Allow passing a custom elasticsearch backend url to use for log forwa…

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workloads/logging/README.md

@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ Ensure to have `KUBECONFIG` set to the proper path to your desired cluster.
 Default: `4.6`
 Update channel for the Elasticsearch and Cluster logging operators.
 
+### CUSTOM_ES_URL
+Default: ""
+The external Elasticsearch url to direct logs to
+NOTE: If set, internal ElasticSearch will not be configured
+
 ### ES_NODE_COUNT
 Default: 3
 Number of Elasticsearch nodes.

workloads/logging/deploy_logging_stack.sh

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ source env.sh
 
 # Logging format
 log() {
-  echo ${bold}$(date -u):  ${@}${normal}
+  echo -e "\033[1m$(date "+%d-%m-%YT%H:%M:%S") ${@}\033[0m"
 }
 
 # Check if oc client is installed
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ fi
 
 function install() {
   # create cluster logging and elasticsearch resources
-  log "Creating cluster logging and elastisearch resources"
-  envsubst < ./files/logging-stack.yml | oc create -f -
+  if [[ $CUSTOM_ES_URL != "" ]]; then
+    log "Creating cluster logging with custom elasticsearch backend"
+    envsubst < ./files/logging-stack_custom_es.yml | oc create -f -
+  else
+    log "Creating cluster logging and elastisearch resources"
+    envsubst < ./files/logging-stack.yml | oc create -f -
+  fi
 }
 
 wait_time=0
@@ -71,13 +76,15 @@ while [[ $( oc get daemonset.apps/fluentd -n openshift-logging -o=jsonpath='{.st
     exit 1
   fi
 done
-log "Logging stack including Elasticsearch, Fluend and Kibana are up"
+log "Logging stack is up"
 
-# Expose the elasticsearch service
-echo "Exposing the elasticsearch service by creating a route"
-oc extract secret/elasticsearch --to=/tmp/ --keys=admin-ca --confirm -n openshift-logging
-cp files/elasticsearch-route.yml /tmp/elasticsearch-route.yml
-cat /tmp/admin-ca | sed -e "s/^/      /" >> /tmp/elasticsearch-route.yml
-oc create -f /tmp/elasticsearch-route.yml -n openshift-logging
-routeES=`oc get route elasticsearch -n openshift-logging -o jsonpath={.spec.host}`
-echo "Elasticsearch is exposed at $routeES, bearer token is needed to access it"
+if [[ $CUSTOM_ES_URL == "" ]]; then
+  # Expose the elasticsearch service
+  log "Exposing the elasticsearch service by creating a route"
+  oc extract secret/elasticsearch --to=/tmp/ --keys=admin-ca --confirm -n openshift-logging
+  cp files/elasticsearch-route.yml /tmp/elasticsearch-route.yml
+  cat /tmp/admin-ca | sed -e "s/^/      /" >> /tmp/elasticsearch-route.yml
+  oc create -f /tmp/elasticsearch-route.yml -n openshift-logging
+  routeES=`oc get route elasticsearch -n openshift-logging -o jsonpath={.spec.host}`
+  log "Elasticsearch is exposed at $routeES, bearer token is needed to access it"
+fi

workloads/logging/env.sh

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # Vars and respective defaults
 export CHANNEL=${CHANNEL:=4.6}
+export CUSTOM_ES_URL=${CUSTOM_ES_URL:=""}
 export ES_NODE_COUNT=${ES_NODE_COUNT:=3}
 export ES_STORAGE_CLASS=${ES_STORAGE_CLASS:=gp2}
 export ES_STORAGE_SIZE=${ES_STORAGE_SIZE:=100G}

workloads/logging/files/logging-stack_custom_es.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+---
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: openshift-operators-redhat 
+  annotations:
+    openshift.io/node-selector: ""
+  labels:
+    openshift.io/cluster-monitoring: "true" 
+
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: openshift-logging
+  annotations:
+    openshift.io/node-selector: ""
+  labels:
+    openshift.io/cluster-monitoring: "true"
+
+---
+apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
+kind: OperatorGroup
+metadata:
+  name: openshift-operators-redhat
+  namespace: openshift-operators-redhat 
+spec: {}
+
+---
+apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
+kind: OperatorGroup
+metadata:
+  name: cluster-logging
+  namespace: openshift-logging
+spec:
+  targetNamespaces:
+  - openshift-logging
+
+---
+apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
+kind: Subscription
+metadata:
+  name: cluster-logging
+  namespace: openshift-logging 
+spec:
+  channel: "$CHANNEL"
+  name: cluster-logging
+  source: redhat-operators 
+  sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
+
+---
+apiVersion: logging.openshift.io/v1
+kind: "ClusterLogging"
+metadata:
+  name: "instance"
+  namespace: "openshift-logging"
+spec:
+  managementState: "Managed"
+  logStore:
+    type: "elasticsearch"
+    retentionPolicy:
+      application:
+        maxAge: 30d
+      infra:
+        maxAge: 30d
+      audit:
+        maxAge: 30d
+  curation:
+    type: "curator"
+    curator:
+      schedule: "30 3 * * *"
+  collection:
+    logs:
+      type: "fluentd"
+      fluentd:
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            memory: $FLUENTD_MEMORY_LIMITS
+          requests:
+            cpu: $FLUENTD_CPU_REQUESTS
+            memory: $FLUENTD_MEMORY_REQUESTS
+
+---
+apiVersion: logging.openshift.io/v1
+kind: ClusterLogForwarder
+metadata:
+  namespace: openshift-logging
+  name: instance
+  labels: {}
+spec:
+  outputs:
+    - name: elasticsearch-external
+      type: "elasticsearch"
+      url: $CUSTOM_ES_URL
+  pipelines:
+    - name: forward-logs
+      inputRefs: $FORWARD_LOGS
+      outputRefs:
+      - elasticsearch-external