crane-plugin-openshift

OpenShift plugin for crane - handles OpenShift-specific resource transformations during cluster migrations.

Features

This plugin provides transformations for OpenShift-specific resources including:

• BuildConfigs: Updates pull secrets and registry references
• DeploymentConfigs: Handles PVC renames and pod template transformations
• Routes: Removes auto-generated hostnames
• ServiceAccounts: Strips default secrets and pull secrets
• RoleBindings: Removes namespace references for ServiceAccount subjects
• ImageStreams: Detects usage (see limitations below)
• Automatic whiteout of OpenShift-specific resources (Builds, ImageStreamTags, ImageTags)
• Optional stripping of default RBAC, CA bundles, and pull secrets

Limitations

Internal Image Registry Migration

Important: This plugin does NOT migrate container images stored in OpenShift's internal image registry.

When the plugin detects ImageStream resources during migration, it will log warnings like:

WARNING: ImageStream 'my-namespace/my-app' detected - images from internal registry are NOT migrated automatically
INFO: To migrate internal registry images, use tools like skopeo. Example: skopeo sync --src docker --dest docker SOURCE_REGISTRY/REPO DEST_REGISTRY/REPO

Why aren't images migrated?

• Crane focuses on Kubernetes resource manifests (YAML)
• Container images are data stored separately in container registries
• Internal registry images require specialized tools for migration

How to migrate images manually

Use skopeo to copy images between registries:

# Example: Copy a single image
skopeo copy \
  docker://source-registry.example.com:5000/namespace/image:tag \
  docker://dest-registry.example.com:5000/namespace/image:tag

# Example: Sync multiple images
skopeo sync \
  --src docker --dest docker \
  source-registry.example.com:5000/namespace \
  dest-registry.example.com:5000/namespace

For more details, see crane issue #452.

Usage

This plugin is used automatically by crane when processing OpenShift resources. Optional flags can be configured:

• --strip-default-rbac (default: true) - Strip default RBAC resources
• --strip-default-cabundle (default: true) - Strip default CA bundle ConfigMaps
• --strip-default-pull-secrets (default: true) - Strip default pull secrets
• --pull-secret-replacement - Map of pull secret replacements
• --registry-replacement - Map of registry path replacements
• --pvc-rename-map - Map of PVC name changes

Development

For more information about developing crane plugins, see crane-plugins.

Running Tests

go test ./...

Building

go build -o crane-plugin-openshift .