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Source builds need runtime dependencies even though they build the MicroShift RPM locally. This updates the Ansible repository-management role to prefer the entitled OpenShift repository for released streams and fall back to the major-version dependency mirror when the entitled repository is unavailable; prerelease source builds use the dependency mirror directly.

Repository candidates are probed for cri-o before selection, and repository routing fails clearly when neither source is usable. Package-based installation behavior remains unchanged.

Testing:

  • ansible-playbook --syntax-check setup-node.yml
  • ansible-lint --profile min roles/manage-repos
  • Explicit production-profile comparison: 13 findings on the upstream baseline and 12 on this change, with all remaining findings on pre-existing lines (zero new lint debt, net minus one)
  • git diff --check
  • Live RHEL 9.8 source-build repository routing for released 4.22 through rhocp-4.22
  • Live RHEL 9.8 fallback for 5.0 from unavailable rhocp-5.0 to the openshift-v5 dependency mirror, including a successful cri-o 5.0.0 package probe
  • Live fallback-recovery transition from the 4.22 dependency mirror back to rhocp-4.22, including removal of the same-stream mirror and metadata cleanup
  • Controlled template failure after successful mirror probing, confirming repository-configuration errors retain their original diagnostics

The current 5.0 RPM transaction reaches dependency resolution and then stops at MicroShift's existing cri-o < 1.37.0 specification bound after the external CRI-O package renumbering. This change intentionally addresses repository selection without changing MicroShift's package-version policy.

USHIFT-7485

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Source builds now automatically select compatible OpenShift repositories or dependency mirrors.
    • Added checks for required cri-o packages and clearer errors when dependencies are unavailable.
    • Prerelease builds use dependency mirrors directly when needed.
    • Repository listings now display more descriptive names.
  • Documentation

    • Updated repository configuration guidance to explain selection, fallback behavior, and RPM compatibility checks.

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@sjug: This pull request references USHIFT-7485 which is a valid jira issue.

Warning: The referenced jira issue has an invalid target version for the target branch this PR targets: expected the task to target the "5.1.0" version, but no target version was set.

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Source builds need runtime dependencies even though they build the MicroShift RPM locally. This updates the Ansible repository-management role to prefer the entitled OpenShift repository for released streams and fall back to the major-version dependency mirror when the entitled repository is unavailable; prerelease source builds use the dependency mirror directly.

Repository candidates are probed for cri-o before selection, and repository routing fails clearly when neither source is usable. Package-based installation behavior remains unchanged.

Testing:

  • ansible-playbook --syntax-check setup-node.yml
  • ansible-lint --profile min roles/manage-repos (production profile passed; the pre-existing pbench task casing warning is outside this change)
  • git diff --check
  • Live RHEL 9.8 source-build repository routing for released 4.22 through rhocp-4.22
  • Live RHEL 9.8 fallback for 5.0 from unavailable rhocp-5.0 to the openshift-v5 dependency mirror, including a successful cri-o 5.0.0 package probe

The current 5.0 RPM transaction reaches dependency resolution and then stops at MicroShift's existing cri-o < 1.37.0 specification bound after the external CRI-O package renumbering. This change intentionally addresses repository selection without changing MicroShift's package-version policy.

USHIFT-7485

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Walkthrough

The manage-repos role separates mirror and dependency repositories. Source builds probe OpenShift repositories for cri-o, then use dependency mirrors when required. Documentation describes fallback and compatibility checks.

Changes

Repository routing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Repository definitions and rendering
ansible/roles/manage-repos/defaults/main.yml, ansible/roles/manage-repos/templates/ocpbeta.repo.j2
Defaults derive the OpenShift major version and combine mirror and dependency repositories. Repository descriptions can override generated names.
Repository probing and mirror operations
ansible/roles/manage-repos/tasks/probe-mirror.yaml, ansible/roles/manage-repos/tasks/create-mirrors.yaml
Probes check repository URLs and optional cri-o package availability. Mirror installation and metadata cleanup use generic repository tasks.
Source-build repository selection
ansible/roles/manage-repos/tasks/main.yml, ansible/README.md
Source builds probe OpenShift repositories, fall back to dependency mirrors, and report failure when no source provides cri-o. Released repository activation excludes source builds. Documentation describes the behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 41cb5

The repository-routing changes are merge-ready after normal checks and review; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Suggested reviewers: kasturinarra, pacevedom

