We are installing a cluster with platform external and it gets installed properly but the nodeip-configuration SystemD service is disabled.

    4.17.27

    Always

    1. Run the installer with the install config:
---
apiVersion: v1
baseDomain: ionos.yourdomain.de
compute:
- architecture: amd64
    hyperthreading: Enabled
    name: worker
    replicas: 2
controlPlane:
    architecture: amd64
    hyperthreading: Enabled
    name: master
    replicas: 3
metadata:
    name: ocp
networking:
    clusterNetwork:
    - cidr: 10.128.0.0/14
        hostPrefix: 23
    machineNetwork:
    - cidr: 10.7.200.0/23
    networkType: OVNKubernetes
    serviceNetwork:
    - 172.30.0.0/16
platform:
    external:
        platformName: IONOS
sshKey: 'XYZ'
pullSecret: 'XYZ'
---
    2. Once it is installed the nodeip-configuration service is not running.
    

    Once any node in the Cluster is rebooted, kubelet is not using the 
statically configured IP address for the RHCOS node, as the "/etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/20-nodenet.conf" file is missing and the nodeip-configuration service is not running.

    nodeip-configuration service is running and the "/etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/20-nodenet.conf" is created

    Seems that we need some more logic in the service enablement decision (i.e. https://github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator/blob/main/templates/common/on-prem/units/nodeip-configuration.service.yaml) for Cluster with Platform External and Load Balancer configuration done on the infrastructure level.