openshift / openshift/installer
change bootstrap to pivot
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Description
See this thread, specifically this comment.
TL;DR - today the installer launches a bootimage, which is usually the pinned RHCOS version (for IPI installs), but can be different - see this issue which is about making it easier for people to find the correct bootimage.
See also https://github.com/openshift/installer/pull/2532
Filing this issue to track changing the installer to do a pivot on the bootstrap node.
I think the architecture would look like a new bootstrap-pivot.service between release-image.service and bootkube.service - we'd run the MCD on the bootstrap host, telling it to pivot to the target machine-os-content.
In fact...if we did this, we could streamline down the bootimages - e.g. no reason to ship kubelet/cri-o in the bootimages. (Though, we'd need new terminology like "bootRHCOS" to distinguish from "normal" RHCOS in machine-os-content or so?) Anyways, not required for this change.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked enhancement discussion and installer PR #2532, then trace how release-image.service and bootkube.service are coordinated. Define what a bootstrap-pivot.service using the MCD to pivot to the target machine-os-content must do, and consider the stated bootimage terminology implications; the issue is done when the installer performs that bootstrap pivot reliably.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- devops, infrastructure, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100