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title: Managing the Telco Hub pattern
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aliases: /telco-hub/managing/
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[id="managing-the-telco-hub-pattern"]
= Managing the Telco Hub pattern

After the initial deployment, you can use the `pattern.sh` script and standard {ocp} tools to manage, check, and troubleshoot the Telco Hub pattern.

[id="pattern-management-cli"]
== Pattern management commands

The pattern includes a `pattern.sh` script that provides commands for managing the pattern lifecycle.

[source,terminal]
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$ ./pattern.sh make help

For a complete guide to these targets and the available overrides, please visit https://validatedpatterns.io/blog/2025-08-29-new-common-makefile-structure/

Usage:
  make <target>

Testing & Development Tasks
  argo-healthcheck                     Checks if all argo applications are synced
  validate-telco-reference             Validates telco-hub pattern against telco-reference CRs using cluster-compare
  super-linter                         Runs the super-linter locally
  validate-kustomize                   Validates kustomization build and YAML format
  help                                 Print this help message

Pattern Install Tasks
  show                                 Shows the template that would be applied by the `make install` target
  operator-deploy operator-upgrade     Installs/updates the pattern on a cluster (DOES NOT load secrets)
  install                              Installs the pattern onto a cluster (Loads secrets as well if configured)
  load-secrets                         Loads secrets onto the cluster (unless explicitly disabled in values-global.yaml)

Validation Tasks
  validate-prereq                      verify pre-requisites
  validate-origin                      verify the git origin is available
  validate-cluster                     Do some cluster validations before installing
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[id="day-2-operations"]
== Day 2 operations

You can change the pattern's configuration after the initial deployment.

[id="managing-components"]
=== Managing components

To enable or disable components after deployment:

. Edit the `kustomize/overlays/telco-hub/kustomization.yaml` file.
. Uncomment the resource URL for a component to enable it, or comment it to disable it.
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[source,yaml]
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resources:
  # Example: Uncomment to enable Logging Operator
  # - https://github.com/openshift-kni/telco-reference//telco-hub/configuration/reference-crs/optional/logging
----
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. Apply the changes by running the `operator-upgrade` command:
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[source,terminal]
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$ ./pattern.sh make operator-upgrade
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[id="customizing-patches"]
=== Customizing environment patches

To change environment-specific configurations, such as Operator sources for disconnected environments:

. Edit the `patches:` section in the `kustomize/overlays/telco-hub/kustomization.yaml` file.
. Add or change a patch to target the necessary resource.
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[source,yaml]
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  # ClusterLogForwarder with hub-specific labelsconfiguration
  - target:
      group: observability.openshift.io
      version: v1
      kind: ClusterLogForwarder
      name: instance
      namespace: openshift-logging
    patch: |-
      - op: replace
        path: "/spec/outputs/0/kafka/url"
        value: "tcp://jumphost.inbound.lab:9092/logs"
      - op: add
        path: /spec/filters/0/openshiftLabels
        value:
          cluster-role: hub
          environment: production
          telco-component: hub
----
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. Apply the configuration changes:
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[source,terminal]
----
$ ./pattern.sh make operator-upgrade
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[id="monitoring-the-deployment"]
== Monitoring the deployment

You can check the health and synchronization status of the pattern components through the {ocp} CLI or the ArgoCD UI.

[id="monitoring-cli"]
=== Monitoring from the CLI

. Describe the main `telco-hub` application to view detailed status and synchronization information:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc describe applications.argoproj.io hub-config -n telco-hub-pattern-hub
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. Describe the `clusters` and `policies` application to view status of deployed managed clusters:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc describe applications.argoproj.io clusters policies -n telco-hub-pattern
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. View all the ArgoCD applications managed by the pattern:
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[source,terminal]
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$ ./pattern.sh make argo-healthcheck
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[id="accessing-argocd-ui"]
=== Accessing the ArgoCD UI

. Retrieve the route for the `telco-hub` application:
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[source,terminal]
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$ echo "ArgoCD UI: https://$(oc get route hub-gitops-server -n telco-hub-pattern-hub -o jsonpath='{.spec.host}')"
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. Retrieve the default administrator password:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc extract secret/hub-gitops-cluster -n telco-hub-pattern-hub --to=-
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. Retrieve the route for the `clusters` and `policies` applications:
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[source,terminal]
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$ echo "ArgoCD UI: https://$(oc get route telco-hub-gitops-server -n telco-hub-pattern -o jsonpath='{.spec.host}')"
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. Retrieve the default administrator password:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc extract secret/telco-hub-gitops-cluster -n telco-hub-pattern --to=-
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[NOTE]
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You can also access the ArgoCD UI from the application launcher (nine-box icon) in the {ocp} console.
====

[id="troubleshooting"]
== Troubleshooting

This section covers common issues and their resolutions.

Component synchronization failures::
* **Problem:** An ArgoCD application in the `telco-hub-pattern-hub` namespace displays a `SyncError` or `Degraded` status.
* **Diagnosis:** Check the application's detailed status to identify the failing resource.
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc describe applications.argoproj.io <app_name> -n telco-hub-pattern-hub
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* **Solution:** Verify that the component configuration in `kustomization.yaml` is correct and that all kustomize patches are valid. Ensure that any prerequisite components are enabled and healthy.

Git repository access::
* **Problem**: ArgoCD cannot access the `github.com/openshift-kni/telco-reference` repository.
* **Diagnosis**: Check the ArgoCD application logs for Git-related errors, such as "repository unavailable" or certificate validation failures.
* **Solution**:

** For standard, connected environments, verify that the hub cluster has network connectivity to `github.com`.
** For disconnected (air-gapped) environments, you must verify the following two common issues:

... **Wrong repository URL**: Ensure that the `kustomize/overlays/telco-hub/kustomization.yaml` file is updated to point to the correct location, branch, and path of the mirrored repository.
... **Certificate related errors**: If ArgoCD cannot verify the repository's TLS certificates, you might need to add those certificates to the `argocd-tls-certs-cm` patch in `kustomize/overlays/telco-hub/kustomization.yaml`.

Component dependencies::
* **Problem**: A component fails to install because a required operator or custom resource definition (CRD) is missing.
* **Diagnosis**: The component's operator logs or the ArgoCD sync status indicates "resource not found" or "missing dependency".
* **Solution**: Ensure that all required components, such as {rh-rhacm-first} or {cgu-operator-first}, are enabled (uncommented) in `kustomization.yaml` before enabling optional components that depend on them.

[id="additional-resources"]
== Additional resources

* link:https://github.com/openshift-kni/telco-reference/tree/main/telco-hub/configuration/reference-crs/required/acm[{rh-rhacm} Configuration]
* link:https://github.com/openshift-kni/telco-reference/tree/main/telco-hub/configuration/reference-crs/required/gitops[GitOps Setup]
* link:https://github.com/openshift-kni/telco-reference/tree/main/telco-hub/configuration/reference-crs/required/talm[{cgu-operator} Management]
* link:https://github.com/openshift-kni/telco-reference/tree/main/telco-hub/configuration/reference-crs/optional[Optional Components]
* link:https://github.com/openshift-kni/telco-reference/tree/main/telco-hub/configuration/example-overlays-config[Example Overlays]
* link:https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_openshift_gitops/latest/html/understanding_openshift_gitops/about-redhat-openshift-gitops[{rh-gitops-short}]
* link:https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_advanced_cluster_management_for_kubernetes/[Advanced Cluster Management]
* link:https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/latest/scalability_and_performance/ztp_far_edge/ztp-deploying-far-edge-clusters-at-scale.html[Zero Touch Provisioning]