Chapter 4. Handling a machine configuration for hosted control planes In a standalone OpenShift Container Platform cluster, a machine config pool manages a set of nodes. You can handle a machine configuration by using the MachineConfigPool custom resource (CR). Tip You can reference any machineconfiguration.openshift.io resources in the nodepool.spec.config field of the NodePool CR. In hosted control planes, the MachineConfigPool CR does not exist. A node pool contains a set of compute nodes. You can handle a machine configuration by using node pools. 4.1. Configuring node pools for hosted control planes On hosted control planes, you can configure node pools by creating a MachineConfig object inside of a config map in the management cluster. Procedure To create a MachineConfig object inside of a config map in the management cluster, enter the following information: apiVersion: v1 kind: ConfigMap metadata: name: <configmap_name> namespace: clusters data: config: | apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1 kind: MachineConfig metadata: labels: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: worker name: <machineconfig_name> spec: config: ignition: version: 3.2.0 storage: files: - contents: source: data:... mode: 420 overwrite: true path: USD{PATH} 1 1 Sets the path on the node where the MachineConfig object is stored. After you add the object to the config map, you can apply the config map to the node pool as follows: USD oc edit nodepool <nodepool_name> --namespace <hosted_cluster_namespace> apiVersion: hypershift.openshift.io/v1alpha1 kind: NodePool metadata: # ... name: nodepool-1 namespace: clusters # ... spec: config: - name: <configmap_name> 1 # ... 1 Replace <configmap_name> with the name of your config map. 4.2. Referencing the kubelet configuration in node pools To reference your kubelet configuration in node pools, you add the kubelet configuration in a config map and then apply the config map in the NodePool resource. Procedure Add the kubelet configuration inside of a config map in the management cluster by entering the following information: Example ConfigMap object with the kubelet configuration apiVersion: v1 kind: ConfigMap metadata: name: <configmap_name> 1 namespace: clusters data: config: | apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1 kind: KubeletConfig metadata: name: <kubeletconfig_name> 2 spec: kubeletConfig: registerWithTaints: - key: "example.sh/unregistered" value: "true" effect: "NoExecute" 1 Replace <configmap_name> with the name of your config map. 2 Replace <kubeletconfig_name> with the name of the KubeletConfig resource. Apply the config map to the node pool by entering the following command: USD oc edit nodepool <nodepool_name> --namespace clusters 1 1 Replace <nodepool_name> with the name of your node pool. Example NodePool resource configuration apiVersion: hypershift.openshift.io/v1alpha1 kind: NodePool metadata: # ... name: nodepool-1 namespace: clusters # ... spec: config: - name: <configmap_name> 1 # ... 1 Replace <configmap_name> with the name of your config map. 4.3. Configuring node tuning in a hosted cluster To set node-level tuning on the nodes in your hosted cluster, you can use the Node Tuning Operator. In hosted control planes, you can configure node tuning by creating config maps that contain Tuned objects and referencing those config maps in your node pools. Procedure Create a config map that contains a valid tuned manifest, and reference the manifest in a node pool. In the following example, a Tuned manifest defines a profile that sets vm.dirty_ratio to 55 on nodes that contain the tuned-1-node-label node label with any value. Save the following ConfigMap manifest in a file named tuned-1.yaml : apiVersion: v1 kind: ConfigMap metadata: name: tuned-1 namespace: clusters data: tuning: | apiVersion: tuned.openshift.io/v1 kind: Tuned metadata: name: tuned-1 namespace: openshift-cluster-node-tuning-operator spec: profile: - data: | [main] summary=Custom OpenShift profile include=openshift-node [sysctl] vm.dirty_ratio="55" name: tuned-1-profile recommend: - priority: 20 profile: tuned-1-profile Note If you do not add any labels to an entry in the spec.recommend section of the Tuned spec, node-pool-based matching is assumed, so the highest priority profile in the spec.recommend section is applied to nodes in the pool. Although you can achieve more fine-grained node-label-based matching by setting a label value in the Tuned .spec.recommend.match section, node labels will not persist during an upgrade unless you set the .spec.management.upgradeType value of the node pool to InPlace . Create the ConfigMap object in the management cluster: USD oc --kubeconfig="USDMGMT_KUBECONFIG" create -f tuned-1.yaml Reference the ConfigMap object in the spec.tuningConfig field of the node pool, either by editing a node pool or creating one. In this example, assume that you have only one NodePool , named nodepool-1 , which contains 2 nodes. apiVersion: hypershift.openshift.io/v1alpha1 kind: NodePool metadata: ... name: nodepool-1 namespace: clusters ... spec: ... tuningConfig: - name: tuned-1 status: ... Note You can reference the same config map in multiple node pools. In hosted control planes, the Node Tuning Operator appends a hash of the node pool name and namespace to the name of the Tuned CRs to distinguish them. Outside of this case, do not create multiple TuneD profiles of the same name in different Tuned CRs for the same hosted cluster. Verification Now that you have created the ConfigMap object that contains a Tuned manifest and referenced it in a NodePool , the Node Tuning Operator syncs the Tuned objects into the hosted cluster. You can verify which Tuned objects are defined and which TuneD profiles are applied to each node. List the Tuned objects in the hosted cluster: USD oc --kubeconfig="USDHC_KUBECONFIG" get