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Summary

Consolidates MicroShift's PKI from 12 CAs to 6, following ProdSec guidance for
single-node deployments. On a single node, separate per-component trust domains
provide no security benefit — this change eliminates unnecessary CA key material,
simplifies certificate renewal, and makes the PKI layout easier to reason about.

New CA layout:

CA Replaces Notes
client-ca 5 client CAs (kube-control-plane-signer, kube-apiserver-to-kubelet-signer, admin-kubeconfig-signer, kubelet-csr-signer-signer/kube-csr-signer) All client mTLS
serving-ca 3 KAS serving CAs (external, localhost, service-network signers) KAS + kubelet serving; 3 certs → 1 SAN-based cert
peer-ca etcd-signer (renamed) etcd peer/serving/client TLS
aggregator-signer unchanged requestheader isolation — merging allows impersonation
service-ca unchanged Pod-managed, runtime signing
ingress-ca unchanged Customer-replaceable

Changes

  • pkg/util/cryptomaterial/certinfo.go — adds ClientCADir(), ServingCADir(), PeerCADir() path helpers; removes 9 now-dead per-CA helpers
  • pkg/cmd/init.go — rewrites certSetup() with 6-CA hierarchy; adds migrateLegacyCertLayout() that atomically renames old certs/ to certs.backup.<version>.<timestamp>/ on first upgrade, then generates fresh certs
  • pkg/controllers/kube-apiserver.go — consolidates 3 named serving certs to 1 SAN-based cert; updates etcd CA path to peer-ca
  • pkg/controllers/etcd.go, kube-controller-manager.go, kube-scheduler.go — path updates to new CA layout
  • pkg/components/certificateauthority.go, metrics.go — updated CA references
  • test/ — Robot Framework tests updated to new cert paths

Upgrade / Rollback

Upgrade (5.0 → 5.1): On first startup after upgrade, migrateLegacyCertLayout() detects the old layout (presence of certs/kube-control-plane-signer/), atomically renames certs/ to certs.backup.<version>.<timestamp>/, then generates the new layout from scratch. os.Rename is atomic on ext4/xfs — no partial state is observable.

Rollback (greenboot): Old binary starts, finds no certs/ directory, and uses existing fresh-start logic to regenerate the old 12-CA layout. No manual intervention required.

Testing

  • Deployed on Microshift host (RHOCP 5.1 beta, cri-o 5.1.0): 6 CAs confirmed, 21 leaf certs, all pods Running/Ready, healthcheck passing, oc whoami works
  • Robot Framework test paths updated for new layout

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  • New Features
    • Consolidated certificate authorities into client, serving, and peer CAs, with certificates assigned to the relevant services.
    • Existing installations using the legacy certificate layout are migrated during certificate setup, with a backup retained.
    • API server serving certificates now include configured hostnames and addresses, including the node hostname and IP.
    • Kubernetes client certificates and etcd certificates now use the consolidated client and peer CAs, respectively.
    • Existing CA resources are updated to match the current certificate configuration.

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@eslutsky: This pull request references OCPSTRAT-2900 which is a valid jira issue.

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Summary

Consolidates MicroShift's PKI from 12 CAs to 6, following ProdSec guidance for
single-node deployments. On a single node, separate per-component trust domains
provide no security benefit — this change eliminates unnecessary CA key material,
simplifies certificate renewal, and makes the PKI layout easier to reason about.

