Chapter 4. Preparing for the undercloud upgrade

Before you perform the undercloud upgrade, you must complete some preparation steps so that the undercloud upgrade runs successfully.

4.1. Upgrading with external Ceph prerequisite

If you are upgrading with external Ceph deployments, before you can upgrade your Red Hat OpenStack Platform deployment, you must upgrade your Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster from version 3 to version 4. For more information, see Upgrading a Red Hat Ceph Storage cluster in the Red Hat Ceph Storage 4 Installation Guide .

4.2. New memory requirements

In Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2, the undercloud has new memory requirements:

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2

16 GB RAM

24 GB RAM

Ensure that your undercloud meets these new requirements before you proceed with the upgrade.

4.3. Using predictable NIC names for the undercloud node

Before you run the Leapp upgrade on the undercloud node, you must check for kernel-based NIC names, which usually contain an eth prefix. These NIC names are usually unpredictable in terms of NIC assignments.

You can run the playbook-nics.yaml playbook to rename NIC names to use the em NIC prefix. You can also set a different NIC prefix, by modifying the prefix variable when running the playbook. However, the NIC changes are only applied after the Leapp upgrade process completes and the node is rebooted.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the undercloud as the stack user.
  2. Create an Ansible playbook named playbook-nics.yaml and copy the following content into the playbook:

    ---
    - name: Rename eth devices
      hosts: all
      become: yes
      vars:
        prefix: "em"
        undercloud_conf: "/home/stack/undercloud.conf"
        osnet_conf: "/etc/os-net-config/config.json"
      tasks:
        - set_fact:
            eth_interfaces: "{{ ansible_interfaces | select('match','eth.*') | list }}"
        - debug:
            msg: "{{ eth_interfaces }}"
        - name: Update udev rules
          lineinfile:
            line: "SUBSYSTEM==\"net\", ACTION==\"add\", DRIVERS==\"?*\", ATTR{address}==\"{{ ansible_facts[item]['perm_macaddress'] | default(ansible_facts[item]['macaddress']) }}\", NAME=\"{{ item|replace('eth',prefix) }}\""
            path: /etc/udev/rules.d/70-rhosp-persistent-net.rules
            create: True
          with_items: "{{ eth_interfaces }}"
        - name: Rename eth files
          block:
            - name: Check that eth files exists
              stat:
                path: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-{{ item }}
              register: nic_result
              with_items: "{{ eth_interfaces }}"
            - name: Copy nic files using the new prefix
              copy:
                remote_src: True
                src: "{{ item.stat.path }}"
                dest: "{{ item.stat.path|replace('eth',prefix) }}"
              with_items: "{{ nic_result.results }}"
              when: item.stat.exists
            - name: Edit NAME in new network-script files
              lineinfile:
                regexp: "^NAME=.*"
                line: "NAME={{ item.item|replace('eth',prefix) }}"
                path: "{{ item.stat.path|replace('eth',prefix) }}"
              with_items: "{{ nic_result.results }}"
              when: item.stat.exists
            - name: Edit DEVICE in new network-script files
              lineinfile:
                regexp: "^DEVICE=.*"
                line: "DEVICE={{ item.item|replace('eth',prefix) }}"
                path: "{{ item.stat.path|replace('eth',prefix) }}"
              with_items: "{{ nic_result.results }}"
              when: item.stat.exists
            - name: Backup old eth network-script files
              copy:
                remote_src: True
                src: "{{ item.stat.path }}"
                dest: "{{ item.stat.path }}.bak"
              with_items: "{{ nic_result.results }}"
              when: item.stat.exists
            - name: Remove old eth network-script files
              file:
                path: "{{ item.stat.path }}"
                state: absent
              with_items: "{{ nic_result.results }}"
              when: item.stat.exists
        - name: Rename route files
          block:
            - name: Check that route files exists
              stat:
                path: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/route-{{ item }}
              register: route_result
              with_items: "{{ eth_interfaces }}"
            - name: Copy route files using the new prefix
              copy:
                remote_src: True
                src: "{{ item.stat.path }}"
                dest: "{{ item.stat.path|replace('eth',prefix) }}"
              with_items: "{{ route_result.results }}"
              when: item.stat.exists
            - name: Update prefix in route files that use IP command arguments format
              replace:
                regexp: "eth"
                replace: "{{ prefix }}"
                path: "{{ item.stat.path|replace('eth',prefix) }}"
              with_items: "{{ route_result.results }}"
              when: item.stat.exists
            - name: Backup old route files
              copy:
                remote_src: True
                src: "{{ item.stat.path }}"
                dest: "{{ item.stat.path }}.bak"
              with_items: "{{ route_result.results }}"
              when: item.stat.exists
            - name: Remove old route files
              file:
                path: "{{ item.stat.path }}"
                state: absent
              with_items: "{{ route_result.results }}"
              when: item.stat.exists
        - name: Perform a final regex for any remaining eth prefixes in ifcfg files
          block:
            - name: Get a list of all ifcfg files
              find:
                paths: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
                patterns: 'ifcfg-*'
                excludes: '*.bak'
              register: ifcfg_files
            - name: Perform final regex on ifcfg files
              replace:
                path: "{{ item[0].path }}"
                regexp: "{{ item[1] }}"
                replace: "{{ item[1]|replace('eth',prefix) }}"
              with_nested:
                - "{{ ifcfg_files.files }}"
                - "{{ eth_interfaces }}"
        - name: Replace interface name in files referencing old eth interface
          block:
            - name: Check if undercloud.conf exists
              stat:
                path: "{{ undercloud_conf }}"
              register: undercloud_conf_stat
            - name: Replace interface name in undercloud.conf
              replace:
                path: "{{ undercloud_conf }}"
                regexp: 'eth(\d+)'
                replace: "{{ prefix }}\\1"
              when: undercloud_conf_stat.stat.exists
            - name: Check if os-net-config's config.json exists
              stat:
                path: "{{ osnet_conf }}"
              register: osnet_conf_stat
            - name: Replace interface name in config.json
              replace:
                path: "{{ osnet_conf }}"
                regexp: 'eth(\d+)'
                replace: "{{ prefix }}\\1"
              when: osnet_conf_stat.stat.exists
        - name: Patch vlan devices
          block:
            - name: Check that vlan files exists
              stat:
                path: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-{{ item }}
              register: nic_result
              when: item.startswith("vlan")
              with_items: "{{ ansible_interfaces }}"
            - name: Backup old vlan network-script files
              copy:
                remote_src: True
                src: "{{ item.stat.path }}"
                dest: "{{ item.stat.path }}.bak"
              when: item.item.startswith("vlan") and item.stat.exists
              with_items: "{{ nic_result.results }}"
            - name: Edit PHYSDEV in new network-script files
              replace:
                path: "{{ item.stat.path }}"
                regexp: "^PHYSDEV=eth"
                replace: "PHYSDEV={{ prefix }}"
              when: item.item.startswith("vlan") and item.stat.exists
              with_items: "{{ nic_result.results }}"
    Note

