Metering

OpenShift Container Platform 4.7

Configuring and using Metering in OpenShift Container Platform

Red Hat OpenShift Documentation Team

Abstract

This document provides instructions for configuring and using metering in OpenShift Container Platform.

Chapter 1. About Metering

Important

Metering is a deprecated feature. Deprecated functionality is still included in OpenShift Container Platform and continues to be supported; however, it will be removed in a future release of this product and is not recommended for new deployments.

For the most recent list of major functionality that has been deprecated or removed within OpenShift Container Platform, refer to the Deprecated and removed features section of the OpenShift Container Platform release notes.

1.1. Metering overview

Metering is a general purpose data analysis tool that enables you to write reports to process data from different data sources. As a cluster administrator, you can use metering to analyze what is happening in your cluster. You can either write your own, or use predefined SQL queries to define how you want to process data from the different data sources you have available.

Metering focuses primarily on in-cluster metric data using Prometheus as a default data source, enabling users of metering to do reporting on pods, namespaces, and most other Kubernetes resources.

You can install metering on OpenShift Container Platform 4.x clusters and above.

1.1.1. Installing metering

You can install metering using the CLI and the web console on OpenShift Container Platform 4.x and above. To learn more, see installing metering.

1.1.2. Upgrading metering

You can upgrade metering by updating the Metering Operator subscription. Review the following tasks:

  • The MeteringConfig custom resource specifies all the configuration details for your metering installation. When you first install the metering stack, a default MeteringConfig custom resource is generated. Use the examples in the documentation to modify this default file.
  • A report custom resource provides a method to manage periodic Extract Transform and Load (ETL) jobs using SQL queries. Reports are composed from other metering resources, such as ReportQuery resources that provide the actual SQL query to run, and ReportDataSource resources that define the data available to the ReportQuery and Report resources.

1.1.3. Using metering

You can use metering for writing reports and viewing report results. To learn more, see examples of using metering.

1.1.4. Troubleshooting metering

You can use the following sections to troubleshoot specific issues with metering.

  • Not enough compute resources
  • StorageClass resource not configured
  • Secret not configured correctly

1.1.5. Debugging metering

You can use the following sections to debug specific issues with metering.

  • Get reporting Operator logs
  • Query Presto using presto-cli
  • Query Hive using beeline
  • Port-forward to the Hive web UI
  • Port-forward to HDFS
  • Metering Ansible Operator

1.1.6. Uninstalling metering

You can remove and clean metering resources from your OpenShift Container Platform cluster. To learn more, see uninstalling metering.

1.1.7. Metering resources

Metering has many resources which can be used to manage the deployment and installation of metering, as well as the reporting functionality metering provides.

Metering is managed using the following custom resource definitions (CRDs):

MeteringConfig

Configures the metering stack for deployment. Contains customizations and configuration options to control each component that makes up the metering stack.

Report

Controls what query to use, when, and how often the query should be run, and where to store the results.

ReportQuery

Contains the SQL queries used to perform analysis on the data contained within ReportDataSource resources.

ReportDataSource

Controls the data available to ReportQuery and Report resources. Allows configuring access to different databases for use within metering.

Chapter 2. Installing metering

Important

Metering is a deprecated feature. Deprecated functionality is still included in OpenShift Container Platform and continues to be supported; however, it will be removed in a future release of this product and is not recommended for new deployments.

For the most recent list of major functionality that has been deprecated or removed within OpenShift Container Platform, refer to the Deprecated and removed features section of the OpenShift Container Platform release notes.

Review the following sections before installing metering into your cluster.

To get started installing metering, first install the Metering Operator from OperatorHub. Next, configure your instance of metering by creating a MeteringConfig custom resource (CR). Installing the Metering Operator creates a default MeteringConfig resource that you can modify using the examples in the documentation. After creating your MeteringConfig resource, install the metering stack. Last, verify your installation.

2.1. Prerequisites

Metering requires the following components:

  • A StorageClass resource for dynamic volume provisioning. Metering supports a number of different storage solutions.
  • 4GB memory and 4 CPU cores available cluster capacity and at least one node with 2 CPU cores and 2GB memory capacity available.
  • The minimum resources needed for the largest single pod installed by metering are 2GB of memory and 2 CPU cores.

    • Memory and CPU consumption may often be lower, but will spike when running reports, or collecting data for larger clusters.

2.2. Installing the Metering Operator

You can install metering by deploying the Metering Operator. The Metering Operator creates and manages the components of the metering stack.

Note

You cannot create a project starting with openshift- using the web console or by using the oc new-project command in the CLI.

Note

If the Metering Operator is installed using a namespace other than openshift-metering, the metering reports are only viewable using the CLI. It is strongly suggested throughout the installation steps to use the openshift-metering namespace.

2.2.1. Installing metering using the web console

You can use the OpenShift Container Platform web console to install the Metering Operator.

Procedure

  1. Create a namespace object YAML file for the Metering Operator with the oc create -f <file-name>.yaml command. You must use the CLI to create the namespace. For example, metering-namespace.yaml:

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: Namespace
    metadata:
      name: openshift-metering 1
      annotations:
        openshift.io/node-selector: "" 2
      labels:
        openshift.io/cluster-monitoring: "true"
    1
    It is strongly recommended to deploy metering in the openshift-metering namespace.
    2
    Include this annotation before configuring specific node selectors for the operand pods.
  2. In the OpenShift Container Platform web console, click OperatorsOperatorHub. Filter for metering to find the Metering Operator.
  3. Click the Metering card, review the package description, and then click Install.
  4. Select an Update Channel, Installation Mode, and Approval Strategy.
  5. Click Install.
  6. Verify that the Metering Operator is installed by switching to the OperatorsInstalled Operators page. The Metering Operator has a Status of Succeeded when the installation is complete.

    Note

    It might take several minutes for the Metering Operator to appear.

  7. Click Metering on the Installed Operators page for Operator Details. From the Details page you can create different resources related to metering.

To complete the metering installation, create a MeteringConfig resource to configure metering and install the components of the metering stack.

2.2.2. Installing metering using the CLI

You can use the OpenShift Container Platform CLI to install the Metering Operator.

Procedure

  1. Create a Namespace object YAML file for the Metering Operator. You must use the CLI to create the namespace. For example, metering-namespace.yaml:

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: Namespace
    metadata:
      name: openshift-metering 1
      annotations:
        openshift.io/node-selector: "" 2
      labels:
        openshift.io/cluster-monitoring: "true"
    1
    It is strongly recommended to deploy metering in the openshift-metering namespace.
    2
    Include this annotation before configuring specific node selectors for the operand pods.
  2. Create the Namespace object:

    $ oc create -f <file-name>.yaml

    For example:

    $ oc create -f openshift-metering.yaml
  3. Create the OperatorGroup object YAML file. For example, metering-og:

    apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
    kind: OperatorGroup
    metadata:
      name: openshift-metering 1
      namespace: openshift-metering 2
    spec:
      targetNamespaces:
      - openshift-metering
    1
    The name is arbitrary.
    2
    Specify the openshift-metering namespace.
  4. Create a Subscription object YAML file to subscribe a namespace to the Metering Operator. This object targets the most recently released version in the redhat-operators catalog source. For example, metering-sub.yaml:

    apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
    kind: Subscription
    metadata:
      name: metering-ocp 1
      namespace: openshift-metering 2
    spec:
      channel: "4.7" 3
      source: "redhat-operators" 4
      sourceNamespace: "openshift-marketplace"
      name: "metering-ocp"
      installPlanApproval: "Automatic" 5
    1
    The name is arbitrary.
    2
    You must specify the openshift-metering namespace.
    3
    Specify 4.7 as the channel.
    4
    Specify the redhat-operators catalog source, which contains the metering-ocp package manifests. If your OpenShift Container Platform is installed on a restricted network, also known as a disconnected cluster, specify the name of the CatalogSource object you created when you configured the Operator LifeCycle Manager (OLM).
    5
    Specify "Automatic" install plan approval.

2.3. Installing the metering stack

After adding the Metering Operator to your cluster you can install the components of metering by installing the metering stack.

2.4. Prerequisites

Important

There can only be one MeteringConfig resource in the openshift-metering namespace. Any other configuration is not supported.

Procedure

  1. From the web console, ensure you are on the Operator Details page for the Metering Operator in the openshift-metering project. You can navigate to this page by clicking OperatorsInstalled Operators, then selecting the Metering Operator.
  2. Under Provided APIs, click Create Instance on the Metering Configuration card. This opens a YAML editor with the default MeteringConfig resource file where you can define your configuration.

    Note

    For example configuration files and all supported configuration options, review the configuring metering documentation.

  3. Enter your MeteringConfig resource into the YAML editor and click Create.

The MeteringConfig resource begins to create the necessary resources for your metering stack. You can now move on to verifying your installation.

2.5. Verifying the metering installation

You can verify the metering installation by performing any of the following checks:

  • Check the Metering Operator ClusterServiceVersion (CSV) resource for the metering version. This can be done through either the web console or CLI.

    Procedure (UI)

    1. Navigate to OperatorsInstalled Operators in the openshift-metering namespace.
    2. Click Metering Operator.
    3. Click Subscription for Subscription Details.
    4. Check the Installed Version.

    Procedure (CLI)

    • Check the Metering Operator CSV in the openshift-metering namespace:

      $ oc --namespace openshift-metering get csv

      Example output

      NAME                                           DISPLAY                  VERSION                 REPLACES   PHASE
      elasticsearch-operator.4.7.0-202006231303.p0   OpenShift Elasticsearch Operator   4.7.0-202006231303.p0              Succeeded
      metering-operator.v4.7.0                       Metering                 4.7.0                              Succeeded

  • Check that all required pods in the openshift-metering namespace are created. This can be done through either the web console or CLI.

    Note

    Many pods rely on other components to function before they themselves can be considered ready. Some pods may restart if other pods take too long to start. This is to be expected during the Metering Operator installation.

    Procedure (UI)

    • Navigate to WorkloadsPods in the metering namespace and verify that pods are being created. This can take several minutes after installing the metering stack.

    Procedure (CLI)

    • Check that all required pods in the openshift-metering namespace are created:

      $ oc -n openshift-metering get pods

      Example output

      NAME                                  READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
      hive-metastore-0                      2/2     Running   0          3m28s
      hive-server-0                         3/3     Running   0          3m28s
      metering-operator-68dd64cfb6-2k7d9    2/2     Running   0          5m17s
      presto-coordinator-0                  2/2     Running   0          3m9s
      reporting-operator-5588964bf8-x2tkn   2/2     Running   0          2m40s

  • Verify that the ReportDataSource resources are beginning to import data, indicated by a valid timestamp in the EARLIEST METRIC column. This might take several minutes. Filter out the "-raw" ReportDataSource resources, which do not import data:

