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10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions ...ners-operator/openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator-devel__downstream-candidate421.yaml
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Expand Up @@ -238,23 +238,23 @@ tests:
report_template: '{{if eq .Status.State "success"}}SUCCESS{{else}}ERROR{{end}}
{{trimPrefix "periodic-ci-openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator-" .Spec.Job}}
<{{.Status.URL}}|View logs>'
restrict_network_access: false
restrict_network_access: true
steps:
cluster_profile: aws-sandboxed-containers-operator
env:
AWS_REGION_OVERRIDE: us-east-2
CATALOG_SOURCE_IMAGE: quay.io/redhat-user-workloads/ose-osc-tenant/osc-test-fbc:latest
CATALOG_SOURCE_NAME: brew-catalog
CATALOG_SOURCE_IMAGE: ""
CATALOG_SOURCE_NAME: redhat-operators
ENABLE_MUST_GATHER: "true"
ENABLEPEERPODS: "true"
INITDATA: ""
INSTALL_KATA_RPM: "true"
INSTALL_KATA_RPM: "false"
KATA_RPM_VERSION: 3.31.0-4.rhaos4.19.el9
MUST_GATHER_IMAGE: registry.redhat.io/openshift-sandboxed-containers/osc-must-gather-rhel9:latest
MUST_GATHER_ON_FAILURE_ONLY: "false"
OSC_INSTALL: "true"
RUNTIMECLASS: kata-remote
SLEEP_DURATION: 0h
SLEEP_DURATION: 6h
TEST_FILTERS: ~DisconnectedOnly&;~Disruptive&;~C00133&
TEST_RELEASE_TYPE: Pre-GA
TEST_SCENARIOS: sig-kata.*Kata Author.*C00102
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions ...ners-operator/openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator-devel__downstream-candidate422.yaml
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Expand Up @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ tests:
report_template: '{{if eq .Status.State "success"}}SUCCESS{{else}}ERROR{{end}}
{{trimPrefix "periodic-ci-openshift-sandboxed-containers-operator-" .Spec.Job}}
<{{.Status.URL}}|View logs>'
restrict_network_access: false
restrict_network_access: true
steps:
cluster_profile: azure-qe
env:
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MUST_GATHER_ON_FAILURE_ONLY: "false"
OSC_INSTALL: "true"
RUNTIMECLASS: kata-remote
SLEEP_DURATION: 0h
SLEEP_DURATION: 6h
TEST_FILTERS: ~DisconnectedOnly&;~Disruptive&;~C00133&
TEST_RELEASE_TYPE: Pre-GA
TEST_SCENARIOS: sig-kata.*Kata Author.*C00102
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24 changes: 24 additions & 0 deletions ...ator/step-registry/sandboxed-containers-operator/install-osc-operator/README.md
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Expand Up @@ -41,3 +41,27 @@ This step expects the following to be available (created by earlier steps in the
- `osc-config` ConfigMap in default namespace (created by `env-cm` step)
- `peerpods-param-cm` ConfigMap in default namespace (created by `peerpods-param-cm` step, when peer-pods enabled)
- `peerpods-param-secret` Secret in default namespace (created by `peerpods-param-cm` step, when peer-pods enabled)

## AWS Peer-Pods: Credentials Are Intentionally Not Created Here

Unlike Azure, this step does **not** create `peer-pods-secret` for AWS. The
OSC operator has its own built-in credential automation for AWS (see
`docs/credentials-handling.md` in the [openshift/sandboxed-containers-operator](https://github.com/openshift/sandboxed-containers-operator)
repo), with this priority order: user-created secret → STS (IRSA) → CCO
(Cloud Credential Operator). That automation only runs when no
`peer-pods-secret` already exists in the operator namespace
(`credentials_controller.go`'s `setupPeerPodsCredentials()`), and it's also
what makes podvm AMI creation work: the operator's image-build script
(`aws-podvm-image-handler.sh`) only auto-provisions the required S3 bucket and
`vmimport` IAM role when it detects STS env vars or a `peer-pods-secret`
created via the CCO flow (labeled
`kataconfiguration.openshift.io/credentials-request-based=true`).

If this step (or anything else) pre-creates `peer-pods-secret` for AWS with
static keys, the operator falls into "manual credentials" mode instead, which
requires that S3 bucket/IAM role to already exist in the target AWS account
and hard-fails otherwise — this is what caused the original AWS peer-pods
failures this step was built to fix. Simply not creating the secret lets the
operator's own CCO automation provision everything it needs automatically,
using narrowly-scoped, temporary credentials rather than the cluster's
long-lived admin AWS credentials.
56 changes: 39 additions & 17 deletions ...rator/install-osc-operator/sandboxed-containers-operator-install-osc-operator-commands.sh
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Expand Up @@ -585,6 +585,43 @@ function create_peer_pods_secret() {
return 0
fi

local provider
provider=$(get_cloud_provider)

