Assuming you received a scale lab allocation named cloud99, this guide will walk you through getting a Single Node OpenShift (SNO) cluster up in your allocation. For purposes of the guide the systems in cloud99 will be Supermicro 1029U. You should run Jetlag directly on the bastion machine. Jetlag picks the first machine in an allocation as the bastion. You can trick Jetlag into picking a different machine as the bastion but that is beyond the scope of this quickstart. You can find the machines in your cloud allocation on
the scale lab wiki
Table of Contents
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Select the bastion machine from the allocation. You should run Jetlag on the bastion machine, to ensure full connectivity and fastest access. By convention this is usually the first node of your allocation: for example, the first machine listed in your cloud platform's standard inventory display.
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You can copy your ssh public key to the designated bastion machine to make it easier to repeatedly log in from your laptop:
[user@<local> ~]$ ssh-copy-id root@<bastion>
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: attempting to log in with the new key(s), to filter out any that are already installed
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: 2 key(s) remain to be installed -- if you are prompted now it is to install the new keys
Warning: Permanently added '<bastion>,x.x.x.x' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
root@<bastion>'s password:
Number of key(s) added: 2
# Now try logging into the machine, and confirm that only the expected key(s)
# were added to ~/.ssh/known_hosts
[user@<local> ~]$ ssh root@<bastion>
[root@<bastion> ~]#Now log in to the bastion (with ssh root@<bastion> if you copied your public key above,
or using the bastion root account password if not), because the remaining commands
should be executed from the bastion.
- Upgrade RHEL to at least RHEL 8.6
You need to be running at least RHEL 8.6 to have the minimal podman. By default,
the SCALE lab installs RHEL 8.2. We recommend upgrading to RHEL 8.9
using the /root/update-latest-rhel-release.sh script provisioned by the QUADS
system. You can determine the installed version by looking at /etc/redhat-release,
and the update script allows you to ask what versions are supported:
[root@<bastion> ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.2 (Ootpa)
[root@<bastion> ~]# /root/update-latest-rhel-release.sh list`
8.2 8.6 8.9[root@<bastion> ~]# ./update-latest-rhel-release.sh 8.9
Changing repository from 8.2 to 8.9
Cleaning dnf repo cache..
-------------------------
Run dnf update to upgrade to RHEL 8.9
[root@<bastion> ~]# dnf update -y
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
Unable to read consumer identity
This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register.
rhel89 AppStream 245 MB/s | 7.8 MB 00:00
rhel89 BaseOS 119 MB/s | 2.4 MB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 14 MB/s | 14 MB 00:00
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:01 ago on Tue 02 May 2023 06:58:15 PM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
...
Complete!
[root@<bastion> ~]# reboot
Connection to <bastion> closed by remote host.
Connection to <bastion> closed.
...
[user@<local> ~]$ ssh root@<bastion>
...
[root@<bastion> ~]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.9 (Ootpa)- Install some additional tools to help after reboot
[root@<bastion> ~]# dnf install tmux git python3-pip sshpass -y
Updating Subscription Management repositories.
...
Complete!- Setup ssh keys for the bastion root account and copy to itself to permit local ansible interactions:
[root@<bastion> ~]# ssh-keygen
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/root/.ssh/id_rsa):
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
SHA256:uA61+n0w3Dht4/oIy1IKXrSgt9tfC/8zjICd7LJ550s root@<bastion>
The key's randomart image is:
+---[RSA 3072]----+
...
+----[SHA256]-----+
[root@<bastion> ~]# ssh-copy-id root@localhost
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: Source of key(s) to be installed: "/root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub"
The authenticity of host 'localhost (127.0.0.1)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:fvvO3NLxT9FPcoOKQ9ldVdd4aQnwuGVPwa+V1+/c4T8.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: attempting to log in with the new key(s), to filter out any that are already installed
/usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: INFO: 1 key(s) remain to be installed -- if you are prompted now it is to install the new keys
root@localhost's password:
Number of key(s) added: 1Now log in to the bastion (with ssh root@<bastion> if you copied your public key above,
or using the bastion root account password if not), because the remaining commands
should be executed from the bastion.
