Epic Goal

In MCE 2.9.0, we plan to onboard the Cluster API Provider Metal3 as a subcomponent of MCE. This addition will enable users to deploy Cluster API-based clusters on bare metal infrastructure using Metal3.

Why is this important?

By integrating CAPMetal3 into MCE 2.9, users can now leverage the standardized Cluster API framework to automate the provisioning and lifecycle management of bare metal clusters.

Scenarios

The customer wants to provision a bare metal cluster. With the integration of CAPMetal3 in MCE 2.9, they can now deploy a Cluster API-based cluster directly on bare metal machines, streamlining infrastructure setup and enabling automated lifecycle management through Cluster API.

Acceptance Criteria

CAPMetal3 has been integrated into MCE 2.9 as a technology preview feature.

Dependencies (internal and external)

1. (Internal) Installer requires deployment images from the Build team.
2. (External) Installer requires helm charts from CAPI team for CAPMetal3.

Previous Work (Optional):

1. ...

Open questions:

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Done Checklist

• CI - CI is running, tests are automated and merged.
• Release Enablement <link to Feature Enablement Presentation>
• DEV - Upstream code and tests merged: <link to meaningful PR or GitHub
  Issue>
• DEV - Upstream documentation merged: <link to meaningful PR or GitHub
  Issue>
• DEV - Downstream build attached to advisory: <link to errata>
• QE - Test plans in Polarion: <link or reference to Polarion>
• QE - Automated tests merged: <link or reference to automated tests>
• DOC - Doc issue opened with a completed template. Separate doc issue
  opened for any deprecation, removal, or any current known
  issue/troubleshooting removal from the doc, if applicable.
• Considerations were made for Extended Update Support (EUS)

Onboarding checklist

Check-list to complete. (If not already complete, a Jira story or task should be created per item)

• ✅Architecture Forum & Design Decision Review document approved
• ❓Onboarding source code into Stolostron/repo
• 🟢Build - Konflux
• ⚠️Build - CPaaS?
• ❓Meet ACM security code and image scanning
• ❓Playbook
• ⚠️Disconnected from Internet (installs / works in this mode)

• 🟡Installer - Feature flag enabled/disabled
• ⚠️FIPS readiness
• ⚠️Infra Node support (install-to)
• ⚠️Proxy support (OpenShift Global Proxy)

• ⚠️QE
• ⚠️Hub Backup / Restore compliance
• ⚠️Hub Scale / Performance
• ⚠️Global hub eventing

• 🔴Documentation
• ❓Threat Model
• ⚠️Support Skills transfer
• ⚠️Must-gather

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