Installation of OpenShift Container Platform stuck during agent-based installation with no error on console and bootstrap did not complete error.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Install of OpenShift Container Platform on baremetal using agent-based installer is stuck on rendezvous server with no error.
  • Error message from wait-for bootstrap command:
'Unable to retrieve cluster metadata from Agent Rest API: no clusterID known for the cluster' Error message: 'Error Bootstrap failed to complete: context deadline exceeded' 
  • The agent-based installer fails to parse EC keys resulting failure in agent-register-cluster.service.
MESSAGE=agent-register-cluster.service: Ignoring invalid environment assignment '`<a_part_of_key_phrase>`==': /usr/local/share/assisted-service/assisted-service.env

Environment

  • OpenShift Container Platform 4
    • Agent Based Install

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