    $ oc get reportdatasources -n openshift-metering | grep -v raw

    Example output

    NAME                                         EARLIEST METRIC        NEWEST METRIC          IMPORT START           IMPORT END             LAST IMPORT TIME       AGE
    node-allocatable-cpu-cores                   2019-08-05T16:52:00Z   2019-08-05T18:52:00Z   2019-08-05T16:52:00Z   2019-08-05T18:52:00Z   2019-08-05T18:54:45Z   9m50s
    node-allocatable-memory-bytes                2019-08-05T16:51:00Z   2019-08-05T18:51:00Z   2019-08-05T16:51:00Z   2019-08-05T18:51:00Z   2019-08-05T18:54:45Z   9m50s
    node-capacity-cpu-cores                      2019-08-05T16:51:00Z   2019-08-05T18:29:00Z   2019-08-05T16:51:00Z   2019-08-05T18:29:00Z   2019-08-05T18:54:39Z   9m50s
    node-capacity-memory-bytes                   2019-08-05T16:52:00Z   2019-08-05T18:41:00Z   2019-08-05T16:52:00Z   2019-08-05T18:41:00Z   2019-08-05T18:54:44Z   9m50s
    persistentvolumeclaim-capacity-bytes         2019-08-05T16:51:00Z   2019-08-05T18:29:00Z   2019-08-05T16:51:00Z   2019-08-05T18:29:00Z   2019-08-05T18:54:43Z   9m50s
    persistentvolumeclaim-phase                  2019-08-05T16:51:00Z   2019-08-05T18:29:00Z   2019-08-05T16:51:00Z   2019-08-05T18:29:00Z   2019-08-05T18:54:28Z   9m50s
    persistentvolumeclaim-request-bytes          2019-08-05T16:52:00Z   2019-08-05T18:30:00Z   2019-08-05T16:52:00Z   2019-08-05T18:30:00Z   2019-08-05T18:54:34Z   9m50s
    persistentvolumeclaim-usage-bytes            2019-08-05T16:52:00Z   2019-08-05T18:30:00Z   2019-08-05T16:52:00Z   2019-08-05T18:30:00Z   2019-08-05T18:54:36Z   9m49s
    pod-limit-cpu-cores                          2019-08-05T16:52:00Z   2019-08-05T18:30:00Z   2019-08-05T16:52:00Z   2019-08-05T18:30:00Z   2019-08-05T18:54:26Z   9m49s
    pod-limit-memory-bytes                       2019-08-05T16:51:00Z   2019-08-05T18:40:00Z   2019-08-05T16:51:00Z   2019-08-05T18:40:00Z   2019-08-05T18:54:30Z   9m49s
    pod-persistentvolumeclaim-request-info       2019-08-05T16:51:00Z   2019-08-05T18:40:00Z   2019-08-05T16:51:00Z   2019-08-05T18:40:00Z   2019-08-05T18:54:37Z   9m49s
    pod-request-cpu-cores                        2019-08-05T16:51:00Z   2019-08-05T18:18:00Z   2019-08-05T16:51:00Z   2019-08-05T18:18:00Z   2019-08-05T18:54:24Z   9m49s
    pod-request-memory-bytes                     2019-08-05T16:52:00Z   2019-08-05T18:08:00Z   2019-08-05T16:52:00Z   2019-08-05T18:08:00Z   2019-08-05T18:54:32Z   9m49s
    pod-usage-cpu-cores                          2019-08-05T16:52:00Z   2019-08-05T17:57:00Z   2019-08-05T16:52:00Z   2019-08-05T17:57:00Z   2019-08-05T18:54:10Z   9m49s
    pod-usage-memory-bytes                       2019-08-05T16:52:00Z   2019-08-05T18:08:00Z   2019-08-05T16:52:00Z   2019-08-05T18:08:00Z   2019-08-05T18:54:20Z   9m49s

After all pods are ready and you have verified that data is being imported, you can begin using metering to collect data and report on your cluster.

2.6. Additional resources

Chapter 3. Upgrading metering

Important

Metering is a deprecated feature. Deprecated functionality is still included in OpenShift Container Platform and continues to be supported; however, it will be removed in a future release of this product and is not recommended for new deployments.

For the most recent list of major functionality that has been deprecated or removed within OpenShift Container Platform, refer to the Deprecated and removed features section of the OpenShift Container Platform release notes.

You can upgrade metering to 4.7 by updating the Metering Operator subscription.

3.1. Prerequisites

  • The cluster is updated to 4.7.
  • The Metering Operator is installed from OperatorHub.

    Note

    You must upgrade the Metering Operator to 4.7 manually. Metering does not upgrade automatically if you selected the "Automatic" Approval Strategy in a previous installation.

  • The MeteringConfig custom resource is configured.
  • The metering stack is installed.
  • Ensure that metering status is healthy by checking that all pods are ready.
Important

Potential data loss can occur if you modify your metering storage configuration after installing or upgrading metering.

Procedure

  1. Click OperatorsInstalled Operators from the web console.
  2. Select the openshift-metering project.
  3. Click Metering Operator.
  4. Click SubscriptionChannel.
  5. In the Change Subscription Update Channel window, select 4.7 and click Save.

    Note

    Wait several seconds to allow the subscription to update before proceeding to the next step.

  6. Click OperatorsInstalled Operators.

    The Metering Operator is shown as 4.7. For example:

    Metering
    4.7.0-202007012112.p0 provided by Red Hat, Inc

Verification

You can verify the metering upgrade by performing any of the following checks:

  • Check the Metering Operator cluster service version (CSV) for the new metering version. This can be done through either the web console or CLI.

    Procedure (UI)

    1. Navigate to OperatorsInstalled Operators in the metering namespace.
    2. Click Metering Operator.
    3. Click Subscription for Subscription Details.
    4. Check the Installed Version for the upgraded metering version. The Starting Version shows the metering version prior to upgrading.

    Procedure (CLI)

    • Check the Metering Operator CSV:

      $ oc get csv | grep metering

      Example output for metering upgrade from 4.6 to 4.7

      NAME                                        DISPLAY                  VERSION                 REPLACES                                 PHASE
      metering-operator.4.7.0-202007012112.p0     Metering                 4.7.0-202007012112.p0   metering-operator.4.6.0-202007012112.p0  Succeeded

  • Check that all required pods in the openshift-metering namespace are created. This can be done through either the web console or CLI.

    Note

    Many pods rely on other components to function before they themselves can be considered ready. Some pods may restart if other pods take too long to start. This is to be expected during the Metering Operator upgrade.

    Procedure (UI)

    • Navigate to WorkloadsPods in the metering namespace and verify that pods are being created. This can take several minutes after upgrading the metering stack.

    Procedure (CLI)

    • Check that all required pods in the openshift-metering namespace are created:

      $ oc -n openshift-metering get pods

      Example output

      NAME                                  READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
      hive-metastore-0                      2/2     Running   0          3m28s
      hive-server-0                         3/3     Running   0          3m28s
      metering-operator-68dd64cfb6-2k7d9    2/2     Running   0          5m17s
      presto-coordinator-0                  2/2     Running   0          3m9s
      reporting-operator-5588964bf8-x2tkn   2/2     Running   0          2m40s

  • Verify that the ReportDataSource resources are importing new data, indicated by a valid timestamp in the NEWEST METRIC column. This might take several minutes. Filter out the "-raw" ReportDataSource resources, which do not import data:

    $ oc get reportdatasources -n openshift-metering | grep -v raw

    Timestamps in the NEWEST METRIC column indicate that ReportDataSource resources are beginning to import new data.

    Example output

    NAME                                         EARLIEST METRIC        NEWEST METRIC          IMPORT START           IMPORT END             LAST IMPORT TIME       AGE
    node-allocatable-cpu-cores                   2020-05-18T21:10:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-18T19:11:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-19T19:56:44Z   23h
    node-allocatable-memory-bytes                2020-05-18T21:10:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-18T19:11:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:07Z   23h
    node-capacity-cpu-cores                      2020-05-18T21:10:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-18T19:11:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-19T19:56:52Z   23h
    node-capacity-memory-bytes                   2020-05-18T21:10:00Z   2020-05-19T19:57:00Z   2020-05-18T19:10:00Z   2020-05-19T19:57:00Z   2020-05-19T19:57:03Z   23h
    persistentvolumeclaim-capacity-bytes         2020-05-18T21:09:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-18T19:11:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-19T19:56:46Z   23h
    persistentvolumeclaim-phase                  2020-05-18T21:10:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-18T19:11:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:36Z   23h
    persistentvolumeclaim-request-bytes          2020-05-18T21:10:00Z   2020-05-19T19:57:00Z   2020-05-18T19:10:00Z   2020-05-19T19:57:00Z   2020-05-19T19:57:03Z   23h
    persistentvolumeclaim-usage-bytes            2020-05-18T21:09:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-18T19:11:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:02Z   23h
    pod-limit-cpu-cores                          2020-05-18T21:10:00Z   2020-05-19T19:57:00Z   2020-05-18T19:10:00Z   2020-05-19T19:57:00Z   2020-05-19T19:57:02Z   23h
    pod-limit-memory-bytes                       2020-05-18T21:10:00Z   2020-05-19T19:58:00Z   2020-05-18T19:11:00Z   2020-05-19T19:58:00Z   2020-05-19T19:59:06Z   23h
    pod-persistentvolumeclaim-request-info       2020-05-18T21:10:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-18T19:11:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:07Z   23h
    pod-request-cpu-cores                        2020-05-18T21:10:00Z   2020-05-19T19:58:00Z   2020-05-18T19:11:00Z   2020-05-19T19:58:00Z   2020-05-19T19:58:57Z   23h
    pod-request-memory-bytes                     2020-05-18T21:10:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-18T19:11:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-19T19:55:32Z   23h
    pod-usage-cpu-cores                          2020-05-18T21:09:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-18T19:11:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-19T19:54:55Z   23h
    pod-usage-memory-bytes                       2020-05-18T21:08:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-18T19:11:00Z   2020-05-19T19:52:00Z   2020-05-19T19:55:00Z   23h
    report-ns-pvc-usage                                                                                                                                             5h36m
    report-ns-pvc-usage-hourly

After all pods are ready and you have verified that new data is being imported, metering continues to collect data and report on your cluster. Review a previously scheduled report or create a run-once metering report to confirm the metering upgrade.

Chapter 4. Configuring metering

4.1. About configuring metering

Important

Metering is a deprecated feature. Deprecated functionality is still included in OpenShift Container Platform and continues to be supported; however, it will be removed in a future release of this product and is not recommended for new deployments.

For the most recent list of major functionality that has been deprecated or removed within OpenShift Container Platform, refer to the Deprecated and removed features section of the OpenShift Container Platform release notes.

The MeteringConfig custom resource specifies all the configuration details for your metering installation. When you first install the metering stack, a default MeteringConfig custom resource is generated. Use the examples in the documentation to modify this default file. Keep in mind the following key points:

  • At a minimum, you need to configure persistent storage and configure the Hive metastore.
  • Most default configuration settings work, but larger deployments or highly customized deployments should review all configuration options carefully.
  • Some configuration options can not be modified after installation.

For configuration options that can be modified after installation, make the changes in your MeteringConfig custom resource and reapply the file.

4.2. Common configuration options

Important

Metering is a deprecated feature. Deprecated functionality is still included in OpenShift Container Platform and continues to be supported; however, it will be removed in a future release of this product and is not recommended for new deployments.

For the most recent list of major functionality that has been deprecated or removed within OpenShift Container Platform, refer to the Deprecated and removed features section of the OpenShift Container Platform release notes.

4.2.1. Resource requests and limits

You can adjust the CPU, memory, or storage resource requests and/or limits for pods and volumes. The default-resource-limits.yaml below provides an example of setting resource request and limits for each component.

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: MeteringConfig
metadata:
  name: "operator-metering"
spec:
  reporting-operator:
    spec:
      resources:
        limits:
          cpu: 1
          memory: 500Mi
        requests:
          cpu: 500m
          memory: 100Mi
  presto:
    spec:
      coordinator:
        resources:
          limits:
            cpu: 4
            memory: 4Gi
          requests:
            cpu: 2
            memory: 2Gi

      worker:
        replicas: 0
        resources:
          limits:
            cpu: 8
            memory: 8Gi
          requests:
            cpu: 4
            memory: 2Gi

  hive:
    spec:
      metastore:
        resources:
          limits:
            cpu: 4
            memory: 2Gi
          requests:
            cpu: 500m
            memory: 650Mi
        storage:
          class: null
          create: true
          size: 5Gi
      server:
        resources:
          limits:
            cpu: 1
            memory: 1Gi
          requests:
            cpu: 500m
            memory: 500Mi

4.2.2. Node selectors

You can run the metering components on specific sets of nodes. Set the nodeSelector on a metering component to control where the component is scheduled. The node-selectors.yaml file below provides an example of setting node selectors for each component.

