cmd/operator-sdk/new/cmd.go: fallback to default helm RBAC role without kubeconfig

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 -  `CreateMetricsService()` function from the metrics package accepts a REST config (\*rest.Config) and an array of ServicePort objects ([]v1.ServicePort) as input to create Service metrics. `CRPortName` constant is added to describe the string of custom resource port name. ([#1560](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pull/1560) and [#1626](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pull/1626))
 - Changed the flag `--skip-git-init` to [`--git-init`](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/blob/master/doc/sdk-cli-reference.md#new). This changes the default behavior of `operator-sdk new` to not initialize the new project directory as a git repository with `git init`. This behavior is now opt-in with `--git-init`. ([#1588](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pull/1588))
 - `operator-sdk new` will no longer create the initial commit for a new project, even with `--git-init=true`. ([#1588](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pull/1588))
+- When errors occur setting up the Kubernetes client for RBAC role generation, `operator-sdk new --type=helm` now falls back to a default RBAC role instead of failing. ([#1627](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pull/1627))
 
 ### Deprecated
 

cmd/operator-sdk/new/cmd.go

@@ -325,19 +325,13 @@ func doHelmScaffold() error {
 	valuesPath := filepath.Join("<project_dir>", helm.HelmChartsDir, chart.GetMetadata().GetName(), "values.yaml")
 	crSpec := fmt.Sprintf("# Default values copied from %s\n\n%s", valuesPath, chart.GetValues().GetRaw())
 
-	k8sCfg, err := config.GetConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get kubernetes config: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	dc, err := discovery.NewDiscoveryClientForConfig(k8sCfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get kubernetes discovery client: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	roleScaffold, err := helm.CreateRoleScaffold(dc, chart)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to generate role scaffold: %s", err)
+	roleScaffold := helm.DefaultRoleScaffold
+	if k8sCfg, err := config.GetConfig(); err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("Using default RBAC rules: failed to get Kubernetes config: %s", err)
+	} else if dc, err := discovery.NewDiscoveryClientForConfig(k8sCfg); err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("Using default RBAC rules: failed to create Kubernetes discovery client: %s", err)
+	} else {
+		roleScaffold = helm.GenerateRoleScaffold(dc, chart)
 	}
 
 	s := &scaffold.Scaffold{}
@@ -348,7 +342,7 @@ func doHelmScaffold() error {
 			ChartName: chart.GetMetadata().GetName(),
 		},
 		&scaffold.ServiceAccount{},
-		roleScaffold,
+		&roleScaffold,
 		&scaffold.RoleBinding{IsClusterScoped: roleScaffold.IsClusterScoped},
 		&helm.Operator{},
 		&scaffold.CRD{Resource: resource},

internal/pkg/scaffold/helm/role.go

@@ -44,40 +44,42 @@ type roleDiscoveryInterface interface {
 	ServerResources() ([]*metav1.APIResourceList, error)
 }
 
-// CreateRoleScaffold generates a role scaffold from the provided helm chart. It
+var DefaultRoleScaffold = scaffold.Role{
+	IsClusterScoped:  false,
+	SkipDefaultRules: false,
+	CustomRules: []rbacv1.PolicyRule{
+		// We need this rule so tiller can read namespaces to ensure they exist
+		{
+			APIGroups: []string{""},
+			Resources: []string{"namespaces"},
+			Verbs:     []string{"get"},
+		},
+
+		// We need this rule for leader election and release state storage to work
+		{
+			APIGroups: []string{""},
+			Resources: []string{"configmaps", "secrets"},
+			Verbs:     []string{rbacv1.VerbAll},
+		},
+	},
+}
+
+// GenerateRoleScaffold generates a role scaffold from the provided helm chart. It
 // renders a release manifest using the chart's default values and uses the Kubernetes
 // discovery API to lookup each resource in the resulting manifest.
 // The role scaffold will have IsClusterScoped=true if the chart lists cluster scoped resources
-func CreateRoleScaffold(dc roleDiscoveryInterface, chart *chart.Chart) (*scaffold.Role, error) {
+func GenerateRoleScaffold(dc roleDiscoveryInterface, chart *chart.Chart) scaffold.Role {
 	log.Info("Generating RBAC rules")
 
-	roleScaffold := &scaffold.Role{
-		IsClusterScoped:  false,
-		SkipDefaultRules: true,
-		CustomRules: []rbacv1.PolicyRule{
-			// We need this rule so tiller can read namespaces to ensure they exist
-			{
-				APIGroups: []string{""},
-				Resources: []string{"namespaces"},
-				Verbs:     []string{"get"},
-			},
-
-			// We need this rule for leader election and release state storage to work
-			{
-				APIGroups: []string{""},
-				Resources: []string{"configmaps", "secrets"},
-				Verbs:     []string{rbacv1.VerbAll},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
+	roleScaffold := DefaultRoleScaffold
 	clusterResourceRules, namespacedResourceRules, err := generateRoleRules(dc, chart)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warnf("Using default RBAC rules: failed to generate RBAC rules: %s", err)
-		roleScaffold.SkipDefaultRules = false
-		return roleScaffold, nil
+		return roleScaffold
 	}
 
+	roleScaffold.SkipDefaultRules = true
+
 	// Use a ClusterRole if cluster scoped resources are listed in the chart
 	if len(clusterResourceRules) > 0 {
 		log.Info("Scaffolding ClusterRole and ClusterRolebinding for cluster scoped resources in the helm chart")
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ func CreateRoleScaffold(dc roleDiscoveryInterface, chart *chart.Chart) (*scaffol
 		" some existing rules may be overly broad. Double check the rules generated in deploy/role.yaml" +
 		" to ensure they meet the operator's permission requirements.")
 
-	return roleScaffold, nil
+	return roleScaffold
 }
 
 func generateRoleRules(dc roleDiscoveryInterface, chart *chart.Chart) ([]rbacv1.PolicyRule, []rbacv1.PolicyRule, error) {

internal/pkg/scaffold/helm/role_test.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/helm/pkg/proto/hapi/chart"
 )
 
-func TestCreateRoleScaffold(t *testing.T) {
+func TestGenerateRoleScaffold(t *testing.T) {
 	dcs := map[string]*mockRoleDiscoveryClient{
 		"upstream": &mockRoleDiscoveryClient{
 			serverVersion:   func() (*version.Info, error) { return &version.Info{Major: "1", Minor: "11"}, nil },
@@ -66,13 +66,7 @@ func TestCreateRoleScaffold(t *testing.T) {
 		for dcName, dc := range dcs {
 			testName := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", dcName, tc.name)
 			t.Run(testName, func(t *testing.T) {
-				roleScaffold, err := helm.CreateRoleScaffold(dc, tc.chart)
-				if tc.expectErr {
-					assert.Error(t, err)
-					return
-				} else {
-					assert.NoError(t, err)
-				}
+				roleScaffold := helm.GenerateRoleScaffold(dc, tc.chart)
 				assert.Equal(t, tc.expectSkipDefaultRules, roleScaffold.SkipDefaultRules)
 				assert.Equal(t, tc.expectLenCustomRules, len(roleScaffold.CustomRules))
 				assert.Equal(t, tc.expectIsClusterScoped, roleScaffold.IsClusterScoped)
@@ -120,7 +114,6 @@ type roleScaffoldTestCase struct {
 	expectSkipDefaultRules bool
 	expectIsClusterScoped  bool
 	expectLenCustomRules   int
-	expectErr              bool
 }
 
 func failChart() *chart.Chart {