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Use MachineSet with VMware UPI setup

Warning

Work-in-progress and don't work! Tried with OCP 4.5

WTF: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/5086271

  • Create VMware template VM base on 4.5 OVA
  • Edit MachineSet
  • Update template (Add VM template name)

  • Update Network Config ( json path: .spec.template.spec.providerSpec.value.network.devices[0].networkName )

  • Problem in my env: VM start without hostname (localhost) - because dhcp do not send any hostname!

  • Add vSphere IPI Core set the hostname to the VM name in vSphere:
  • Those script and service only added if Infra.Status.PlatformStatus.VSphere.APIServerInternalIP is set!
  • "Work-a-round": Set the hostname via CLI: /usr/bin/hostnamectl --transient --static set-hostname XXX
  • Next problem: Nobody approved the CSR! If you approve via oc adm certificate approve, the node joins but the machineset didn't recognise.

  • Machine is still in provisioning. (oc get machine)

  • Problem machine does not have valid node reference -> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1834966

Notes during the VMware IPI installation

https://github.com/openshift/installer/blob/master/docs/user/vsphere/install.md

Install vCenter root ca

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curl -k -L -O  https://vcenter/certs/download.zip
unzip download.zip
cp -v certs/lin/*  /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/
update-ca-trust

Bug:

Problem if basedomain ends with a ....

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[root@lb 4.5]# ./openshift-install create install-config
? Platform vsphere
? vCenter XXXXX
? Username ocp4-hackfest@e2e.local
? Password [? for help] *****************
INFO Connecting to vCenter XXXXX
INFO Defaulting to only available datacenter: x
INFO Defaulting to only available cluster: x
? Default Datastore xxxx
? Network VM Network
? Virtual IP Address for API xxx
? Virtual IP Address for Ingress xxx
? Base Domain example.com.
X Sorry, your reply was invalid: a DNS-1123 subdomain must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters, '-' or '.', and must start and end with an alpX Sorry, your reply was invalid: a DNS-1123 subdomain must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters, '-' or '.', and must start and end with an alpX Sorry, your reply was invalid: a DNS-1123 subdomain must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters, '-' or '.', and must start and end with an alpX Sorry, your reply was invalid: a DNS-1123 subdomain must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters, '-' or '.', and must start and end with an alpX Sorry, your reply was invalid: a DNS-1123 subdomain must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters, '-' or '.', and must start and end with an alpX Sorry, your reply was invalid: a DNS-1123 subdomain must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters, '-' or '.', and must start and end with an alpX Sorry, your reply was invalid: a DNS-1123 subdomain must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters, '-' or '.', and must start and end with an alpX Sorry, your reply was invalid: a DNS-1123 subdomain must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters, '-' or '.', and must start and end with an alpX Sorry, your reply was invalid: a DNS-1123 subdomain must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters, '-' or '.', and must start and end with an alpX Sorry, your reply was invalid: a DNS-1123 subdomain must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters, '-' or '.', and must start and end with an alpX Sorry, your reply was invalid: a DNS-1123 subdomain must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters, '-' or '.', and must start and end with an alpX Sorry, your reply was invalid: a DNS-1123 subdomain must consist of lower case alphanumeric characters, '-' or '.', and must start and end with an alphanumeric character (e.g. 'example.com', regex used for validation is '[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?(\.[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?)*')
? Cluster Name [? for help]
FATAL failed to fetch Install Config: failed to fetch dependency of "Install Config": failed to generate asset "Cluster Name": interrupt
Last update: May 5, 2021