Note

Add the openshift.io/node-selector: "" namespace annotation to the metering namespace YAML file before configuring specific node selectors for the operand pods. Specify "" as the annotation value.

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: MeteringConfig
metadata:
  name: "operator-metering"
spec:
  reporting-operator:
    spec:
      nodeSelector:
        "node-role.kubernetes.io/infra": "" 1

  presto:
    spec:
      coordinator:
        nodeSelector:
          "node-role.kubernetes.io/infra": "" 2
      worker:
        nodeSelector:
          "node-role.kubernetes.io/infra": "" 3
  hive:
    spec:
      metastore:
        nodeSelector:
          "node-role.kubernetes.io/infra": "" 4
      server:
        nodeSelector:
          "node-role.kubernetes.io/infra": "" 5
1 2 3 4 5
Add a nodeSelector parameter with the appropriate value to the component you want to move. You can use a nodeSelector in the format shown or use key-value pairs, based on the value specified for the node.
Note

Add the openshift.io/node-selector: "" namespace annotation to the metering namespace YAML file before configuring specific node selectors for the operand pods. When the openshift.io/node-selector annotation is set on the project, the value is used in preference to the value of the spec.defaultNodeSelector field in the cluster-wide Scheduler object.

Verification

You can verify the metering node selectors by performing any of the following checks:

  • Verify that all pods for metering are correctly scheduled on the IP of the node that is configured in the MeteringConfig custom resource:

    1. Check all pods in the openshift-metering namespace:

      $ oc --namespace openshift-metering get pods -o wide

      The output shows the NODE and corresponding IP for each pod running in the openshift-metering namespace.

      Example output

      NAME                                  READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE     IP            NODE                                         NOMINATED NODE   READINESS GATES
      hive-metastore-0                      1/2     Running   0          4m33s   10.129.2.26   ip-10-0-210-167.us-east-2.compute.internal   <none>           <none>
      hive-server-0                         2/3     Running   0          4m21s   10.128.2.26   ip-10-0-150-175.us-east-2.compute.internal   <none>           <none>
      metering-operator-964b4fb55-4p699     2/2     Running   0          7h30m   10.131.0.33   ip-10-0-189-6.us-east-2.compute.internal     <none>           <none>
      nfs-server                            1/1     Running   0          7h30m   10.129.2.24   ip-10-0-210-167.us-east-2.compute.internal   <none>           <none>
      presto-coordinator-0                  2/2     Running   0          4m8s    10.131.0.35   ip-10-0-189-6.us-east-2.compute.internal     <none>           <none>
      reporting-operator-869b854c78-8g2x5   1/2     Running   0          7h27m   10.128.2.25   ip-10-0-150-175.us-east-2.compute.internal   <none>           <none>

    2. Compare the nodes in the openshift-metering namespace to each node NAME in your cluster:

      $ oc get nodes

      Example output

      NAME                                         STATUS   ROLES    AGE   VERSION
      ip-10-0-147-106.us-east-2.compute.internal   Ready    master   14h   v1.20.0+6025c28
      ip-10-0-150-175.us-east-2.compute.internal   Ready    worker   14h   v1.20.0+6025c28
      ip-10-0-175-23.us-east-2.compute.internal    Ready    master   14h   v1.20.0+6025c28
      ip-10-0-189-6.us-east-2.compute.internal     Ready    worker   14h   v1.20.0+6025c28
      ip-10-0-205-158.us-east-2.compute.internal   Ready    master   14h   v1.20.0+6025c28
      ip-10-0-210-167.us-east-2.compute.internal   Ready    worker   14h   v1.20.0+6025c28

  • Verify that the node selector configuration in the MeteringConfig custom resource does not interfere with the cluster-wide node selector configuration such that no metering operand pods are scheduled.

    • Check the cluster-wide Scheduler object for the spec.defaultNodeSelector field, which shows where pods are scheduled by default:

      $ oc get schedulers.config.openshift.io cluster -o yaml

4.3. Configuring persistent storage

Important

Metering is a deprecated feature. Deprecated functionality is still included in OpenShift Container Platform and continues to be supported; however, it will be removed in a future release of this product and is not recommended for new deployments.

For the most recent list of major functionality that has been deprecated or removed within OpenShift Container Platform, refer to the Deprecated and removed features section of the OpenShift Container Platform release notes.

Metering requires persistent storage to persist data collected by the Metering Operator and to store the results of reports. A number of different storage providers and storage formats are supported. Select your storage provider and modify the example configuration files to configure persistent storage for your metering installation.

4.3.1. Storing data in Amazon S3

Metering can use an existing Amazon S3 bucket or create a bucket for storage.

Note

Metering does not manage or delete any S3 bucket data. You must manually clean up S3 buckets that are used to store metering data.

Procedure

  1. Edit the spec.storage section in the s3-storage.yaml file:

    Example s3-storage.yaml file

    apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
    kind: MeteringConfig
    metadata:
      name: "operator-metering"
    spec:
      storage:
        type: "hive"
        hive:
          type: "s3"
          s3:
            bucket: "bucketname/path/" 1
            region: "us-west-1" 2
            secretName: "my-aws-secret" 3
            # Set to false if you want to provide an existing bucket, instead of
            # having metering create the bucket on your behalf.
            createBucket: true 4

    1
    Specify the name of the bucket where you would like to store your data. Optional: Specify the path within the bucket.
    2
    Specify the region of your bucket.
    3
    The name of a secret in the metering namespace containing the AWS credentials in the data.aws-access-key-id and data.aws-secret-access-key fields. See the example Secret object below for more details.
    4
    Set this field to false if you want to provide an existing S3 bucket, or if you do not want to provide IAM credentials that have CreateBucket permissions.
  2. Use the following Secret object as a template:

    Example AWS Secret object

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: Secret
    metadata:
      name: my-aws-secret
    data:
      aws-access-key-id: "dGVzdAo="
      aws-secret-access-key: "c2VjcmV0Cg=="

    Note

    The values of the aws-access-key-id and aws-secret-access-key must be base64 encoded.

  3. Create the secret:

    $ oc create secret -n openshift-metering generic my-aws-secret \
      --from-literal=aws-access-key-id=my-access-key \
      --from-literal=aws-secret-access-key=my-secret-key
    Note

    This command automatically base64 encodes your aws-access-key-id and aws-secret-access-key values.

The aws-access-key-id and aws-secret-access-key credentials must have read and write access to the bucket. The following aws/read-write.json file shows an IAM policy that grants the required permissions:

Example aws/read-write.json file

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "1",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "s3:AbortMultipartUpload",
                "s3:DeleteObject",
                "s3:GetObject",
                "s3:HeadBucket",
                "s3:ListBucket",
                "s3:ListMultipartUploadParts",
                "s3:PutObject"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:s3:::operator-metering-data/*",
                "arn:aws:s3:::operator-metering-data"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

If spec.storage.hive.s3.createBucket is set to true or unset in your s3-storage.yaml file, then you should use the aws/read-write-create.json file that contains permissions for creating and deleting buckets:

Example aws/read-write-create.json file

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "1",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "s3:AbortMultipartUpload",
                "s3:DeleteObject",
                "s3:GetObject",
                "s3:HeadBucket",
                "s3:ListBucket",
                "s3:CreateBucket",
                "s3:DeleteBucket",
                "s3:ListMultipartUploadParts",
                "s3:PutObject"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:s3:::operator-metering-data/*",
                "arn:aws:s3:::operator-metering-data"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

4.3.2. Storing data in S3-compatible storage

You can use S3-compatible storage such as Noobaa.

Procedure

  1. Edit the spec.storage section in the s3-compatible-storage.yaml file:

    Example s3-compatible-storage.yaml file

    apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
    kind: MeteringConfig
    metadata:
      name: "operator-metering"
    spec:
      storage:
        type: "hive"
        hive:
          type: "s3Compatible"
          s3Compatible:
            bucket: "bucketname" 1
            endpoint: "http://example:port-number" 2
            secretName: "my-aws-secret" 3

    1
    Specify the name of your S3-compatible bucket.
    2
    Specify the endpoint for your storage.
    3
    The name of a secret in the metering namespace containing the AWS credentials in the data.aws-access-key-id and data.aws-secret-access-key fields. See the example Secret object below for more details.
  2. Use the following Secret object as a template:

    Example S3-compatible Secret object

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: Secret
    metadata:
      name: my-aws-secret
    data:
      aws-access-key-id: "dGVzdAo="
      aws-secret-access-key: "c2VjcmV0Cg=="

4.3.3. Storing data in Microsoft Azure

To store data in Azure blob storage, you must use an existing container.

Procedure

  1. Edit the spec.storage section in the azure-blob-storage.yaml file:

    Example azure-blob-storage.yaml file

    apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
    kind: MeteringConfig
    metadata:
      name: "operator-metering"
    spec:
      storage:
        type: "hive"
        hive:
          type: "azure"
          azure:
            container: "bucket1" 1
            secretName: "my-azure-secret" 2
            rootDirectory: "/testDir" 3

    1
    Specify the container name.
    2
    Specify a secret in the metering namespace. See the example Secret object below for more details.
    3
    Optional: Specify the directory where you would like to store your data.
  2. Use the following Secret object as a template:

    Example Azure Secret object

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: Secret
    metadata:
      name: my-azure-secret
    data:
      azure-storage-account-name: "dGVzdAo="
      azure-secret-access-key: "c2VjcmV0Cg=="

  3. Create the secret:

    $ oc create secret -n openshift-metering generic my-azure-secret \
      --from-literal=azure-storage-account-name=my-storage-account-name \
      --from-literal=azure-secret-access-key=my-secret-key

4.3.4. Storing data in Google Cloud Storage

To store your data in Google Cloud Storage, you must use an existing bucket.

Procedure

  1. Edit the spec.storage section in the gcs-storage.yaml file:

    Example gcs-storage.yaml file

    apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
    kind: MeteringConfig
    metadata:
      name: "operator-metering"
    spec:
      storage:
        type: "hive"
        hive:
          type: "gcs"
          gcs:
            bucket: "metering-gcs/test1" 1
            secretName: "my-gcs-secret" 2

    1
    Specify the name of the bucket. You can optionally specify the directory within the bucket where you would like to store your data.
    2
    Specify a secret in the metering namespace. See the example Secret object below for more details.
  2. Use the following Secret object as a template:

    Example Google Cloud Storage Secret object

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: Secret
    metadata:
      name: my-gcs-secret
    data:
      gcs-service-account.json: "c2VjcmV0Cg=="

  3. Create the secret:

    $ oc create secret -n openshift-metering generic my-gcs-secret \
      --from-file gcs-service-account.json=/path/to/my/service-account-key.json

4.3.5. Storing data in shared volumes

Metering does not configure storage by default. However, you can use any ReadWriteMany persistent volume (PV) or any storage class that provisions a ReadWriteMany PV for metering storage.

Note

NFS is not recommended to use in production. Using an NFS server on RHEL as a storage back end can fail to meet metering requirements and to provide the performance that is needed for the Metering Operator to work appropriately.

Other NFS implementations on the marketplace might not have these issues, such as a Parallel Network File System (pNFS). pNFS is an NFS implementation with distributed and parallel capability. Contact the individual NFS implementation vendor for more information on any testing that was possibly completed against OpenShift Container Platform core components.

Procedure

  1. Modify the shared-storage.yaml file to use a ReadWriteMany persistent volume for storage:

    apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
    kind: MeteringConfig
    metadata:
      name: "operator-metering"
    spec:
      storage:
        type: "hive"
        hive:
          type: "sharedPVC"
          sharedPVC:
            claimName: "metering-nfs" 1
            # Uncomment the lines below to provision a new PVC using the specified storageClass. 2
            # createPVC: true
            # storageClass: "my-nfs-storage-class"
            # size: 5Gi

    Select one of the configuration options below:

    1
    Set storage.hive.sharedPVC.claimName to the name of an existing ReadWriteMany persistent volume claim (PVC). This configuration is necessary if you do not have dynamic volume provisioning or want to have more control over how the persistent volume is created.
    2
    Set storage.hive.sharedPVC.createPVC to true and set the storage.hive.sharedPVC.storageClass to the name of a storage class with ReadWriteMany access mode. This configuration uses dynamic volume provisioning to create a volume automatically.
  2. Create the following resource objects that are required to deploy an NFS server for metering. Use the oc create -f <file-name>.yaml command to create the object YAML files.