New CA layout:

CA Replaces Notes
client-ca 5 client CAs (kube-control-plane-signer, kube-apiserver-to-kubelet-signer, admin-kubeconfig-signer, kubelet-csr-signer-signer/kube-csr-signer) All client mTLS
serving-ca 3 KAS serving CAs (external, localhost, service-network signers) KAS + kubelet serving; 3 certs → 1 SAN-based cert
peer-ca etcd-signer (renamed) etcd peer/serving/client TLS
aggregator-signer unchanged requestheader isolation — merging allows impersonation
service-ca unchanged Pod-managed, runtime signing
ingress-ca unchanged Customer-replaceable

Changes

  • pkg/util/cryptomaterial/certinfo.go — adds ClientCADir(), ServingCADir(), PeerCADir() path helpers; removes 9 now-dead per-CA helpers
  • pkg/cmd/init.go — rewrites certSetup() with 6-CA hierarchy; adds migrateLegacyCertLayout() that atomically renames old certs/ to certs.backup.<version>.<timestamp>/ on first upgrade, then generates fresh certs
  • pkg/controllers/kube-apiserver.go — consolidates 3 named serving certs to 1 SAN-based cert; updates etcd CA path to peer-ca
  • pkg/controllers/etcd.go, kube-controller-manager.go, kube-scheduler.go — path updates to new CA layout
  • pkg/components/certificateauthority.go, metrics.go — updated CA references
  • test/ — Robot Framework tests updated to new cert paths

Upgrade / Rollback

Upgrade (5.0 → 5.1): On first startup after upgrade, migrateLegacyCertLayout() detects the old layout (presence of certs/kube-control-plane-signer/), atomically renames certs/ to certs.backup.<version>.<timestamp>/, then generates the new layout from scratch. os.Rename is atomic on ext4/xfs — no partial state is observable.

Rollback (greenboot): Old binary starts, finds no certs/ directory, and uses existing fresh-start logic to regenerate the old 12-CA layout. No manual intervention required.

Testing

  • Deployed on BM host (RHOCP 5.1 beta, cri-o 5.1.0): 6 CAs confirmed, 21 leaf certs, all pods Running/Ready, healthcheck passing, oc whoami works
  • Robot Framework test paths updated for new layout

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Certificate initialization now uses client, serving, and peer CAs. It migrates legacy certificate layouts, and runtime components, observability configurations, and tests use the updated paths.

Changes

Certificate Authority Layout

Layer / File(s) Summary
CA paths and resource management
pkg/util/cryptomaterial/certinfo.go, pkg/components/certificateauthority.go
Certificate path helpers and CA resource definitions use the consolidated CA layout. Existing CA Roles and Secrets are updated.
Migration and certificate issuance
pkg/cmd/init.go
Initialization backs up a detected legacy certificate directory, restores service-ca, and sets up client, serving, and peer CAs. Generated kubeconfigs use serving CA trust and client CA certificates.
Runtime certificate consumers
etcd/cmd/microshift-etcd/run.go, pkg/cmd/addnode.go, pkg/controllers/*, pkg/components/metrics.go
Etcd, Kubernetes controllers, and metrics CA provisioning use the updated certificate and trust paths.
Observability and certificate checks
packaging/observability/*, test/assets/observability/*, test/suites/*
Observability configurations and tests use the new CA locations. Certificate rotation and service-account bundle checks reflect the updated hierarchy.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: pacevedom

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 5fb0b

An interrupted certificate migration can leave the existing service CA unrestored and disrupt trust for service certificates. Make migration recoverable before merging unless that risk is explicitly accepted.

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Review comments at @docs/superpowers/plans/2026-10-01-ca-consolidation.md:
- Around line 17-19: Remove the developer-local worktree path from the plan’s
agent workflow and replace it with checkout-relative instructions, such as
running commands from the repository root. Preserve the required commands,
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- Around line 72-81: Update migrateLegacyCertLayout and the related certSetup
flow so rotating the peer CA is coordinated across all existing cluster members,
or prevent migration only for existing multi-member clusters until coordination
is available. Do not use cfg.MultiNode.Enabled alone as the guard, since it is
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- Line 79: Sanitize slash characters in gitVersion before constructing backupDir
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- Line 81: Update the legacy-layout backup flow around os.Rename in certSetup so
the live service-ca remains available after moving certsDir to backupDir, while
retaining the complete backup for rollback. Recreate the live certs directory
and restore service-ca from the backup, propagating any errors.

