Bootstrap node installation fails with errors: ovnkube-node and ovnkube-control-plane pod not available

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The bootstrap installation fails with the errors:

    ERROR Cluster operator network Degraded is True with RolloutHung: DaemonSet "/openshift-multus/multus" rollout is not making progress - pod multus-d7m67 is in CrashLoopBackOff State
    ERROR DaemonSet "/openshift-ovn-kubernetes/ovnkube-node" rollout is not making progress - pod ovnkube-node-2cmqt is in CrashLoopBackOff State
    ERROR DaemonSet "/openshift-ovn-kubernetes/ovnkube-node" rollout is not making progress - pod ovnkube-node-bsd6m is in CrashLoopBackOff State
    ERROR DaemonSet "/openshift-ovn-kubernetes/ovnkube-node" rollout is not making progress - pod ovnkube-node-wlt8n is in CrashLoopBackOff State
    ERROR DaemonSet "/openshift-ovn-kubernetes/ovnkube-node" rollout is not making progress - last change 2025-03-26T20:06:00Z
    INFO Cluster operator network ManagementStateDegraded is False with :
    INFO Cluster operator network Progressing is True with Deploying: DaemonSet "/openshift-network-operator/iptables-alerter" is waiting for other operators to become ready
    INFO DaemonSet "/openshift-multus/multus" is not available (awaiting 3 nodes)
    INFO DaemonSet "/openshift-multus/network-metrics-daemon" is waiting for other operators to become ready
    INFO DaemonSet "/openshift-ovn-kubernetes/ovnkube-node" is not available (awaiting 3 nodes)
    INFO Deployment "/openshift-multus/multus-admission-controller" is waiting for other operators to become ready
    INFO Deployment "/openshift-ovn-kubernetes/ovnkube-control-plane" is not available (awaiting 2 nodes)
    ERROR Cluster operator network Available is False with Startup: The network is starting up
    ERROR Bootstrap failed to complete: timed out waiting for the condition
    ERROR Failed to wait for bootstrapping to complete. This error usually happens when there is a problem with control plane hosts that prevents the control plane operators from creating the     control plane.
    
  • The hostPrefix is incorrect in the install-config.yaml:

    ...
    networking:
      clusterNetwork:
          - cidr: 10.128.0.0/14       #<--- clusterNetwork CIDR and the `hostPrefix` are the same
            hostPrefix: 14            #<--- Here
      machineNetwork:
          - cidr: 10.10.10.0/24
      networkType: OVNKubernetes
      serviceNetwork:
          - 172.30.0.0/16
    ...
    

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP)
    • 4
  • Install
  • Bootstrap
  • OVN-Kubernetes

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