Target version:

Assisted Installer 2.21.0 and OpenShift 4.14.

Ready for documenting?

Yes

People:

SME: Adrien Gentil, Montse Ortega Gallart

QE: Lital Alon

Background:

Red Hat is collaborating with Oracle to integrate Assisted Installer OCI. This will allow Oracle to deploy OpenShift Container Platform on OCI using the Assisted Installer. New fields have been added to the UI for this purpose. This feature will initially be available only to Redhat users and the Oracle team for testing.  The procedure is the same for single- and multi-node clusters. 

Documentation Updates (Day 1): 

• Add a new chapter to the Assisted Installer Guide: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/assisted_installer_for_openshift_container_platform/2022/html/assisted_installer_for_openshift_container_platform/index

• Use the links in the Resources and Links section below as a base.

• It should be called Optional: Installing on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and should describe the steps to be performed in Assisted Installer (only) to integrate with OCI. 

• It should be similar to the Nutanix and vSphere sections, with an overview, an 'Adding Hosts on the OCI with the UI' section and an 'Adding Hosts on the OCI with the API' section. Other sections may be required. It should also have a link to the new 'Integrating with External Platforms' chapter in the OCP Guide (TELCODOCS-1391).

• The first step of the procedure in Assisted Installer is to select 'Oracle' in the Integrate with platform dropdown list on the Cluster Details page (see attachment).

• The second step of the procedure is to add the custom manifest provided by Oracle (mandatory). Custom manifests are being documented as part of TELCODOCS-1390. 

• Include the following prerequisite: 
  • This feature is supported for OCP 4.14 installations and later.
  • This feature is not currently available for the following architectures: PPC & S390 (a.k.a. P&Z systems).
• Include the following warning: Once a cluster of this type has been created it is not reversible. The only option is to create a new cluster." 

• Include the items specified in TELCODOCS-1384, for example, regarding the Static IP,  Cluster-Managed Networking, Minimal-Image File, etc.

Resources and Links:

The following are both outdated - get the latest demo and document from SMEs before starting:

Google Doc:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y31vGcLVDp4c7Z1-LLefR1JqCtat9mTHBu7bUca5L3A/edit

Sprint review March 28, 2023 (minutes 49:25 onwards):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZlG-VYu82Ok1koJNQ8RERyeKfE-AD08y/view?usp=drive_web

Release Note

Yes - when it becomes officially GA

Open Issues:

• Is there an API equivalent to the UI updates?