Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

Configuring network traffic menu entry in the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform console

Restore a missing network traffic menu entry in the Observe menu of the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform console by manually registering the console plugin in the FlowCollector resource and the console operator configuration.

Prerequisites

You have installed Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version 4.10 or newer.

Procedure

Check if the spec.consolePlugin.register field is set to true by running the following command:

$ oc -n netobserv get flowcollector cluster -o yaml

Example output

apiVersion: flows.netobserv.io/v1alpha1
kind: FlowCollector
metadata:
  name: cluster
spec:
  consolePlugin:
    register: false

Optional: Add the netobserv-plugin plugin by manually editing the Console Operator config:
```
$ oc edit console.operator.openshift.io cluster
```
Example output
```
...
spec:
  plugins:
  - netobserv-plugin
...
```

Optional: Set the spec.consolePlugin.register field to true by running the following command:

$ oc -n netobserv edit flowcollector cluster -o yaml

Example output

apiVersion: flows.netobserv.io/v1alpha1
kind: FlowCollector
metadata:
  name: cluster
spec:
  consolePlugin:
    register: true

Ensure the status of console pods is running by running the following command:
```
$ oc get pods -n openshift-console -l app=console
```
Restart the console pods by running the following command:
```
$ oc delete pods -n openshift-console -l app=console
```
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Check the status of network observability plugin pods by running the following command:

$ oc get pods -n netobserv -l app=netobserv-plugin

Example output

NAME                                READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
netobserv-plugin-68c7bbb9bb-b69q6   1/1     Running   0          21s

Check the logs of the network observability plugin pods by running the following command:

$ oc logs -n netobserv -l app=netobserv-plugin

Example output

time="2022-12-13T12:06:49Z" level=info msg="Starting netobserv-console-plugin [build version: , build date: 2022-10-21 15:15] at log level info" module=main
time="2022-12-13T12:06:49Z" level=info msg="listening on https://:9001" module=server