fix: Fix namespace-scoped install

Motivation

There are some problems when installing in namespace-scoped mode:
- Though the docs mentioned that the RBAC should be changed, the install script currently applies the controller ClusterRole and ClusterRoleBinding (including namespace resource permission) regardless of whether the --namespace-scope-mode option is provided
- The combination of the NAMESPACE_SCOPE=true env var and namespace resource permissions results in a broken/conflicted state where the controller will "mostly" operate in cluster scoped mode and watch / delete resources in other namespaces

Modifications
- Split RBAC manifests into cluster-scope and namespace-scope variants, the latter including Role/RoleBinding instead of Cluster level equivalents
- Have install script apply the appropriate RBAC based on the namespace-scope-mode cli setting (in addition to setting the controller env var as is already done)
- Change the controller init logic to always use namespace mode if the env var is set
- Update documentation accordingly

Result

Namespace scoped install works properly, won't touch any other namespaces

Signed-off-by: Nick Hill <nickhill@us.ibm.com>

config/default/kustomization.yaml

@@ -92,5 +92,4 @@ apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
   - ../crd
-  - ../rbac
   - ../manager

config/rbac/cluster-scope/kustomization.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Copyright 2022 IBM Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+resources:
+  - ../common
+  - role.yaml
+  - role_binding.yaml

config/rbac/role.yaml → config/rbac/cluster-scope/role.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2021 IBM Corporation
+# Copyright 2022 IBM Corporation
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

config/rbac/role_binding.yaml → config/rbac/cluster-scope/role_binding.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2021 IBM Corporation
+# Copyright 2022 IBM Corporation
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

config/rbac/kustomization.yaml → config/rbac/common/kustomization.yaml

@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 resources:
   - service-account.yaml
-  - role.yaml
-  - role_binding.yaml
   - leader_election_role.yaml
   - leader_election_role_binding.yaml
   - restricted_scc_role.yaml

config/rbac/namespace-scope/kustomization.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Copyright 2022 IBM Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+resources:
+  - ../common
+  - role.yaml
+  - role_binding.yaml

config/rbac/namespace-scope/role.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+# Copyright 2022 IBM Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: modelmesh-controller-role
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - configmaps
+    verbs:
+      - create
+      - delete
+      - get
+      - list
+      - patch
+      - update
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - endpoints
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - secrets
+    verbs:
+      - create
+      - delete
+      - get
+      - list
+      - patch
+      - update
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - services
+      - services/finalizers
+    verbs:
+      - create
+      - delete
+      - get
+      - list
+      - patch
+      - update
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - apps
+    resources:
+      - deployments
+      - deployments/finalizers
+    verbs:
+      - create
+      - delete
+      - get
+      - list
+      - patch
+      - update
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - monitoring.coreos.com
+    resources:
+      - servicemonitors
+    verbs:
+      - create
+      - delete
+      - get
+      - list
+      - patch
+      - update
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - serving.kserve.io
+    resources:
+      - inferenceservices
+    verbs:
+      - create
+      - delete
+      - get
+      - list
+      - patch
+      - update
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - serving.kserve.io
+    resources:
+      - inferenceservices/finalizers
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - patch
+      - update
+  - apiGroups:
+      - serving.kserve.io
+    resources:
+      - inferenceservices/status
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - patch
+      - update
+  - apiGroups:
+      - serving.kserve.io
+    resources:
+      - predictors
+    verbs:
+      - create
+      - delete
+      - get
+      - list
+      - patch
+      - update
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - serving.kserve.io
+    resources:
+      - predictors/finalizers
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - patch
+      - update
+  - apiGroups:
+      - serving.kserve.io
+    resources:
+      - predictors/status
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - patch
+      - update
+  - apiGroups:
+      - serving.kserve.io
+    resources:
+      - servingruntimes
+      - servingruntimes/finalizers
+    verbs:
+      - create
+      - delete
+      - get
+      - list
+      - patch
+      - update
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - serving.kserve.io
+    resources:
+      - servingruntimes/status
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - patch
+      - update

config/rbac/namespace-scope/role_binding.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Copyright 2022 IBM Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: modelmesh-controller-rolebinding
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: modelmesh-controller-role
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: modelmesh-controller

docs/install/README.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 - **S3-compatible object storage** - Before models can be deployed, a remote S3-compatible datastore is needed from which to pull the model data. This could be for example an [IBM Cloud Object Storage](https://www.ibm.com/cloud/object-storage) instance, or a locally running [MinIO](https://github.com/minio/minio) deployment. Note that this is not required to be in place prior to the initial installation.
 
-We provide an install script to quickly run ModelMesh Serving with a provisioned etcd server. This may be useful for experimentation or development but should not be used in production.
+We provide an install script `--quickstart` option to quickly run ModelMesh Serving with a provisioned etcd server. This may be useful for experimentation or development but should not be used in production.
 
 ## Cluster Scope or Namespace Scope
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ModelMesh Serving can be used in either cluster scope or namespace mode.
 - **Cluster scope mode** - Its components can exist in multiple user namespaces which are controlled by one instance of ModelMesh Serving Controller in the control plane namespace. Only one ModelMesh Serving instance can be installed within a Kubernetes cluster. A namespace label `modelmesh-enabled` needs to be "true" to enable a user namespace for ModelMesh Serving.
 - **Namespace scope mode** - All of its components must exist within a single namespace and only one instance of ModelMesh Serving can be installed per namespace. Multiple ModelMesh Serving instances can be installed in separate namespaces within the cluster.
 
