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Add DisableExtensionOperations field #4792

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@RadekManak RadekManak commented Apr 30, 2024

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What this PR does / why we need it:
This PR adds a new field to machine spec DisableExtensionOperations that when set to true ensures that no VMExtensions are configured on the machine by preventing users to add values to VMExtensions field in machine template and setting AllowExtensionOperations false in the instance osProfile.
Setting DisableExtensionOperations also disables the bootstrap failure detection VMExtension.

The intent of this change is to provide a way to create VMs that use images without the capability of running VMExtensions. Currently, these machines get stuck waiting for the bootstrapping VMExtension to get installed.

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Add option DisableExtensionOperations to disable VMExtensions

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I'm wondering if we should make this about disabling the bootstrapping extension rather than disabling all extensions, since we can already disable extensions by just adding an empty list?

Going even further, is this actually a three option case, no bootstrapping extension, the default bootstrapping extension, or a custom bootstrapping extension (if there's a difference between a bootstrapping extension and regular extension that is, though I'm not convinced it is?)

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// Specifies whether extension operations should be disabled on the virtual machine. This may only be set to True when no
// extensions are configured on the virtual machine.
// +optional
DisableExtensionOperations *bool `json:"disableExtensionOperations,omitempty"`

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When there are VMExtensions provided, does the default extension still get added? I wonder if it would be better to disable the default extension rather than disable all so you don't have the awkward interaction between this field and the VMExtensions field

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Yes the default extension is always added even if no extensions are specified. I'm wondering if there is a specific use-case for just disabling extension operations temporarily while VMExtensions is specified. If that's not something you need, adding the option to disable will probably be enough.

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allErrs := field.ErrorList{}

if ptr.Deref(disableExtensionOperations, false) && len(vmExtensions) > 0 {
allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Forbidden(field.NewPath("AzureMachineTemplate", "spec", "template", "spec", "VMExtensions"), "VMExtensions must be empty when DisableExtensionOperations is true"))
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Judging by the logic here, it seems like this check is unnecessary. If the goal is to disable the default extension, a flag to explicitly do that would be better. That way, it's still possible to specify additional extensions without using the default one, and avoid confusion about the two conflicting fields.

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The intent of disableExtensionOperations is to disable all VMExtension for the machine. This check is run in webhook to reject the machine template. Setting disableExtensionOperations true and configuring VMExtension would at best result with no VMExtension deplyoed (unexpteced behavior) and at worst machine failing to provision.

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/test pull-cluster-api-provider-azure-e2e-optional

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@RadekManak RadekManak changed the title Add DisableExtensionOperations field Add DisableBootstrappingVMExtension field May 3, 2024
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My original idea with DisableExtensionOperations was to have an explicit toggle that the machine won't be running any VMExtensions that is visible in both the machine spec and Azure portal. I can see that what we actually care about is being able to disable the bootstrapping extension is just a side effect of that toggle can be confusing.

I have changed the PR to add DisableBootstrappingVMExtension instead. It controls only the creation of bootstrapping VMExtension. We can solve users being able to add VMExtensions that will fail by documenting that our images don't support them.

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My original idea with DisableExtensionOperations was to have an explicit toggle that the machine won't be running any VMExtensions that is visible in both the machine spec and Azure portal.

Ah that makes sense. It might be good to log a warning in the webhook if user's do specify VMExtensions while also disabling the bootstapping extension since if they are disabling it, it probably means the VM does not support extensions.

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I was investigating this issue independently; so was happy to discover this PR. As is, the PR solves the problem we have with RHCOS being unable to run extensions. LGTM.

At risk of bikeshedding, if there is a chance that future extensions could be added by default, it might be better to relabel this DisableDefaultVMExtensions so that this represents disabling all default VM extensions rather than is specific to the bootstrap extension, which is the only default extension. That said, it seems unlikely to me that more extensions would be added.

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I don't think there will be more default VMExtensions in the future. I've kept it as is, unless maintainers disagree, then I can change it.

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I don't think there will be more default VMExtensions in the future. I've kept it as is, unless maintainers disagree, then I can change it.

+1. This LGTM.

// Its role is to detect and report Kubernetes bootstrap failure or success.
// Use this setting only if VMExtensions are not supported by your image.
// +optional
DisableBootstrappingVMExtension *bool `json:"disableBootstrappingVMExtension,omitempty"`
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@RadekManak sorry for the confusion, I was following this effort from the edge but didn't make the effort to comment. I actually prefered the previous "disable all VM extensions" option. I think that is a more clarifying option to fulfill your problem, and would help other users in a similar scenario where VM extensions are not supported.

Disabling this particular extension doesn't make a lot of sense as you lose an explicit part of the CAPI bootstrapping contract guarantee; but it does make sense if your CAPZ VM scenario doesn't allow extensions that we want to ship a VM configuration with no Extensions in the configuration.

IMO

We'll prioritize merging this change w/ the previous implementation, thank you so much for this and for your patience!

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@RadekManak RadekManak changed the title Add DisableBootstrappingVMExtension field Add DisableExtensionOperations field May 10, 2024
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Changed it back to DisableExtensionOperations and added a note explaining that it should only be used when VMExtensions are not supported by the image and that it disables the bootstrapping extension.

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/retest

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Looks good pending one comment!

// Use this setting only if VMExtensions are not supported by your image, as it disables CAPZ bootstrapping extension used for detecting Kubernetes bootstrap failure.
// This may only be set to True when no extensions are configured on the virtual machine.
// +optional
DisableExtensionOperations *bool `json:"disableExtensionOperations,omitempty"`
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I'm thinking this field should be immutable since it doesn't make too much sense to disable extensions after the VM is already provisioned. Can you add an immutability check in ValidateUpdate? https://github.com/willie-yao/cluster-api-provider-azure/blob/5243ae7d5dae9483280e73da2904a3568fbf8839/api/v1beta1/azuremachine_webhook.go#L77

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Thanks for pointing this out. I thought that the entire spec was immutable and did not check. Fixed.

@RadekManak RadekManak force-pushed the disableExtensionOperations branch 2 times, most recently from 32674b2 to ca5e9c1 Compare May 14, 2024 10:05
This option when set to true ensures no that no VMExtension are configured on the
machine by preventing users to add values to VMExtensions field in machine template,
Disabling the bootstrapping VMExtension and setting AllowExtensionOperations false
in the instance osProfile.
@@ -213,6 +213,13 @@ func (mw *azureMachineWebhook) ValidateUpdate(ctx context.Context, oldObj, newOb
allErrs = append(allErrs, err)
}

if err := webhookutils.ValidateImmutable(
field.NewPath("spec", "disableExtensionOperations"),
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field.NewPath("spec", "disableExtensionOperations"),
field.NewPath("spec", "DisableExtensionOperations"),

This should also be fixed for capacityReservationGroupID on line 210. Sorry for not catching this in the previous PR!

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Changed to use the capitalized variant. capacityReservationGroupID should be fixed in its own PR.

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Why with a capital? This breaks Kube API conventions. The path is supposed to take the json serialisation representation of the field name, so a camelCase is correct.

Adding DisableExtensionOperations with a capital means the error that comes back prints an incorrect JSON path

The capacityReservationGroupID is correct and should not be changed

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Hmm you're definitely correct. I'm seeing some inconsistencies in the use of field.NewPath() in CAPZ and that should definitely be fixed. Apologies for the confusion there!

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This PR is changed back to camelCase.

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/retest

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/lgtm
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/approve

Thank you @RadekManak @JoelSpeed!

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