Review comments at @pkg/components/certificateauthority.go:
- Around line 30-41: Update exposeCertificateAuthority so an existing
legacy-named CA Secret is refreshed with the newly generated secret’s type and
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The otel profiles are still reading the deleted cert paths, this will break upgrades.

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Is this an agent artifact?

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is this an agent artifact?

Comment thread pkg/components/certificateauthority.go Outdated
{Name: "admin-kubeconfig-signer", Dir: cryptomaterial.AdminKubeconfigSignerDir(cryptomaterial.CertsDirectory(config.DataDir))},
{Name: "kubelet-signer", Dir: cryptomaterial.KubeletCSRSignerSignerCertDir(cryptomaterial.CertsDirectory(config.DataDir))},
{Name: "kube-csr-signer", Dir: cryptomaterial.CSRSignerCertDir(cryptomaterial.CertsDirectory(config.DataDir))},
{Name: "kube-control-plane-signer", Dir: cryptomaterial.ClientCADir(cryptomaterial.CertsDirectory(config.DataDir))},

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There are still 12 CAs in this list, right?

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Comment thread pkg/cmd/init.go Outdated
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if err := os.Rename(certsDir, backupDir); err != nil {
return err
}
// Recreate the live directory and restore service-ca so that existing
// service-serving Secrets remain trusted through the CA transition.
if err := os.MkdirAll(certsDir, 0700); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to recreate certs directory after migration: %w", err)
}
return os.CopyFS(
filepath.Join(certsDir, "service-ca"),
os.DirFS(filepath.Join(backupDir, "service-ca")),
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Handle partial migration failure.

The migration renames certsDir first. It then recreates the directory and copies service-ca. If MkdirAll or CopyFS fails, certsDir stays without the legacy kube-control-plane-signer. The next start sees no legacy layout and skips the migration. certSetup then generates a new service-ca. The old service-ca stays only in the backup directory. Existing service-serving Secrets then fail trust.

Roll back on failure. Rename backupDir back to certsDir after removing the partial directory. This also handles the TODO of recovering from a partial write.

Proposed fix
 	if err := os.Rename(certsDir, backupDir); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(certsDir, 0700); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to recreate certs directory after migration: %w", err)
-	}
-	return os.CopyFS(
-		filepath.Join(certsDir, "service-ca"),
-		os.DirFS(filepath.Join(backupDir, "service-ca")),
-	)
+	restore := func(cause error) error {
+		if rmErr := os.RemoveAll(certsDir); rmErr != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%w (rollback cleanup failed: %v)", cause, rmErr)
+		}
+		if rbErr := os.Rename(backupDir, certsDir); rbErr != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%w (rollback failed: %v)", cause, rbErr)
+		}
+		return cause
+	}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(certsDir, 0700); err != nil {
+		return restore(fmt.Errorf("failed to recreate certs directory after migration: %w", err))
+	}
+	if err := os.CopyFS(
+		filepath.Join(certsDir, "service-ca"),
+		os.DirFS(filepath.Join(backupDir, "service-ca")),
+	); err != nil {
+		return restore(fmt.Errorf("failed to restore service-ca: %w", err))
+	}
+	return nil
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hi @eslutsky this PR looks good, just one question about tests. Are you planning to add unit and RF tests on a following PR instead of this, right?

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Re: comment by @pacevedom on initCerts partial-write recovery —

You're right to call this out. There was a mismatch between the enhancement description and the actual code.

The enhancement doc said "fresh-start fallback removes partial certs/ and retries", implying an active cleanup + immediate retry. The code doesn't do that: it returns the error, run.go fatals, and recovery happens on the next greenboot-triggered restart via certchains idempotency (each signer is written atomically, so on retry certchains skips already-written signers and generates only the missing ones).

The "from scratch" wording in the previous comment was misleading. Updated in 5fb0be3 to accurately describe the actual mechanism: certchains per-signer idempotency + greenboot restart, without removing the partial directory.