    1. Configure a PersistentVolume resource object:

      Example nfs_persistentvolume.yaml file

      apiVersion: v1
      kind: PersistentVolume
      metadata:
        name: nfs
        labels:
          role: nfs-server
      spec:
        capacity:
          storage: 5Gi
        accessModes:
        - ReadWriteMany
        storageClassName: nfs-server 1
        nfs:
          path: "/"
          server: REPLACEME
        persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete

      1
      Must exactly match the [kind: StorageClass].metadata.name field value.
    2. Configure a Pod resource object with the nfs-server role:

      Example nfs_server.yaml file

      apiVersion: v1
      kind: Pod
      metadata:
        name: nfs-server
        labels:
          role: nfs-server
      spec:
        containers:
          - name: nfs-server
            image: <image_name> 1
            imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
            ports:
              - name: nfs
                containerPort: 2049
            securityContext:
              privileged: true
            volumeMounts:
            - mountPath: "/mnt/data"
              name: local
        volumes:
          - name: local
            emptyDir: {}

      1
      Install your NFS server image.
    3. Configure a Service resource object with the nfs-server role:

      Example nfs_service.yaml file

      apiVersion: v1
      kind: Service
      metadata:
        name: nfs-service
        labels:
          role: nfs-server
      spec:
        ports:
        - name: 2049-tcp
          port: 2049
          protocol: TCP
          targetPort: 2049
        selector:
          role: nfs-server
        sessionAffinity: None
        type: ClusterIP

    4. Configure a StorageClass resource object:

      Example nfs_storageclass.yaml file

      apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
      kind: StorageClass
      metadata:
        name: nfs-server 1
      provisioner: example.com/nfs
      parameters:
        archiveOnDelete: "false"
      reclaimPolicy: Delete
      volumeBindingMode: Immediate

      1
      Must exactly match the [kind: PersistentVolume].spec.storageClassName field value.
Warning

Configuration of your NFS storage, and any relevant resource objects, will vary depending on the NFS server image that you use for metering storage.

4.4. Configuring the Hive metastore

Important

Metering is a deprecated feature. Deprecated functionality is still included in OpenShift Container Platform and continues to be supported; however, it will be removed in a future release of this product and is not recommended for new deployments.

For the most recent list of major functionality that has been deprecated or removed within OpenShift Container Platform, refer to the Deprecated and removed features section of the OpenShift Container Platform release notes.

Hive metastore is responsible for storing all the metadata about the database tables created in Presto and Hive. By default, the metastore stores this information in a local embedded Derby database in a persistent volume attached to the pod.

Generally, the default configuration of the Hive metastore works for small clusters, but users may wish to improve performance or move storage requirements out of cluster by using a dedicated SQL database for storing the Hive metastore data.

4.4.1. Configuring persistent volumes

By default, Hive requires one persistent volume to operate.

hive-metastore-db-data is the main persistent volume claim (PVC) required by default. This PVC is used by the Hive metastore to store metadata about tables, such as table name, columns, and location. Hive metastore is used by Presto and the Hive server to look up table metadata when processing queries. You remove this requirement by using MySQL or PostgreSQL for the Hive metastore database.

To install, Hive metastore requires that dynamic volume provisioning is enabled in a storage class, a persistent volume of the correct size must be manually pre-created, or you use a pre-existing MySQL or PostgreSQL database.

4.4.1.1. Configuring the storage class for the Hive metastore

To configure and specify a storage class for the hive-metastore-db-data persistent volume claim, specify the storage class in your MeteringConfig custom resource. An example storage section with the class field is included in the metastore-storage.yaml file below.

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: MeteringConfig
metadata:
  name: "operator-metering"
spec:
  hive:
    spec:
      metastore:
        storage:
          # Default is null, which means using the default storage class if it exists.
          # If you wish to use a different storage class, specify it here
          # class: "null" 1
          size: "5Gi"
1
Uncomment this line and replace null with the name of the storage class to use. Leaving the value null will cause metering to use the default storage class for the cluster.

4.4.1.2. Configuring the volume size for the Hive metastore

Use the metastore-storage.yaml file below as a template to configure the volume size for the Hive metastore.

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: MeteringConfig
metadata:
  name: "operator-metering"
spec:
  hive:
    spec:
      metastore:
        storage:
          # Default is null, which means using the default storage class if it exists.
          # If you wish to use a different storage class, specify it here
          # class: "null"
          size: "5Gi" 1
1
Replace the value for size with your desired capacity. The example file shows "5Gi".

4.4.2. Using MySQL or PostgreSQL for the Hive metastore

The default installation of metering configures Hive to use an embedded Java database called Derby. This is unsuited for larger environments and can be replaced with either a MySQL or PostgreSQL database. Use the following example configuration files if your deployment requires a MySQL or PostgreSQL database for Hive.

There are three configuration options you can use to control the database that is used by Hive metastore: url, driver, and secretName.

Create your MySQL or Postgres instance with a user name and password. Then create a secret by using the OpenShift CLI (oc) or a YAML file. The secretName you create for this secret must map to the spec.hive.spec.config.db.secretName field in the MeteringConfig object resource.

Procedure

  1. Create a secret using the OpenShift CLI (oc) or by using a YAML file:

    • Create a secret by using the following command:

      $ oc --namespace openshift-metering create secret generic <YOUR_SECRETNAME> --from-literal=username=<YOUR_DATABASE_USERNAME> --from-literal=password=<YOUR_DATABASE_PASSWORD>
    • Create a secret by using a YAML file. For example:

      apiVersion: v1
      kind: Secret
      metadata:
        name: <YOUR_SECRETNAME> 1
      data:
        username: <BASE64_ENCODED_DATABASE_USERNAME> 2
        password: <BASE64_ENCODED_DATABASE_PASSWORD> 3
      1
      The name of the secret.
      2
      Base64 encoded database user name.
      3
      Base64 encoded database password.
  2. Create a configuration file to use a MySQL or PostgreSQL database for Hive:

    • To use a MySQL database for Hive, use the example configuration file below. Metering supports configuring the internal Hive metastore to use the MySQL server versions 5.6, 5.7, and 8.0.

      spec:
        hive:
          spec:
            metastore:
              storage:
                create: false
            config:
              db:
                url: "jdbc:mysql://mysql.example.com:3306/hive_metastore" 1
                driver: "com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver"
                secretName: "REPLACEME" 2
      Note

      When configuring Metering to work with older MySQL server versions, such as 5.6 or 5.7, you might need to add the enabledTLSProtocols JDBC URL parameter when configuring the internal Hive metastore.

      1
      To use the TLS v1.2 cipher suite, set url to "jdbc:mysql://<hostname>:<port>/<schema>?enabledTLSProtocols=TLSv1.2".
      2
      The name of the secret containing the base64-encrypted user name and password database credentials.

      You can pass additional JDBC parameters using the spec.hive.config.url. For more details, see the MySQL Connector/J 8.0 documentation.

    • To use a PostgreSQL database for Hive, use the example configuration file below:

      spec:
        hive:
          spec:
            metastore:
              storage:
                create: false
            config:
              db:
                url: "jdbc:postgresql://postgresql.example.com:5432/hive_metastore"
                driver: "org.postgresql.Driver"
                username: "REPLACEME"
                password: "REPLACEME"

      You can pass additional JDBC parameters using the spec.hive.config.url. For more details, see the PostgreSQL JDBC driver documentation.

4.5. Configuring the Reporting Operator

Important

Metering is a deprecated feature. Deprecated functionality is still included in OpenShift Container Platform and continues to be supported; however, it will be removed in a future release of this product and is not recommended for new deployments.

For the most recent list of major functionality that has been deprecated or removed within OpenShift Container Platform, refer to the Deprecated and removed features section of the OpenShift Container Platform release notes.

The Reporting Operator is responsible for collecting data from Prometheus, storing the metrics in Presto, running report queries against Presto, and exposing their results via an HTTP API. Configuring the Reporting Operator is primarily done in your MeteringConfig custom resource.

4.5.1. Securing a Prometheus connection

When you install metering on OpenShift Container Platform, Prometheus is available at https://prometheus-k8s.openshift-monitoring.svc:9091/.

To secure the connection to Prometheus, the default metering installation uses the OpenShift Container Platform certificate authority (CA). If your Prometheus instance uses a different CA, you can inject the CA through a config map. You can also configure the Reporting Operator to use a specified bearer token to authenticate with Prometheus.

Procedure

  • Inject the CA that your Prometheus instance uses through a config map. For example:

    spec:
      reporting-operator:
        spec:
          config:
            prometheus:
              certificateAuthority:
                useServiceAccountCA: false
                configMap:
                  enabled: true
                  create: true
                  name: reporting-operator-certificate-authority-config
                  filename: "internal-ca.crt"
                  value: |
                    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
                    (snip)
                    -----END CERTIFICATE-----

    Alternatively, to use the system certificate authorities for publicly valid certificates, set both useServiceAccountCA and configMap.enabled to false.

  • Specify a bearer token to authenticate with Prometheus. For example:
spec:
  reporting-operator:
    spec:
      config:
        prometheus:
          metricsImporter:
            auth:
              useServiceAccountToken: false
              tokenSecret:
                enabled: true
                create: true
                value: "abc-123"

4.5.2. Exposing the reporting API

On OpenShift Container Platform the default metering installation automatically exposes a route, making the reporting API available. This provides the following features:

  • Automatic DNS
  • Automatic TLS based on the cluster CA

Also, the default installation makes it possible to use the OpenShift service for serving certificates to protect the reporting API with TLS. The OpenShift OAuth proxy is deployed as a sidecar container for the Reporting Operator, which protects the reporting API with authentication.

4.5.2.1. Using OpenShift Authentication

By default, the reporting API is secured with TLS and authentication. This is done by configuring the Reporting Operator to deploy a pod containing both the Reporting Operator’s container, and a sidecar container running OpenShift auth-proxy.

To access the reporting API, the Metering Operator exposes a route. Once that route has been installed, you can run the following command to get the route’s hostname.

$ METERING_ROUTE_HOSTNAME=$(oc -n openshift-metering get routes metering -o json | jq -r '.status.ingress[].host')

Next, set up authentication using either a service account token or basic authentication with a username and password.

4.5.2.1.1. Authenticate using a service account token

With this method, you use the token in the Reporting Operator’s service account, and pass that bearer token to the Authorization header in the following command:

$ TOKEN=$(oc -n openshift-metering serviceaccounts get-token reporting-operator)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -k "https://$METERING_ROUTE_HOSTNAME/api/v1/reports/get?name=[Report Name]&namespace=openshift-metering&format=[Format]"

Be sure to replace the name=[Report Name] and format=[Format] parameters in the URL above. The format parameter can be json, csv, or tabular.

4.5.2.1.2. Authenticate using a username and password

Metering supports configuring basic authentication using a username and password combination, which is specified in the contents of an htpasswd file. By default, a secret containing empty htpasswd data is created. You can, however, configure the reporting-operator.spec.authProxy.htpasswd.data and reporting-operator.spec.authProxy.htpasswd.createSecret keys to use this method.

Once you have specified the above in your MeteringConfig resource, you can run the following command:

$ curl -u testuser:password123 -k "https://$METERING_ROUTE_HOSTNAME/api/v1/reports/get?name=[Report Name]&namespace=openshift-metering&format=[Format]"

Be sure to replace testuser:password123 with a valid username and password combination.

