Chapter 7. Working with containers 7.1. Understanding Containers The basic units of OpenShift Container Platform applications are called containers . Linux container technologies are lightweight mechanisms for isolating running processes so that they are limited to interacting with only their designated resources. Many application instances can be running in containers on a single host without visibility into each others' processes, files, network, and so on. Typically, each container provides a single service (often called a "micro-service"), such as a web server or a database, though containers can be used for arbitrary workloads. The Linux kernel has been incorporating capabilities for container technologies for years. OpenShift Container Platform and Kubernetes add the ability to orchestrate containers across multi-host installations. 7.1.1. About containers and RHEL kernel memory Due to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) behavior, a container on a node with high CPU usage might seem to consume more memory than expected. The higher memory consumption could be caused by the kmem_cache in the RHEL kernel. The RHEL kernel creates a kmem_cache for each cgroup. For added performance, the kmem_cache contains a cpu_cache , and a node cache for any NUMA nodes. These caches all consume kernel memory. The amount of memory stored in those caches is proportional to the number of CPUs that the system uses. As a result, a higher number of CPUs results in a greater amount of kernel memory being held in these caches. Higher amounts of kernel memory in these caches can cause OpenShift Container Platform containers to exceed the configured memory limits, resulting in the container being killed. To avoid losing containers due to kernel memory issues, ensure that the containers request sufficient memory. You can use the following formula to estimate the amount of memory consumed by the kmem_cache , where nproc is the number of processing units available that are reported by the nproc command. The lower limit of container requests should be this value plus the container memory requirements: USD(nproc) X 1/2 MiB 7.1.2. About the container engine and container runtime A container engine is a piece of software that processes user requests, including command line options and image pulls. The container engine uses a container runtime , also called a lower-level container runtime , to run and manage the components required to deploy and operate containers. You likely will not need to interact with the container engine or container runtime. Note The OpenShift Container Platform documentation uses the term container runtime to refer to the lower-level container runtime. Other documentation can refer to the container engine as the container runtime. OpenShift Container Platform uses CRI-O as the container engine and runC or crun as the container runtime. The default container runtime is runC. Both container runtimes adhere to the Open Container Initiative (OCI) runtime specifications. CRI-O is a Kubernetes-native container engine implementation that integrates closely with the operating system to deliver an efficient and optimized Kubernetes experience. The CRI-O container engine runs as a systemd service on each OpenShift Container Platform cluster node. runC, developed by Docker and maintained by the Open Container Project, is a lightweight, portable container runtime written in Go. crun, developed by Red Hat, is a fast and low-memory container runtime fully written in C. As of OpenShift Container Platform 4.14, you can select between the two. crun has several improvements over runC, including: Smaller binary Quicker processing Lower memory footprint runC has some benefits over crun, including: Most popular OCI container runtime. Longer tenure in production. Default container runtime of CRI-O. You can move between the two container runtimes as needed. For information on setting which container runtime to use, see Creating a ContainerRuntimeConfig CR to edit CRI-O parameters . 7.2. Using Init Containers to perform tasks before a pod is deployed OpenShift Container Platform provides init containers , which are specialized containers that run before application containers and can contain utilities or setup scripts not present in an app image. 7.2.1. Understanding Init Containers You can use an Init Container resource to perform tasks before the rest of a pod is deployed. A pod can have Init Containers in addition to application containers. Init containers allow you to reorganize setup scripts and binding code. An Init Container can: Contain and run utilities that are not desirable to include in the app Container image for security reasons. Contain utilities or custom code for setup that is not present in an app image. For example, there is no requirement to make an image FROM another image just to use a tool like sed, awk, python, or dig during setup. Use Linux namespaces so that they have different filesystem views from app containers, such as access to secrets that application containers are not able to access. Each Init Container must complete successfully before the one is started. So, Init Containers provide an easy way to block or delay the startup of app containers until some set of preconditions are met. For example, the following are some ways you can use Init Containers: Wait for a service to be created with a shell command like: for i in {1..100}; do sleep 1; if dig myservice; then exit 0; fi; done; exit 1 Register this pod with a remote server from the downward API with a command like: USD curl -X POST http://USDMANAGEMENT_SERVICE_HOST:USDMANAGEMENT_SERVICE_PORT/register -d 'instance=USD()&ip=USD()' Wait for some time before starting the app Container with a command like sleep 60 . Clone a git repository into a volume. Place values into a configuration file and run a template tool to dynamically generate a configuration file for the main app Container. For example, place the POD_IP value in a configuration and generate the main app configuration file using Jinja. See the Kubernetes documentation for more information. 7.2.2. Creating Init Containers The following example outlines a simple pod which has two Init Containers. The first waits for myservice and the second waits for mydb . After both containers complete, the pod begins. Procedure Create the pod for the Init Container: Create a YAML file similar to the following: apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: myapp-pod labels: app: myapp spec: containers: - name: myapp-container image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi:latest command: ['sh', '-c', 'echo The app is running! && sleep 3600'] initContainers: - name: init-myservice image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi:latest command: ['sh', '-c', 'until getent hosts myservice; do echo waiting for myservice; sleep 2; done;'] - name: init-mydb image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi:latest command: ['sh', '-c', 'until getent hosts mydb; do echo waiting for mydb; sleep 2; done;'] # ... Create the pod: USD oc create -f myapp.yaml View the status of the pod: USD oc get pods Example output NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE myapp-pod 0/1 Init:0/2 0 5s The pod status, Init:0/2 , indicates it is waiting for the two services. Create the myservice service. Create a YAML file similar to the following: kind: Service apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: myservice spec: ports: - protocol: TCP port: 80 targetPort: 9376 Create the pod: USD oc create -f myservice.yaml View the status of the pod: USD oc get pods Example output NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE myapp-pod 0/1 Init:1/2 0 5s The pod status, Init:1/2 , indicates it is waiting for one service, in this case the mydb service. Create the mydb service: Create a YAML file similar to the following: kind: Service apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: mydb spec: ports: - protocol: TCP port: 80 targetPort: 9377 Create the pod: USD oc create -f mydb.yaml View the status of the pod: USD oc get pods Example output NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE myapp-pod 1/1 Running 0 2m The pod status indicated that it is no longer waiting for the services and is running. 7.3. Using volumes to persist container data Files in a container are ephemeral. As such, when a container crashes or stops, the data is lost. You can use volumes to persist the data used by the containers in a pod. A volume is directory, accessible to the Containers in a pod, where data is stored for the life of the pod. 7.3.1. Understanding volumes Volumes are mounted file systems available to pods and their containers which may be backed by a number of host-local or network attached storage endpoints. Containers are not persistent by default; on restart, their contents are cleared. To ensure that the file system on the volume contains no errors and, if errors are present, to repair them when possible, OpenShift Container Platform invokes the fsck utility prior to the mount utility. This occurs when either adding a volume or updating an existing volume. The simplest volume type is emptyDir , which is a temporary directory on a single machine. Administrators may also allow you to request a persistent volume that is automatically attached to your pods. Note emptyDir volume storage may be restricted by a quota based on the pod's FSGroup, if the FSGroup parameter is enabled by your cluster administrator. 7.3.2. Working with volumes using the OpenShift Container Platform CLI You can use the CLI command oc set volume to add and remove volumes and volume mounts for any object that has a pod template like replication controllers or deployment configs. You can also list volumes in pods or any object that has a pod template. The oc set volume command uses the following general syntax: USD oc set volume <object_selection> <operation> <mandatory_parameters> <options> Object selection Specify one of the following for the object_selection parameter in the oc set volume command: Table 7.1. Object Selection Syntax Description Example <object_type> <name> Selects <name> of type <object_type> . deploymentConfig registry <object_type> / <name> Selects <name> of type <object_type> . deploymentConfig/registry <object_type> --selector= <object_label_selector> Selects resources of type <object_type> that matched the given label selector. deploymentConfig --selector="name=registry" <object_type> --all Selects all resources of type <object_type> . deploymentConfig --all -f or --filename= <file_name> File name, directory, or URL to file to use to edit the resource. -f registry-deployment-config.json Operation Specify --add or --remove for the operation parameter in the oc set volume command. Mandatory parameters Any mandatory parameters are specific to the selected operation and are discussed in later sections. Options Any options are specific to the selected operation and are discussed in later sections. 