## Requirements Before proceeding, please ensure that you have an OpenShift cluster running K8s 1.19+ (OpenShift 4.7+) and have Helm 3.5+ installed. In addition, you'll need to install the OpenShift CLI (`oc`) to authenticate to your cluster and create OpenShift resources. You'll also want to install the [latest version of Coder](https://github.com/coder/coder/releases/latest) locally in order to log in and manage templates. ## Install Coder with OpenShift ### 1. Authenticate to OpenShift and create a Coder project Run the following command to login to your OpenShift cluster: ```console oc login --token=w4r...04s --server= ``` Next, you will run the below command to create a project for Coder: ```console oc new-project coder ``` ### 2. Configure SecurityContext values Depending upon your configured Security Context Constraints (SCC), you'll need to set the following `securityContext` values in the Coder Helm chart: ```yaml coder: securityContext: runAsNonRoot: true runAsUser: runAsGroup: readOnlyRootFilesystem: false ``` The above values are the Coder defaults. You will need to change these values in accordance with the applied SCC. Retrieve the project UID range with the following command: ```console oc get project coder -o json | jq -r '.metadata.annotations' { "openshift.io/sa.scc.uid-range": "1000680000/10000" } ``` ### 3. Configure the Coder service, connection URLs, and cache values To establish a connection to PostgreSQL, set the `CODER_PG_CONNECTION_URL` value. [See our Helm documentation](./kubernetes.md) on configuring the PostgreSQL connection URL as a secret. Additionally, if accessing Coder over a hostname, set the `CODER_ACCESS_URL` value. By default, Coder creates the cache directory in `/home/coder/.cache`. Given the OpenShift-provided UID, the Coder container does not have permission to write to this directory. To fix this, set the `CODER_CACHE_DIRECTORY` environment variable to `/tmp/coder-cache`. Additionally, create the Coder service as a `ClusterIP`. In the next step, you will create an OpenShift route that points to the service HTTP target port. ```yaml coder: service: type: ClusterIP env: - name: CODER_CACHE_DIRECTORY value: /tmp/coder-cache - name: CODER_PG_CONNECTION_URL valueFrom: secretKeyRef: key: url name: coder-db-url - name: CODER_ACCESS_URL value: "https://coder-example.apps.openshiftapps.com" securityContext: runAsNonRoot: true runAsUser: runAsGroup: readOnlyRootFilesystem: false ``` > Note: OpenShift provides a Developer Catalog offering you can use to > install PostgreSQL into your cluster. ### 4. Create the OpenShift route Below is the YAML spec for creating an OpenShift route that sends traffic to the HTTP port of the Coder service: ```yaml kind: Route apiVersion: route.openshift.io/v1 metadata: namespace: coder spec: host: https://coder-example.apps.openshiftapps.com to: kind: Service name: coder tls: # if set to edge, OpenShift will terminate TLS prior to the traffic reaching # the service. termination: edge # if set to Redirect, insecure client connections are redirected to the secure # port insecureEdgeTerminationPolicy: Redirect port: targetPort: http ``` Once complete, you can create this route in OpenShift via: ```console oc apply -f route.yaml ``` ### 5. Install Coder You can now install Coder using the values you've set from the above steps. To do so, run the series of `helm` commands below: ```console helm repo add coder-v2 https://helm.coder.com/v2 helm repo update helm install coder coder-v2/coder \ --namespace coder \ --values values.yaml ``` ### 6. Create an OpenShift-compatible image While the deployment is spinning up, we will need to create some images that are compatible with OpenShift. These images can then be run without modifying the Security Context Constraints (SCCs) in OpenShift. 1. Determine the UID range for the project: ```console oc get project coder -o json | jq -r '.metadata.annotations' { "openshift.io/description": "", "openshift.io/display-name": "coder", "openshift.io/requester": "kube:admin", "openshift.io/sa.scc.mcs": "s0:c26,c15", "openshift.io/sa.scc.supplemental-groups": "1000680000/10000", "openshift.io/sa.scc.uid-range": "1000680000/10000" } ``` Note the `uid-range` and `supplemental-groups`. In this case, the project `coder` has been allocated 10,000 UIDs starting at 1000680000, and 10,000 GIDs starting at 1000680000. In this example, we will pick UID and GID 1000680000. 1. Create a `BuildConfig` referencing the source image you want to customize. This will automatically kick off a `Build` that will remain pending until step 3. > For more information, please consult the [OpenShift Documentation](https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.12/cicd/builds/understanding-buildconfigs.html). ```console oc create -f - <