4.5.2.2. Manually Configuring Authentication

To manually configure, or disable OAuth in the Reporting Operator, you must set spec.tls.enabled: false in your MeteringConfig resource.

Warning

This also disables all TLS and authentication between the Reporting Operator, Presto, and Hive. You would need to manually configure these resources yourself.

Authentication can be enabled by configuring the following options. Enabling authentication configures the Reporting Operator pod to run the OpenShift auth-proxy as a sidecar container in the pod. This adjusts the ports so that the reporting API isn’t exposed directly, but instead is proxied to via the auth-proxy sidecar container.

  • reporting-operator.spec.authProxy.enabled
  • reporting-operator.spec.authProxy.cookie.createSecret
  • reporting-operator.spec.authProxy.cookie.seed

You need to set reporting-operator.spec.authProxy.enabled and reporting-operator.spec.authProxy.cookie.createSecret to true and reporting-operator.spec.authProxy.cookie.seed to a 32-character random string.

You can generate a 32-character random string using the following command.

$ openssl rand -base64 32 | head -c32; echo.
4.5.2.2.1. Token authentication

When the following options are set to true, authentication using a bearer token is enabled for the reporting REST API. Bearer tokens can come from service accounts or users.

  • reporting-operator.spec.authProxy.subjectAccessReview.enabled
  • reporting-operator.spec.authProxy.delegateURLs.enabled

When authentication is enabled, the Bearer token used to query the reporting API of the user or service account must be granted access using one of the following roles:

  • report-exporter
  • reporting-admin
  • reporting-viewer
  • metering-admin
  • metering-viewer

The Metering Operator is capable of creating role bindings for you, granting these permissions by specifying a list of subjects in the spec.permissions section. For an example, see the following advanced-auth.yaml example configuration.

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: MeteringConfig
metadata:
  name: "operator-metering"
spec:
  permissions:
    # anyone in the "metering-admins" group can create, update, delete, etc any
    # metering.openshift.io resources in the namespace.
    # This also grants permissions to get query report results from the reporting REST API.
    meteringAdmins:
    - kind: Group
      name: metering-admins
    # Same as above except read only access and for the metering-viewers group.
    meteringViewers:
    - kind: Group
      name: metering-viewers
    # the default serviceaccount in the namespace "my-custom-ns" can:
    # create, update, delete, etc reports.
    # This also gives permissions query the results from the reporting REST API.
    reportingAdmins:
    - kind: ServiceAccount
      name: default
      namespace: my-custom-ns
    # anyone in the group reporting-readers can get, list, watch reports, and
    # query report results from the reporting REST API.
    reportingViewers:
    - kind: Group
      name: reporting-readers
    # anyone in the group cluster-admins can query report results
    # from the reporting REST API. So can the user bob-from-accounting.
    reportExporters:
    - kind: Group
      name: cluster-admins
    - kind: User
      name: bob-from-accounting

  reporting-operator:
    spec:
      authProxy:
        # htpasswd.data can contain htpasswd file contents for allowing auth
        # using a static list of usernames and their password hashes.
        #
        # username is 'testuser' password is 'password123'
        # generated htpasswdData using: `htpasswd -nb -s testuser password123`
        # htpasswd:
        #   data: |
        #     testuser:{SHA}y/2sYAj5yrQIN4TL0YdPdmGNKpc=
        #
        # change REPLACEME to the output of your htpasswd command
        htpasswd:
          data: |
            REPLACEME

Alternatively, you can use any role which has rules granting get permissions to reports/export. This means get access to the export sub-resource of the Report resources in the namespace of the Reporting Operator. For example: admin and cluster-admin.

By default, the Reporting Operator and Metering Operator service accounts both have these permissions, and their tokens can be used for authentication.

4.5.2.2.2. Basic authentication with a username and password

For basic authentication you can supply a username and password in the reporting-operator.spec.authProxy.htpasswd.data field. The username and password must be the same format as those found in an htpasswd file. When set, you can use HTTP basic authentication to provide your username and password that has a corresponding entry in the htpasswdData contents.

4.6. Configure AWS billing correlation

Important

Metering is a deprecated feature. Deprecated functionality is still included in OpenShift Container Platform and continues to be supported; however, it will be removed in a future release of this product and is not recommended for new deployments.

For the most recent list of major functionality that has been deprecated or removed within OpenShift Container Platform, refer to the Deprecated and removed features section of the OpenShift Container Platform release notes.

Metering can correlate cluster usage information with AWS detailed billing information, attaching a dollar amount to resource usage. For clusters running in EC2, you can enable this by modifying the example aws-billing.yaml file below.

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: MeteringConfig
metadata:
  name: "operator-metering"
spec:
  openshift-reporting:
    spec:
      awsBillingReportDataSource:
        enabled: true
        # Replace these with where your AWS billing reports are
        # stored in S3.
        bucket: "<your-aws-cost-report-bucket>" 1
        prefix: "<path/to/report>"
        region: "<your-buckets-region>"

  reporting-operator:
    spec:
      config:
        aws:
          secretName: "<your-aws-secret>" 2

  presto:
    spec:
      config:
        aws:
          secretName: "<your-aws-secret>" 3

  hive:
    spec:
      config:
        aws:
          secretName: "<your-aws-secret>" 4

To enable AWS billing correlation, first ensure the AWS Cost and Usage Reports are enabled. For more information, see Turning on the AWS Cost and Usage Report in the AWS documentation.

1
Update the bucket, prefix, and region to the location of your AWS Detailed billing report.
2 3 4
All secretName fields should be set to the name of a secret in the metering namespace containing AWS credentials in the data.aws-access-key-id and data.aws-secret-access-key fields. See the example secret file below for more details.
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: <your-aws-secret>
data:
  aws-access-key-id: "dGVzdAo="
  aws-secret-access-key: "c2VjcmV0Cg=="

To store data in S3, the aws-access-key-id and aws-secret-access-key credentials must have read and write access to the bucket. For an example of an IAM policy granting the required permissions, see the aws/read-write.json file below.

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "1",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "s3:AbortMultipartUpload",
                "s3:DeleteObject",
                "s3:GetObject",
                "s3:HeadBucket",
                "s3:ListBucket",
                "s3:ListMultipartUploadParts",
                "s3:PutObject"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:s3:::operator-metering-data/*", 1
                "arn:aws:s3:::operator-metering-data" 2
            ]
        }
    ]
}
{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "1",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "s3:AbortMultipartUpload",
                "s3:DeleteObject",
                "s3:GetObject",
                "s3:HeadBucket",
                "s3:ListBucket",
                "s3:ListMultipartUploadParts",
                "s3:PutObject"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:s3:::operator-metering-data/*", 3
                "arn:aws:s3:::operator-metering-data" 4
            ]
        }
    ]
}
1 2 3 4
Replace operator-metering-data with the name of your bucket.

This can be done either pre-installation or post-installation. Disabling it post-installation can cause errors in the Reporting Operator.

Chapter 5. Reports

5.1. About Reports

Important

Metering is a deprecated feature. Deprecated functionality is still included in OpenShift Container Platform and continues to be supported; however, it will be removed in a future release of this product and is not recommended for new deployments.

For the most recent list of major functionality that has been deprecated or removed within OpenShift Container Platform, refer to the Deprecated and removed features section of the OpenShift Container Platform release notes.

A Report custom resource provides a method to manage periodic Extract Transform and Load (ETL) jobs using SQL queries. Reports are composed from other metering resources, such as ReportQuery resources that provide the actual SQL query to run, and ReportDataSource resources that define the data available to the ReportQuery and Report resources.

Many use cases are addressed by the predefined ReportQuery and ReportDataSource resources that come installed with metering. Therefore, you do not need to define your own unless you have a use case that is not covered by these predefined resources.

5.1.1. Reports

The Report custom resource is used to manage the execution and status of reports. Metering produces reports derived from usage data sources, which can be used in further analysis and filtering. A single Report resource represents a job that manages a database table and updates it with new information according to a schedule. The report exposes the data in that table via the Reporting Operator HTTP API.

Reports with a spec.schedule field set are always running and track what time periods it has collected data for. This ensures that if metering is shutdown or unavailable for an extended period of time, it backfills the data starting where it left off. If the schedule is unset, then the report runs once for the time specified by the reportingStart and reportingEnd. By default, reports wait for ReportDataSource resources to have fully imported any data covered in the reporting period. If the report has a schedule, it waits to run until the data in the period currently being processed has finished importing.

5.1.1.1. Example report with a schedule

The following example Report object contains information on every pod’s CPU requests, and runs every hour, adding the last hours worth of data each time it runs.

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: Report
metadata:
  name: pod-cpu-request-hourly
spec:
  query: "pod-cpu-request"
  reportingStart: "2019-07-01T00:00:00Z"
  schedule:
    period: "hourly"
    hourly:
      minute: 0
      second: 0

5.1.1.2. Example report without a schedule (run-once)

The following example Report object contains information on every pod’s CPU requests for all of July. After completion, it does not run again.

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: Report
metadata:
  name: pod-cpu-request-hourly
spec:
  query: "pod-cpu-request"
  reportingStart: "2019-07-01T00:00:00Z"
  reportingEnd: "2019-07-31T00:00:00Z"

5.1.1.3. query

The query field names the ReportQuery resource used to generate the report. The report query controls the schema of the report as well as how the results are processed.

query is a required field.

Use the following command to list available ReportQuery resources:

$ oc -n openshift-metering get reportqueries

Example output

NAME                                         AGE
cluster-cpu-capacity                         23m
cluster-cpu-capacity-raw                     23m
cluster-cpu-usage                            23m
cluster-cpu-usage-raw                        23m
cluster-cpu-utilization                      23m
cluster-memory-capacity                      23m
cluster-memory-capacity-raw                  23m
cluster-memory-usage                         23m
cluster-memory-usage-raw                     23m
cluster-memory-utilization                   23m
cluster-persistentvolumeclaim-request        23m
namespace-cpu-request                        23m
namespace-cpu-usage                          23m
namespace-cpu-utilization                    23m
namespace-memory-request                     23m
namespace-memory-usage                       23m
namespace-memory-utilization                 23m
namespace-persistentvolumeclaim-request      23m
namespace-persistentvolumeclaim-usage        23m
node-cpu-allocatable                         23m
node-cpu-allocatable-raw                     23m
node-cpu-capacity                            23m
node-cpu-capacity-raw                        23m
node-cpu-utilization                         23m
node-memory-allocatable                      23m
node-memory-allocatable-raw                  23m
node-memory-capacity                         23m
node-memory-capacity-raw                     23m
node-memory-utilization                      23m
persistentvolumeclaim-capacity               23m
persistentvolumeclaim-capacity-raw           23m
persistentvolumeclaim-phase-raw              23m
persistentvolumeclaim-request                23m
persistentvolumeclaim-request-raw            23m
persistentvolumeclaim-usage                  23m
persistentvolumeclaim-usage-raw              23m
persistentvolumeclaim-usage-with-phase-raw   23m
pod-cpu-request                              23m
pod-cpu-request-raw                          23m
pod-cpu-usage                                23m
pod-cpu-usage-raw                            23m
pod-memory-request                           23m
pod-memory-request-raw                       23m
pod-memory-usage                             23m
pod-memory-usage-raw                         23m

Report queries with the -raw suffix are used by other ReportQuery resources to build more complex queries, and should not be used directly for reports.

namespace- prefixed queries aggregate pod CPU and memory requests by namespace, providing a list of namespaces and their overall usage based on resource requests.

pod- prefixed queries are similar to namespace- prefixed queries but aggregate information by pod rather than namespace. These queries include the pod’s namespace and node.

node- prefixed queries return information about each node’s total available resources.

aws- prefixed queries are specific to AWS. Queries suffixed with -aws return the same data as queries of the same name without the suffix, and correlate usage with the EC2 billing data.

