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Ship an `external-dns-operator-trusted-ca` configmap in the bundle, labeled `config.openshift.io/inject-trusted-cabundle=true` so the Cluster Network Operator populates it with the merged system and cluster-wide proxy CA bundle. Default `TRUSTED_CA_CONFIGMAP_NAME` to this configmap so the CA is trusted by the operand without any manual admin action. Update `docs/proxy.md` so the manual Custom CA steps now cover only trusting an additional CA that is not part of the cluster-wide proxy. Co-Authored-By: Claude
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe operator manifests now define and reference Priority: ⬇️ Low Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Kind and other non-OpenShift deployments may fail to start operand pods, while applying the documented proxy configuration can remove existing operator settings. Both issues should be addressed before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 15✅ Passed checks (15 passed)
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In `@config/manager/kustomization.yaml`:
- Around line 12-16: Remove the trusted-CA injection label from the default
manager configuration so non-OpenShift deployments do not enable it; retain the
ConfigMap and injection flag only in the OpenShift-specific bundle, while
preserving the existing external-dns-operator-trusted-ca generator.
In `@docs/proxy.md`:
- Line 58: Update the documented Subscription patch command so it preserves
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| configMapGenerator: | ||
| - name: external-dns-operator-trusted-ca | ||
| options: | ||
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| config.openshift.io/inject-trusted-cabundle: "true" |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
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rg -n -C 4 'make deploy|TRUSTED_CA_CONFIGMAP_NAME|external-dns-operator-trusted-ca|inject-trusted-cabundle|ca-bundle\.crt|trusted-ca' docs/localdev.md config/manager config/manifests bundle/manifests pkg/operator/controller/externaldns
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Do not enable trusted-CA injection by default outside OpenShift.
config/default includes this manager configuration, and make deploy applies it to Kind/Kubernetes clusters. The nonempty TRUSTED_CA_CONFIGMAP_NAME enables injection. Without the Cluster Network Operator, the generated ConfigMap has no ca-bundle.crt. The operand volume in pkg/operator/controller/externaldns/pod.go requires that key, so operand pods can remain unavailable during volume setup.
Keep the ConfigMap and flag in the OpenShift bundle only, or omit the flag from non-OpenShift deployments.
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In `@config/manager/kustomization.yaml` around lines 12 - 16, Remove the
trusted-CA injection label from the default manager configuration so
non-OpenShift deployments do not enable it; retain the ConfigMap and injection
flag only in the OpenShift-specific bundle, while preserving the existing
external-dns-operator-trusted-ca generator.
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| 2. Add `spec.config.env` with the name of the configmap created in the previous step to your subscription created by OperatorHub: | ||
| ```bash | ||
| oc -n external-dns-operator patch subscription external-dns-operator --type='json' -p='[{"op": "add", "path": "/spec/config", "value":{"env":[{"name":"TRUSTED_CA_CONFIGMAP_NAME","value":"trusted-ca"}]}}]' | ||
| oc -n external-dns-operator patch subscription external-dns-operator --type='json' -p='[{"op": "add", "path": "/spec/config", "value":{"env":[{"name":"TRUSTED_CA_CONFIGMAP_NAME","value":"custom-trusted-ca"}]}}]' |
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Preserve existing Subscription.spec.config fields.
When spec.config already exists, this JSON Patch add replaces the whole object at /spec/config. The command can remove existing env, volumes, or other OLM settings.
Update only TRUSTED_CA_CONFIGMAP_NAME, or document separate commands for absent and existing spec.config.
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In `@docs/proxy.md` at line 58, Update the documented Subscription patch command
so it preserves existing spec.config fields while setting
TRUSTED_CA_CONFIGMAP_NAME; use a targeted nested env update or provide separate
commands for absent and existing spec.config cases.
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| # Ref: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-57339. | ||
| value: quay.io/external-dns-operator/external-dns:latest | ||
| - name: TRUSTED_CA_CONFIGMAP_NAME | ||
| value: external-dns-operator-trusted-ca |
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issue (correctness): Defaulting TRUSTED_CA_CONFIGMAP_NAME here (and in the CSV + the configMapGenerator) turns CA injection on unconditionally, regardless of platform. InjectTrustedCA() is gated only on the name being non-empty, not on IsOpenShift.
On any cluster without the Cluster Network Operator (vanilla Kubernetes installed via config/manager, or any non-OpenShift target), the shipped external-dns-operator-trusted-ca configmap is never populated with a ca-bundle.crt key. The ca-configmap controller copies the empty data to the operand namespace, and the operand pod then gets a non-optional configMap volume referencing ca-bundle.crt (pkg/operator/controller/externaldns/pod.go ~L554). The kubelet refuses to start the pod ("references non-existent config key"), so ExternalDNS never runs. Previously the default was empty, so injection was off and these clusters worked.
