Installing a cluster on OpenStack on your own infrastructure

$ sudo yum install python3-openstackclient ansible python3-openstacksdk python3-netaddr ansible-collections-openstack

$ sudo alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python3

$ tar -xvf openshift-install-linux.tar.gz

$ ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N '' -f <path>/<file_name> (1)

$ cat <path>/<file_name>.pub

$ cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

$ ssh-add <path>/<file_name> (1)

Identity added: /home/<you>/<path>/<file_name> (<computer_name>)

$ openstack image create --container-format=bare --disk-format=qcow2 --file rhcos-${RHCOS_VERSION}-openstack.qcow2 rhcos

$ openstack network list --long -c ID -c Name -c "Router Type"

+--------------------------------------+----------------+-------------+
| ID                                   | Name           | Router Type |
+--------------------------------------+----------------+-------------+
| 148a8023-62a7-4672-b018-003462f8d7dc | public_network | External    |
+--------------------------------------+----------------+-------------+

$ ./openshift-install create manifests --dir <installation_directory> (1)

$ rm -f openshift/99_openshift-cluster-api_master-machines-*.yaml openshift/99_openshift-cluster-api_worker-machineset-*.yaml openshift/99_openshift-machine-api_master-control-plane-machine-set.yaml

$ ./openshift-install create ignition-configs --dir <installation_directory> (1)

.
├── auth
│   ├── kubeadmin-password
│   └── kubeconfig
├── bootstrap.ign
├── master.ign
├── metadata.json
└── worker.ign

$ export INFRA_ID=$(jq -r .infraID metadata.json)

import base64
import json
import os

with open('bootstrap.ign', 'r') as f:
    ignition = json.load(f)

files = ignition['storage'].get('files', [])

infra_id = os.environ.get('INFRA_ID', 'openshift').encode()
hostname_b64 = base64.standard_b64encode(infra_id + b'-bootstrap\n').decode().strip()
files.append(
{
    'path': '/etc/hostname',
    'mode': 420,
    'contents': {
        'source': 'data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,' + hostname_b64
    }
})

ca_cert_path = os.environ.get('OS_CACERT', '')
if ca_cert_path:
    with open(ca_cert_path, 'r') as f:
        ca_cert = f.read().encode()
        ca_cert_b64 = base64.standard_b64encode(ca_cert).decode().strip()

    files.append(
    {
        'path': '/opt/openshift/tls/cloud-ca-cert.pem',
        'mode': 420,
        'contents': {
            'source': 'data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,' + ca_cert_b64
        }
    })

ignition['storage']['files'] = files;

with open('bootstrap.ign', 'w') as f:
    json.dump(ignition, f)

$ openstack image create --disk-format=raw --container-format=bare --file bootstrap.ign <image_name>

$ openstack image show <image_name>

$ openstack catalog show image

$ openstack token issue -c id -f value

{
  "ignition": {
    "config": {
      "merge": [{
        "source": "<storage_url>", (1)
        "httpHeaders": [{
          "name": "X-Auth-Token", (2)
          "value": "<token_ID>" (3)
        }]
      }]
    },
    "security": {
      "tls": {
        "certificateAuthorities": [{
          "source": "data:text/plain;charset=utf-8;base64,<base64_encoded_certificate>" (4)
        }]
      }
    },
    "version": "3.2.0"
  }
}

...
      # The public network providing connectivity to the cluster. If not
      # provided, the cluster external connectivity must be provided in another
      # way.

      # Required for os_api_fip, os_ingress_fip, os_bootstrap_fip.
      os_external_network: 'external'
...

...
      # OpenShift API floating IP address. If this value is non-empty, the
      # corresponding floating IP will be attached to the Control Plane to
      # serve the OpenShift API.
      os_api_fip: '203.0.113.23'

      # OpenShift Ingress floating IP address. If this value is non-empty, the
      # corresponding floating IP will be attached to the worker nodes to serve
      # the applications.
      os_ingress_fip: '203.0.113.19'

      # If this value is non-empty, the corresponding floating IP will be
      # attached to the bootstrap machine. This is needed for collecting logs
      # in case of install failure.
      os_bootstrap_fip: '203.0.113.20'

$ ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml security-groups.yaml

$ ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml network.yaml

$ openstack subnet set --dns-nameserver <server_1> --dns-nameserver <server_2> "$INFRA_ID-nodes"

$ ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml bootstrap.yaml

$ openstack console log show "$INFRA_ID-bootstrap"

$ ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml control-plane.yaml

$ openshift-install wait-for bootstrap-complete

INFO API v1.27.3 up
INFO Waiting up to 30m0s for bootstrapping to complete...
...
INFO It is now safe to remove the bootstrap resources

$ export KUBECONFIG=<installation_directory>/auth/kubeconfig (1)

$ oc whoami

system:admin

$ ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml down-bootstrap.yaml

$ ansible-playbook -i inventory.yaml compute-nodes.yaml

$ oc get nodes

NAME      STATUS    ROLES   AGE  VERSION
master-0  Ready     master  63m  v1.27.3
master-1  Ready     master  63m  v1.27.3
master-2  Ready     master  64m  v1.27.3

$ oc get csr

NAME        AGE     REQUESTOR                                                                   CONDITION
csr-8b2br   15m     system:serviceaccount:openshift-machine-config-operator:node-bootstrapper   Pending
csr-8vnps   15m     system:serviceaccount:openshift-machine-config-operator:node-bootstrapper   Pending
...

$ oc get csr

NAME        AGE     REQUESTOR                                                                   CONDITION
csr-bfd72   5m26s   system:node:ip-10-0-50-126.us-east-2.compute.internal                       Pending
csr-c57lv   5m26s   system:node:ip-10-0-95-157.us-east-2.compute.internal                       Pending
...

$ oc get nodes

NAME      STATUS    ROLES   AGE  VERSION
master-0  Ready     master  73m  v1.27.3
master-1  Ready     master  73m  v1.27.3
master-2  Ready     master  74m  v1.27.3
worker-0  Ready     worker  11m  v1.27.3
worker-1  Ready     worker  11m  v1.27.3