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* Confirm resources and PVCs exist
* oc -n orders get all
* oc -n orders get pvc
* Ensures there is something meaningful to back up.
* Create backup including volume snapshots
* velero backup create orders-full --include-namespaces orders --snapshot-volumes
* Captures Kubernetes objects and requests PV snapshots where supported.
* Check status/details
* velero backup describe orders-full --details
* velero backup logs orders-full
* Review warnings/errors and confirm snapshot actions.

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Step 1: Confirm that the repository being pushed to is the same repository watched by the GitOps/Argo CD application.
This linkage is essential because GitOps acts only on configured source repositories and paths.
Step 2: Commit the MachineConfig changes.
The lab uses:
git commit -am "Add MachineConfig for motd"
Step 3: Push the changes to the tracked branch.
The lab uses:
git push origin main
Step 4: Allow Argo CD to detect the repository change and begin synchronization.
In a standard GitOps model, the controller compares the Git repository to the cluster state and applies drift correction or new desired resources.
Detailed explanation:
This sub Task SIMULATION is the operational purpose behind the previous Git command Task SIMULATION . The point is not merely to store a file in Git; it is to update the declarative source that Argo CD uses to reconcile the cluster. Once the repository is updated, Argo CD detects the new commit and syncs the MachineConfig into the cluster according to its application definition. This demonstrates a core automation principle in OpenShift GitOps: administrators do not treat the cluster as the primary editable surface. Instead, they modify Git and let the automation layer enforce state. That provides traceability, peer review potential, rollback capability, and consistency across environments.

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* Run group sync with prune controls
* oc adm groups sync --sync-config=groupsync.yaml --confirm --prune-whitelist=/tmp/whitelist.txt
* Prune removes stale memberships/groups, but whitelist protects selected groups from pruning.
* Verify group membership reflects LDAP
* oc describe group < groupname >
* Confirms removed users are no longer listed.

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* Verify prerequisites exist (Secret + ConfigMap)
* oc -n openshift-config get secret rhds-ldap-secret
* oc -n openshift-config get configmap rhds-ca-config-map
* OAuth LDAP configuration references these objects. If they don't exist, OAuth won't be able to bind to LDAP securely.
* Edit the cluster OAuth resource
* oc edit oauth cluster
* The oauth/cluster resource is where identity providers are defined.
* Add an LDAP identity provider entry (example structure) Add under spec.identityProviders:
* - name: corp-ldap
* mappingMethod: claim
* type: LDAP
* ldap:
* url: "ldaps://ldap.example.com:636/ou=People,dc=example,dc=com?uid"
* bindDN: "uid=openshift,ou=svc,dc=example,dc=com"
* bindPassword:
* name: rhds-ldap-secret
* ca:
* name: rhds-ca-config-map
* insecure: false
* attributes:
* id: ["dn"]
* name: ["cn"]
* preferredUsername: ["uid"]
* email: ["mail"]
* url: where to search for users and which attribute is used for login (here uid).
* bindDN + bindPassword: service account used for LDAP queries.
* ca: trusts the LDAP server CA for TLS.
* attributes: maps LDAP data into OpenShift user identity fields.
* Restart OAuth pods to load changes quickly
* oc -n openshift-authentication delete pod -l app=oauth-openshift
* This forces pods to restart and re-read the updated configuration.
* Verify the identity provider appears and users can log in
* In the web console login page, you should see the new provider (name may show as corp-ldap).
* After a successful login, confirm user objects appear:
* oc get users
* oc get identities
* OpenShift creates User and Identity objects upon first successful authentication.

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* Generate private key and CSR
* openssl genrsa -out audit2.key 2048
* openssl req -new -key audit2.key -out audit2.csr -subj "/CN=audit2/O=auditors"
* CN becomes username; O can map to groups in some setups.
* Base64 encode CSR for the API object
* CSR=$(base64 -w0 audit2.csr)
* Kubernetes CSR object expects base64-encoded request data.
* Create the CSR object
* cat < < EOF | oc apply -f -
* apiVersion: certificates.k8s.io/v1
* kind: CertificateSigningRequest
* metadata:
* name: audit2-csr
* spec:
* request: ${CSR}
* signerName: kubernetes.io/kube-apiserver-client
* usages:
* - client auth
* EOF
* Approve the CSR
* oc adm certificate approve audit2-csr
* Approval triggers certificate issuance.
* Extract the signed certificate
* oc get csr audit2-csr -o jsonpath='{.status.certificate}' | base64 -d > audit2.crt
* Produces the client certificate file.
* Build kubeconfig using cert/key
* oc config set-credentials audit2 \
* --client-certificate=audit2.crt --client-key=audit2.key \
* --embed-certs=true --kubeconfig=audit2.kubeconfig
* oc config set-cluster lab \
* --server="$(oc whoami --show-server)" \
* --insecure-skip-tls-verify=true \
* --kubeconfig=audit2.kubeconfig
* oc config set-context audit2 \
* --cluster=lab --user=audit2 --namespace=default \
* --kubeconfig=audit2.kubeconfig
* Creates a kubeconfig that authenticates using client certificates.
* Test
* oc --kubeconfig=audit2.kubeconfig get ns