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant manage_repos as manage-repos tasks
  participant ocp_repo as OpenShift repository
  participant dependency_repo as Dependency mirror
  participant dnf as dnf
  manage_repos->>ocp_repo: Probe cri-o
  ocp_repo-->>manage_repos: Return package availability
  manage_repos->>dependency_repo: Probe when OpenShift repository is unavailable
  dependency_repo-->>manage_repos: Return package availability
  manage_repos->>dnf: Enable the available repository or report failure
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Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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Stable And Deterministic Test Names ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only Ansible documentation, role defaults/tasks, and a repository template. The diff adds no Ginkgo test files or Ginkgo title calls such as It, Describe, Context,…
Test Structure And Quality ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only Ansible documentation, repository-management YAML, and a Jinja2 template. The diff contains no Ginkgo test files, test blocks, cluster operations, or Ginkgo asserti…
Microshift Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only Ansible YAML, Markdown, and Jinja2 files. The commit diff contains no Go files, Ginkgo declarations, or new e2e tests. Therefore, the MicroShift test compatibility …
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS — The pull request changes only Ansible documentation, defaults, tasks, and a repository template. The diff adds no Ginkgo e2e tests or other test files, so no SNO multi-node compatibility issue …
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request changes only Ansible documentation and the manage-repos role for RPM repository probing and configuration. The diff adds or changes no deployment manifests, operators, control…
Ote Binary Stdout Contract ✅ Passed PASS — The pull request changes only Ansible YAML/Jinja templates and documentation. The parent-to-HEAD diff contains no Go or executable OTE source files, no suite setup, and no process-level stdout …
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility ✅ Passed PASS — The pull request changes only Ansible YAML/Jinja/Markdown files. The parent-to-HEAD diff contains no Go files, Ginkgo constructs, or new e2e tests. Therefore this check is not applicable.
No-Weak-Crypto ✅ Passed PASS: The pull-request diff adds repository routing, DNF probes, mirror templates, and documentation only. The added lines contain no MD5, SHA1, DES, RC4, 3DES, Blowfish, ECB, custom crypto implementa…
Container-Privileges ✅ Passed PASS. The pull request changes only Ansible repository tasks, defaults, a repository template, and documentation. The changed files add no container or Kubernetes manifests and contain none of `privil…
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs ✅ Passed No sensitive-data logging was introduced. The new probe and failure paths expose only the fixed public mirror.openshift.com URLs, RHSM repository IDs, MicroShift version, and package name cri-o. T…
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: providing dependency repositories for Ansible source builds.
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PASS: The pull request changes only Ansible documentation, repository-management YAML, and a Jinja2 template. The diff contains no Ginkgo test files, test blocks, cluster operations, or Ginkgo assertions. The custom check is therefore not applicable.

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PASS: The pull request changes only Ansible YAML, Markdown, and Jinja2 files. The commit diff contains no Go files, Ginkgo declarations, or new e2e tests. Therefore, the MicroShift test compatibility check does not apply.

Full details: Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility

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PASS — The pull request changes only Ansible documentation, defaults, tasks, and a repository template. The diff adds no Ginkgo e2e tests or other test files, so no SNO multi-node compatibility issue applies.

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PASS: The pull request changes only Ansible documentation and the manage-repos role for RPM repository probing and configuration. The diff adds or changes no deployment manifests, operators, controllers, replicas, affinity, topology spread, node selectors, tolerations, or PDBs. The topology-aware scheduling check is therefore inapplicable.

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PASS — The pull request changes only Ansible YAML/Jinja templates and documentation. The parent-to-HEAD diff contains no Go or executable OTE source files, no suite setup, and no process-level stdout writes. The OTE binary stdout contract is not applicable.

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PASS: The pull-request diff adds repository routing, DNF probes, mirror templates, and documentation only. The added lines contain no MD5, SHA1, DES, RC4, 3DES, Blowfish, ECB, custom crypto implementation, or secret/token comparison. Repository-wide Ansible searches also found no matching weak-crypto usage.

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PASS. The pull request changes only Ansible repository tasks, defaults, a repository template, and documentation. The changed files add no container or Kubernetes manifests and contain none of privileged: true, hostPID, hostNetwork, hostIPC, SYS_ADMIN, allowPrivilegeEscalation: true, or root user settings. The repository-management commands do not introduce a container running as root.

Full details: No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs

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No sensitive-data logging was introduced. The new probe and failure paths expose only the fixed public mirror.openshift.com URLs, RHSM repository IDs, MicroShift version, and package name cri-o. They add no credentials, headers, tokens, cookies, or debug output. The existing subscription task still protects rhel_password with no_log: true, and the new registered results are not printed by a debug or logging task.

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In `@ansible/roles/manage-repos/defaults/main.yml`:
- Line 17: Update the repo_list default to reference only
microshift_mirror_repos, leaving dependency mirror selection to the source-build
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Addressed the convergence and diagnostics findings in fdcce556b: a successful isolated RHSM probe now removes the matching fallback mirror and cleans metadata, while mirror availability probing is separated from repository installation so template and cleanup failures retain their original errors. Live validation covered the 4.22 fallback-to-RHSM recovery transition, a controlled post-probe template failure, normal 5.0 fallback convergence, and the unchanged prerelease package path configuring both original mirrors.

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In `@ansible/roles/manage-repos/tasks/probe-mirror.yaml`:
- Line 3: Restrict item.repo_url to HTTPS by validating or rejecting non-HTTPS
values before the ansible.builtin.uri probe and before rendering the repository
file; apply the check at role entry if that covers both paths, while preserving
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Comment thread ansible/roles/manage-repos/tasks/probe-mirror.yaml
Separate MicroShift package mirrors from dependency mirrors so source
builds can provision runtime dependencies independently of where the
MicroShift RPM originates.

Use entitled OpenShift repositories when they provide CRI-O and fall
back to the major-version dependency mirror when they do not. Probe
candidate repositories before selection and fail during routing when
neither source is usable. Package-install behavior remains unchanged.

Remove a fallback mirror when the entitled repository becomes usable.
Keep availability probes separate from repository configuration so
installation and metadata errors retain their original diagnostics.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Jug <seb@stianj.ug>
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