Required tools:
- Node.js v18 or newer and yarn are required to build and run the example.
- To run OpenShift console in a container, either Docker or podman 3.2.0+ and oc are required.
You can run the plugin using a local development environment or build an image to deploy it to a cluster.
This option is a good candidate if you build and run the OpenShift Console already on your machine.
In one terminal window, run:
cd console-plugin
yarn install
yarn start # or yarn dev
In another terminal window, run:
cd console
# the first time you need to build the backend and frontend with ./build.sh
# oc login...
# source ./contrib/oc-environment.sh
./bin/bridge -plugins "pipelines-console-plugin=http://localhost:9001"
In one terminal window, run:
yarn install
yarn start
In another terminal window, run:
oc login
(requires oc and an OpenShift cluster)yarn run start-console
(requires Docker or podman 3.2.0+)
This will run the OpenShift console in a container connected to the cluster you've logged into. The plugin HTTP server runs on port 9001 with CORS enabled. Navigate to http://localhost:9000/example to see the running plugin.
If you are using podman on a Mac with Apple silicon, yarn run start-console
might fail since it runs an amd64 image. You can workaround the problem with
qemu-user-static by running
these commands:
podman machine ssh
sudo -i
rpm-ostree install qemu-user-static
systemctl reboot
Make sure the Remote Containers extension is installed. This method uses Docker Compose where one container is the OpenShift console and the second container is the plugin. It requires that you have access to an existing OpenShift cluster. After the initial build, the cached containers will help you start developing in seconds.
- Create a
dev.env
file inside the.devcontainer
folder with the correct values for your cluster:
OC_PLUGIN_NAME=pipelines-console-plugin
OC_URL=https://api.example.com:6443
OC_USER=kubeadmin
OC_PASS=<password>
(Ctrl+Shift+P) => Remote Containers: Open Folder in Container...
yarn start
- Navigate to http://localhost:9000/example
Before you can deploy your plugin on a cluster, you must build an image and push it to an image registry.
-
Build the image:
docker build -t quay.io/my-repository/my-plugin:latest .
-
Run the image:
docker run -it --rm -d -p 9001:80 quay.io/my-repository/my-plugin:latest
-
Push the image:
docker push quay.io/my-repository/my-plugin:latest
NOTE: If you have a Mac with Apple silicon, you will need to add the flag
--platform=linux/amd64
when building the image to target the correct platform
to run in-cluster.
A Helm chart is available to deploy the plugin to an OpenShift environment.
The following Helm parameters are required:
plugin.image
: The location of the image containing the plugin that was previously pushed
Additional parameters can be specified if desired. Consult the chart values file for the full set of supported parameters.
Install the chart using the name of the plugin as the Helm release name into a new namespace or an existing namespace as specified by the plugin_console-plugin-template
parameter and providing the location of the image within the plugin.image
parameter by using the following command:
helm upgrade -i my-plugin charts/openshift-console-plugin -n plugin__console-plugin-template --create-namespace --set plugin.image=my-plugin-image-location
NOTE: When deploying on OpenShift 4.10, it is recommended to add the parameter --set plugin.securityContext.enabled=false
which will omit configurations related to Pod Security.
NOTE: When defining i18n namespace, adhere plugin__<name-of-the-plugin>
format. The name of the plugin should be extracted from the consolePlugin
declaration within the package.json file.
The plugin use react-i18next to translate messages.
The i18n namespace must match the name of the ConsolePlugin
resource with the plugin__
prefix to avoid
naming conflicts. For this plugin this means plugin__pipelines-console-plugin
.
All translation calls like the useTranslation
hook must use this namespace as follows:
conster Header: React.FC = () => {
const { t } = useTranslation('plugin__pipelines-console-plugin');
return <h1>{t('Hello, World!')}</h1>;
};
For labels in console-extensions.json
, you can use the format
%plugin__pipelines-console-plugin~My Label%
. Console will replace the value with
the message for the current language from the plugin__pipelines-console-plugin
namespace. For example:
{
"type": "console.navigation/href",
"properties": {
"id": "pipelines-overview",
"perspective": "admin",
"section": "pipelines",
"name": "%plugin__pipelines-console-plugin~Overview%"
}
}
Running yarn i18n
updates the JSON files in the locales
folder of the
plugin when adding or changing messages.
This project adds prettier, eslint, and stylelint. Linting can be run with
yarn run lint
.
The stylelint config disallows hex colors since these cause problems with dark mode (starting in OpenShift console 4.11). You should use the PatternFly global CSS variables for colors instead.
The stylelint config also disallows naked element selectors like table
and
.pf-
or .co-
prefixed classes. This prevents plugins from accidentally
overwriting default console styles, breaking the layout of existing pages. The
best practice is to prefix your CSS classnames with your plugin name to avoid
conflicts. Please don't disable these rules without understanding how they can
break console styles!
Steps to generate reports
- In command prompt, navigate to root folder and execute the command
yarn run cypress-merge
- Then execute command
yarn run cypress-generate
The cypress-report.html file is generated and should be in (/integration-tests/screenshots) directory