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Four-commit plan: certinfo.go path helpers, init.go migration +
certSetup() restructuring, kube-apiserver.go flag updates, etcd.go
TrustedCAFile update.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
4-task plan covering certinfo.go, init.go, kube-apiserver.go, etcd.go
with exact code for each step and compile/test verification commands.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace old per-signer root helpers with ClientCADir, ServingCADir,
PeerCADir; re-root all leaf helpers under new CA directories; keep
unexported legacyKubeControlPlaneSignerDir for migration detection.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Update all callers of deleted certinfo helpers across etcd/, pkg/cmd/,
pkg/components/, and pkg/controllers/ to use the new ClientCADir,
ServingCADir, PeerCADir, and KASServingCertDir helpers.

Also sync etcd/vendor with the updated certinfo.go so the separate
etcd module builds cleanly against the new API.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add migrateLegacyCertLayout(): atomically renames old certs/ to
  certs.backup.<version>.<timestamp>/ on first boot after upgrade
- Replace 9 old NewCertificateSigner calls with client-ca, serving-ca,
  peer-ca (3 KAS certs merged into 1 SAN-based kube-apiserver-serving)
- Update WithCABundle references to new signer names
- Update initKubeconfigs() GetCertKey calls; replace per-signer trust
  PEM reads with single serving-ca read

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…rove stat error handling

- Rename parameter 'version' to 'gitVersion' to avoid shadowing the
  imported version package
- Handle non-ErrNotExist errors from os.Stat before attempting os.Rename

Co-Authored-By: Claude Haiku 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Collapse namedCerts from 3 serving cert entries to 1 (KASServingCertDir)
- Update --etcd-cafile, --tls-cert-file, --kubelet-certificate-authority
  to reference new CA paths
- Fix discoverEtcdServers TrustedCAFile: EtcdSignerDir → PeerCADir

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Update TestConfigure to use KASServingCertDir (consolidated helper)
instead of the deleted KubeAPIServerLocalhostServingCertDir, matching
what the production code already uses.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Remove dead legacyKubeControlPlaneSignerDir from certinfo.go (caller
  in init.go has its own local copy); also remove from etcd vendor copy
- Fix stale admin-kubeconfig-signer strings in metrics.go comment and
  error message; update metrics.robot doc comment to match
- Update Robot Framework test assets and suites to use new CA paths:
  etcd-signer→peer-ca, kube-control-plane-signer→client-ca,
  admin-kubeconfig-signer→client-ca, kube-apiserver-*-signer→serving-ca

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Remove agent-generated plan/spec docs from docs/superpowers/ (pacevedom)
- Fix otel/observability scrape and collector configs to use new
  client-ca cert path instead of deleted admin-kubeconfig-signer path
  (pacevedom: "otel profiles still reading deleted cert paths")
- Update kcm-flags.robot cluster-signing paths to client-ca
- migrateLegacyCertLayout: sanitize '/' in gitVersion before building
  backup directory name to prevent os.Rename failure (CodeRabbit)
- migrateLegacyCertLayout: restore service-ca after rename so existing
  in-cluster service-serving Secrets remain trusted through CA transition
  (CodeRabbit)
- initCerts: add comment explaining partial-write recovery via
  greenboot restart (pacevedom)
- certificateauthority.go: update CertificateAuthorityResources to
  6-CA consolidated names (pacevedom: "still 12 CAs in this list")
- exposeCertificateAuthority: update existing Secret on AlreadyExists
  so upgraded clusters get fresh CA data (CodeRabbit)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- certificateauthority.go: fix ServiceAccountKeyResources loop index to
  use offset len(CertificateAuthorityResources)+i, preventing service-
  account-key from overwriting client-ca in the Role's resourceNames
- createClusterRole: update existing Role on AlreadyExists so upgraded
  clusters get the new 6-CA Secret names instead of retaining the old 12
- migrateLegacyCertLayout: chmod ca.key to 0600 after os.CopyFS restore;
  os.CopyFS creates files at 0666 before umask (typically 0644), leaving
  the CA private key world-readable
- migrateLegacyCertLayout: add comment that MicroShift is always single-
  node with one embedded etcd member, so peer-CA rotation is safe with no
  cross-member coordination required

