OpenShift 4 node with cgroup out of memory and oom-kill errors

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • OpenShift 4 node is going to NotReady state and is getting unresponsive.
  • There are "Memory cgroup out of memory" and "oom-kill" messages in the node.

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)
    • 4
  • cgroup
  • OOM

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