7.3.3. Listing volumes and volume mounts in a pod You can list volumes and volume mounts in pods or pod templates: Procedure To list volumes: USD oc set volume <object_type>/<name> [options] List volume supported options: Option Description Default --name Name of the volume. -c, --containers Select containers by name. It can also take wildcard '*' that matches any character. '*' For example: To list all volumes for pod p1 : USD oc set volume pod/p1 To list volume v1 defined on all deployment configs: USD oc set volume dc --all --name=v1 7.3.4. Adding volumes to a pod You can add volumes and volume mounts to a pod. Procedure To add a volume, a volume mount, or both to pod templates: USD oc set volume <object_type>/<name> --add [options] Table 7.2. Supported Options for Adding Volumes Option Description Default --name Name of the volume. Automatically generated, if not specified. -t, --type Name of the volume source. Supported values: emptyDir , hostPath , secret , configmap , persistentVolumeClaim or projected . emptyDir -c, --containers Select containers by name. It can also take wildcard '*' that matches any character. '*' -m, --mount-path Mount path inside the selected containers. Do not mount to the container root, / , or any path that is the same in the host and the container. This can corrupt your host system if the container is sufficiently privileged, such as the host /dev/pts files. It is safe to mount the host by using /host . --path Host path. Mandatory parameter for --type=hostPath . Do not mount to the container root, / , or any path that is the same in the host and the container. This can corrupt your host system if the container is sufficiently privileged, such as the host /dev/pts files. It is safe to mount the host by using /host . --secret-name Name of the secret. Mandatory parameter for --type=secret . --configmap-name Name of the configmap. Mandatory parameter for --type=configmap . --claim-name Name of the persistent volume claim. Mandatory parameter for --type=persistentVolumeClaim . --source Details of volume source as a JSON string. Recommended if the desired volume source is not supported by --type . -o, --output Display the modified objects instead of updating them on the server. Supported values: json , yaml . --output-version Output the modified objects with the given version. api-version For example: To add a new volume source emptyDir to the registry DeploymentConfig object: USD oc set volume dc/registry --add Tip You can alternatively apply the following YAML to add the volume: Example 7.1. Sample deployment config with an added volume kind: DeploymentConfig apiVersion: apps.openshift.io/v1 metadata: name: registry namespace: registry spec: replicas: 3 selector: app: httpd template: metadata: labels: app: httpd spec: volumes: 1 - name: volume-pppsw emptyDir: {} containers: - name: httpd image: >- image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/openshift/httpd:latest ports: - containerPort: 8080 protocol: TCP 1 Add the volume source emptyDir . To add volume v1 with secret secret1 for replication controller r1 and mount inside the containers at /data : USD oc set volume rc/r1 --add --name=v1 --type=secret --secret-name='secret1' --mount-path=/data Tip You can alternatively apply the following YAML to add the volume: Example 7.2. Sample replication controller with added volume and secret kind: ReplicationController apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: example-1 namespace: example spec: replicas: 0 selector: app: httpd deployment: example-1 deploymentconfig: example template: metadata: creationTimestamp: null labels: app: httpd deployment: example-1 deploymentconfig: example spec: volumes: 1 - name: v1 secret: secretName: secret1 defaultMode: 420 containers: - name: httpd image: >- image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/openshift/httpd:latest volumeMounts: 2 - name: v1 mountPath: /data 1 Add the volume and secret. 2 Add the container mount path. To add existing persistent volume v1 with claim name pvc1 to deployment configuration dc.json on disk, mount the volume on container c1 at /data , and update the DeploymentConfig object on the server: USD oc set volume -f dc.json --add --name=v1 --type=persistentVolumeClaim \ --claim-name=pvc1 --mount-path=/data --containers=c1 Tip You can alternatively apply the following YAML to add the volume: Example 7.3. Sample deployment config with persistent volume added kind: DeploymentConfig apiVersion: apps.openshift.io/v1 metadata: name: example namespace: example spec: replicas: 3 selector: app: httpd template: metadata: labels: app: httpd spec: volumes: - name: volume-pppsw emptyDir: {} - name: v1 1 persistentVolumeClaim: claimName: pvc1 containers: - name: httpd image: >- image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/openshift/httpd:latest ports: - containerPort: 8080 protocol: TCP volumeMounts: 2 - name: v1 mountPath: /data 1 Add the persistent volume claim named `pvc1. 2 Add the container mount path. To add a volume v1 based on Git repository https://github.com/namespace1/project1 with revision 5125c45f9f563 for all replication controllers: USD oc set volume rc --all --add --name=v1 \ --source='{"gitRepo": { "repository": "https://github.com/namespace1/project1", "revision": "5125c45f9f563" }}' 7.3.5. Updating volumes and volume mounts in a pod You can modify the volumes and volume mounts in a pod. Procedure Updating existing volumes using the --overwrite option: USD oc set volume <object_type>/<name> --add --overwrite [options] For example: To replace existing volume v1 for replication controller r1 with existing persistent volume claim pvc1 : USD oc set volume rc/r1 --add --overwrite --name=v1 --type=persistentVolumeClaim --claim-name=pvc1 Tip You can alternatively apply the following YAML to replace the volume: Example 7.4. Sample replication controller with persistent volume claim named pvc1 kind: ReplicationController apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: example-1 namespace: example spec: replicas: 0 selector: app: httpd deployment: example-1 deploymentconfig: example template: metadata: labels: app: httpd deployment: example-1 deploymentconfig: example spec: volumes: - name: v1 1 persistentVolumeClaim: claimName: pvc1 containers: - name: httpd image: >- image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/openshift/httpd:latest ports: - containerPort: 8080 protocol: TCP volumeMounts: - name: v1 mountPath: /data 1 Set persistent volume claim to pvc1 . To change the DeploymentConfig object d1 mount point to /opt for volume v1 : USD oc set volume dc/d1 --add --overwrite --name=v1 --mount-path=/opt Tip You can alternatively apply the following YAML to change the mount point: Example 7.5. Sample deployment config with mount point set to opt . kind: DeploymentConfig apiVersion: apps.openshift.io/v1 metadata: name: example namespace: example spec: replicas: 3 selector: app: httpd template: metadata: labels: app: httpd spec: volumes: - name: volume-pppsw emptyDir: {} - name: v2 persistentVolumeClaim: claimName: pvc1 - name: v1 persistentVolumeClaim: claimName: pvc1 containers: - name: httpd image: >- image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/openshift/httpd:latest ports: - containerPort: 8080 protocol: TCP volumeMounts: 1 - name: v1 mountPath: /opt 1 Set the mount point to /opt . 7.3.6. Removing volumes and volume mounts from a pod You can remove a volume or volume mount from a pod. Procedure To remove a volume from pod templates: USD oc set volume <object_type>/<name> --remove [options] Table 7.3. Supported options for removing volumes Option Description Default --name Name of the volume. -c, --containers Select containers by name. It can also take wildcard '*' that matches any character. '*' --confirm Indicate that you want to remove multiple volumes at once. -o, --output Display the modified objects instead of updating them on the server. Supported values: json , yaml . --output-version Output the modified objects with the given version. api-version For example: To remove a volume v1 from the DeploymentConfig object d1 : USD oc set volume dc/d1 --remove --name=v1 To unmount volume v1 from container c1 for the DeploymentConfig object d1 and remove the volume v1 if it is not referenced by any containers on d1 : USD oc set volume dc/d1 --remove --name=v1 --containers=c1 To remove all volumes for replication controller r1 : USD oc set volume rc/r1 --remove --confirm 7.3.7. Configuring volumes for multiple uses in a pod You can configure a volume to allows you to share one volume for multiple uses in a single pod using the volumeMounts.subPath property to specify a subPath value inside a volume instead of the volume's root. Note You cannot add a subPath parameter to an existing scheduled pod. Procedure To view the list of files in the volume, run the oc rsh command: USD oc rsh <pod> Example output sh-4.2USD ls /path/to/volume/subpath/mount example_file1 example_file2 example_file3 Specify the subPath : Example Pod spec with subPath parameter apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: my-site spec: containers: - name: mysql image: mysql volumeMounts: - mountPath: /var/lib/mysql name: site-data subPath: mysql 1 - name: php image: php volumeMounts: - mountPath: /var/www/html name: site-data subPath: html 2 volumes: - name: site-data persistentVolumeClaim: claimName: my-site-data 1 Databases are stored in the mysql folder. 2 HTML content is stored in the html folder. 7.4. Mapping volumes using projected volumes A projected volume maps several existing volume sources into the same directory. The following types of volume sources can be projected: Secrets Config Maps Downward API Note All sources are required to be in the same namespace as the pod. 7.4.1. Understanding projected volumes Projected volumes can map any combination of these volume sources into a single directory, allowing the user to: automatically populate a single volume with the keys from multiple secrets, config maps, and with downward API information, so that I can synthesize a single directory with various sources of information; populate a single volume with the keys from multiple secrets, config maps, and with downward API information, explicitly specifying paths for each item, so that I can have full control over the contents of that volume. Important When the RunAsUser permission is set in the security context of a Linux-based pod, the projected files have the correct permissions set, including container user ownership. However, when the Windows equivalent RunAsUsername permission is set in a Windows pod, the kubelet is unable to correctly set ownership on the files in the projected volume. Therefore, the RunAsUsername permission set in the security context of a Windows pod is not honored for Windows projected volumes running in OpenShift Container Platform. The following general scenarios show how you can use projected volumes. Config map, secrets, Downward API. Projected volumes allow you to deploy containers with configuration data that includes passwords. An application using these resources could be deploying Red Hat OpenStack Platform (RHOSP) on Kubernetes. The configuration data might have to be assembled differently depending on if the services are going to be used for production or for testing. If a pod is labeled with production or testing, the downward API selector metadata.labels can be used to produce the correct RHOSP configs. Config map + secrets. Projected volumes allow you to deploy containers involving configuration data and passwords. For example, you might execute a config map with some sensitive encrypted tasks that are decrypted using a vault password file. ConfigMap + Downward API. Projected volumes allow you to generate a config including the pod name (available via the metadata.name selector). This application can then pass the pod name along with requests to easily determine the source without using IP tracking. Secrets + Downward API. Projected volumes allow you to use a secret as a public key to encrypt the namespace of the pod (available via the metadata.namespace selector). This example allows the Operator to use the application to deliver the namespace information securely without using an encrypted transport. 7.4.1.1. Example Pod specs The following are examples of Pod specs for creating projected volumes. Pod with a secret, a Downward API, and a config map apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: volume-test spec: containers: - name: container-test image: busybox volumeMounts: 1 - name: all-in-one mountPath: "/projected-volume" 2 readOnly: true 3 volumes: 4 - name: all-in-one 5 projected: defaultMode: 0400 6 sources: - secret: name: mysecret 7 items: - key: username path: my-group/my-username 8 - downwardAPI: 9 items: - path: "labels" fieldRef: fieldPath: metadata.labels - path: "cpu_limit" resourceFieldRef: containerName: container-test resource: limits.cpu - configMap: 10 name: myconfigmap items: - key: config path: my-group/my-config mode: 0777 11 1 Add a volumeMounts section for each container that needs the secret. 2 Specify a path to an unused directory where the secret will appear. 3 Set readOnly to true . 