Master branch is updated with OCP46 contents

For OCP 43 CSI contents - Refer to https://github.com/dell-esg/openshift-bare-metal and checkout branch ocp43_csi

$ python3 generate_inventory_file.py -h
usage: generate_inventory_file.py [-h] [--run | --add] --ver {4.6} --nodes NODES [--id_user ID_USER] [--id_pass ID_PASS] [--debug]

Generate Inventory

optional arguments:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  --run              generate inventory file
  --add              number of worker nodes
  --ver {4.6}        specify OpenShift version
  --nodes NODES      nodes inventory file
  --id_user ID_USER  specify idrac user
  --id_pass ID_PASS  specify idrac user
  --debug            specify debug logs

• run option will generate inventory file
• add option will add new worker nodes to an already existing inventory file.
• ver option will specify OpenShift version. Current supported version is 4.6 only.
• nodes option is a YAML file with nodes information. Note: Refer to sample file under /python/nodes.yaml
• specify common idrac user and password using --id_user and --id_pass arguments. Note: Ignore --id_user and --id_pass arguments when it is not same across all nodes.
• debug enables logging.debug level for the execution

Switch Config

• Switches S3048, S5232F config files are saved in examples directory
• S5232F x 2 configured in VLTi
• S3048 used for iDRAC purposes

Python Script - Pre-Reqs

• RHEL OS (Tested in 7.9)
• Python3
• access to appropriate repositories. Refer to deployment guide Chapter 3.

Python Script - Output

• An inventory file used by ansible to execute roles defined in ocp.yml
• Script log file (Inventory.log by default)

Ansible Playbooks - Pre-Reqs

• RedHat subscription (to download ansible rpm and pullsecret for OCP 4.6)
• Inventory File (generated using python script)

Ansible Playbooks - Execution

• cd git clone dir/containers/ansible
• ansible-playbook -i 'Path to inventory file path generated using python script' ocp.yml

Ansible Playbooks - Output

• Services such as DNS/DHCP/PXE/TFTP/HAProxy are configured in local node using the inventory file generated.