tenants.

  Use the openstack network create command with the —share flag to create a network that can be shared.

• The OpenStack project that you use to install the cluster must own the provider network, as well as an appropriate subnet.

  To create a network for a project that is named “openshift,” enter the following command $ openstack network create —project openshift To create a subnet for a project that is named “openshift,” enter the following command $ openstack subnet create —project openshift To learn more about creating networks on OpenStack, read the provider networks documentation.

  If the cluster is owned by the admin user, you must run the installer as that user to create ports on the network.

  Provider networks must be owned by the OpenStack project that is used to create the cluster. If they are not, the OpenStack Compute service (Nova) cannot request a port from that network.

• Verify that the provider network can reach the OpenStack metadata service IP address, which is 169.254.169.254 by default.

  Depending on your OpenStack SDN and networking service configuration, you might need to provide the route when you create the subnet. For example:

  $ openstack subnet create --dhcp --host-route destination=169.254.169.254/32,gateway=192.0.2.2 ...

• Optional: To secure the network, create role-based access control (RBAC) rules that limit network access to a single project.

Deploying a cluster that has a primary interface on a provider network

You can deploy an OKD cluster that has its primary network interface on an OpenStack provider network. .Prerequisites

• Your OpenStack deployment is configured as described by “OpenStack provider network requirements for cluster installation”.

Procedure

1. In a text editor, open the install-config.yaml file.

2. Set the value of the platform.openstack.apiVIPs property to the IP address for the API VIP.

3. Set the value of the platform.openstack.ingressVIPs property to the IP address for the Ingress VIP.

4. Set the value of the platform.openstack.machinesSubnet property to the UUID of the provider network subnet.

5. Set the value of the networking.machineNetwork.cidr property to the CIDR block of the provider network subnet.

Section of an installation configuration file for a cluster that relies on a OpenStack provider network

        ...
        platform:
          openstack:
            apiVIPs: (1)
              - 192.0.2.13
            ingressVIPs: (1)
              - 192.0.2.23
            machinesSubnet: fa806b2f-ac49-4bce-b9db-124bc64209bf
            # ...
        networking:
          machineNetwork:
          - cidr: 192.0.2.0/24

When you deploy the cluster, the installer uses the install-config.yaml file to deploy the cluster on the provider network.

Sample customized install-config.yaml file for OpenStack

This sample install-config.yaml demonstrates all of the possible OpenStack customization options.

apiVersion: v1
baseDomain: example.com
controlPlane:
  name: master
  platform: {}
  replicas: 3
compute:
- name: worker
  platform:
    openstack:
      type: ml.large
  replicas: 3
metadata:
  name: example
networking:
  clusterNetwork:
  - cidr: 10.128.0.0/14
    hostPrefix: 23
  machineNetwork:
  - cidr: 10.0.0.0/16
  serviceNetwork:
  - 172.30.0.0/16
  networkType: OVNKubernetes
platform:
  openstack:
    cloud: mycloud
    externalNetwork: external
    computeFlavor: m1.xlarge
    apiFloatingIP: 128.0.0.1
pullSecret: '{"auths": ...}'
sshKey: ssh-ed25519 AAAA...

Generating a key pair for cluster node SSH access

During an OKD installation, you can provide an SSH public key to the installation program. The key is passed to the Fedora CoreOS (FCOS) nodes through their Ignition config files and is used to authenticate SSH access to the nodes. The key is added to the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys list for the core user on each node, which enables password-less authentication.

After the key is passed to the nodes, you can use the key pair to SSH in to the FCOS nodes as the user core. To access the nodes through SSH, the private key identity must be managed by SSH for your local user.

If you want to SSH in to your cluster nodes to perform installation debugging or disaster recovery, you must provide the SSH public key during the installation process. The ./openshift-install gather command also requires the SSH public key to be in place on the cluster nodes.