4 Add a volumes block to list each projected volume source. 5 Specify any name for the volume. 6 Set the execute permission on the files. 7 Add a secret. Enter the name of the secret object. Each secret you want to use must be listed. 8 Specify the path to the secrets file under the mountPath . Here, the secrets file is in /projected-volume/my-group/my-username . 9 Add a Downward API source. 10 Add a ConfigMap source. 11 Set the mode for the specific projection Note If there are multiple containers in the pod, each container needs a volumeMounts section, but only one volumes section is needed. Pod with multiple secrets with a non-default permission mode set apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: volume-test spec: containers: - name: container-test image: busybox volumeMounts: - name: all-in-one mountPath: "/projected-volume" readOnly: true volumes: - name: all-in-one projected: defaultMode: 0755 sources: - secret: name: mysecret items: - key: username path: my-group/my-username - secret: name: mysecret2 items: - key: password path: my-group/my-password mode: 511 Note The defaultMode can only be specified at the projected level and not for each volume source. However, as illustrated above, you can explicitly set the mode for each individual projection. 7.4.1.2. Pathing Considerations Collisions Between Keys when Configured Paths are Identical If you configure any keys with the same path, the pod spec will not be accepted as valid. In the following example, the specified path for mysecret and myconfigmap are the same: apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: volume-test spec: containers: - name: container-test image: busybox volumeMounts: - name: all-in-one mountPath: "/projected-volume" readOnly: true volumes: - name: all-in-one projected: sources: - secret: name: mysecret items: - key: username path: my-group/data - configMap: name: myconfigmap items: - key: config path: my-group/data Consider the following situations related to the volume file paths. Collisions Between Keys without Configured Paths The only run-time validation that can occur is when all the paths are known at pod creation, similar to the above scenario. Otherwise, when a conflict occurs the most recent specified resource will overwrite anything preceding it (this is true for resources that are updated after pod creation as well). Collisions when One Path is Explicit and the Other is Automatically Projected In the event that there is a collision due to a user specified path matching data that is automatically projected, the latter resource will overwrite anything preceding it as before 7.4.2. Configuring a Projected Volume for a Pod When creating projected volumes, consider the volume file path situations described in Understanding projected volumes . The following example shows how to use a projected volume to mount an existing secret volume source. The steps can be used to create a user name and password secrets from local files. You then create a pod that runs one container, using a projected volume to mount the secrets into the same shared directory. The user name and password values can be any valid string that is base64 encoded. The following example shows admin in base64: USD echo -n "admin" | base64 Example output YWRtaW4= The following example shows the password 1f2d1e2e67df in base64: USD echo -n "1f2d1e2e67df" | base64 Example output MWYyZDFlMmU2N2Rm Procedure To use a projected volume to mount an existing secret volume source. Create the secret: Create a YAML file similar to the following, replacing the password and user information as appropriate: apiVersion: v1 kind: Secret metadata: name: mysecret type: Opaque data: pass: MWYyZDFlMmU2N2Rm user: YWRtaW4= Use the following command to create the secret: USD oc create -f <secrets-filename> For example: USD oc create -f secret.yaml Example output secret "mysecret" created You can check that the secret was created using the following commands: USD oc get secret <secret-name> For example: USD oc get secret mysecret Example output NAME TYPE DATA AGE mysecret Opaque 2 17h USD oc get secret <secret-name> -o yaml For example: USD oc get secret mysecret -o yaml apiVersion: v1 data: pass: MWYyZDFlMmU2N2Rm user: YWRtaW4= kind: Secret metadata: creationTimestamp: 2017-05-30T20:21:38Z name: mysecret namespace: default resourceVersion: "2107" selfLink: /api/v1/namespaces/default/secrets/mysecret uid: 959e0424-4575-11e7-9f97-fa163e4bd54c type: Opaque Create a pod with a projected volume. Create a YAML file similar to the following, including a volumes section: kind: Pod metadata: name: test-projected-volume spec: containers: - name: test-projected-volume image: busybox args: - sleep - "86400" volumeMounts: - name: all-in-one mountPath: "/projected-volume" readOnly: true securityContext: allowPrivilegeEscalation: false capabilities: drop: - ALL volumes: - name: all-in-one projected: sources: - secret: name: mysecret 1 1 The name of the secret you created. Create the pod from the configuration file: USD oc create -f <your_yaml_file>.yaml For example: USD oc create -f secret-pod.yaml Example output pod "test-projected-volume" created Verify that the pod container is running, and then watch for changes to the pod: USD oc get pod <name> For example: USD oc get pod test-projected-volume The output should appear similar to the following: Example output NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE test-projected-volume 1/1 Running 0 14s In another terminal, use the oc exec command to open a shell to the running container: USD oc exec -it <pod> <command> For example: USD oc exec -it test-projected-volume -- /bin/sh In your shell, verify that the projected-volumes directory contains your projected sources: / # ls Example output bin home root tmp dev proc run usr etc projected-volume sys var 7.5. Allowing containers to consume API objects The Downward API is a mechanism that allows containers to consume information about API objects without coupling to OpenShift Container Platform. Such information includes the pod's name, namespace, and resource values. Containers can consume information from the downward API using environment variables or a volume plugin. 7.5.1. Expose pod information to Containers using the Downward API The Downward API contains such information as the pod's name, project, and resource values. Containers can consume information from the downward API using environment variables or a volume plugin. Fields within the pod are selected using the FieldRef API type. FieldRef has two fields: Field Description fieldPath The path of the field to select, relative to the pod. apiVersion The API version to interpret the fieldPath selector within. Currently, the valid selectors in the v1 API include: Selector Description metadata.name The pod's name. This is supported in both environment variables and volumes. metadata.namespace The pod's namespace.This is supported in both environment variables and volumes. metadata.labels The pod's labels. This is only supported in volumes and not in environment variables. metadata.annotations The pod's annotations. This is only supported in volumes and not in environment variables. status.podIP The pod's IP. This is only supported in environment variables and not volumes. The apiVersion field, if not specified, defaults to the API version of the enclosing pod template. 7.5.2. Understanding how to consume container values using the downward API You containers can consume API values using environment variables or a volume plugin. Depending on the method you choose, containers can consume: Pod name Pod project/namespace Pod annotations Pod labels Annotations and labels are available using only a volume plugin. 7.5.2.1. Consuming container values using environment variables When using a container's environment variables, use the EnvVar type's valueFrom field (of type EnvVarSource ) to specify that the variable's value should come from a FieldRef source instead of the literal value specified by the value field. Only constant attributes of the pod can be consumed this way, as environment variables cannot be updated once a process is started in a way that allows the process to be notified that the value of a variable has changed. The fields supported using environment variables are: Pod name Pod project/namespace Procedure Create a new pod spec that contains the environment variables you want the container to consume: Create a pod.yaml file similar to the following: apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: dapi-env-test-pod spec: containers: - name: env-test-container image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "env" ] env: - name: MY_POD_NAME valueFrom: fieldRef: fieldPath: metadata.name - name: MY_POD_NAMESPACE valueFrom: fieldRef: fieldPath: metadata.namespace restartPolicy: Never # ... Create the pod from the pod.yaml file: USD oc create -f pod.yaml Verification Check the container's logs for the MY_POD_NAME and MY_POD_NAMESPACE values: USD oc logs -p dapi-env-test-pod 7.5.2.2. Consuming container values using a volume plugin You containers can consume API values using a volume plugin. Containers can consume: Pod name Pod project/namespace Pod annotations Pod labels Procedure To use the volume plugin: Create a new pod spec that contains the environment variables you want the container to consume: Create a volume-pod.yaml file similar to the following: kind: Pod apiVersion: v1 metadata: labels: zone: us-east-coast cluster: downward-api-test-cluster1 rack: rack-123 name: dapi-volume-test-pod annotations: annotation1: "345" annotation2: "456" spec: containers: - name: volume-test-container image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox command: ["sh", "-c", "cat /tmp/etc/pod_labels /tmp/etc/pod_annotations"] volumeMounts: - name: podinfo mountPath: /tmp/etc readOnly: false volumes: - name: podinfo downwardAPI: defaultMode: 420 items: - fieldRef: fieldPath: metadata.name path: pod_name - fieldRef: fieldPath: metadata.namespace path: pod_namespace - fieldRef: fieldPath: metadata.labels path: pod_labels - fieldRef: fieldPath: metadata.annotations path: pod_annotations restartPolicy: Never # ... Create the pod from the volume-pod.yaml file: USD oc create -f volume-pod.yaml Verification Check the container's logs and verify the presence of the configured fields: USD oc logs -p dapi-volume-test-pod Example output cluster=downward-api-test-cluster1 rack=rack-123 zone=us-east-coast annotation1=345 annotation2=456 kubernetes.io/config.source=api 7.5.3. Understanding how to consume container resources using the Downward API When creating pods, you can use the Downward API to inject information about computing resource requests and limits so that image and application authors can correctly create an image for specific environments. You can do this using environment variable or a volume plugin. 