FailedToConfigure static IP address on OpenShift node with NMState operator

Issue

• Adding a static IP address to the OpenShift node with the NMState operator results in a FailedToConfigure error. The steps followed are mentioned below:

  • Create ceph-infra04-int.yaml

  apiVersion: nmstate.io/v1
  kind: NodeNetworkConfigurationPolicy
  metadata:
  name: infra04-ens224
  spec:
  nodeSelector: 
    kubernetes.io/hostname: infra04.test.com
  desiredState:
   interfaces:
    - name: ens224
      description: static IP on ens224
      type: ethernet
      state: up
      ipv4:
       address:
       - ip: 10.95.56.174
         prefix-length: 22
       enabled: true
       dhcp: false
  
  

  • Create network configuration policy

  $ oc create -f ceph-infra04-int.yaml 
  nodenetworkconfigurationpolicy.nmstate.io/infra04-ens224 created
  

  • Listing the NNCP reports the below error

  $ oc get nncp
  NAME                 STATUS
  infra04-ens224    FailedToConfigure