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The previous wording "regenerate it from scratch" implied an active
cleanup similar to what the enhancement doc described. The actual
mechanism is certchains per-signer idempotency: on retry certchains
skips already-written signers and regenerates only the missing ones.
Update the comment to describe what actually happens.

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gofmt -s flagged struct literal alignment in certificateChainsSetup
introduced during the conflict resolution rebase.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…rarchy

Update the expected cert inventory map to reflect the consolidated 6-CA
layout: client-ca (10 leaf certs), serving-ca (2), peer-ca (3),
aggregator-signer, service-ca, and ingress-ca.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Five subtests cover the migration function: no-op on fresh install,
successful migration with service-ca preservation and ca.key permissions,
version slash sanitization in the backup directory name, error when
service-ca is absent from the old layout, and idempotency after migration.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
…lure

If MkdirAll or CopyFS fails after the atomic rename, the rollback closure
removes the partial certsDir and renames backupDir back to certsDir so the
next startup finds the original layout intact and can retry the migration.

Unit test updated to assert the rollback restores the original directory
and removes the backup when service-ca is absent from the old layout.

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// os.CopyFS does not preserve file permissions; restrict the CA private key.
caKeyPath := filepath.Join(certsDir, "service-ca", "ca.key")
if err := os.Chmod(caKeyPath, 0600); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to set permissions on restored service-ca key: %w", err)

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This case does not rollback like the others?

Comment thread pkg/cmd/init.go
// gitVersion can contain '/' (e.g. from EMBEDDED_GIT_TAG); replace to avoid
// creating an unintended subdirectory in the backup path.
safeVer := strings.ReplaceAll(gitVersion, "/", "_")
backupDir := certsDir + ".backup." + safeVer + "." + ts

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Do we want to clean this dir up if it succeeds? it is retained forever after a successful migration, leaving stale certs behind.

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// os.CopyFS does not preserve file permissions; restrict the CA private key.
caKeyPath := filepath.Join(certsDir, "service-ca", "ca.key")
if err := os.Chmod(caKeyPath, 0600); err != nil {

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The os.CopyFS above recreates files with 0644 permissions, while this is setting the service-ca key to 0600. This means all the other files are left readable for every user, even though the parent dir is 0700 its still worth fixing for consistency.

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Wondering if the previous certs are left behind in kube-system after a migration, should we ensure only the ones here exist? These would hold unused keys forever.

Comment thread pkg/controllers/kube-apiserver.go Outdated
@@ -119,20 +116,8 @@ func (s *KubeAPIServer) configure(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config) error
namedCerts := []configv1.NamedCertificate{

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Isnt this the same as tls-cert-file and tls-private-key-file options down below? They may as well be redundant now.

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- migrateLegacyCertLayout now returns the backupDir path so initCerts
  can remove it after certSetup succeeds, eliminating stale backup dirs
  with old CA key material on disk
- Chmod failure inside migrateLegacyCertLayout now triggers rollback
  consistent with the MkdirAll and CopyFS failure paths
- Replace single ca.key chmod with a WalkDir that restricts all *.key
  files restored by os.CopyFS to 0600
- cleanupLegacyCASecrets deletes the 9 pre-consolidation kube-system
  Secrets that hold unused CA key material after migration
- Remove the unnamed default entry from namedCerts; tls-cert-file
  already covers the default serving cert making it redundant

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Update TestMigrateLegacyCertLayout to destructure the (string, error)
return value; the function signature was changed to return a backup path
alongside the error, leaving six call sites in the test that still
treated it as returning a single value.

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