7.5.3.1. Consuming container resources using environment variables When creating pods, you can use the Downward API to inject information about computing resource requests and limits using environment variables. When creating the pod configuration, specify environment variables that correspond to the contents of the resources field in the spec.container field. Note If the resource limits are not included in the container configuration, the downward API defaults to the node's CPU and memory allocatable values. Procedure Create a new pod spec that contains the resources you want to inject: Create a pod.yaml file similar to the following: apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: dapi-env-test-pod spec: containers: - name: test-container image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox:1.24 command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "env" ] resources: requests: memory: "32Mi" cpu: "125m" limits: memory: "64Mi" cpu: "250m" env: - name: MY_CPU_REQUEST valueFrom: resourceFieldRef: resource: requests.cpu - name: MY_CPU_LIMIT valueFrom: resourceFieldRef: resource: limits.cpu - name: MY_MEM_REQUEST valueFrom: resourceFieldRef: resource: requests.memory - name: MY_MEM_LIMIT valueFrom: resourceFieldRef: resource: limits.memory # ... Create the pod from the pod.yaml file: USD oc create -f pod.yaml 7.5.3.2. Consuming container resources using a volume plugin When creating pods, you can use the Downward API to inject information about computing resource requests and limits using a volume plugin. When creating the pod configuration, use the spec.volumes.downwardAPI.items field to describe the desired resources that correspond to the spec.resources field. Note If the resource limits are not included in the container configuration, the Downward API defaults to the node's CPU and memory allocatable values. Procedure Create a new pod spec that contains the resources you want to inject: Create a pod.yaml file similar to the following: apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: dapi-env-test-pod spec: containers: - name: client-container image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox:1.24 command: ["sh", "-c", "while true; do echo; if [[ -e /etc/cpu_limit ]]; then cat /etc/cpu_limit; fi; if [[ -e /etc/cpu_request ]]; then cat /etc/cpu_request; fi; if [[ -e /etc/mem_limit ]]; then cat /etc/mem_limit; fi; if [[ -e /etc/mem_request ]]; then cat /etc/mem_request; fi; sleep 5; done"] resources: requests: memory: "32Mi" cpu: "125m" limits: memory: "64Mi" cpu: "250m" volumeMounts: - name: podinfo mountPath: /etc readOnly: false volumes: - name: podinfo downwardAPI: items: - path: "cpu_limit" resourceFieldRef: containerName: client-container resource: limits.cpu - path: "cpu_request" resourceFieldRef: containerName: client-container resource: requests.cpu - path: "mem_limit" resourceFieldRef: containerName: client-container resource: limits.memory - path: "mem_request" resourceFieldRef: containerName: client-container resource: requests.memory # ... Create the pod from the volume-pod.yaml file: USD oc create -f volume-pod.yaml 7.5.4. Consuming secrets using the Downward API When creating pods, you can use the downward API to inject secrets so image and application authors can create an image for specific environments. Procedure Create a secret to inject: Create a secret.yaml file similar to the following: apiVersion: v1 kind: Secret metadata: name: mysecret data: password: <password> username: <username> type: kubernetes.io/basic-auth Create the secret object from the secret.yaml file: USD oc create -f secret.yaml Create a pod that references the username field from the above Secret object: Create a pod.yaml file similar to the following: apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: dapi-env-test-pod spec: containers: - name: env-test-container image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "env" ] env: - name: MY_SECRET_USERNAME valueFrom: secretKeyRef: name: mysecret key: username restartPolicy: Never # ... Create the pod from the pod.yaml file: USD oc create -f pod.yaml Verification Check the container's logs for the MY_SECRET_USERNAME value: USD oc logs -p dapi-env-test-pod 7.5.5. Consuming configuration maps using the Downward API When creating pods, you can use the Downward API to inject configuration map values so image and application authors can create an image for specific environments. Procedure Create a config map with the values to inject: Create a configmap.yaml file similar to the following: apiVersion: v1 kind: ConfigMap metadata: name: myconfigmap data: mykey: myvalue Create the config map from the configmap.yaml file: USD oc create -f configmap.yaml Create a pod that references the above config map: Create a pod.yaml file similar to the following: apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: dapi-env-test-pod spec: containers: - name: env-test-container image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "env" ] env: - name: MY_CONFIGMAP_VALUE valueFrom: configMapKeyRef: name: myconfigmap key: mykey restartPolicy: Always # ... Create the pod from the pod.yaml file: USD oc create -f pod.yaml Verification Check the container's logs for the MY_CONFIGMAP_VALUE value: USD oc logs -p dapi-env-test-pod 7.5.6. Referencing environment variables When creating pods, you can reference the value of a previously defined environment variable by using the USD() syntax. If the environment variable reference can not be resolved, the value will be left as the provided string. Procedure Create a pod that references an existing environment variable: Create a pod.yaml file similar to the following: apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: dapi-env-test-pod spec: containers: - name: env-test-container image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "env" ] env: - name: MY_EXISTING_ENV value: my_value - name: MY_ENV_VAR_REF_ENV value: USD(MY_EXISTING_ENV) restartPolicy: Never # ... Create the pod from the pod.yaml file: USD oc create -f pod.yaml Verification Check the container's logs for the MY_ENV_VAR_REF_ENV value: USD oc logs -p dapi-env-test-pod 7.5.7. Escaping environment variable references When creating a pod, you can escape an environment variable reference by using a double dollar sign. The value will then be set to a single dollar sign version of the provided value. Procedure Create a pod that references an existing environment variable: Create a pod.yaml file similar to the following: apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: dapi-env-test-pod spec: containers: - name: env-test-container image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "env" ] env: - name: MY_NEW_ENV value: USDUSD(SOME_OTHER_ENV) restartPolicy: Never # ... Create the pod from the pod.yaml file: USD oc create -f pod.yaml Verification Check the container's logs for the MY_NEW_ENV value: USD oc logs -p dapi-env-test-pod 7.6. Copying files to or from an OpenShift Container Platform container You can use the CLI to copy local files to or from a remote directory in a container using the rsync command. 7.6.1. Understanding how to copy files The oc rsync command, or remote sync, is a useful tool for copying database archives to and from your pods for backup and restore purposes. You can also use oc rsync to copy source code changes into a running pod for development debugging, when the running pod supports hot reload of source files. USD oc rsync <source> <destination> [-c <container>] 7.6.1.1. Requirements Specifying the Copy Source The source argument of the oc rsync command must point to either a local directory or a pod directory. Individual files are not supported. When specifying a pod directory the directory name must be prefixed with the pod name: <pod name>:<dir> If the directory name ends in a path separator ( / ), only the contents of the directory are copied to the destination. Otherwise, the directory and its contents are copied to the destination. Specifying the Copy Destination The destination argument of the oc rsync command must point to a directory. If the directory does not exist, but rsync is used for copy, the directory is created for you. Deleting Files at the Destination The --delete flag may be used to delete any files in the remote directory that are not in the local directory. Continuous Syncing on File Change Using the --watch option causes the command to monitor the source path for any file system changes, and synchronizes changes when they occur. With this argument, the command runs forever. Synchronization occurs after short quiet periods to ensure a rapidly changing file system does not result in continuous synchronization calls. When using the --watch option, the behavior is effectively the same as manually invoking oc rsync repeatedly, including any arguments normally passed to oc rsync . Therefore, you can control the behavior via the same flags used with manual invocations of oc rsync , such as --delete . 7.6.2. Copying files to and from containers Support for copying local files to or from a container is built into the CLI. Prerequisites When working with oc rsync , note the following: rsync must be installed. The oc rsync command uses the local rsync tool, if present on the client machine and the remote container. If rsync is not found locally or in the remote container, a tar archive is created locally and sent to the container where the tar utility is used to extract the files. If tar is not available in the remote container, the copy will fail. The tar copy method does not provide the same functionality as oc rsync . For example, oc rsync creates the destination directory if it does not exist and only sends files that are different between the source and the destination. Note In Windows, the cwRsync client should be installed and added to the PATH for use with the oc rsync command. Procedure To copy a local directory to a pod directory: USD oc rsync <local-dir> <pod-name>:/<remote-dir> -c <container-name> For example: USD oc rsync /home/user/source devpod1234:/src -c user-container To copy a pod directory to a local directory: USD oc rsync devpod1234:/src /home/user/source Example output USD oc rsync devpod1234:/src/status.txt /home/user/ 7.6.3. Using advanced Rsync features The oc rsync command exposes fewer command line options than standard rsync . In the case that you want to use a standard rsync command line option that is not available in oc rsync , for example the --exclude-from=FILE option, it might be possible to use standard rsync 's --rsh ( -e ) option or RSYNC_RSH environment variable as a workaround, as follows: USD rsync --rsh='oc rsh' --exclude-from=<file_name> <local-dir> <pod-name>:/<remote-dir> or: Export the RSYNC_RSH variable: USD export RSYNC_RSH='oc rsh' Then, run the rsync command: USD rsync --exclude-from=<file_name> <local-dir> <pod-name>:/<remote-dir> Both of the above examples configure standard rsync to use oc rsh as its remote shell program to enable it to connect to the remote pod, and are an alternative to running oc rsync . 7.7. Executing remote commands in an OpenShift Container Platform container You can use the CLI to execute remote commands in an OpenShift Container Platform container. 7.7.1. Executing remote commands in containers Support for remote container command execution is built into the CLI. Procedure To run a command in a container: USD oc exec <pod> [-c <container>] -- <command> [<arg_1> ... <arg_n>] For example: USD oc exec mypod date Example output Thu Apr 9 02:21:53 UTC 2015 Important For security purposes , the oc exec command does not work when accessing privileged containers except when the command is executed by a cluster-admin user. 7.7.2. Protocol for initiating a remote command from a client Clients initiate the execution of a remote command in a container by issuing a request to the Kubernetes API server: /proxy/nodes/<node_name>/exec/<namespace>/<pod>/<container>?command=<command> In the above URL: <node_name> is the FQDN of the node. <namespace> is the project of the target pod. <pod> is the name of the target pod. <container> is the name of the target container. <command> is the desired command to be executed. For example: /proxy/nodes/node123.openshift.com/exec/myns/mypod/mycontainer?command=date Additionally, the client can add parameters to the request to indicate if: the client should send input to the remote container's command (stdin). the client's terminal is a TTY. the remote container's command should send output from stdout to the client. the remote container's command should send output from stderr to the client. After sending an exec request to the API server, the client upgrades the connection to one that supports multiplexed streams; the current implementation uses HTTP/2 . The client creates one stream each for stdin, stdout, and stderr. To distinguish among the streams, the client sets the streamType header on the stream to one of stdin , stdout , or stderr . The client closes all streams, the upgraded connection, and the underlying connection when it is finished with the remote command execution request. 7.8. Using port forwarding to access applications in a container OpenShift Container Platform supports port forwarding to pods. 7.8.1. Understanding port forwarding You can use the CLI to forward one or more local ports to a pod. This allows you to listen on a given or random port locally, and have data forwarded to and from given ports in the pod. Support for port forwarding is built into the CLI: USD oc port-forward <pod> [<local_port>:]<remote_port> [...