The aws-ec2-billing-data report is used by other queries, and should not be used as a standalone report. The aws-ec2-cluster-cost report provides a total cost based on the nodes included in the cluster, and the sum of their costs for the time period being reported on.

Use the following command to get the ReportQuery resource as YAML, and check the spec.columns field. For example, run:

$ oc -n openshift-metering get reportqueries namespace-memory-request -o yaml

Example output

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: ReportQuery
metadata:
  name: namespace-memory-request
  labels:
    operator-metering: "true"
spec:
  columns:
  - name: period_start
    type: timestamp
    unit: date
  - name: period_end
    type: timestamp
    unit: date
  - name: namespace
    type: varchar
    unit: kubernetes_namespace
  - name: pod_request_memory_byte_seconds
    type: double
    unit: byte_seconds

5.1.1.4. schedule

The spec.schedule configuration block defines when the report runs. The main fields in the schedule section are period, and then depending on the value of period, the fields hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly allow you to fine-tune when the report runs.

For example, if period is set to weekly, you can add a weekly field to the spec.schedule block. The following example will run once a week on Wednesday, at 1 PM (hour 13 in the day).

...
  schedule:
    period: "weekly"
    weekly:
      dayOfWeek: "wednesday"
      hour: 13
...
5.1.1.4.1. period

Valid values of schedule.period are listed below, and the options available to set for a given period are also listed.

  • hourly

    • minute
    • second
  • daily

    • hour
    • minute
    • second
  • weekly

    • dayOfWeek
    • hour
    • minute
    • second
  • monthly

    • dayOfMonth
    • hour
    • minute
    • second
  • cron

    • expression

Generally, the hour, minute, second fields control when in the day the report runs, and dayOfWeek/dayOfMonth control what day of the week, or day of month the report runs on, if it is a weekly or monthly report period.

For each of these fields, there is a range of valid values:

  • hour is an integer value between 0-23.
  • minute is an integer value between 0-59.
  • second is an integer value between 0-59.
  • dayOfWeek is a string value that expects the day of the week (spelled out).
  • dayOfMonth is an integer value between 1-31.

For cron periods, normal cron expressions are valid:

  • expression: "*/5 * * * *"

5.1.1.5. reportingStart

To support running a report against existing data, you can set the spec.reportingStart field to a RFC3339 timestamp to tell the report to run according to its schedule starting from reportingStart rather than the current time.

Note

Setting the spec.reportingStart field to a specific time will result in the Reporting Operator running many queries in succession for each interval in the schedule that is between the reportingStart time and the current time. This could be thousands of queries if the period is less than daily and the reportingStart is more than a few months back. If reportingStart is left unset, the report will run at the next full reportingPeriod after the time the report is created.

As an example of how to use this field, if you had data already collected dating back to January 1st, 2019 that you want to include in your Report object, you can create a report with the following values:

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: Report
metadata:
  name: pod-cpu-request-hourly
spec:
  query: "pod-cpu-request"
  schedule:
    period: "hourly"
  reportingStart: "2019-01-01T00:00:00Z"

5.1.1.6. reportingEnd

To configure a report to only run until a specified time, you can set the spec.reportingEnd field to an RFC3339 timestamp. The value of this field will cause the report to stop running on its schedule after it has finished generating reporting data for the period covered from its start time until reportingEnd.

Because a schedule will most likely not align with the reportingEnd, the last period in the schedule will be shortened to end at the specified reportingEnd time. If left unset, then the report will run forever, or until a reportingEnd is set on the report.

For example, if you want to create a report that runs once a week for the month of July:

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: Report
metadata:
  name: pod-cpu-request-hourly
spec:
  query: "pod-cpu-request"
  schedule:
    period: "weekly"
  reportingStart: "2019-07-01T00:00:00Z"
  reportingEnd: "2019-07-31T00:00:00Z"

5.1.1.7. expiration

Add the expiration field to set a retention period on a scheduled metering report. You can avoid manually removing the report by setting the expiration duration value. The retention period is equal to the Report object creationDate plus the expiration duration. The report is removed from the cluster at the end of the retention period if no other reports or report queries depend on the expiring report. Deleting the report from the cluster can take several minutes.

Note

Setting the expiration field is not recommended for roll-up or aggregated reports. If a report is depended upon by other reports or report queries, then the report is not removed at the end of the retention period. You can view the report-operator logs at debug level for the timing output around a report retention decision.

For example, the following scheduled report is deleted 30 minutes after the creationDate of the report:

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: Report
metadata:
  name: pod-cpu-request-hourly
spec:
  query: "pod-cpu-request"
  schedule:
    period: "weekly"
  reportingStart: "2020-09-01T00:00:00Z"
  expiration: "30m" 1
1
Valid time units for the expiration duration are ns, us (or µs), ms, s, m, and h.
Note

The expiration retention period for a Report object is not precise and works on the order of several minutes, not nanoseconds.

5.1.1.8. runImmediately

When runImmediately is set to true, the report runs immediately. This behavior ensures that the report is immediately processed and queued without requiring additional scheduling parameters.

Note

When runImmediately is set to true, you must set a reportingEnd and reportingStart value.

5.1.1.9. inputs

The spec.inputs field of a Report object can be used to override or set values defined in a ReportQuery resource’s spec.inputs field.

spec.inputs is a list of name-value pairs:

spec:
  inputs:
  - name: "NamespaceCPUUsageReportName" 1
    value: "namespace-cpu-usage-hourly" 2
1
The name of an input must exist in the ReportQuery’s inputs list.
2
The value of the input must be the correct type for the input’s type.

5.1.1.10. Roll-up reports

Report data is stored in the database much like metrics themselves, and therefore, can be used in aggregated or roll-up reports. A simple use case for a roll-up report is to spread the time required to produce a report over a longer period of time. This is instead of requiring a monthly report to query and add all data over an entire month. For example, the task can be split into daily reports that each run over 1/30 of the data.

A custom roll-up report requires a custom report query. The ReportQuery resource template processor provides a reportTableName function that can get the necessary table name from a Report object’s metadata.name.

Below is a snippet taken from a built-in query:

pod-cpu.yaml

spec:
...
  inputs:
  - name: ReportingStart
    type: time
  - name: ReportingEnd
    type: time
  - name: NamespaceCPUUsageReportName
    type: Report
  - name: PodCpuUsageRawDataSourceName
    type: ReportDataSource
    default: pod-cpu-usage-raw
...

  query: |
...
    {|- if .Report.Inputs.NamespaceCPUUsageReportName |}
      namespace,
      sum(pod_usage_cpu_core_seconds) as pod_usage_cpu_core_seconds
    FROM {| .Report.Inputs.NamespaceCPUUsageReportName | reportTableName |}
...

Example aggregated-report.yaml roll-up report

spec:
  query: "namespace-cpu-usage"
  inputs:
  - name: "NamespaceCPUUsageReportName"
    value: "namespace-cpu-usage-hourly"

5.1.1.10.1. Report status

The execution of a scheduled report can be tracked using its status field. Any errors occurring during the preparation of a report will be recorded here.

The status field of a Report object currently has two fields:

  • conditions: Conditions is a list of conditions, each of which have a type, status, reason, and message field. Possible values of a condition’s type field are Running and Failure, indicating the current state of the scheduled report. The reason indicates why its condition is in its current state with the status being either true, false or, unknown. The message provides a human readable indicating why the condition is in the current state. For detailed information on the reason values, see pkg/apis/metering/v1/util/report_util.go.
  • lastReportTime: Indicates the time metering has collected data up to.

5.2. Storage locations

Important

Metering is a deprecated feature. Deprecated functionality is still included in OpenShift Container Platform and continues to be supported; however, it will be removed in a future release of this product and is not recommended for new deployments.

For the most recent list of major functionality that has been deprecated or removed within OpenShift Container Platform, refer to the Deprecated and removed features section of the OpenShift Container Platform release notes.

A StorageLocation custom resource configures where data will be stored by the Reporting Operator. This includes the data collected from Prometheus, and the results produced by generating a Report custom resource.

You only need to configure a StorageLocation custom resource if you want to store data in multiple locations, like multiple S3 buckets or both S3 and HDFS, or if you wish to access a database in Hive and Presto that was not created by metering. For most users this is not a requirement, and the documentation on configuring metering is sufficient to configure all necessary storage components.

5.2.1. Storage location examples

The following example shows the built-in local storage option, and is configured to use Hive. By default, data is stored wherever Hive is configured to use storage, such as HDFS, S3, or a ReadWriteMany persistent volume claim (PVC).

Local storage example

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: StorageLocation
metadata:
  name: hive
  labels:
    operator-metering: "true"
spec:
  hive: 1
    databaseName: metering 2
    unmanagedDatabase: false 3

1
If the hive section is present, then the StorageLocation resource will be configured to store data in Presto by creating the table using the Hive server. Only databaseName and unmanagedDatabase are required fields.
2
The name of the database within hive.
3
If true, the StorageLocation resource will not be actively managed, and the databaseName is expected to already exist in Hive. If false, the Reporting Operator will create the database in Hive.

The following example uses an AWS S3 bucket for storage. The prefix is appended to the bucket name when constructing the path to use.

Remote storage example

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: StorageLocation
metadata:
  name: example-s3-storage
  labels:
    operator-metering: "true"
spec:
  hive:
    databaseName: example_s3_storage
    unmanagedDatabase: false
    location: "s3a://bucket-name/path/within/bucket" 1

1
Optional: The filesystem URL for Presto and Hive to use for the database. This can be an hdfs:// or s3a:// filesystem URL.

There are additional optional fields that can be specified in the hive section:

5.2.2. Default storage location

If an annotation storagelocation.metering.openshift.io/is-default exists and is set to true on a StorageLocation resource, then that resource becomes the default storage resource. Any components with a storage configuration option where the storage location is not specified will use the default storage resource. There can be only one default storage resource. If more than one resource with the annotation exists, an error is logged because the Reporting Operator cannot determine the default.

Default storage example

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: StorageLocation
metadata:
  name: example-s3-storage
  labels:
    operator-metering: "true"
  annotations:
    storagelocation.metering.openshift.io/is-default: "true"
spec:
  hive:
    databaseName: example_s3_storage
    unmanagedDatabase: false
    location: "s3a://bucket-name/path/within/bucket"

Chapter 6. Using Metering

Important

Metering is a deprecated feature. Deprecated functionality is still included in OpenShift Container Platform and continues to be supported; however, it will be removed in a future release of this product and is not recommended for new deployments.

For the most recent list of major functionality that has been deprecated or removed within OpenShift Container Platform, refer to the Deprecated and removed features section of the OpenShift Container Platform release notes.

6.1. Prerequisites

  • Install Metering
  • Review the details about the available options that can be configured for a report and how they function.

6.2. Writing Reports

Writing a report is the way to process and analyze data using metering.

To write a report, you must define a Report resource in a YAML file, specify the required parameters, and create it in the openshift-metering namespace.

Prerequisites

  • Metering is installed.

Procedure

  1. Change to the openshift-metering project:

    $ oc project openshift-metering
  2. Create a Report resource as a YAML file:

    1. Create a YAML file with the following content:

      apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
      kind: Report
      metadata:
        name: namespace-cpu-request-2019 1
        namespace: openshift-metering
      spec:
        reportingStart: '2019-01-01T00:00:00Z'
        reportingEnd: '2019-12-30T23:59:59Z'
        query: namespace-cpu-request 2
        runImmediately: true 3
      2
      The query specifies the ReportQuery resources used to generate the report. Change this based on what you want to report on. For a list of options, run oc get reportqueries | grep -v raw.
      1
      Use a descriptive name about what the report does for metadata.name. A good name describes the query, and the schedule or period you used.
      3
      Set runImmediately to true for it to run with whatever data is available, or set it to false if you want it to wait for reportingEnd to pass.
    2. Run the following command to create the Report resource:

      $ oc create -f <file-name>.yaml

      Example output

      report.metering.openshift.io/namespace-cpu-request-2019 created

  3. You can list reports and their Running status with the following command:

    $ oc get reports

    Example output

    NAME                         QUERY                   SCHEDULE   RUNNING    FAILED   LAST REPORT TIME       AGE
    namespace-cpu-request-2019   namespace-cpu-request              Finished            2019-12-30T23:59:59Z   26s

6.3. Viewing report results

Viewing a report’s results involves querying the reporting API route and authenticating to the API using your OpenShift Container Platform credentials. Reports can be retrieved as JSON, CSV, or Tabular formats.