tuned.tuned.openshift.io -n openshift-cluster-node-tuning-operator Example output NAME AGE default 7m36s rendered 7m36s tuned-1 65s List the Profile objects in the hosted cluster: USD oc --kubeconfig="USDHC_KUBECONFIG" get profile.tuned.openshift.io -n openshift-cluster-node-tuning-operator Example output NAME TUNED APPLIED DEGRADED AGE nodepool-1-worker-1 tuned-1-profile True False 7m43s nodepool-1-worker-2 tuned-1-profile True False 7m14s Note If no custom profiles are created, the openshift-node profile is applied by default. To confirm that the tuning was applied correctly, start a debug shell on a node and check the sysctl values: USD oc --kubeconfig="USDHC_KUBECONFIG" debug node/nodepool-1-worker-1 -- chroot /host sysctl vm.dirty_ratio Example output vm.dirty_ratio = 55 4.4. Deploying the SR-IOV Operator for hosted control planes Important Hosted control planes on the AWS platform 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 . After you configure and deploy your hosting service cluster, you can create a subscription to the SR-IOV Operator on a hosted cluster. The SR-IOV pod runs on worker machines rather than the control plane. Prerequisites You must configure and deploy the hosted cluster on AWS. For more information, see Configuring the hosting cluster on AWS (Technology Preview) . Procedure Create a namespace and an Operator group: apiVersion: v1 kind: Namespace metadata: name: openshift-sriov-network-operator --- apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1 kind: OperatorGroup metadata: name: sriov-network-operators namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator spec: targetNamespaces: - openshift-sriov-network-operator Create a subscription to the SR-IOV Operator: apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1 kind: Subscription metadata: name: sriov-network-operator-subsription namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator spec: channel: stable name: sriov-network-operator config: nodeSelector: node-role.kubernetes.io/worker: "" source: s/qe-app-registry/redhat-operators sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace Verification To verify that the SR-IOV Operator is ready, run the following command and view the resulting output: USD oc get csv -n openshift-sriov-network-operator Example output NAME DISPLAY VERSION REPLACES PHASE sriov-network-operator.4.14.0-202211021237 SR-IOV Network Operator 4.14.0-202211021237 sriov-network-operator.4.14.0-202210290517 Succeeded To verify that the SR-IOV pods are deployed, run the following command: USD oc get pods -n openshift-sriov-network-operator

Commands:
apiVersion: v1 kind: ConfigMap metadata: name: <configmap_name> namespace: clusters data: config: | apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1 kind: MachineConfig metadata: labels: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/role: worker name: <machineconfig_name> spec: config: ignition: version: 3.2.0 storage: files: - contents: source: data: mode: 420 overwrite: true path: USD{PATH} 1
oc edit nodepool <nodepool_name> --namespace <hosted_cluster_namespace>
apiVersion: hypershift.openshift.io/v1alpha1 kind: NodePool metadata: name: nodepool-1 namespace: clusters spec: config: - name: <configmap_name> 1
apiVersion: v1 kind: ConfigMap metadata: name: <configmap_name> 1 namespace: clusters data: config: | apiVersion: machineconfiguration.openshift.io/v1 kind: KubeletConfig metadata: name: <kubeletconfig_name> 2 spec: kubeletConfig: registerWithTaints: - key: "example.sh/unregistered" value: "true" effect: "NoExecute"
oc edit nodepool <nodepool_name> --namespace clusters 1
apiVersion: hypershift.openshift.io/v1alpha1 kind: NodePool metadata: name: nodepool-1 namespace: clusters spec: config: - name: <configmap_name> 1
apiVersion: v1 kind: ConfigMap metadata: name: tuned-1 namespace: clusters data: tuning: | apiVersion: tuned.openshift.io/v1 kind: Tuned metadata: name: tuned-1 namespace: openshift-cluster-node-tuning-operator spec: profile: - data: | [main] summary=Custom OpenShift profile include=openshift-node [sysctl] vm.dirty_ratio="55" name: tuned-1-profile recommend: - priority: 20 profile: tuned-1-profile
oc --kubeconfig="USDMGMT_KUBECONFIG" create -f tuned-1.yaml
apiVersion: hypershift.openshift.io/v1alpha1 kind: NodePool metadata: name: nodepool-1 namespace: clusters spec: tuningConfig: - name: tuned-1 status:
oc --kubeconfig="USDHC_KUBECONFIG" get tuned.tuned.openshift.io -n openshift-cluster-node-tuning-operator
NAME AGE default 7m36s rendered 7m36s tuned-1 65s
oc --kubeconfig="USDHC_KUBECONFIG" get profile.tuned.openshift.io -n openshift-cluster-node-tuning-operator
NAME TUNED APPLIED DEGRADED AGE nodepool-1-worker-1 tuned-1-profile True False 7m43s nodepool-1-worker-2 tuned-1-profile True False 7m14s
oc --kubeconfig="USDHC_KUBECONFIG" debug node/nodepool-1-worker-1 -- chroot /host sysctl vm.dirty_ratio
vm.dirty_ratio = 55
apiVersion: v1 kind: Namespace metadata: name: openshift-sriov-network-operator --- apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1 kind: OperatorGroup metadata: name: sriov-network-operators namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator spec: targetNamespaces: - openshift-sriov-network-operator
apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1 kind: Subscription metadata: name: sriov-network-operator-subsription namespace: openshift-sriov-network-operator spec: channel: stable name: sriov-network-operator config: nodeSelector: node-role.kubernetes.io/worker: "" source: s/qe-app-registry/redhat-operators sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
oc get csv -n openshift-sriov-network-operator
NAME DISPLAY VERSION REPLACES PHASE sriov-network-operator.4.14.0-202211021237 SR-IOV Network Operator 4.14.0-202211021237 sriov-network-operator.4.14.0-202210290517 Succeeded
oc get pods -n openshift-sriov-network-operator