[<local_port_n>:]<remote_port_n>] The CLI listens on each local port specified by the user, forwarding using the protocol described below. Ports may be specified using the following formats: 5000 The client listens on port 5000 locally and forwards to 5000 in the pod. 6000:5000 The client listens on port 6000 locally and forwards to 5000 in the pod. :5000 or 0:5000 The client selects a free local port and forwards to 5000 in the pod. OpenShift Container Platform handles port-forward requests from clients. Upon receiving a request, OpenShift Container Platform upgrades the response and waits for the client to create port-forwarding streams. When OpenShift Container Platform receives a new stream, it copies data between the stream and the pod's port. Architecturally, there are options for forwarding to a pod's port. The supported OpenShift Container Platform implementation invokes nsenter directly on the node host to enter the pod's network namespace, then invokes socat to copy data between the stream and the pod's port. However, a custom implementation could include running a helper pod that then runs nsenter and socat , so that those binaries are not required to be installed on the host. 7.8.2. Using port forwarding You can use the CLI to port-forward one or more local ports to a pod. Procedure Use the following command to listen on the specified port in a pod: USD oc port-forward <pod> [<local_port>:]<remote_port> [...[<local_port_n>:]<remote_port_n>] For example: Use the following command to listen on ports 5000 and 6000 locally and forward data to and from ports 5000 and 6000 in the pod: USD oc port-forward <pod> 5000 6000 Example output Forwarding from 127.0.0.1:5000 -> 5000 Forwarding from [::1]:5000 -> 5000 Forwarding from 127.0.0.1:6000 -> 6000 Forwarding from [::1]:6000 -> 6000 Use the following command to listen on port 8888 locally and forward to 5000 in the pod: USD oc port-forward <pod> 8888:5000 Example output Forwarding from 127.0.0.1:8888 -> 5000 Forwarding from [::1]:8888 -> 5000 Use the following command to listen on a free port locally and forward to 5000 in the pod: USD oc port-forward <pod> :5000 Example output Forwarding from 127.0.0.1:42390 -> 5000 Forwarding from [::1]:42390 -> 5000 Or: USD oc port-forward <pod> 0:5000 7.8.3. Protocol for initiating port forwarding from a client Clients initiate port forwarding to a pod by issuing a request to the Kubernetes API server: In the above URL: <node_name> is the FQDN of the node. <namespace> is the namespace of the target pod. <pod> is the name of the target pod. For example: After sending a port forward request to the API server, the client upgrades the connection to one that supports multiplexed streams; the current implementation uses Hyptertext Transfer Protocol Version 2 (HTTP/2) . The client creates a stream with the port header containing the target port in the pod. All data written to the stream is delivered via the kubelet to the target pod and port. Similarly, all data sent from the pod for that forwarded connection is delivered back to the same stream in the client. The client closes all streams, the upgraded connection, and the underlying connection when it is finished with the port forwarding request. 7.9. Using sysctls in containers Sysctl settings are exposed through Kubernetes, allowing users to modify certain kernel parameters at runtime. Only sysctls that are namespaced can be set independently on pods. If a sysctl is not namespaced, called node-level , you must use another method of setting the sysctl, such as by using the Node Tuning Operator. Network sysctls are a special category of sysctl. Network sysctls include: System-wide sysctls, for example net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range , that are valid for all networking. You can set these independently for each pod on a node. Interface-specific sysctls, for example net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.accept_local , that only apply to a specific additional network interface for a given pod. You can set these independently for each additional network configuration. You set these by using a configuration in the tuning-cni after the network interfaces are created. Moreover, only those sysctls considered safe are whitelisted by default; you can manually enable other unsafe sysctls on the node to be available to the user. Additional resources If you are setting the sysctl and it is not node-level, you can find information on this procedure in the section Using the Node Tuning Operator . 7.9.1. About sysctls In Linux, the sysctl interface allows an administrator to modify kernel parameters at runtime. Parameters are available from the /proc/sys/ virtual process file system. The parameters cover various subsystems, such as: kernel (common prefix: kernel. ) networking (common prefix: net. ) virtual memory (common prefix: vm. ) MDADM (common prefix: dev. ) More subsystems are described in Kernel documentation . To get a list of all parameters, run: USD sudo sysctl -a 7.9.2. Namespaced and node-level sysctls A number of sysctls are namespaced in the Linux kernels. This means that you can set them independently for each pod on a node. Being namespaced is a requirement for sysctls to be accessible in a pod context within Kubernetes. The following sysctls are known to be namespaced: kernel.shm* kernel.msg* kernel.sem fs.mqueue.* Additionally, most of the sysctls in the net.* group are known to be namespaced. Their namespace adoption differs based on the kernel version and distributor. Sysctls that are not namespaced are called node-level and must be set manually by the cluster administrator, either by means of the underlying Linux distribution of the nodes, such as by modifying the /etc/sysctls.conf file, or by using a daemon set with privileged containers. You can use the Node Tuning Operator to set node-level sysctls. Note Consider marking nodes with special sysctls as tainted. Only schedule pods onto them that need those sysctl settings. Use the taints and toleration feature to mark the nodes. 7.9.3. Safe and unsafe sysctls Sysctls are grouped into safe and unsafe sysctls. For system-wide sysctls to be considered safe, they must be namespaced. A namespaced sysctl ensures there is isolation between namespaces and therefore pods. If you set a sysctl for one pod it must not add any of the following: Influence any other pod on the node Harm the node health Gain CPU or memory resources outside of the resource limits of a pod Note Being namespaced alone is not sufficient for the sysctl to be considered safe. Any sysctl that is not added to the allowed list on OpenShift Container Platform is considered unsafe for OpenShift Container Platform. Unsafe sysctls are not allowed by default. For system-wide sysctls the cluster administrator must manually enable them on a per-node basis. Pods with disabled unsafe sysctls are scheduled but do not launch. Note You cannot manually enable interface-specific unsafe sysctls. OpenShift Container Platform adds the following system-wide and interface-specific safe sysctls to an allowed safe list: Table 7.4. System-wide safe sysctls sysctl Description kernel.shm_rmid_forced When set to 1 , all shared memory objects in current IPC namespace are automatically forced to use IPC_RMID. For more information, see shm_rmid_forced . net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range Defines the local port range that is used by TCP and UDP to choose the local port. The first number is the first port number, and the second number is the last local port number. If possible, it is better if these numbers have different parity (one even and one odd value). They must be greater than or equal to ip_unprivileged_port_start . The default values are 32768 and 60999 respectively. For more information, see ip_local_port_range . net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies When net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies is set, the kernel handles TCP SYN packets normally until the half-open connection queue is full, at which time, the SYN cookie functionality kicks in. This functionality allows the system to keep accepting valid connections, even if under a denial-of-service attack. For more information, see tcp_syncookies . net.ipv4.ping_group_range This restricts ICMP_PROTO datagram sockets to users in the group range. The default is 1 0 , meaning that nobody, not even root, can create ping sockets. For more information, see ping_group_range . net.ipv4.ip_unprivileged_port_start This defines the first unprivileged port in the network namespace. To disable all privileged ports, set this to 0 . Privileged ports must not overlap with the ip_local_port_range . For more information, see ip_unprivileged_port_start . net.ipv4.ip_local_reserved_ports Specify a range of comma-separated local ports that you want to reserve for applications or services. Table 7.5. Interface-specific safe sysctls sysctl Description net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.accept_redirects Accept IPv4 ICMP redirect messages. net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.accept_source_route Accept IPv4 packets with strict source route (SRR) option. net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.arp_accept Define behavior for gratuitous ARP frames with an IPv4 address that is not already present in the ARP table: 0 - Do not create new entries in the ARP table. 1 - Create new entries in the ARP table. net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.arp_notify Define mode for notification of IPv4 address and device changes. net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.disable_policy Disable IPSEC policy (SPD) for this IPv4 interface. net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.secure_redirects Accept ICMP redirect messages only to gateways listed in the interface's current gateway list. net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.send_redirects Send redirects is enabled only if the node acts as a router. That is, a host should not send an ICMP redirect message. It is used by routers to notify the host about a better routing path that is available for a particular destination. net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.accept_ra Accept IPv6 Router advertisements; autoconfigure using them. It also determines whether or not to transmit router solicitations. Router solicitations are transmitted only if the functional setting is to accept router advertisements. net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.accept_redirects Accept IPv6 ICMP redirect messages. net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.accept_source_route Accept IPv6 packets with SRR option. net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.arp_accept Define behavior for gratuitous ARP frames with an IPv6 address that is not already present in the ARP table: 0 - Do not create new entries in the ARP table. 1 - Create new entries in the ARP table. net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.arp_notify Define mode for notification of IPv6 address and device changes. net.ipv6.neigh.IFNAME.base_reachable_time_ms This parameter controls the hardware address to IP mapping lifetime in the neighbour table for IPv6. net.ipv6.neigh.IFNAME.retrans_time_ms Set the retransmit timer for neighbor discovery messages. Note When setting these values using the tuning CNI plugin, use the value IFNAME literally. The interface name is represented by the IFNAME token, and is replaced with the actual name of the interface at runtime. 