-The default configuration is for the cluster scope mode. Change RBAC permissions, cluster role to role, and cluster role binding to role binding, to deploy ModelMesh Serving in the namespace scope mode.
+The default configuration is for the cluster scope mode. Use the `--namespace-scope-mode` option of the install script for namespace scope.
 
 ## Deployed Components
 

main.go

@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ func main() {
 	var leaseDuration time.Duration
 	var leaseRenewDeadline time.Duration
 	var leaseRetryPeriod time.Duration
-	var clusterScopeMode bool
 	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-addr", ":8080", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.StringVar(&probeAddr, "health-probe-bind-address", ":8081", "The address the probe endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&enableLeaderElection, "enable-leader-election", false,
@@ -187,43 +186,42 @@ func main() {
 		"Duration the Leader elector clients should wait between tries of actions.")
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	mgrNamespace := ""
-	trueString := "true"
-
 	// Controller can be in namespace or cluster scope mode depending on an env variable
-	clusterScopeMode = os.Getenv(NamespaceScopeEnvVar) != trueString
+	clusterScopeMode := os.Getenv(NamespaceScopeEnvVar) != "true"
 
 	// Here we check whether RBAC is set for cluster scope
 	err = cl.Get(context.Background(), client.ObjectKey{Name: "foo"}, &corev1.Namespace{})
+	hasClusterPermissions := err == nil || errors.IsNotFound(err)
 
-	if err == nil || errors.IsNotFound(err) {
-		// Controller has cluster permissions
-		if clusterScopeMode {
-			setupLog.Info("Controller operating in cluster scope mode, will attempt to watch all namespaces")
-		} else {
-			// Config mismatch, namespace mode with cluster permissions, will continue with a log
-			setupLog.Info("In namespace scope mode but controller has cluster scope permissions, continue")
-		}
-	} else {
-		// Controller has namespace permissions
-		if clusterScopeMode {
+	if clusterScopeMode {
+		if !hasClusterPermissions {
 			// Config mismatch, cluster mode without cluster permissions, exit
-			setupLog.Error(fmt.Errorf("Insufficient permission for controller"), "In cluster scope mode but controller has namespace scope permissions, exit")
+			setupLog.Error(nil, "In cluster scope mode but controller does not have cluster scope permissions, exiting")
 			os.Exit(1)
-		} else {
-			mgrNamespace = ControllerNamespace
-			setupLog.Info("Controller operating in own-namespace only mode")
+		}
+		setupLog.Info("Controller operating in cluster scope mode, will attempt to watch/manage all namespaces")
+	} else {
+		// Namespace-scope mode configured
+		setupLog.Info("Controller operating in namespace scope (own-namespace only) mode",
+			"namespace", ControllerNamespace)
+
+		if hasClusterPermissions {
+			setupLog.Error(nil, "Warning: In namespace scope mode but controller has permission to access cluster namespace resources")
 		}
 	}
 
 	mgrOpts := ctrl.Options{
 		Scheme:                 scheme,
 		MetricsBindAddress:     metricsAddr,
-		Namespace:              mgrNamespace,
 		Port:                   9443,
 		HealthProbeBindAddress: probeAddr,
 	}
 
+	if !clusterScopeMode {
+		// Set manager to operate scoped to our namespace
+		mgrOpts.Namespace = ControllerNamespace
+	}
+
 	if enableLeaderElection {
 		if leaderElectionType == "lease" {
 			setupLog.Info("using leader-with-lease election method")
@@ -317,7 +315,7 @@ func main() {
 				registryMap[registryKey] = registryValue
 				setupLog.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Reconciliation of %s is enabled", resourceName))
 				return true
-			} else if envVarVal == trueString {
+			} else if envVarVal == "true" {
 				// If env var is explicitly true, require that specified CRD is present
 				setupLog.Error(err, fmt.Sprintf("Unable to access %s Custom Resource", resourceName))
 				os.Exit(1)

scripts/delete.sh

@@ -82,9 +82,12 @@ if [[ -n $namespace ]]; then
 fi
 
 # Ensure the namespace is overridden for all the resources
-cd default
+pushd default
 kustomize edit set namespace "$namespace"
-cd ..
+popd
+pushd ../rbac/namespace-scope
+kustomize edit set namespace "$namespace"
+popd
 
 # Older versions of kustomize have different load restrictor flag formats.
 # Can be removed once Kubeflow installation stops requiring v3.2.
@@ -115,7 +118,17 @@ if [[ ! -z $user_ns_array ]]; then
   rm runtimes.yaml
 fi
 
+# Determine whether a modelmesh-controller-rolebinding clusterrolebinding exists and is
+# associated with the service account in this namespace. If not, don't delete the cluster level RBAC.
+set +e
+crb_ns=$(oc get clusterrolebinding modelmesh-controller-rolebinding -o json | jq -r .subjects[0].namespace)
+set -e
+if [[ "$crb_ns" == "$namespace" ]]; then
+  echo "deleting cluster scope RBAC"
+  kustomize build rbac/cluster-scope | kubectl delete -f - --ignore-not-found=true
+fi
 kustomize build default | kubectl delete -f - --ignore-not-found=true
+kustomize build rbac/namespace-scope | kubectl delete -f - --ignore-not-found=true
 kustomize build runtimes ${kustomize_load_restrictor_arg} | kubectl delete -f - --ignore-not-found=true
 kubectl delete -f dependencies/quickstart.yaml --ignore-not-found=true
 kubectl delete -f dependencies/fvt.yaml --ignore-not-found=true