Procedure

1. If you do not have an existing SSH key pair on your local machine to use for authentication onto your cluster nodes, create one. For example, on a computer that uses a Linux operating system, run the following command:

   $ ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N '' -f <path>/<file_name> (1)

   1	Specify the path and file name, such as ~/.ssh/id_ed25519, of the new SSH key. If you have an existing key pair, ensure your public key is in the your ~/.ssh directory.

   If you plan to install an OKD cluster that uses FIPS Validated / Modules in Process cryptographic libraries on the x86_64 architecture, do not create a key that uses the ed25519 algorithm. Instead, create a key that uses the rsa or ecdsa algorithm.

2. View the public SSH key:

   $ cat <path>/<file_name>.pub

   For example, run the following to view the ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub public key:

   $ cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

3. Add the SSH private key identity to the SSH agent for your local user, if it has not already been added. SSH agent management of the key is required for password-less SSH authentication onto your cluster nodes, or if you want to use the ./openshift-install gather command.

   On some distributions, default SSH private key identities such as ~/.ssh/id_rsa and ~/.ssh/id_dsa are managed automatically.

   1. If the ssh-agent process is not already running for your local user, start it as a background task:

      $ eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

      Example output

      Agent pid 31874

      If your cluster is in FIPS mode, only use FIPS-compliant algorithms to generate the SSH key. The key must be either RSA or ECDSA.

4. Add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent:

   $ ssh-add <path>/<file_name> (1)

   1	Specify the path and file name for your SSH private key, such as ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

   Example output

   Identity added: /home/<you>/<path>/<file_name> (<computer_name>)

Next steps

• When you install OKD, provide the SSH public key to the installation program.

Enabling access to the environment

At deployment, all OKD machines are created in a OpenStack-tenant network. Therefore, they are not accessible directly in most OpenStack deployments.

You can configure OKD API and application access by using floating IP addresses (FIPs) during installation. You can also complete an installation without configuring FIPs, but the installer will not configure a way to reach the API or applications externally.

Enabling access with floating IP addresses

Create floating IP (FIP) addresses for external access to the OKD API and cluster applications.

Procedure

1. Using the OpenStack CLI, create the API FIP:

   $ openstack floating ip create --description "API <cluster_name>.<base_domain>" <external_network>

2. Using the OpenStack CLI, create the apps, or Ingress, FIP:

   $ openstack floating ip create --description "Ingress <cluster_name>.<base_domain>" <external_network>

3. Add records that follow these patterns to your DNS server for the API and Ingress FIPs:

   api.<cluster_name>.<base_domain>.  IN  A  <API_FIP>
   *.apps.<cluster_name>.<base_domain>. IN  A <apps_FIP>

   If you do not control the DNS server, you can access the cluster by adding the cluster domain names such as the following to your /etc/hosts file: <api_floating_ip> api.<cluster_name>.<base_domain> <application_floating_ip> grafana-openshift-monitoring.apps.<cluster_name>.<base_domain> <application_floating_ip> prometheus-k8s-openshift-monitoring.apps.<cluster_name>.<base_domain> <application_floating_ip> oauth-openshift.apps.<cluster_name>.<base_domain> <application_floating_ip> console-openshift-console.apps.<cluster_name>.<base_domain> application_floating_ip integrated-oauth-server-openshift-authentication.apps.<cluster_name>.<base_domain> The cluster domain names in the /etc/hosts file grant access to the web console and the monitoring interface of your cluster locally. You can also use the kubectl or oc. You can access the user applications by using the additional entries pointing to the <application_floating_ip>. This action makes the API and applications accessible to only you, which is not suitable for production deployment, but does allow installation for development and testing.

4. Add the FIPs to the install-config.yaml file as the values of the following parameters:

   • platform.openstack.ingressFloatingIP

   • platform.openstack.apiFloatingIP

If you use these values, you must also enter an external network as the value of the platform.openstack.externalNetwork parameter in the install-config.yaml file.

Completing installation without floating IP addresses

You can install OKD on OpenStack without providing floating IP addresses.