Consider gating the default-on behavior on OpenShift (where CNO exists), or marking the CA volume/key optional: true.
| # Empty configmap labeled for the Cluster Network Operator to inject the | ||
| # merged trusted CA bundle (system CAs + the cluster-wide proxy's trustedCA). | ||
| # Shipped in the bundle so proxy CA trust works out of the box on OpenShift. | ||
| configMapGenerator: |
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issue (correctness): Making injection default-on creates a hard, cluster-wide dependency on this configmap being present and already carrying a ca-bundle.crt key before any ExternalDNS can deploy.
Two failure windows, even on OpenShift:
- The externaldns controller only checks that the operand configmap exists (
pkg/operator/controller/externaldns/controller.goL202-206), not that it containsca-bundle.crt. Between configmap creation and the CNO writingca-bundle.crtinto it, the controller happily builds a deployment whose volume references the missing key, producing an operand pod stuck in ContainerCreating until a later sync replaces it. - If this configmap is ever deleted (or absent on a manual deployment),
ensureTrustedCAConfigMapfinds no source, never creates the operand copy, and the externaldns controller then requeues forever withtarget CA configmap ... not found— blocking all ExternalDNS instances, not just proxy-CA trust.
Consider skipping the volume until the ca-bundle.crt key is actually present.
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| config.openshift.io/inject-trusted-cabundle: "true" | ||
| name: external-dns-operator-trusted-ca |
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question (reliability): This configmap is shipped as a bundle object with empty data and relies on the CNO to fill ca-bundle.crt. On operator upgrade OLM re-applies bundle manifests, which can momentarily reset this configmap to empty data before the CNO re-injects — transiently breaking the operand's trust store (and, per the volume-mount issue noted elsewhere, potentially the operand pod). Worth confirming OLM does not re-apply/overwrite this on upgrade.
| - name: RELATED_IMAGE_EXTERNAL_DNS | ||
| value: quay.io/external-dns-operator/external-dns:latest | ||
| - name: TRUSTED_CA_CONFIGMAP_NAME | ||
| value: external-dns-operator-trusted-ca |
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nitpick (fragility): The env value hardcodes external-dns-operator-trusted-ca, which must stay in lockstep with the name produced by the configMapGenerator in config/manager/kustomization.yaml. That only holds because disableNameSuffixHash: true is set globally; if that option is ever removed, kustomize appends a content hash to the generated name and this hardcoded value will no longer match, silently disabling injection. A comment tying the two together would help.
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| 1. Create a configmap for the proxy CA certificate in the `external-dns-operator` namespace: | ||
| 1. Create a configmap holding the merged bundle (the proxy's CA and the additional CA) under `ca-bundle.crt` in the `external-dns-operator` namespace. Do not add the `inject-trusted-cabundle` label, otherwise the Cluster Network Operator overwrites its contents: |
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suggestion (maintainability): Because custom-trusted-ca must not carry the inject-trusted-cabundle label, its contents are never refreshed by the Cluster Network Operator. When the cluster-wide proxy's CA rotates, the admin-merged bundle silently goes stale and TLS trust breaks until the configmap is manually re-merged. The old flow (label the configmap, let CNO inject) did not have this problem for the proxy CA. Worth calling out the rotation caveat here so operators know they must re-merge on proxy CA changes.
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Summary
Making the ExternalDNS operand trust the cluster-wide proxy's CA currently requires two manual admin steps: creating a configmap labeled
config.openshift.io/inject-trusted-cabundle=trueand pointing the operator at it through the subscription'sspec.config.env. This PR makes it work out of the box.The operator bundle now ships an
external-dns-operator-trusted-caconfigmap carrying that label, which the Cluster Network Operator populates with the system CAs merged with the cluster-wide proxy's CA. The operator'sTRUSTED_CA_CONFIGMAP_NAMEnow defaults to this configmap, so the CA is propagated down to the operand without any manual action on OpenShift.The manual steps in
docs/proxy.mdare kept for the remaining case: trusting an additional CA which is not part of the cluster-wide proxy. Since the operator consumes a single configmap, such a CA has to be merged with the proxy's CA into one configmap.Reference
The same approach was taken in the AWS Load Balancer Operator: openshift/aws-load-balancer-operator#129 (OCPBUGS-28614).
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