    You will use this playbook to rename the overcloud NICs at a later stage in the upgrade process.

  3. Run the playbook-nics.yaml playbook on the undercloud:

    $ ansible-playbook -c local -i localhost, playbook-nics.yaml

    The playbook sets the new NIC prefix to em. To set a different NIC prefix, set the prefix variable when running the playbook:

    $ ansible-playbook -c local -i localhost, -e prefix="mynic" ~/playbook-nics.yaml

    The NIC changes are only applied after the Leapp upgrade process completes and the node is rebooted.

4.4. Setting the SSH root permission parameter on the undercloud

The Leapp upgrade checks whether the PermitRootLogin parameter exists in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file. You must explicitly set this parameter to either yes or no.

For security purposes, set this parameter to no to disable SSH access to the root user on the undercloud.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the undercloud as the stack user.
  2. Check the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file for the PermitRootLogin parameter:

    $ sudo grep PermitRootLogin /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  3. If the parameter is not in the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file, edit the file and set the PermitRootLogin parameter:

    PermitRootLogin no
  4. Save the file.

4.5. Converting to next generation power management drivers

Red Hat OpenStack Platform now uses next generation drivers, also known as hardware types, that replace older drivers.

The following table shows an analogous comparison between older drivers with their next generation hardware type equivalent:

Old DriverNew Hardware Type

pxe_ipmitool

ipmi

pxe_drac

idrac

pxe_ilo

ilo

pxe_irmc

irmc

VBMC (pxe_ipmitool)

ipmi

fake_pxe

fake-hardware

In OpenStack Platform 15, these older drivers have been removed and are no longer accessible. You must change to hardware types before upgrading to OpenStack Platform 16.2.

Procedure

  1. Check the current list of hardware types enabled:

    $ source ~/stackrc
    $ openstack baremetal driver list --type dynamic
  2. If you use a hardware type driver that is not enabled, enable the driver using the enabled_hardware_types parameter in the undercloud.conf file:

    enabled_hardware_types = ipmi,redfish,idrac
  3. Save the file and refresh the undercloud:

    $ openstack undercloud install
  4. Run the following commands, substituting the OLDDRIVER and NEWDRIVER variables for your power management type:

    $ source ~/stackrc
    $ OLDDRIVER="pxe_ipmitool"
    $ NEWDRIVER="ipmi"
    $ for NODE in $(openstack baremetal node list --driver $OLDDRIVER -c UUID -f value) ; do openstack baremetal node set $NODE --driver $NEWDRIVER; done