7.9.4. Updating the interface-specific safe sysctls list OpenShift Container Platform includes a predefined list of safe interface-specific sysctls . You can modify this list by updating the cni-sysctl-allowlist in the openshift-multus namespace. Important The support for updating the interface-specific safe sysctls list is a Technology Preview feature only. Technology Preview features are not supported with Red Hat production service level agreements (SLAs) and might not be functionally complete. Red Hat does not recommend using them in production. These features provide early access to upcoming product features, enabling customers to test functionality and provide feedback during the development process. For more information about the support scope of Red Hat Technology Preview features, see Technology Preview Features Support Scope . Follow this procedure to modify the predefined list of safe sysctls . This procedure describes how to extend the default allow list. Procedure View the existing predefined list by running the following command: USD oc get cm -n openshift-multus cni-sysctl-allowlist -oyaml Expected output apiVersion: v1 data: allowlist.conf: |- ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.accept_redirectsUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.accept_source_routeUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.arp_acceptUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.arp_notifyUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.disable_policyUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.secure_redirectsUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.send_redirectsUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.accept_raUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.accept_redirectsUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.accept_source_routeUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.arp_acceptUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.arp_notifyUSD ^net.ipv6.neigh.IFNAME.base_reachable_time_msUSD ^net.ipv6.neigh.IFNAME.retrans_time_msUSD kind: ConfigMap metadata: annotations: kubernetes.io/description: | Sysctl allowlist for nodes. release.openshift.io/version: 4.14.0-0.nightly-2022-11-16-003434 creationTimestamp: "2022-11-17T14:09:27Z" name: cni-sysctl-allowlist namespace: openshift-multus resourceVersion: "2422" uid: 96d138a3-160e-4943-90ff-6108fa7c50c3 Edit the list by using the following command: USD oc edit cm -n openshift-multus cni-sysctl-allowlist -oyaml For example, to allow you to be able to implement stricter reverse path forwarding you need to add ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.rp_filterUSD and ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.rp_filterUSD to the list as shown here: # Please edit the object below. Lines beginning with a '#' will be ignored, # and an empty file will abort the edit. If an error occurs while saving this file will be # reopened with the relevant failures. # apiVersion: v1 data: allowlist.conf: |- ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.accept_redirectsUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.accept_source_routeUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.arp_acceptUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.arp_notifyUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.disable_policyUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.secure_redirectsUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.send_redirectsUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.rp_filterUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.accept_raUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.accept_redirectsUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.accept_source_routeUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.arp_acceptUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.arp_notifyUSD ^net.ipv6.neigh.IFNAME.base_reachable_time_msUSD ^net.ipv6.neigh.IFNAME.retrans_time_msUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.rp_filterUSD Save the changes to the file and exit. Note The removal of sysctls is also supported. Edit the file, remove the sysctl or sysctls then save the changes and exit. Verification Follow this procedure to enforce stricter reverse path forwarding for IPv4. For more information on reverse path forwarding see Reverse Path Forwarding . Create a network attachment definition, such as reverse-path-fwd-example.yaml , with the following content: apiVersion: "k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1" kind: NetworkAttachmentDefinition metadata: name: tuningnad namespace: default spec: config: '{ "cniVersion": "0.4.0", "name": "tuningnad", "plugins": [{ "type": "bridge" }, { "type": "tuning", "sysctl": { "net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.rp_filter": "1" } } ] }' Apply the yaml by running the following command: USD oc apply -f reverse-path-fwd-example.yaml Example output networkattachmentdefinition.k8.cni.cncf.io/tuningnad created Create a pod such as examplepod.yaml using the following YAML: apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: example labels: app: httpd namespace: default annotations: k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/networks: tuningnad 1 spec: securityContext: runAsNonRoot: true seccompProfile: type: RuntimeDefault containers: - name: httpd image: 'image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/openshift/httpd:latest' ports: - containerPort: 8080 securityContext: allowPrivilegeEscalation: false capabilities: drop: - ALL 1 Specify the name of the configured NetworkAttachmentDefinition . Apply the yaml by running the following command: USD oc apply -f examplepod.yaml Verify that the pod is created by running the following command: USD oc get pod Example output NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE example 1/1 Running 0 47s Log in to the pod by running the following command: USD oc rsh example Verify the value of the configured sysctl flag. For example, find the value net.ipv4.conf.net1.rp_filter by running the following command: sh-4.4# sysctl net.ipv4.conf.net1.rp_filter Expected output net.ipv4.conf.net1.rp_filter = 1 Additional resources Linux networking documentation 7.9.5. Starting a pod with safe sysctls You can set sysctls on pods using the pod's securityContext . The securityContext applies to all containers in the same pod. Safe sysctls are allowed by default. This example uses the pod securityContext to set the following safe sysctls: kernel.shm_rmid_forced net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies net.ipv4.ping_group_range Warning To avoid destabilizing your operating system, modify sysctl parameters only after you understand their effects. Use this procedure to start a pod with the configured sysctl settings. Note In most cases you modify an existing pod definition and add the securityContext spec. Procedure Create a YAML file sysctl_pod.yaml that defines an example pod and add the securityContext spec, as shown in the following example: apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: sysctl-example namespace: default spec: containers: - name: podexample image: centos command: ["bin/bash", "-c", "sleep INF"] securityContext: runAsUser: 2000 1 runAsGroup: 3000 2 allowPrivilegeEscalation: false 3 capabilities: 4 drop: ["ALL"] securityContext: runAsNonRoot: true 5 seccompProfile: 6 type: RuntimeDefault sysctls: - name: kernel.shm_rmid_forced value: "1" - name: net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range value: "32770 60666" - name: net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies value: "0" - name: net.ipv4.ping_group_range value: "0 200000000" 1 runAsUser controls which user ID the container is run with. 2 runAsGroup controls which primary group ID the containers is run with. 3 allowPrivilegeEscalation determines if a pod can request to allow privilege escalation. If unspecified, it defaults to true. This boolean directly controls whether the no_new_privs flag gets set on the container process. 4 capabilities permit privileged actions without giving full root access. This policy ensures all capabilities are dropped from the pod. 5 runAsNonRoot: true requires that the container will run with a user with any UID other than 0. 6 RuntimeDefault enables the default seccomp profile for a pod or container workload. Create the pod by running the following command: USD oc apply -f sysctl_pod.yaml Verify that the pod is created by running the following command: USD oc get pod Example output NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE sysctl-example 1/1 Running 0 14s Log in to the pod by running the following command: USD oc rsh sysctl-example Verify the values of the configured sysctl flags. For example, find the value kernel.shm_rmid_forced by running the following command: sh-4.4# sysctl kernel.shm_rmid_forced Expected output kernel.shm_rmid_forced = 1 7.9.6. Starting a pod with unsafe sysctls A pod with unsafe sysctls fails to launch on any node unless the cluster administrator explicitly enables unsafe sysctls for that node. As with node-level sysctls, use the taints and toleration feature or labels on nodes to schedule those pods onto the right nodes. The following example uses the pod securityContext to set a safe sysctl kernel.shm_rmid_forced and two unsafe sysctls, net.core.somaxconn and kernel.msgmax . There is no distinction between safe and unsafe sysctls in the specification. Warning To avoid destabilizing your operating system, modify sysctl parameters only after you understand their effects. The following example illustrates what happens when you add safe and unsafe sysctls to a pod specification: Procedure Create a YAML file sysctl-example-unsafe.yaml that defines an example pod and add the securityContext specification, as shown in the following example: apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: sysctl-example-unsafe spec: containers: - name: podexample image: centos command: ["bin/bash", "-c", "sleep INF"] securityContext: runAsUser: 2000 runAsGroup: 3000 allowPrivilegeEscalation: false capabilities: drop: ["ALL"] securityContext: runAsNonRoot: true seccompProfile: type: RuntimeDefault sysctls: - name: kernel.shm_rmid_forced value: "0" - name: net.core.somaxconn value: "1024" - name: kernel.msgmax value: "65536" Create the pod using the following command: USD oc apply -f sysctl-example-unsafe.yaml Verify that the pod is scheduled but does not deploy because unsafe sysctls are not allowed for the node using the following command: USD oc get pod Example output NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE sysctl-example-unsafe 0/1 SysctlForbidden 0 14s 7.9.7. Enabling unsafe sysctls A cluster administrator can allow certain unsafe sysctls for very special situations such as high performance or real-time application tuning. If you want to use unsafe sysctls, a cluster administrator must enable them individually for a specific type of node. The sysctls must be namespaced. You can further control which sysctls are set in pods by specifying lists of sysctls or sysctl patterns in the allowedUnsafeSysctls field of the Security Context Constraints. The allowedUnsafeSysctls option controls specific needs such as high performance or real-time application tuning. Warning Due to their nature of being unsafe, the use of unsafe sysctls is at-your-own-risk and can lead to severe problems, such as improper behavior of containers, resource shortage, or breaking a node. Procedure List existing MachineConfig objects for your OpenShift Container Platform cluster to decide how to label your machine config by running the following command: USD oc get machineconfigpool Example output NAME CONFIG UPDATED UPDATING DEGRADED MACHINECOUNT READYMACHINECOUNT UPDATEDMACHINECOUNT DEGRADEDMACHINECOUNT AGE master rendered-master-bfb92f0cd1684e54d8e234ab7423cc96 True False False 3 3 3 0 42m worker rendered-worker-21b6cb9a0f8919c88caf39db80ac1fce True False False 3 3 3 0 42m Add a label to the machine config pool where the containers with the unsafe sysctls will run by running the following command: USD oc label machineconfigpool worker custom-kubelet=sysctl Create a YAML file set-sysctl-worker.yaml that defines a KubeletConfig custom resource (CR): apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1 kind: KubeletConfig metadata: name: custom-kubelet spec: machineConfigPoolSelector: matchLabels: custom-kubelet: sysctl 1 kubeletConfig: allowedUnsafeSysctls: 2 - "kernel.msg*" - "net.core.somaxconn" 1 Specify the label from the machine config pool. 2 List the unsafe sysctls you want to allow. Create the object by running the following command: USD oc apply -f set-sysctl-worker.yaml Wait for the Machine Config Operator to generate the new rendered configuration and apply it to the machines by running the following command: USD oc get machineconfigpool worker -w After some minutes the UPDATING status changes from True to False: NAME CONFIG UPDATED UPDATING DEGRADED MACHINECOUNT READYMACHINECOUNT UPDATEDMACHINECOUNT DEGRADEDMACHINECOUNT AGE worker rendered-worker-f1704a00fc6f30d3a7de9a15fd68a800 False True False 3 2 2 0 71m worker rendered-worker-f1704a00fc6f30d3a7de9a15fd68a800 False True False 3 2 3 0 72m worker rendered-worker-0188658afe1f3a183ec8c4f14186f4d5 True False False 3 3 3 0 72m Create a YAML file sysctl-example-safe-unsafe.yaml that defines an example pod and add the securityContext spec, as shown in the following example: apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: sysctl-example-safe-unsafe spec: containers: - name: podexample image: centos command: ["bin/bash", "-c", "sleep INF"] securityContext: runAsUser: 2000 runAsGroup: 3000 allowPrivilegeEscalation: false capabilities: drop: ["ALL"] securityContext: runAsNonRoot: true seccompProfile: type: RuntimeDefault sysctls: - name: kernel.shm_rmid_forced value: "0" - name: net.core.somaxconn value: "1024" - name: kernel.msgmax value: "65536" Create the pod by running the following command: USD oc apply -f sysctl-example-safe-unsafe.yaml Expected output Warning: would violate PodSecurity "restricted:latest": forbidden sysctls (net.core.somaxconn, kernel.msgmax) pod/sysctl-example-safe-unsafe created Verify that the pod is created by running the following command: USD oc get pod Example output NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE sysctl-example-safe-unsafe 1/1 Running 0 19s Log in to the pod by running the following command: USD oc rsh sysctl-example-safe-unsafe Verify the values of the configured sysctl flags. For example, find the value net.core.somaxconn by running the following command: sh-4.4# sysctl net.core.somaxconn Expected output net.core.somaxconn = 1024 The unsafe sysctl is now allowed and the value is set as defined in the securityContext spec of the updated pod specification. 7.9.8. Additional resources Configuring system controls by using the tuning CNI Using the Node Tuning Operator

Commands:
USD(nproc) X 1/2 MiB
for i in {1..100}; do sleep 1; if dig myservice; then exit 0; fi; done; exit 1
curl -X POST http://USDMANAGEMENT_SERVICE_HOST:USDMANAGEMENT_SERVICE_PORT/register -d 'instance=USD()&ip=USD()'
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: myapp-pod labels: app: myapp spec: containers: - name: myapp-container image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi:latest command: ['sh', '-c', 'echo The app is running! && sleep 3600'] initContainers: - name: init-myservice image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi:latest command: ['sh', '-c', 'until getent hosts myservice; do echo waiting for myservice; sleep 2; done;'] - name: init-mydb image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi:latest command: ['sh', '-c', 'until getent hosts mydb; do echo waiting for mydb; sleep 2; done;']
oc create -f myapp.yaml
oc get pods
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE myapp-pod 0/1 Init:0/2 0 5s
kind: Service apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: myservice spec: ports: - protocol: TCP port: 80 targetPort: 9376
oc create -f myservice.yaml
oc get pods
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE myapp-pod 0/1 Init:1/2 0 5s
kind: Service apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: mydb spec: ports: - protocol: TCP port: 80 targetPort: 9377
oc create -f mydb.yaml
oc get pods
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE myapp-pod 1/1 Running 0 2m
oc set volume <object_selection> <operation> <mandatory_parameters> <options>
oc set volume <object_type>/<name> [options]
oc set volume pod/p1
oc set volume dc --all --name=v1
oc set volume <object_type>/<name> --add [options]
oc set volume dc/registry --add
kind: DeploymentConfig apiVersion: apps.openshift.io/v1 metadata: name: registry namespace: registry spec: replicas: 3 selector: app: httpd template: metadata: labels: app: httpd spec: volumes: 1 - name: volume-pppsw emptyDir: {} containers: - name: httpd image: >- image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/openshift/httpd:latest ports: - containerPort: 8080 protocol: TCP
oc set volume rc/r1 --add --name=v1 --type=secret --secret-name='secret1' --mount-path=/data
kind: ReplicationController apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: example-1 namespace: example spec: replicas: 0 selector: app: httpd deployment: example-1 deploymentconfig: example template: metadata: creationTimestamp: null labels: app: httpd deployment: example-1 deploymentconfig: example spec: volumes: 1 - name: v1 secret: secretName: secret1 defaultMode: 420 containers: - name: httpd image: >- image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/openshift/httpd:latest volumeMounts: 2 - name: v1 mountPath: /data
oc set volume -f dc.json --add --name=v1 --type=persistentVolumeClaim --claim-name=pvc1 --mount-path=/data --containers=c1
kind: DeploymentConfig apiVersion: apps.openshift.io/v1 metadata: name: example namespace: example spec: replicas: 3 selector: app: httpd template: metadata: labels: app: httpd spec: volumes: - name: volume-pppsw emptyDir: {} - name: v1 1 persistentVolumeClaim: claimName: pvc1 containers: - name: httpd image: >- image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/openshift/httpd:latest ports: - containerPort: 8080 protocol: TCP volumeMounts: 2 - name: v1 mountPath: /data
oc set volume rc --all --add --name=v1 --source='{"gitRepo": { "repository": "https://github.com/namespace1/project1", "revision": "5125c45f9f563" }}'
oc set volume <object_type>/<name> --add --overwrite [options]
oc set volume rc/r1 --add --overwrite --name=v1 --type=persistentVolumeClaim --claim-name=pvc1
kind: ReplicationController apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: example-1 namespace: example spec: replicas: 0 selector: app: httpd deployment: example-1 deploymentconfig: example template: metadata: labels: app: httpd deployment: example-1 deploymentconfig: example spec: volumes: - name: v1 1 persistentVolumeClaim: claimName: pvc1 containers: - name: httpd image: >- image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/openshift/httpd:latest ports: - containerPort: 8080 protocol: TCP volumeMounts: - name: v1 mountPath: /data
oc set volume dc/d1 --add --overwrite --name=v1 --mount-path=/opt
kind: DeploymentConfig apiVersion: apps.openshift.io/v1 metadata: name: example namespace: example spec: replicas: 3 selector: app: httpd template: metadata: labels: app: httpd spec: volumes: - name: volume-pppsw emptyDir: {} - name: v2 persistentVolumeClaim: claimName: pvc1 - name: v1 persistentVolumeClaim: claimName: pvc1 containers: - name: httpd image: >- image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/openshift/httpd:latest ports: - containerPort: 8080 protocol: TCP volumeMounts: 1 - name: v1 mountPath: /opt
oc set volume <object_type>/<name> --remove [options]
oc set volume dc/d1 --remove --name=v1
oc set volume dc/d1 --remove --name=v1 --containers=c1
oc set volume rc/r1 --remove --confirm
oc rsh <pod>
sh-4.2USD ls /path/to/volume/subpath/mount example_file1 example_file2 example_file3
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: my-site spec: containers: - name: mysql image: mysql volumeMounts: - mountPath: /var/lib/mysql name: site-data subPath: mysql 1 - name: php image: php volumeMounts: - mountPath: /var/www/html name: site-data subPath: html 2 volumes: - name: site-data persistentVolumeClaim: claimName: my-site-data
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: volume-test spec: containers: - name: container-test image: busybox volumeMounts: 1 - name: all-in-one mountPath: "/projected-volume" 2 readOnly: true 3 volumes: 4 - name: all-in-one 5 projected: defaultMode: 0400 6 sources: - secret: name: mysecret 7 items: - key: username path: my-group/my-username 8 - downwardAPI: 9 items: - path: "labels" fieldRef: fieldPath: metadata.labels - path: "cpu_limit" resourceFieldRef: containerName: container-test resource: limits.cpu - configMap: 10 name: myconfigmap items: - key: config path: my-group/my-config mode: 0777 11
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: volume-test spec: containers: - name: container-test image: busybox volumeMounts: - name: all-in-one mountPath: "/projected-volume" readOnly: true volumes: - name: all-in-one projected: defaultMode: 0755 sources: - secret: name: mysecret items: - key: username path: my-group/my-username - secret: name: mysecret2 items: - key: password path: my-group/my-password mode: 511
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: volume-test spec: containers: - name: container-test image: busybox volumeMounts: - name: all-in-one mountPath: "/projected-volume" readOnly: true volumes: - name: all-in-one projected: sources: - secret: name: mysecret items: - key: username path: my-group/data - configMap: name: myconfigmap items: - key: config path: my-group/data
echo -n "admin" | base64
YWRtaW4=
echo -n "1f2d1e2e67df" | base64
MWYyZDFlMmU2N2Rm
apiVersion: v1 kind: Secret metadata: name: mysecret type: Opaque data: pass: MWYyZDFlMmU2N2Rm user: YWRtaW4=
oc create -f <secrets-filename>
oc create -f secret.yaml
secret "mysecret" created
oc get secret <secret-name>
oc get secret mysecret
NAME TYPE DATA AGE mysecret Opaque 2 17h
oc get secret <secret-name> -o yaml
oc get secret mysecret -o yaml
apiVersion: v1 data: pass: MWYyZDFlMmU2N2Rm user: YWRtaW4= kind: Secret metadata: creationTimestamp: 2017-05-30T20:21:38Z name: mysecret namespace: default resourceVersion: "2107" selfLink: /api/v1/namespaces/default/secrets/mysecret uid: 959e0424-4575-11e7-9f97-fa163e4bd54c type: Opaque
kind: Pod metadata: name: test-projected-volume spec: containers: - name: test-projected-volume image: busybox args: - sleep - "86400" volumeMounts: - name: all-in-one mountPath: "/projected-volume" readOnly: true securityContext: allowPrivilegeEscalation: false capabilities: drop: - ALL volumes: - name: all-in-one projected: sources: - secret: name: mysecret 1
oc create -f <your_yaml_file>.yaml
oc create -f secret-pod.yaml
pod "test-projected-volume" created
oc get pod <name>
oc get pod test-projected-volume
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE test-projected-volume 1/1 Running 0 14s
oc exec -it <pod> <command>
oc exec -it test-projected-volume -- /bin/sh
/ # ls
bin home root tmp dev proc run usr etc projected-volume sys var
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: dapi-env-test-pod spec: containers: - name: env-test-container image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "env" ] env: - name: MY_POD_NAME valueFrom: fieldRef: fieldPath: metadata.name - name: MY_POD_NAMESPACE valueFrom: fieldRef: fieldPath: metadata.namespace restartPolicy: Never
oc create -f pod.yaml
oc logs -p dapi-env-test-pod
kind: Pod apiVersion: v1 metadata: labels: zone: us-east-coast cluster: downward-api-test-cluster1 rack: rack-123 name: dapi-volume-test-pod annotations: annotation1: "345" annotation2: "456" spec: containers: - name: volume-test-container image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox command: ["sh", "-c", "cat /tmp/etc/pod_labels /tmp/etc/pod_annotations"] volumeMounts: - name: podinfo mountPath: /tmp/etc readOnly: false volumes: - name: podinfo downwardAPI: defaultMode: 420 items: - fieldRef: fieldPath: metadata.name path: pod_name - fieldRef: fieldPath: metadata.namespace path: pod_namespace - fieldRef: fieldPath: metadata.labels path: pod_labels - fieldRef: fieldPath: metadata.annotations path: pod_annotations restartPolicy: Never
oc create -f volume-pod.yaml
oc logs -p dapi-volume-test-pod
