Cause: when the "cluster-monitoring-config" config map is invalid (e.g. it can't be decoded), the cluster monitoring operator uses the default configuration.
Consequence: any change made to customize the cluster monitoring configuration (such as PVC, node selectors, toleration) would be lost and the monitoring stack would be reconciled to its default state.
Fix: when the cluster monitoring operator can't decode "cluster-monitoring-config" config map, it doesn't try to reconcile the monitoring stack. An alert fires when this happens.
Result: the monitoring stack isn't modified when an invalid configuration is given.
Test with 4.4.0-0.nightly-2020-04-09-194724, set invalid value in cluster-monitoring-config confimap, there is error in cluster-monitoring-operator pod and trigger ClusterMonitoringOperatorReconciliationErrors/ClusterOperatorDegraded/ClusterOperatorDown alerts, no resource is created under openshift-user-workload-monitoring
kind: ConfigMap
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
name: cluster-monitoring-config
namespace: openshift-monitoring
data:
config.yaml: |
techPreviewUserWorkload:
enabled: friday
# oc get co/monitoring -oyaml
...
- lastTransitionTime: "2020-04-10T07:23:49Z"
message: 'Failed to rollout the stack. Error: the Cluster Monitoring ConfigMap
could not be parsed: error unmarshaling JSON: while decoding JSON: json: cannot
unmarshal string into Go struct field UserWorkloadConfig.techPreviewUserWorkload.enabled
of type bool'
reason: InvalidConfiguration
status: "True"
type: Degraded
...
# oc -n openshift-monitoring logs cluster-monitoring-operator-5df74c575d-xjz5b | tail
E0410 07:23:55.408097 1 operator.go:274] sync "openshift-monitoring/cluster-monitoring-config" failed: the Cluster Monitoring ConfigMap could not be parsed: error unmarshaling JSON: while decoding JSON: json: cannot unmarshal string into Go struct field UserWorkloadConfig.techPreviewUserWorkload.enabled of type bool
I0410 07:24:00.528324 1 operator.go:299] Updating ClusterOperator status to failed. Err: the Cluster Monitoring ConfigMap could not be parsed: error unmarshaling JSON: while decoding JSON: json: cannot unmarshal string into Go struct field UserWorkloadConfig.techPreviewUserWorkload.enabled of type bool
...
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.
For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.
If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2020:0581
Test with 4.4.0-0.nightly-2020-04-09-194724, set invalid value in cluster-monitoring-config confimap, there is error in cluster-monitoring-operator pod and trigger ClusterMonitoringOperatorReconciliationErrors/ClusterOperatorDegraded/ClusterOperatorDown alerts, no resource is created under openshift-user-workload-monitoring kind: ConfigMap apiVersion: v1 metadata: name: cluster-monitoring-config namespace: openshift-monitoring data: config.yaml: | techPreviewUserWorkload: enabled: friday # oc get co/monitoring -oyaml ... - lastTransitionTime: "2020-04-10T07:23:49Z" message: 'Failed to rollout the stack. Error: the Cluster Monitoring ConfigMap could not be parsed: error unmarshaling JSON: while decoding JSON: json: cannot unmarshal string into Go struct field UserWorkloadConfig.techPreviewUserWorkload.enabled of type bool' reason: InvalidConfiguration status: "True" type: Degraded ... # oc -n openshift-monitoring logs cluster-monitoring-operator-5df74c575d-xjz5b | tail E0410 07:23:55.408097 1 operator.go:274] sync "openshift-monitoring/cluster-monitoring-config" failed: the Cluster Monitoring ConfigMap could not be parsed: error unmarshaling JSON: while decoding JSON: json: cannot unmarshal string into Go struct field UserWorkloadConfig.techPreviewUserWorkload.enabled of type bool I0410 07:24:00.528324 1 operator.go:299] Updating ClusterOperator status to failed. Err: the Cluster Monitoring ConfigMap could not be parsed: error unmarshaling JSON: while decoding JSON: json: cannot unmarshal string into Go struct field UserWorkloadConfig.techPreviewUserWorkload.enabled of type bool ...