- Clone the
jetlagGitHub repo
[root@<bastion> ~]# git clone https://github.com/redhat-performance/jetlag.git
Cloning into 'jetlag'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 4510, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (4510/4510), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1531/1531), done.
remote: Total 4510 (delta 2450), reused 4384 (delta 2380), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (4510/4510), 831.98 KiB | 21.33 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (2450/2450), done.The git clone command will normally set the local head to the Jetlag repo's
main branch. To set your local head to a different branch or tag (for example,
a development branch), you can add -b <name> to the command.
Change your working directory to the repo's jetlag directory, which we'll assume
for subsequent steps:
[root@<bastion> ~]# cd jetlag
[root@<bastion> jetlag]#- Download your
pull_secret.txtfrom console.redhat.com/openshift/downloads into the root directory of your Jetlag repo on the bastion. You'll find the Pull Secret near the end of the long downloads page, in the section labeled "Tokens". You can either click the "Download" button, and then copy the downloaded file to~/jetlag/pull_secret.txton the bastion (notice that Jetlag expects an underscore (_) while the file will download with a hyphen (-)); or click on the "Copy" button, and then paste the clipboard into the terminal after typingcat >pull_secret.txton the bastion to create the expected filename:
[root@<bastion> jetlag]# cat >pull_secret.txt
{
"auths": {
"quay.io": {
"auth": "XXXXXXX",
"email": "XXXXXXX"
},
"registry.connect.redhat.com": {
"auth": "XXXXXXX",
"email": "XXXXXXX"
},
"registry.redhat.io": {
"auth": "XXXXXXX",
"email": "XXXXXXX"
}
}
}If you are deploying nightly builds then you will need to add a ci token and an entry for
registry.ci.openshift.org. If you plan on deploying an ACM downstream build be sure to
include an entry for quay.io:443.
- Execute the bootstrap script in the current shell, with
source bootstrap.sh. This will activate a local virtual Python environment configured with the Jetlag and Ansible dependencies.
[root@<bastion> jetlag]# source bootstrap.sh
Collecting pip
...
(.ansible) [root@<bastion> jetlag]#You can re-enter that virtual environment when you log in to the bastion again with:
[root@<bastion> ~]# cd jetlag
[root@<bastion> jetlag]# source .ansible/bin/activateNext copy the vars file so we can edit it.
(.ansible) [root@<bastion> jetlag]# cp ansible/vars/all.sample.yml ansible/vars/all.yml
(.ansible) [root@<bastion> jetlag]# vi ansible/vars/all.ymlChange lab to lab: scalelab
Change lab_cloud to lab_cloud: cloud99
Change cluster_type to cluster_type: sno
Change sno_node_count to the number of SNOs that should be provisioned. For example sno_node_count: 1
Change ocp_release_image to the desired image if the default (4.15.2) is not the desired version.
If you change ocp_release_image to a different major version (Ex 4.15), then change openshift_version accordingly.
For the ssh keys we have a chicken before the egg problem in that our bastion machine won't be defined or ensure that keys are created until after we run create-inventory.yml and setup-bastion.yml playbooks. We will revisit that a little bit later.
By default, Jetlag will choose the first node in an allocation as the bastion node.
Set smcipmitool_url to the location of the Supermicro SMCIPMITool binary. Since you must accept a EULA in order to download, it is suggested to download the file and place it onto a local http server, that is accessible to your laptop or deployment machine. You can then always reference that URL. Alternatively, you can download it to the ansible/ directory of your Jetlag repo clone and rename the file to smcipmitool.tar.gz. You can find the file here.
The system type determines the values of bastion_lab_interface and bastion_controlplane_interface.
Using the chart provided by the scale lab here, determine the names of the nic per network for EL8.
bastion_lab_interfacewill always be set to the nic name under "Public Network"bastion_controlplane_interfaceshould be set to the nic name under "Network 1" for this guide
You may have to ssh to your intended bastion machine and view the network interface names to ensure the correct nic name is picked here.
Here you can see a network diagram for the SNO cluster on Dell r640 with 3 SNO clusters:
For example if your bastion is ...