cluster=downward-api-test-cluster1 rack=rack-123 zone=us-east-coast annotation1=345 annotation2=456 kubernetes.io/config.source=api
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: dapi-env-test-pod spec: containers: - name: test-container image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox:1.24 command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "env" ] resources: requests: memory: "32Mi" cpu: "125m" limits: memory: "64Mi" cpu: "250m" env: - name: MY_CPU_REQUEST valueFrom: resourceFieldRef: resource: requests.cpu - name: MY_CPU_LIMIT valueFrom: resourceFieldRef: resource: limits.cpu - name: MY_MEM_REQUEST valueFrom: resourceFieldRef: resource: requests.memory - name: MY_MEM_LIMIT valueFrom: resourceFieldRef: resource: limits.memory
oc create -f pod.yaml
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: dapi-env-test-pod spec: containers: - name: client-container image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox:1.24 command: ["sh", "-c", "while true; do echo; if [[ -e /etc/cpu_limit ]]; then cat /etc/cpu_limit; fi; if [[ -e /etc/cpu_request ]]; then cat /etc/cpu_request; fi; if [[ -e /etc/mem_limit ]]; then cat /etc/mem_limit; fi; if [[ -e /etc/mem_request ]]; then cat /etc/mem_request; fi; sleep 5; done"] resources: requests: memory: "32Mi" cpu: "125m" limits: memory: "64Mi" cpu: "250m" volumeMounts: - name: podinfo mountPath: /etc readOnly: false volumes: - name: podinfo downwardAPI: items: - path: "cpu_limit" resourceFieldRef: containerName: client-container resource: limits.cpu - path: "cpu_request" resourceFieldRef: containerName: client-container resource: requests.cpu - path: "mem_limit" resourceFieldRef: containerName: client-container resource: limits.memory - path: "mem_request" resourceFieldRef: containerName: client-container resource: requests.memory
oc create -f volume-pod.yaml
apiVersion: v1 kind: Secret metadata: name: mysecret data: password: <password> username: <username> type: kubernetes.io/basic-auth
oc create -f secret.yaml
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: dapi-env-test-pod spec: containers: - name: env-test-container image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "env" ] env: - name: MY_SECRET_USERNAME valueFrom: secretKeyRef: name: mysecret key: username restartPolicy: Never
oc create -f pod.yaml
oc logs -p dapi-env-test-pod
apiVersion: v1 kind: ConfigMap metadata: name: myconfigmap data: mykey: myvalue
oc create -f configmap.yaml
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: dapi-env-test-pod spec: containers: - name: env-test-container image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "env" ] env: - name: MY_CONFIGMAP_VALUE valueFrom: configMapKeyRef: name: myconfigmap key: mykey restartPolicy: Always
oc create -f pod.yaml
oc logs -p dapi-env-test-pod
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: dapi-env-test-pod spec: containers: - name: env-test-container image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "env" ] env: - name: MY_EXISTING_ENV value: my_value - name: MY_ENV_VAR_REF_ENV value: USD(MY_EXISTING_ENV) restartPolicy: Never
oc create -f pod.yaml
oc logs -p dapi-env-test-pod
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: dapi-env-test-pod spec: containers: - name: env-test-container image: gcr.io/google_containers/busybox command: [ "/bin/sh", "-c", "env" ] env: - name: MY_NEW_ENV value: USDUSD(SOME_OTHER_ENV) restartPolicy: Never
oc create -f pod.yaml
oc logs -p dapi-env-test-pod
oc rsync <source> <destination> [-c <container>]
<pod name>:<dir>
oc rsync <local-dir> <pod-name>:/<remote-dir> -c <container-name>
oc rsync /home/user/source devpod1234:/src -c user-container
oc rsync devpod1234:/src /home/user/source
oc rsync devpod1234:/src/status.txt /home/user/
rsync --rsh='oc rsh' --exclude-from=<file_name> <local-dir> <pod-name>:/<remote-dir>
export RSYNC_RSH='oc rsh'
rsync --exclude-from=<file_name> <local-dir> <pod-name>:/<remote-dir>
oc exec <pod> [-c <container>] -- <command> [<arg_1> ... <arg_n>]
oc exec mypod date
Thu Apr 9 02:21:53 UTC 2015
/proxy/nodes/<node_name>/exec/<namespace>/<pod>/<container>?command=<command>
/proxy/nodes/node123.openshift.com/exec/myns/mypod/mycontainer?command=date
oc port-forward <pod> [<local_port>:]<remote_port> [...[<local_port_n>:]<remote_port_n>]
oc port-forward <pod> [<local_port>:]<remote_port> [...[<local_port_n>:]<remote_port_n>]
oc port-forward <pod> 5000 6000
Forwarding from 127.0.0.1:5000 -> 5000 Forwarding from [::1]:5000 -> 5000 Forwarding from 127.0.0.1:6000 -> 6000 Forwarding from [::1]:6000 -> 6000
oc port-forward <pod> 8888:5000
Forwarding from 127.0.0.1:8888 -> 5000 Forwarding from [::1]:8888 -> 5000
oc port-forward <pod> :5000
Forwarding from 127.0.0.1:42390 -> 5000 Forwarding from [::1]:42390 -> 5000
oc port-forward <pod> 0:5000
/proxy/nodes/<node_name>/portForward/<namespace>/<pod>
/proxy/nodes/node123.openshift.com/portForward/myns/mypod
sudo sysctl -a
oc get cm -n openshift-multus cni-sysctl-allowlist -oyaml
apiVersion: v1 data: allowlist.conf: |- ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.accept_redirectsUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.accept_source_routeUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.arp_acceptUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.arp_notifyUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.disable_policyUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.secure_redirectsUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.send_redirectsUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.accept_raUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.accept_redirectsUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.accept_source_routeUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.arp_acceptUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.arp_notifyUSD ^net.ipv6.neigh.IFNAME.base_reachable_time_msUSD ^net.ipv6.neigh.IFNAME.retrans_time_msUSD kind: ConfigMap metadata: annotations: kubernetes.io/description: | Sysctl allowlist for nodes. release.openshift.io/version: 4.14.0-0.nightly-2022-11-16-003434 creationTimestamp: "2022-11-17T14:09:27Z" name: cni-sysctl-allowlist namespace: openshift-multus resourceVersion: "2422" uid: 96d138a3-160e-4943-90ff-6108fa7c50c3
oc edit cm -n openshift-multus cni-sysctl-allowlist -oyaml
Please edit the object below. Lines beginning with a '#' will be ignored, and an empty file will abort the edit. If an error occurs while saving this file will be reopened with the relevant failures. # apiVersion: v1 data: allowlist.conf: |- ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.accept_redirectsUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.accept_source_routeUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.arp_acceptUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.arp_notifyUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.disable_policyUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.secure_redirectsUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.send_redirectsUSD ^net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.rp_filterUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.accept_raUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.accept_redirectsUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.accept_source_routeUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.arp_acceptUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.arp_notifyUSD ^net.ipv6.neigh.IFNAME.base_reachable_time_msUSD ^net.ipv6.neigh.IFNAME.retrans_time_msUSD ^net.ipv6.conf.IFNAME.rp_filterUSD
apiVersion: "k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1" kind: NetworkAttachmentDefinition metadata: name: tuningnad namespace: default spec: config: '{ "cniVersion": "0.4.0", "name": "tuningnad", "plugins": [{ "type": "bridge" }, { "type": "tuning", "sysctl": { "net.ipv4.conf.IFNAME.rp_filter": "1" } } ] }'
oc apply -f reverse-path-fwd-example.yaml
networkattachmentdefinition.k8.cni.cncf.io/tuningnad created
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: example labels: app: httpd namespace: default annotations: k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/networks: tuningnad 1 spec: securityContext: runAsNonRoot: true seccompProfile: type: RuntimeDefault containers: - name: httpd image: 'image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/openshift/httpd:latest' ports: - containerPort: 8080 securityContext: allowPrivilegeEscalation: false capabilities: drop: - ALL
oc apply -f examplepod.yaml
oc get pod
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE example 1/1 Running 0 47s
oc rsh example
sh-4.4# sysctl net.ipv4.conf.net1.rp_filter
net.ipv4.conf.net1.rp_filter = 1
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: sysctl-example namespace: default spec: containers: - name: podexample image: centos command: ["bin/bash", "-c", "sleep INF"] securityContext: runAsUser: 2000 1 runAsGroup: 3000 2 allowPrivilegeEscalation: false 3 capabilities: 4 drop: ["ALL"] securityContext: runAsNonRoot: true 5 seccompProfile: 6 type: RuntimeDefault sysctls: - name: kernel.shm_rmid_forced value: "1" - name: net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range value: "32770 60666" - name: net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies value: "0" - name: net.ipv4.ping_group_range value: "0 200000000"
oc apply -f sysctl_pod.yaml
oc get pod
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE sysctl-example 1/1 Running 0 14s
oc rsh sysctl-example
sh-4.4# sysctl kernel.shm_rmid_forced
kernel.shm_rmid_forced = 1
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: sysctl-example-unsafe spec: containers: - name: podexample image: centos command: ["bin/bash", "-c", "sleep INF"] securityContext: runAsUser: 2000 runAsGroup: 3000 allowPrivilegeEscalation: false capabilities: drop: ["ALL"] securityContext: runAsNonRoot: true seccompProfile: type: RuntimeDefault sysctls: - name: kernel.shm_rmid_forced value: "0" - name: net.core.somaxconn value: "1024" - name: kernel.msgmax value: "65536"
oc apply -f sysctl-example-unsafe.yaml
oc get pod
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE sysctl-example-unsafe 0/1 SysctlForbidden 0 14s
oc get machineconfigpool
NAME CONFIG UPDATED UPDATING DEGRADED MACHINECOUNT READYMACHINECOUNT UPDATEDMACHINECOUNT DEGRADEDMACHINECOUNT AGE master rendered-master-bfb92f0cd1684e54d8e234ab7423cc96 True False False 3 3 3 0 42m worker rendered-worker-21b6cb9a0f8919c88caf39db80ac1fce True False False 3 3 3 0 42m
oc label machineconfigpool worker custom-kubelet=sysctl
apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1 kind: KubeletConfig metadata: name: custom-kubelet spec: machineConfigPoolSelector: matchLabels: custom-kubelet: sysctl 1 kubeletConfig: allowedUnsafeSysctls: 2 - "kernel.msg*" - "net.core.somaxconn"
oc apply -f set-sysctl-worker.yaml
oc get machineconfigpool worker -w
NAME CONFIG UPDATED UPDATING DEGRADED MACHINECOUNT READYMACHINECOUNT UPDATEDMACHINECOUNT DEGRADEDMACHINECOUNT AGE worker rendered-worker-f1704a00fc6f30d3a7de9a15fd68a800 False True False 3 2 2 0 71m worker rendered-worker-f1704a00fc6f30d3a7de9a15fd68a800 False True False 3 2 3 0 72m worker rendered-worker-0188658afe1f3a183ec8c4f14186f4d5 True False False 3 3 3 0 72m
apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: sysctl-example-safe-unsafe spec: containers: - name: podexample image: centos command: ["bin/bash", "-c", "sleep INF"] securityContext: runAsUser: 2000 runAsGroup: 3000 allowPrivilegeEscalation: false capabilities: drop: ["ALL"] securityContext: runAsNonRoot: true seccompProfile: type: RuntimeDefault sysctls: - name: kernel.shm_rmid_forced value: "0" - name: net.core.somaxconn value: "1024" - name: kernel.msgmax value: "65536"
oc apply -f sysctl-example-safe-unsafe.yaml
Warning: would violate PodSecurity "restricted:latest": forbidden sysctls (net.core.somaxconn, kernel.msgmax) pod/sysctl-example-safe-unsafe created
oc get pod
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE sysctl-example-safe-unsafe 1/1 Running 0 19s
oc rsh sysctl-example-safe-unsafe
sh-4.4# sysctl net.core.somaxconn
net.core.somaxconn = 1024