Install playbook fails on "Wait for GlusterFS pods"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

OpenShift installer times out while waiting for GlusterFS Server to respond. This is well documented for OCP 3.11 in Bug 1615982.

Playbook attempts to deploy GlusterFS pods (which show as Active):

TASK [openshift_storage_glusterfs : Deploy GlusterFS pods] *********************
task path: /usr/share/ansible/openshift-ansible/roles/openshift_storage_glusterfs/tasks/glusterfs_deploy.yml:88
changed: [server.example.com] => {"changed": true, "failed": false, "results": [{"cmd": "/usr/bin/oc create -f /tmp/glusterfs-storage-bhhQ_m -n glusterfs", "kind": "DaemonSet", "results": {}, "returncode": 0}], "state": "present"}

TASK [openshift_storage_glusterfs : Wait for GlusterFS pods] *******************
task path: /usr/share/ansible/openshift-ansible/roles/openshift_storage_glusterfs/tasks/glusterfs_deploy.yml:102
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (30 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (29 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (28 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (27 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (26 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (25 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (24 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (23 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (22 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (21 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (20 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (19 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (18 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (17 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (16 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (15 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (14 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (13 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (12 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (11 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (10 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (9 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (8 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (7 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (6 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (5 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (4 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (3 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (2 retries left).
FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for GlusterFS pods (1 retries left).
fatal: [server.example.com]: FAILED! =>

Playbook finishes with failure recap:

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=13   changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=0   
server.example.com : ok=483  changed=185  unreachable=0    failed=1   
server.example.com: ok=152  changed=59   unreachable=0    failed=0   
server.example.com: ok=152  changed=59   unreachable=0    failed=0   
server.example.com : ok=152  changed=59   unreachable=0    failed=0  

Environment

  • OpenShift Container Platform 3.9
  • OpenShift Container Platform 3.10
  • OpenShift Container Platform 3.11

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