Dell fc640
bastion_lab_interface: eno1
bastion_controlplane_interface: eno2Dell r640
bastion_lab_interface: eno1np0
bastion_controlplane_interface: ens1f0Dell r650
bastion_lab_interface: eno12399np0
bastion_controlplane_interface: ens1f0Dell r750 (on ALIAS lab)
bastion_lab_interface: eno8303
bastion_controlplane_interface: ens3f0Supermicro 1029p or Supermicro 1029U
bastion_lab_interface: eno1
bastion_controlplane_interface: ens2f0Supermicro 5039ms
bastion_lab_interface: enp2s0f0
bastion_controlplane_interface: enp1s0f0For the guide we set our values for the Supermicro 1029u.
** If you desire to use a different network than "Network 1" for your controlplane network then you will have to append some additional overrides to the extra vars portion of the all.yml vars file.
The same chart provided by the scale lab for the bastion machine, is used to identify the nic names for controlplane_lab_interface.
controlplane_lab_interfaceshould always be set to the nic name under "Public Network" for the specific system type
For example if your Bare Metal OpenShift systems are ...
Dell fc640
controlplane_lab_interface: eno1Dell r640
controlplane_lab_interface: eno1np0Dell r650
controlplane_lab_interface: eno12399np0Dell r750 (on ALIAS lab)
controlplane_lab_interface: eno8303Supermicro 1029p or Supermicro 1029U
controlplane_lab_interface: eno1Supermicro 5039ms
controlplane_lab_interface: enp2s0f0For the guide we set our values for the Supermicro 1029U.
** If your machine types are not homogeneous, then you will have to manually edit your generated inventory file to correct any nic names until this is reasonably automated.
No extra vars are needed for an ipv4 SNO cluster.
If you want to deploy a disconnected ipv6 cluster then the following vars need to be set.
Change setup_bastion_registry to setup_bastion_registry: true and use_bastion_registry to use_bastion_registry: true under "Bastion node vars"
Append the following "override" vars in "Extra vars"
controlplane_network: fc00:1000::/64
controlplane_network_prefix: 64
cluster_network_cidr: fd01::/48
cluster_network_host_prefix: 64
service_network_cidr: fd02::/112
fix_metal3_provisioningosdownloadurl: trueOddly enough if you run into any routing issues because of duplicate address detection, determine if someone else is using subnet fc00:1000::/64 in the same lab environment and adjust accordingly.
The completed all.yml vars file and generated inventory files following this section only reflect that of an ipv4 connected install. If you previously deployed ipv4 stop and remove all running podman containers off the bastion and rerun the setup-bastion.yml playbook.
The ansible/vars/all.yml now resembles ..
---
# Sample vars file
################################################################################
# Lab & cluster infrastructure vars
################################################################################
# Which lab to be deployed into (Ex scalelab)
lab: scalelab
# Which cloud in the lab environment (Ex cloud42)
lab_cloud: cloud99
# Either bm or rwn or sno
cluster_type: sno
# Applies to both bm/rwn clusters
worker_node_count:
# Applies to sno clusters
sno_node_count: 1
# Lab Network type, applies to sno cluster_type only
# Set this variable if you want to host your SNO cluster on lab public routable
# VLAN network, set this ONLY if you have public routable VLAN enabled in your
# scalelab cloud
public_vlan: false
# Versions are controlled by this release image. If you want to change images
# you must stop and rm all assisted-installer containers on the bastion and rerun
# the setup-bastion step in order to setup your bastion's assisted-installer to
# the version you specified
ocp_release_image: quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release:4.15.2-x86_64
# This should just match the above release image version (Ex: 4.15)
openshift_version: "4.15"
# Either "OVNKubernetes" or "OpenShiftSDN" (Only for BM/RWN cluster types)
networktype: OVNKubernetes
ssh_private_key_file: ~/.ssh/id_rsa
ssh_public_key_file: ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
# Place your pull_secret.txt in the base directory of the cloned Jetlag repo, Example:
# [root@<bastion> jetlag]# ls pull_secret.txt
pull_secret: "{{ lookup('file', '../pull_secret.txt') }}"
################################################################################
# Bastion node vars
################################################################################
bastion_cluster_config_dir: /root/{{ cluster_type }}
smcipmitool_url: http://example.lab.com/tools/SMCIPMITool_2.25.0_build.210326_bundleJRE_Linux_x64.tar.gz
bastion_lab_interface: eno1
bastion_controlplane_interface: ens2f0
# vlaned interfaces are for remote worker node clusters only
bastion_vlaned_interface: ens1f1
# Sets up Gogs a self-hosted git service on the bastion
setup_bastion_gogs: false
# Set to enable and sync container images into a container image registry on the bastion
setup_bastion_registry: false
# Use in conjunction with ipv6 based clusters
use_bastion_registry: false
################################################################################
# OCP node vars
################################################################################
# Network configuration for all bm cluster and rwn control-plane nodes
controlplane_lab_interface: eno1
# Network configuration for public VLAN based sno cluster_type deployment
controlplane_pub_network_cidr:
controlplane_pub_network_gateway:
jumbo_mtu: false
# Network only for remote worker nodes
rwn_lab_interface: eno1np0
rwn_network_interface: ens1f1
################################################################################
# Extra vars
################################################################################
# Append override vars belowRun the create inventory playbook
(.ansible) [root@<bastion> jetlag]# ansible-playbook ansible/create-inventory.yml
...The create-inventory.yml playbook will create an inventory file ansible/inventory/cloud99.local from the lab allocation data and the vars file.