Prerequisites

  • Metering is installed.
  • To access report results, you must either be a cluster administrator, or you need to be granted access using the report-exporter role in the openshift-metering namespace.

Procedure

  1. Change to the openshift-metering project:

    $ oc project openshift-metering
  2. Query the reporting API for results:

    1. Create a variable for the metering reporting-api route then get the route:

      $ meteringRoute="$(oc get routes metering -o jsonpath='{.spec.host}')"
      $ echo "$meteringRoute"
    2. Get the token of your current user to be used in the request:

      $ token="$(oc whoami -t)"
    3. Set reportName to the name of the report you created:

      $ reportName=namespace-cpu-request-2019
    4. Set reportFormat to one of csv, json, or tabular to specify the output format of the API response:

      $ reportFormat=csv
    5. To get the results, use curl to make a request to the reporting API for your report:

      $ curl --insecure -H "Authorization: Bearer ${token}" "https://${meteringRoute}/api/v1/reports/get?name=${reportName}&namespace=openshift-metering&format=$reportFormat"

      Example output with reportName=namespace-cpu-request-2019 and reportFormat=csv

      period_start,period_end,namespace,pod_request_cpu_core_seconds
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-apiserver,11745.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-apiserver-operator,261.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-authentication,522.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-authentication-operator,261.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-cloud-credential-operator,261.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-cluster-machine-approver,261.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-cluster-node-tuning-operator,3385.800000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-cluster-samples-operator,261.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-cluster-version,522.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-console,522.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-console-operator,261.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-controller-manager,7830.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-controller-manager-operator,261.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-dns,34372.800000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-dns-operator,261.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-etcd,23490.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-image-registry,5993.400000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-ingress,5220.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-ingress-operator,261.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-kube-apiserver,12528.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-kube-apiserver-operator,261.000000
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      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-kube-controller-manager-operator,261.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-machine-api,1305.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-machine-config-operator,9637.800000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-metering,19575.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-monitoring,6256.800000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-network-operator,261.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-sdn,94503.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-service-ca,783.000000
      2019-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC,2019-12-30 23:59:59 +0000 UTC,openshift-service-ca-operator,261.000000

Chapter 7. Examples of using metering

Important

Metering is a deprecated feature. Deprecated functionality is still included in OpenShift Container Platform and continues to be supported; however, it will be removed in a future release of this product and is not recommended for new deployments.

For the most recent list of major functionality that has been deprecated or removed within OpenShift Container Platform, refer to the Deprecated and removed features section of the OpenShift Container Platform release notes.

Use the following example reports to get started measuring capacity, usage, and utilization in your cluster. These examples showcase the various types of reports metering offers, along with a selection of the predefined queries.

7.1. Prerequisites

7.2. Measure cluster capacity hourly and daily

The following report demonstrates how to measure cluster capacity both hourly and daily. The daily report works by aggregating the hourly report’s results.

The following report measures cluster CPU capacity every hour.

Hourly CPU capacity by cluster example

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: Report
metadata:
  name: cluster-cpu-capacity-hourly
spec:
  query: "cluster-cpu-capacity"
  schedule:
    period: "hourly" 1

1
You could change this period to daily to get a daily report, but with larger data sets it is more efficient to use an hourly report, then aggregate your hourly data into a daily report.

The following report aggregates the hourly data into a daily report.

Daily CPU capacity by cluster example

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: Report
metadata:
  name: cluster-cpu-capacity-daily 1
spec:
  query: "cluster-cpu-capacity" 2
  inputs: 3
  - name: ClusterCpuCapacityReportName
    value: cluster-cpu-capacity-hourly
  schedule:
    period: "daily"

1
To stay organized, remember to change the name of your report if you change any of the other values.
2
You can also measure cluster-memory-capacity. Remember to update the query in the associated hourly report as well.
3
The inputs section configures this report to aggregate the hourly report. Specifically, value: cluster-cpu-capacity-hourly is the name of the hourly report that gets aggregated.

7.3. Measure cluster usage with a one-time report

The following report measures cluster usage from a specific starting date forward. The report only runs once, after you save it and apply it.

CPU usage by cluster example

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: Report
metadata:
  name: cluster-cpu-usage-2019 1
spec:
  reportingStart: '2019-01-01T00:00:00Z' 2
  reportingEnd: '2019-12-30T23:59:59Z'
  query: cluster-cpu-usage 3
  runImmediately: true 4

1
To stay organized, remember to change the name of your report if you change any of the other values.
2
Configures the report to start using data from the reportingStart timestamp until the reportingEnd timestamp.
3
Adjust your query here. You can also measure cluster usage with the cluster-memory-usage query.
4
Configures the report to run immediately after saving it and applying it.

7.4. Measure cluster utilization using cron expressions

You can also use cron expressions when configuring the period of your reports. The following report measures cluster utilization by looking at CPU utilization from 9am-5pm every weekday.

Weekday CPU utilization by cluster example

apiVersion: metering.openshift.io/v1
kind: Report
metadata:
  name: cluster-cpu-utilization-weekdays 1
spec:
  query: "cluster-cpu-utilization" 2
  schedule:
   period: "cron"
   expression: 0 0 * * 1-5 3

1
To say organized, remember to change the name of your report if you change any of the other values.
2
Adjust your query here. You can also measure cluster utilization with the cluster-memory-utilization query.
3
For cron periods, normal cron expressions are valid.

Chapter 8. Troubleshooting and debugging metering

Important

Metering is a deprecated feature. Deprecated functionality is still included in OpenShift Container Platform and continues to be supported; however, it will be removed in a future release of this product and is not recommended for new deployments.

For the most recent list of major functionality that has been deprecated or removed within OpenShift Container Platform, refer to the Deprecated and removed features section of the OpenShift Container Platform release notes.

Use the following sections to help troubleshoot and debug specific issues with metering.

In addition to the information in this section, be sure to review the following topics:

8.1. Troubleshooting metering

A common issue with metering is pods failing to start. Pods might fail to start due to lack of resources or if they have a dependency on a resource that does not exist, such as a StorageClass or Secret resource.

8.1.1. Not enough compute resources

A common issue when installing or running metering is a lack of compute resources. As the cluster grows and more reports are created, the Reporting Operator pod requires more memory. If memory usage reaches the pod limit, the cluster considers the pod out of memory (OOM) and terminates it with an OOMKilled status. Ensure that metering is allocated the minimum resource requirements described in the installation prerequisites.

Note

The Metering Operator does not autoscale the Reporting Operator based on the load in the cluster. Therefore, CPU usage for the Reporting Operator pod does not increase as the cluster grows.

To determine if the issue is with resources or scheduling, follow the troubleshooting instructions included in the Kubernetes document Managing Compute Resources for Containers.

To troubleshoot issues due to a lack of compute resources, check the following within the openshift-metering namespace.

Prerequisites

  • You are currently in the openshift-metering namespace. Change to the openshift-metering namespace by running:

    $ oc project openshift-metering

Procedure

  1. Check for metering Report resources that fail to complete and show the status of ReportingPeriodUnmetDependencies:

    $ oc get reports

    Example output

    NAME                                  QUERY                          SCHEDULE   RUNNING                            FAILED   LAST REPORT TIME       AGE
    namespace-cpu-utilization-adhoc-10    namespace-cpu-utilization                 Finished                                    2020-10-31T00:00:00Z   2m38s
    namespace-cpu-utilization-adhoc-11    namespace-cpu-utilization                 ReportingPeriodUnmetDependencies                                   2m23s
    namespace-memory-utilization-202010   namespace-memory-utilization              ReportingPeriodUnmetDependencies                                   26s
    namespace-memory-utilization-202011   namespace-memory-utilization              ReportingPeriodUnmetDependencies                                   14s

  2. Check the ReportDataSource resources where the NEWEST METRIC is less than the report end date:

    $ oc get reportdatasource

    Example output

    NAME                                         EARLIEST METRIC        NEWEST METRIC          IMPORT START           IMPORT END             LAST IMPORT TIME       AGE
    ...
    node-allocatable-cpu-cores                   2020-04-23T09:14:00Z   2020-08-31T10:07:00Z   2020-04-23T09:14:00Z   2020-10-15T17:13:00Z   2020-12-09T12:45:10Z   230d
    node-allocatable-memory-bytes                2020-04-23T09:14:00Z   2020-08-30T05:19:00Z   2020-04-23T09:14:00Z   2020-10-14T08:01:00Z   2020-12-09T12:45:12Z   230d
    ...
    pod-usage-memory-bytes                       2020-04-23T09:14:00Z   2020-08-24T20:25:00Z   2020-04-23T09:14:00Z   2020-10-09T23:31:00Z   2020-12-09T12:45:12Z   230d

  3. Check the health of the reporting-operator Pod resource for a high number of pod restarts:

    $ oc get pods -l app=reporting-operator

    Example output

    NAME                                  READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
    reporting-operator-84f7c9b7b6-fr697   2/2     Running   542        8d 1

    1
    The Reporting Operator pod is restarting at a high rate.
  4. Check the reporting-operator Pod resource for an OOMKilled termination:

    $ oc describe pod/reporting-operator-84f7c9b7b6-fr697

    Example output

    Name:         reporting-operator-84f7c9b7b6-fr697
    Namespace:    openshift-metering
    Priority:     0
    Node:         ip-10-xx-xx-xx.ap-southeast-1.compute.internal/10.xx.xx.xx
    ...
       Ports:          8080/TCP, 6060/TCP, 8082/TCP
       Host Ports:     0/TCP, 0/TCP, 0/TCP
       State:          Running
         Started:      Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:59:45 +1000
       Last State:     Terminated
         Reason:       OOMKilled 1
         Exit Code:    137
         Started:      Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:38:05 +1000
         Finished:     Thu, 03 Dec 2020 20:59:43 +1000

    1
    The Reporting Operator pod was terminated due to OOM kill.
Increasing the reporting-operator pod memory limit

If you are experiencing an increase in pod restarts and OOM kill events, you can check the current memory limit set for the Reporting Operator pod. Increasing the memory limit allows the Reporting Operator pod to update the report data sources. If necessary, increase the memory limit in your MeteringConfig resource by 25% - 50%.

Procedure

  1. Check the current memory limits of the reporting-operator Pod resource:

    $ oc describe pod reporting-operator-67d6f57c56-79mrt

    Example output

    Name:         reporting-operator-67d6f57c56-79mrt
    Namespace:    openshift-metering
    Priority:     0
    ...
       Ports:          8080/TCP, 6060/TCP, 8082/TCP
       Host Ports:     0/TCP, 0/TCP, 0/TCP
       State:          Running
         Started:      Tue, 08 Dec 2020 14:26:21 +1000
       Ready:          True
       Restart Count:  0
       Limits:
         cpu:     1
         memory:  500Mi 1
       Requests:
         cpu:     500m
         memory:  250Mi
       Environment:
    ...

    1
    The current memory limit for the Reporting Operator pod.
  2. Edit the MeteringConfig resource to update the memory limit:

    $ oc edit meteringconfig/operator-metering

    Example MeteringConfig resource

    kind: MeteringConfig
    metadata:
      name: operator-metering
      namespace: openshift-metering
    spec:
      reporting-operator:
      spec:
        resources: 1
          limits:
            cpu: 1
            memory: 750Mi
          requests:
            cpu: 500m
            memory: 500Mi
    ...