# AWS: always defer to the operator's own built-in credential automation
# (STS, then CCO) instead of manually creating a static-key secret here.
#
# confirmed against openshift/sandboxed-containers-operator source
# (aws-podvm-image-handler.sh prepare_for_prebuilt_artifact()): the
# image-build job only auto-provisions the required S3 bucket + vmimport
# IAM role when it detects AWS_ROLE_ARN/AWS_WEB_IDENTITY_TOKEN_FILE (STS)
# or a peer-pods-secret created via the CCO flow (labeled
# kataconfiguration.openshift.io/credentials-request-based=true). ANY
# other pre-existing peer-pods-secret - including one manually created
# here - forces "manual credentials" mode, which requires the bucket/role
# to already exist in the AWS account and hard-fails if not (see
# docs/credentials-handling.md and ami-helper.sh in the operator repo).
#
# credentials_controller.go's setupPeerPodsCredentials() only attempts
# STS/CCO when NO peer-pods-secret exists yet, so simply not creating one
# here lets the operator fall through to CCO automatically, which
# provisions the bucket/role itself using narrowly-scoped, temporary
# CCO-minted credentials (more secure than reusing the cluster's
# long-lived admin-level AWS credentials for this).
if [[ "${provider}" == "aws" ]]; then
echo ">>> AWS: skipping manual peer-pods-secret creation; deferring to the operator's built-in STS/CCO credential automation"
return 0
fi

# TEMPORARY (testing): skip manual peer-pods-secret creation for Azure too,
# to validate whether the operator's built-in CCO automation also works
# here. Simple skip only - to be reworked (or reverted) after rehearsal
# results are in. See AWS comment above for the underlying reasoning.
if [[ "${provider}" == "azure" ]]; then

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Keep the existing Azure credential path.

This condition makes every Azure peer-pods run return before the existing Azure peer-pods-secret creation case. An Azure cluster without a pre-existing secret will now depend on unverified operator automation.

Remove this temporary branch until the Azure CCO flow is verified. The PR objective states that Azure behavior must remain unchanged.

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-  # TEMPORARY (testing): skip manual peer-pods-secret creation for Azure too,
-  # to validate whether the operator's built-in CCO automation also works
-  # here. Simple skip only - to be reworked (or reverted) after rehearsal
-  # results are in. See AWS comment above for the underlying reasoning.
-  if [[ "${provider}" == "azure" ]]; then
-    echo ">>> AZURE (testing): skipping manual peer-pods-secret creation; deferring to the operator's built-in STS/CCO credential automation"
-    return 0
-  fi
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In
`@ci-operator/step-registry/sandboxed-containers-operator/install-osc-operator/sandboxed-containers-operator-install-osc-operator-commands.sh`
at line 620, Remove the temporary Azure early-return branch guarded by provider
== "azure" so execution reaches the existing Azure peer-pods-secret creation
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echo ">>> AZURE (testing): skipping manual peer-pods-secret creation; deferring to the operator's built-in STS/CCO credential automation"
return 0
fi

# Detect identity mode from osc-config or default to manual
local identity_mode
identity_mode=$(oc get configmap osc-config -n default -o jsonpath='{.data.identityMode}' 2>/dev/null || echo "manual")
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return 0
fi

local provider
provider=$(get_cloud_provider)

case "${provider}" in
azure)
# Extract Azure service principal credentials
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echo ">>> WARNING: Could not extract Azure credentials from peerpods-param-secret"
fi
;;
aws)
# Extract AWS credentials
local auth_json
auth_json=$(oc get secret peerpods-param-secret -n default -o jsonpath='{.data.auth\.json}' 2>/dev/null || echo "")
if [[ -n "${auth_json}" ]]; then
echo "${auth_json}" | base64 -d > "${SCRATCH}/auth.json"
oc_with_retry oc create secret generic peer-pods-secret \
-n "${OSC_NAMESPACE}" \
--from-file="${SCRATCH}/auth.json"
rm -f "${SCRATCH}/auth.json"
else
echo ">>> WARNING: Could not extract AWS credentials from peerpods-param-secret"
fi
;;
*)
# aws is handled earlier in this function (always deferred to the
# operator's built-in STS/CCO automation) and never reaches here.
echo ">>> WARNING: peer-pods-secret creation not implemented for provider: ${provider}"
;;
esac
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creates peer-pods-secret in the operator namespace. For coco, enables confidential
mode in osc-feature-gates.

For AWS, peer-pods-secret is intentionally NOT created by this step. The OSC
operator has its own built-in credential automation for AWS (STS, then CCO
as documented in docs/credentials-handling.md in the operator repo), which
only activates when no peer-pods-secret already exists. That automation also
handles provisioning the S3 bucket and "vmimport" IAM role required for podvm
AMI creation using narrowly-scoped, temporary CCO-minted credentials. Manually
pre-creating peer-pods-secret for AWS (as this step does for Azure) would force
the operator into "manual credentials" mode, which instead requires that
bucket/role to already exist in the AWS account and fails hard if not.

When complete, patches osc-config ConfigMap so tests can detect the pre-installed operator.

The 2h timeout covers KataConfig readiness (typically ~1h for node reboots)
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