The inventory file resembles ...
[all:vars]
allocation_node_count=6
supermicro_nodes=True
[bastion]
f12-h05-000-1029u.rdu2.scalelab.redhat.com ansible_ssh_user=root bmc_address=mgmt-f12-h05-000-1029u.rdu2.scalelab.redhat.com
[bastion:vars]
bmc_user=quads
bmc_password=xxxx
[controlplane]
# Unused
[controlplane:vars]
# Unused
[worker]
# Unused
[worker:vars]
# Unused
[remoteworker]
# Unused
[remoteworker:vars]
# Unused
[sno]
# Single Node OpenShift Clusters
f12-h06-000-1029u bmc_address=mgmt-f12-h06-000-1029u.rdu2.scalelab.redhat.com boot_iso=f12-h06-000-1029u.iso ip_address=10.1.38.222 vendor=Supermicro lab_mac=ac:1f:6b:56:57:0e network_mac=00:25:90:5f:5f:5b
[sno:vars]
bmc_user=quads
bmc_password=xxxx
dns1=10.1.36.1
dns2=10.1.36.2
[hv]
# Unused
[hv:vars]
# Unused
[hv_vm]
# Unused
[hv_vm:vars]
# Unused
** If your bastion machine is not running RHEL 8.6 or newer, you will have to upgrade following this short procedure.
Next run the setup-bastion.yml playbook ...
(.ansible) [root@<bastion> jetlag]# ansible-playbook -i ansible/inventory/cloud99.local ansible/setup-bastion.yml
...We can now set the ssh vars in the ansible/vars/all.yml file since setup-bastion.yml has completed. For bare metal clusters only ssh_public_key_file is required to be filled out. The recommendation is to copy the public ssh key file from your bastion local to your laptop and set ssh_public_key_file to the location of that file. This file determines which ssh key will be automatically permitted to ssh into the cluster's nodes.
[user@<local> ~]$ scp root@<bastion>:/root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub .
Warning: Permanently added '<bastion>,10.1.43.101' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
id_rsa.pub 100% 554 22.6KB/s 00:00Then set ssh_public_key_file: /home/user/jetlag/id_rsa.pub or to wherever you copied the file down to.
Finally run the sno-deploy.yml playbook from the bastion ...
(.ansible) [root@<bastion> jetlag]# ansible-playbook -i ansible/inventory/cloud99.local ansible/sno-deploy.yml
...A typical deployment will require around 60-70 minutes to complete mostly depending upon how fast your systems reboot. It is suggested to monitor your first deployment to see if anything hangs on boot or if the virtual media is incorrect according to the bmc. You can monitor your deployment by opening the bastion's GUI to assisted-installer (port 8080, ex f12-h05-000-1029u.rdu2.scalelab.redhat.com:8080), opening the consoles via the bmc of each system, and once the machines are booted, you can directly ssh to them and tail log files.
If everything goes well you should have a cluster in about 60-70 minutes. You can interact with the cluster from the bastion. Look for the kubeconfig file under /root/sno/...
(.ansible) [root@<bastion> jetlag]# export KUBECONFIG=/root/sno/<SNO's hostname>/kubeconfig
(.ansible) [root@<bastion> jetlag]# oc get no
...