Epic Goal

Support the Kubernetes NMState operator in the bare metal platform.

Why is this important?

OpenShift clusters don't have a supported mechanism to make updates to the host network configurations in cluster nodes. This is a highly demanded functionality in bare metal OpenShift clusters where the host networking is customized to the networking infrastructure in diverse ways but mostly for DNS changes, interface enable/disable, bonds and VLANs and static IP assignments.

Acceptance Criteria

• All supported configurations must work on IPI-deployed bare metal clusters
• All supported configurations must work on UPI-deployed bare metal clusters
• Configurations must persist across node reboots
• DNS changes must work
• Static IP assignments must work
• Disabling and enabling interfaces must work
• Bonds and VLANs must work
• The operator must work in disconnected environments
• CI - MUST be running successfully with tests automated
• Release Technical Enablement - Provide necessary release enablement details and documents.

Out of scope

Platforms other than baremetal won't be GA with this release.

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: Test plan
• QE - Automated tests merged: <link or reference to automated tests>
• DOC - Downstream documentation merged: <link to meaningful PR>