Unable to Introspect Baremetal Nodes
Problem
- Introspection fails as Dnsmasqfilter is stuck in 'uninitialized' state
2024-07-17 04:30:20.891 1289 ERROR ironic_inspector.node_cache [-] [node: 5f0ef0df-8131-43fc-32r3-2bb559c1ed14 state processing] Processing the error event because of an exception <class 'ironic_inspector.pxe_filter.base.InvalidFilterDriverState'>: The PXE filter driver DnsmasqFilter, state=uninitialized: my fsm encountered an exception: Can not transition from state 'uninitialized' on event 'sync' (no defined transition) raised by ironic_inspector.process._process_node: ironic_inspector.pxe_filter.base.InvalidFilterDriverState: The PXE filter driver DnsmasqFilter, state=uninitialized: my fsm encountered an exception: Can not transition from state 'uninitialized' on event 'sync' (no defined transition)meterValue: Cannot validate PXE bootloader. Some parameters were missing in node's driver_info and configuration. Missing are: ['deploy_ramdisk']- This causes baremetal hosts to get stuck into enroll state.
Environment
- Platform9 Managed OpenStack - v5.0
Cause
- The pxefilter driver is unable to initialize the DNSmasq filter. The process of synchronizing DHCP for introspection and hardware discovery in larger clusters can be time-consuming due to operational overhead. This can lead to processes remaining continuously busy, potentially impacting the successful introspection of recently added nodes.
Resolution
- It is suggested to adjust the [pxe_filter]sync period setting to a larger value, allowing conductors more time between synchronization runs.
- Create an ironic_override.conf file with permissions pf9:pf9group inside the /opt/pf9/etc/ironic-inspector/conf.d/ directory.
- Add the below content to the override file.
[pxe_filter] driver = dnsmasq sync_period = 60- Finally restart the ironic services over the host
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