Chapter 14. Enabling cluster capabilities Cluster administrators can enable cluster capabilities that were disabled prior to installation. Note Cluster administrators cannot disable a cluster capability after it is enabled. 14.1. Viewing the cluster capabilities As a cluster administrator, you can view the capabilities by using the clusterversion resource status. Prerequisites You have installed the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). Procedure To view the status of the cluster capabilities, run the following command: USD oc get clusterversion version -o jsonpath='{.spec.capabilities}{"\n"}{.status.capabilities}{"\n"}' Example output {"additionalEnabledCapabilities":["openshift-samples"],"baselineCapabilitySet":"None"} {"enabledCapabilities":["openshift-samples"],"knownCapabilities":["CSISnapshot","Console","Insights","Storage","baremetal","marketplace","openshift-samples"]} 14.2. Enabling the cluster capabilities by setting baseline capability set As a cluster administrator, you can enable the capabilities by setting baselineCapabilitySet . Prerequisites You have installed the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). Procedure To set the baselineCapabilitySet , run the following command: USD oc patch clusterversion version --type merge -p '{"spec":{"capabilities":{"baselineCapabilitySet":"vCurrent"}}}' 1 1 For baselineCapabilitySet you can specify vCurrent , v4.12 , v4.13 , or None . The following table describes the baselineCapabilitySet values. Table 14.1. Cluster capabilities baselineCapabilitySet values description Value Description vCurrent Specify this option when you want to automatically add new, default capabilities that are introduced in new releases. v4.11 Specify this option when you want to enable the default capabilities for OpenShift Container Platform 4.11. By specifying v4.11 , capabilities that are introduced in newer versions of OpenShift Container Platform are not enabled. The default capabilities in OpenShift Container Platform 4.11 are baremetal , marketplace , and openshift-samples . v4.12 Specify this option when you want to enable the default capabilities for OpenShift Container Platform 4.12. By specifying v4.12 , capabilities that are introduced in newer versions of OpenShift Container Platform are not enabled. The default capabilities in OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 are baremetal , marketplace , openshift-samples , Console , Insights , Storage and CSISnapshot . v4.13 Specify this option when you want to enable the default capabilities for OpenShift Container Platform 4.13. By specifying v4.13 , capabilities that are introduced in newer versions of OpenShift Container Platform are not enabled. The default capabilities in OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 are baremetal , marketplace , openshift-samples , Console , Insights , Storage , CSISnapshot and NodeTuning . None Specify when the other sets are too large, and you do not need any capabilities or want to fine-tune via additionalEnabledCapabilities . 14.3. Enabling the cluster capabilities by setting additional enabled capabilities As a cluster administrator, you can enable the cluster capabilities by setting additionalEnabledCapabilities . Prerequisites You have installed the OpenShift CLI ( oc ). Procedure View the additional enabled capabilities by running the following command: USD oc get clusterversion version -o jsonpath='{.spec.capabilities.additionalEnabledCapabilities}{"\n"}' Example output ["openshift-samples"] To set the additionalEnabledCapabilities , run the following command: USD oc patch clusterversion/version --type merge -p '{"spec":{"capabilities":{"additionalEnabledCapabilities":["openshift-samples", "marketplace"]}}}' Important It is not possible to disable a capability which is already enabled in a cluster. The cluster version Operator (CVO) continues to reconcile the capability which is already enabled in the cluster. If you try to disable a capability, then CVO shows the divergent spec: USD oc get clusterversion version -o jsonpath='{.status.conditions[?(@.type=="ImplicitlyEnabledCapabilities")]}{"\n"}' Example output {"lastTransitionTime":"2022-07-22T03:14:35Z","message":"The following capabilities could not be disabled: openshift-samples","reason":"CapabilitiesImplicitlyEnabled","status":"True","type":"ImplicitlyEnabledCapabilities"} Note During the cluster upgrades, it is possible that a given capability could be implicitly enabled. If a resource was already running on the cluster before the upgrade, then any capabilities that is part of the resource will be enabled. For example, during a cluster upgrade, a resource that is already running on the cluster has been changed to be part of the marketplace capability by the system. Even if a cluster administrator does not explicitly enabled the marketplace capability, it is implicitly enabled by the system. 14.4. Additional resources Cluster capabilities

Commands:
oc get clusterversion version -o jsonpath='{.spec.capabilities}{"\n"}{.status.capabilities}{"\n"}'
{"additionalEnabledCapabilities":["openshift-samples"],"baselineCapabilitySet":"None"} {"enabledCapabilities":["openshift-samples"],"knownCapabilities":["CSISnapshot","Console","Insights","Storage","baremetal","marketplace","openshift-samples"]}
oc patch clusterversion version --type merge -p '{"spec":{"capabilities":{"baselineCapabilitySet":"vCurrent"}}}' 1
oc get clusterversion version -o jsonpath='{.spec.capabilities.additionalEnabledCapabilities}{"\n"}'
openshift-samples
oc patch clusterversion/version --type merge -p '{"spec":{"capabilities":{"additionalEnabledCapabilities":["openshift-samples", "marketplace"]}}}'
oc get clusterversion version -o jsonpath='{.status.conditions[?(@.type=="ImplicitlyEnabledCapabilities")]}{"\n"}'
lastTransitionTime: 2022-07-22T03:14:35Z
message: The following capabilities could not be disabled: openshift-samples
reason: CapabilitiesImplicitlyEnabled
status: True
type: ImplicitlyEnabledCapabilities