    1
    Add or increase memory limits within the resources field of the MeteringConfig resource.
    Note

    If there continue to be numerous OOM killed events after memory limits are increased, this might indicate that a different issue is causing the reports to be in a pending state.

8.1.2. StorageClass resource not configured

Metering requires that a default StorageClass resource be configured for dynamic provisioning.

See the documentation on configuring metering for information on how to check if there are any StorageClass resources configured for the cluster, how to set the default, and how to configure metering to use a storage class other than the default.

8.1.3. Secret not configured correctly

A common issue with metering is providing the incorrect secret when configuring your persistent storage. Be sure to review the example configuration files and create you secret according to the guidelines for your storage provider.

8.2. Debugging metering

Debugging metering is much easier when you interact directly with the various components. The sections below detail how you can connect and query Presto and Hive as well as view the dashboards of the Presto and HDFS components.

Note

All of the commands in this section assume you have installed metering through OperatorHub in the openshift-metering namespace.

8.2.1. Get reporting operator logs

Use the command below to follow the logs of the reporting-operator:

$ oc -n openshift-metering logs -f "$(oc -n openshift-metering get pods -l app=reporting-operator -o name | cut -c 5-)" -c reporting-operator

8.2.2. Query Presto using presto-cli

The following command opens an interactive presto-cli session where you can query Presto. This session runs in the same container as Presto and launches an additional Java instance, which can create memory limits for the pod. If this occurs, you should increase the memory request and limits of the Presto pod.

By default, Presto is configured to communicate using TLS. You must use the following command to run Presto queries:

$ oc -n openshift-metering exec -it "$(oc -n openshift-metering get pods -l app=presto,presto=coordinator -o name | cut -d/ -f2)"  \
  -- /usr/local/bin/presto-cli --server https://presto:8080 --catalog hive --schema default --user root --keystore-path /opt/presto/tls/keystore.pem

Once you run this command, a prompt appears where you can run queries. Use the show tables from metering; query to view the list of tables:

$ presto:default> show tables from metering;

Example output

                                 Table

 datasource_your_namespace_cluster_cpu_capacity_raw
 datasource_your_namespace_cluster_cpu_usage_raw
 datasource_your_namespace_cluster_memory_capacity_raw
 datasource_your_namespace_cluster_memory_usage_raw
 datasource_your_namespace_node_allocatable_cpu_cores
 datasource_your_namespace_node_allocatable_memory_bytes
 datasource_your_namespace_node_capacity_cpu_cores
 datasource_your_namespace_node_capacity_memory_bytes
 datasource_your_namespace_node_cpu_allocatable_raw
 datasource_your_namespace_node_cpu_capacity_raw
 datasource_your_namespace_node_memory_allocatable_raw
 datasource_your_namespace_node_memory_capacity_raw
 datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_capacity_bytes
 datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_capacity_raw
 datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_phase
 datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_phase_raw
 datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_request_bytes
 datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_request_raw
 datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_usage_bytes
 datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_usage_raw
 datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_usage_with_phase_raw
 datasource_your_namespace_pod_cpu_request_raw
 datasource_your_namespace_pod_cpu_usage_raw
 datasource_your_namespace_pod_limit_cpu_cores
 datasource_your_namespace_pod_limit_memory_bytes
 datasource_your_namespace_pod_memory_request_raw
 datasource_your_namespace_pod_memory_usage_raw
 datasource_your_namespace_pod_persistentvolumeclaim_request_info
 datasource_your_namespace_pod_request_cpu_cores
 datasource_your_namespace_pod_request_memory_bytes
 datasource_your_namespace_pod_usage_cpu_cores
 datasource_your_namespace_pod_usage_memory_bytes
(32 rows)

Query 20190503_175727_00107_3venm, FINISHED, 1 node
Splits: 19 total, 19 done (100.00%)
0:02 [32 rows, 2.23KB] [19 rows/s, 1.37KB/s]

presto:default>

8.2.3. Query Hive using beeline

The following opens an interactive beeline session where you can query Hive. This session runs in the same container as Hive and launches an additional Java instance, which can create memory limits for the pod. If this occurs, you should increase the memory request and limits of the Hive pod.

$ oc -n openshift-metering exec -it $(oc -n openshift-metering get pods -l app=hive,hive=server -o name | cut -d/ -f2) \
  -c hiveserver2 -- beeline -u 'jdbc:hive2://127.0.0.1:10000/default;auth=noSasl'

Once you run this command, a prompt appears where you can run queries. Use the show tables; query to view the list of tables:

$ 0: jdbc:hive2://127.0.0.1:10000/default> show tables from metering;

Example output

+----------------------------------------------------+
|                      tab_name                      |
+----------------------------------------------------+
| datasource_your_namespace_cluster_cpu_capacity_raw |
| datasource_your_namespace_cluster_cpu_usage_raw  |
| datasource_your_namespace_cluster_memory_capacity_raw |
| datasource_your_namespace_cluster_memory_usage_raw |
| datasource_your_namespace_node_allocatable_cpu_cores |
| datasource_your_namespace_node_allocatable_memory_bytes |
| datasource_your_namespace_node_capacity_cpu_cores |
| datasource_your_namespace_node_capacity_memory_bytes |
| datasource_your_namespace_node_cpu_allocatable_raw |
| datasource_your_namespace_node_cpu_capacity_raw  |
| datasource_your_namespace_node_memory_allocatable_raw |
| datasource_your_namespace_node_memory_capacity_raw |
| datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_capacity_bytes |
| datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_capacity_raw |
| datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_phase |
| datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_phase_raw |
| datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_request_bytes |
| datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_request_raw |
| datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_usage_bytes |
| datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_usage_raw |
| datasource_your_namespace_persistentvolumeclaim_usage_with_phase_raw |
| datasource_your_namespace_pod_cpu_request_raw    |
| datasource_your_namespace_pod_cpu_usage_raw      |
| datasource_your_namespace_pod_limit_cpu_cores    |
| datasource_your_namespace_pod_limit_memory_bytes |
| datasource_your_namespace_pod_memory_request_raw |
| datasource_your_namespace_pod_memory_usage_raw   |
| datasource_your_namespace_pod_persistentvolumeclaim_request_info |
| datasource_your_namespace_pod_request_cpu_cores  |
| datasource_your_namespace_pod_request_memory_bytes |
| datasource_your_namespace_pod_usage_cpu_cores    |
| datasource_your_namespace_pod_usage_memory_bytes |
+----------------------------------------------------+
32 rows selected (13.101 seconds)
0: jdbc:hive2://127.0.0.1:10000/default>

8.2.4. Port-forward to the Hive web UI

Run the following command to port-forward to the Hive web UI:

$ oc -n openshift-metering port-forward hive-server-0 10002

You can now open http://127.0.0.1:10002 in your browser window to view the Hive web interface.

8.2.5. Port-forward to HDFS

Run the following command to port-forward to the HDFS namenode:

$ oc -n openshift-metering port-forward hdfs-namenode-0 9870

You can now open http://127.0.0.1:9870 in your browser window to view the HDFS web interface.

Run the following command to port-forward to the first HDFS datanode:

$ oc -n openshift-metering port-forward hdfs-datanode-0 9864 1
1
To check other datanodes, replace hdfs-datanode-0 with the pod you want to view information on.

8.2.6. Metering Ansible Operator

Metering uses the Ansible Operator to watch and reconcile resources in a cluster environment. When debugging a failed metering installation, it can be helpful to view the Ansible logs or status of your MeteringConfig custom resource.

8.2.6.1. Accessing Ansible logs

In the default installation, the Metering Operator is deployed as a pod. In this case, you can check the logs of the Ansible container within this pod:

$ oc -n openshift-metering logs $(oc -n openshift-metering get pods -l app=metering-operator -o name | cut -d/ -f2) -c ansible

Alternatively, you can view the logs of the Operator container (replace -c ansible with -c operator) for condensed output.

8.2.6.2. Checking the MeteringConfig Status

It can be helpful to view the .status field of your MeteringConfig custom resource to debug any recent failures. The following command shows status messages with type Invalid:

$ oc -n openshift-metering get meteringconfig operator-metering -o=jsonpath='{.status.conditions[?(@.type=="Invalid")].message}'

8.2.6.3. Checking MeteringConfig Events

Check events that the Metering Operator is generating. This can be helpful during installation or upgrade to debug any resource failures. Sort events by the last timestamp:

$ oc -n openshift-metering get events --field-selector involvedObject.kind=MeteringConfig --sort-by='.lastTimestamp'

Example output with latest changes in the MeteringConfig resources

LAST SEEN   TYPE     REASON        OBJECT                             MESSAGE
4m40s       Normal   Validating    meteringconfig/operator-metering   Validating the user-provided configuration
4m30s       Normal   Started       meteringconfig/operator-metering   Configuring storage for the metering-ansible-operator
4m26s       Normal   Started       meteringconfig/operator-metering   Configuring TLS for the metering-ansible-operator
3m58s       Normal   Started       meteringconfig/operator-metering   Configuring reporting for the metering-ansible-operator
3m53s       Normal   Reconciling   meteringconfig/operator-metering   Reconciling metering resources
3m47s       Normal   Reconciling   meteringconfig/operator-metering   Reconciling monitoring resources
3m41s       Normal   Reconciling   meteringconfig/operator-metering   Reconciling HDFS resources
3m23s       Normal   Reconciling   meteringconfig/operator-metering   Reconciling Hive resources
2m59s       Normal   Reconciling   meteringconfig/operator-metering   Reconciling Presto resources
2m35s       Normal   Reconciling   meteringconfig/operator-metering   Reconciling reporting-operator resources
2m14s       Normal   Reconciling   meteringconfig/operator-metering   Reconciling reporting resources

Chapter 9. Uninstalling metering

Important

Metering is a deprecated feature. Deprecated functionality is still included in OpenShift Container Platform and continues to be supported; however, it will be removed in a future release of this product and is not recommended for new deployments.

For the most recent list of major functionality that has been deprecated or removed within OpenShift Container Platform, refer to the Deprecated and removed features section of the OpenShift Container Platform release notes.

You can remove metering from your OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

Note

Metering does not manage or delete Amazon S3 bucket data. After uninstalling metering, you must manually clean up S3 buckets that were used to store metering data.

9.1. Removing the Metering Operator from your cluster

Remove the Metering Operator from your cluster by following the documentation on deleting Operators from a cluster.

Note

Removing the Metering Operator from your cluster does not remove its custom resource definitions or managed resources. See the following sections on Uninstalling a metering namespace and Uninstalling metering custom resource definitions for steps to remove any remaining metering components.

9.2. Uninstalling a metering namespace

Uninstall your metering namespace, for example the openshift-metering namespace, by removing the MeteringConfig resource and deleting the openshift-metering namespace.

Prerequisites

  • The Metering Operator is removed from your cluster.

Procedure

  1. Remove all resources created by the Metering Operator:

    $ oc --namespace openshift-metering delete meteringconfig --all
  2. After the previous step is complete, verify that all pods in the openshift-metering namespace are deleted or are reporting a terminating state:

    $ oc --namespace openshift-metering get pods
  3. Delete the openshift-metering namespace:

    $ oc delete namespace openshift-metering

9.3. Uninstalling metering custom resource definitions

The metering custom resource definitions (CRDs) remain in the cluster after the Metering Operator is uninstalled and the openshift-metering namespace is deleted.

Important

Deleting the metering CRDs disrupts any additional metering installations in other namespaces in your cluster. Ensure that there are no other metering installations before proceeding.

Prerequisites

  • The MeteringConfig custom resource in the openshift-metering namespace is deleted.
  • The openshift-metering namespace is deleted.

Procedure

  • Delete the remaining metering CRDs:

    $ oc get crd -o name | grep "metering.openshift.io" | xargs oc delete

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