In the install-config.yaml file, do not define the following parameters:

• platform.openstack.ingressFloatingIP

• platform.openstack.apiFloatingIP

If you cannot provide an external network, you can also leave platform.openstack.externalNetwork blank. If you do not provide a value for platform.openstack.externalNetwork, a router is not created for you, and, without additional action, the installer will fail to retrieve an image from Glance. You must configure external connectivity on your own.

If you run the installer from a system that cannot reach the cluster API due to a lack of floating IP addresses or name resolution, installation fails. To prevent installation failure in these cases, you can use a proxy network or run the installer from a system that is on the same network as your machines.

api.<cluster_name>.<base_domain>.  IN  A  <api_port_IP>
*.apps.<cluster_name>.<base_domain>. IN  A <ingress_port_IP>

Deploying the cluster

You can install OKD on a compatible cloud platform.

Prerequisites

• Obtain the OKD installation program and the pull secret for your cluster.

Procedure

• Change to the directory that contains the installation program and initialize the cluster deployment:

  $ ./openshift-install create cluster --dir <installation_directory> \ (1)
      --log-level=info (2)

  1	For <installation_directory>, specify the location of your customized ./install-config.yaml file.
  2	To view different installation details, specify warn, debug, or error instead of info.

  If the cloud provider account that you configured on your host does not have sufficient permissions to deploy the cluster, the installation process stops, and the missing permissions are displayed.

Verification

When the cluster deployment completes successfully:

• The terminal displays directions for accessing your cluster, including a link to the web console and credentials for the kubeadmin user.

• Credential information also outputs to <installation_directory>/.openshift_install.log.

Example output

...
INFO Install complete!
INFO To access the cluster as the system:admin user when using 'oc', run 'export KUBECONFIG=/home/myuser/install_dir/auth/kubeconfig'
INFO Access the OpenShift web-console here: https://console-openshift-console.apps.mycluster.example.com
INFO Login to the console with user: "kubeadmin", and password: "4vYBz-Ee6gm-ymBZj-Wt5AL"
INFO Time elapsed: 36m22s

Verifying cluster status

You can verify your OKD cluster’s status during or after installation.

Procedure

1. In the cluster environment, export the administrator’s kubeconfig file:

   $ export KUBECONFIG=<installation_directory>/auth/kubeconfig (1)

   1	For <installation_directory>, specify the path to the directory that you stored the installation files in.

   The kubeconfig file contains information about the cluster that is used by the CLI to connect a client to the correct cluster and API server.

2. View the control plane and compute machines created after a deployment:

   $ oc get nodes

3. View your cluster’s version:

   $ oc get clusterversion

4. View your Operators’ status:

   $ oc get clusteroperator

5. View all running pods in the cluster:

   $ oc get pods -A

Logging in to the cluster by using the CLI

You can log in to your cluster as a default system user by exporting the cluster kubeconfig file. The kubeconfig file contains information about the cluster that is used by the CLI to connect a client to the correct cluster and API server. The file is specific to a cluster and is created during OKD installation.

Prerequisites

• You deployed an OKD cluster.

• You installed the oc CLI.

Procedure

1. Export the kubeadmin credentials:

   $ export KUBECONFIG=<installation_directory>/auth/kubeconfig (1)

   1	For <installation_directory>, specify the path to the directory that you stored the installation files in.

2. Verify you can run oc commands successfully using the exported configuration:

   $ oc whoami

   Example output

   system:admin

Additional resources

• See Accessing the web console for more details about accessing and understanding the OKD web console.

Additional resources

• See About remote health monitoring for more information about the Telemetry service

Next steps

• Customize your cluster.

• If necessary, you can opt out of remote health reporting.

• If you need to enable external access to node ports, configure ingress cluster traffic by using a node port.

• If you did not configure OpenStack to accept application traffic over floating IP addresses, configure OpenStack access with floating IP addresses.