Can it debug failures in disconnected or IPv6 environments?

Yes, it includes specific logic to differentiate between hypervisor internet access and node-level network restrictions, helping identify if a failure is a real network issue or a remote resource removal.

What is the difference between this and the standard install-failure skill?

This skill focuses on the hardware abstraction and provisioning layers (Ironic/Metal3/dev-scripts) unique to bare metal, whereas the standard skill focuses on the OpenShift installer itself.

Does this skill require gcloud authentication?

While the gcloud CLI must be installed to download logs, the test-platform-results bucket is usually publicly accessible, so read access often doesn't require explicit authentication.

Which CI artifacts does this skill examine?

The skill analyzes OFCIR acquisition logs, dev-scripts numbered setup logs, libvirt console logs, Ironic/Metal3 journals from log-bundles, and hypervisor sosreports.

OpenShift Bare Metal CI Failure Analyzer

Name: OpenShift Bare Metal CI Failure Analyzer
Author: openshift-eng

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Deployment & DevOps

Analyzes OpenShift bare metal installation failures in Prow CI jobs by investigating dev-scripts, Ironic, and Metal3 logs.

This skill automates the complex task of debugging bare metal OpenShift deployments within Prow CI environments. It specifically targets failures in the dev-scripts framework, Ironic provisioning, and Metal3 operations by retrieving and parsing distributed artifacts like libvirt console logs, sosreports, and Ironic journals. By streamlining the investigation of host acquisition failures and network misconfigurations in IPv6 or disconnected environments, it helps platform engineers quickly identify whether issues originate at the hypervisor, provisioning, or cluster installation layer.

Key Features

01Automated retrieval and parsing of OFCIR host acquisition logs and JUnits

02Specialized diagnostics for IPv6 and disconnected cluster network architectures

03Deep-dive analysis of Ironic and Metal3 logs for BMC and provisioning issues

04Extraction of libvirt console logs to identify node boot and Ignition errors

0560 GitHub stars

06Sequential analysis of dev-scripts setup steps (01-06) and installer logs

Use Cases

01Debugging 'install should succeed' test failures in CI jobs with 'metal' in the name

02Troubleshooting BMC connectivity or Redfish/IPMI errors during node provisioning

03Identifying resource removal or 404 errors during dev-scripts host configuration

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add openshift-eng/ai-helpers prow-job-analyze-metal-install-failure

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