Merge pull request #1434 from jcpowermac/revert-1419-SPLAT-2167

Revert "SPLAT-2167: Added dedicated hosts support for AWS"

Author: openshift-merge-bot[bot]

cmd/machine-api-tests-ext/provider.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
@@ -9,7 +10,10 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	kclientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/openshift-hack/e2e"
 	conformancetestdata "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/conformance/testdata"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/testfiles"
@@ -86,6 +90,11 @@ func initializeTestFramework(provider string) error {
 	}
 	testContext.Host = cfg.Host
 
+	// Ensure that Kube tests run privileged (like they do upstream)
+	testContext.CreateTestingNS = func(ctx context.Context, baseName string, c kclientset.Interface, labels map[string]string) (*corev1.Namespace, error) {
+		return e2e.CreateTestingNS(ctx, baseName, c, labels, true)
+	}
+
 	gomega.RegisterFailHandler(ginkgo.Fail)
 
 	framework.AfterReadingAllFlags(testContext)

go.mod

@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ go 1.24.0
 // an API yet we can leverage so that I do not have to copy what openshift/kubernetes/openshift-hack/cmd/k8s-tests-ext did to initialize.
 replace (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 => github.com/openshift/onsi-ginkgo/v2 v2.6.1-0.20251001123353-fd5b1fb35db1
-// I was able to remove the following by removing the namespace checking logic of OTE.  Current assumption is origin is making sure all permissions are set before launching OTE.
-//k8s.io/apiserver => github.com/openshift/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver v0.0.0-20250716113245-b94367cabf3e // openshift kubernetes has very old copy of k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go
-//k8s.io/kubelet => github.com/openshift/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet v0.0.0-20250716113245-b94367cabf3e // openshift kubernetes has very old copy of k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go:
-//k8s.io/kubernetes => github.com/openshift/kubernetes v1.30.1-0.20250716113245-b94367cabf3e //v1.30.1-0.20250704150419-38c60a516ecb
+	k8s.io/apiserver => github.com/openshift/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver v0.0.0-20251015171918-61114aa5a292 // openshift kubernetes has very old copy of k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/server/server.go
+	k8s.io/kubelet => github.com/openshift/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet v0.0.0-20251015171918-61114aa5a292 // openshift kubernetes has very old copy of k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go
+	k8s.io/kubernetes => github.com/openshift/kubernetes v1.30.1-0.20251027205255-4e0347881cbd
 )
 
 require (
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.27.2
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.2
 	github.com/openshift-eng/openshift-tests-extension v0.0.0-20251105193959-75a0be5d9bd7
-	github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20251111193948-50e2ece149d7
+	github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20251106190826-ebe535b08719
 	github.com/openshift/client-go v0.0.0-20251015124057-db0dee36e235
 	github.com/openshift/cluster-api-actuator-pkg/testutils v0.0.0-20250910145856-21d03d30056d
 	github.com/openshift/cluster-control-plane-machine-set-operator v0.0.0-20251029084908-344babe6a957
@@ -128,6 +127,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.0+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.11 // indirect
 	github.com/exponent-io/jsonpath v0.0.0-20210407135951-1de76d718b3f // indirect
+	github.com/fatih/camelcase v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/structtag v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/felixge/httpsnoop v1.0.4 // indirect
@@ -237,9 +237,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/nishanths/predeclared v0.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/nunnatsa/ginkgolinter v0.19.1 // indirect
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/opencontainers/cgroups v0.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/opencontainers/cgroups v0.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.5 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.11.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.3 // indirect
@@ -314,6 +315,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.34.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.35.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.5.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.6.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
@@ -337,6 +339,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.72.1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/go-jose/go-jose.v2 v2.6.3 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
@@ -346,6 +349,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.34.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/cloud-provider v0.32.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap v0.32.3 // indirect
 	k8s.io/component-helpers v0.34.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/controller-manager v0.32.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/cri-api v0.34.1 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -435,26 +435,34 @@ github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5 h1:P2Ga83D34wi1o9J6Wh1mRuqd4mF/x/lgBS7N
 github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5/go.mod h1:hPp6KlRPjbx+hW8ykQs1w3UBbZlj6HuIJcUGPhkA7kY=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.2 h1:eZCjf2xjZAqe+LeWvKb5weQ+NcPwX84kqJ0cZNxok2A=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.2/go.mod h1:W2MJcYxRGV63b418Ai34Ud0hEdTVXq9NW9+Sx6uXf3k=
-github.com/opencontainers/cgroups v0.0.1 h1:MXjMkkFpKv6kpuirUa4USFBas573sSAY082B4CiHEVA=
-github.com/opencontainers/cgroups v0.0.1/go.mod h1:s8lktyhlGUqM7OSRL5P7eAW6Wb+kWPNvt4qvVfzA5vs=
+github.com/opencontainers/cgroups v0.0.3 h1:Jc9dWh/0YLGjdy6J/9Ln8NM5BfTA4W2BY0GMozy3aDU=
+github.com/opencontainers/cgroups v0.0.3/go.mod h1:s8lktyhlGUqM7OSRL5P7eAW6Wb+kWPNvt4qvVfzA5vs=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8Oi/yOhh5U=
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3IKzErnv2BNG4W4MAM=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1 h1:y0fUlFfIZhPF1W537XOLg0/fcx6zcHCJwooC2xJA040=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1/go.mod h1:qpqAh3Dmcf36wStyyWU+kCeDgrGnAve2nCC8+7h8Q0M=
+github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.5 h1:8KAkq3Wrem8bApgOHyhRI/8IeLXIfmZ6Qaw6DNSLnA4=
+github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.5/go.mod h1:dOQeFo29xZKBNeRBI0B19mJtfHv68YgCTh1X+YphA+4=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.0 h1:z97+pHb3uELt/yiAWD691HNHQIF07bE7dzrbT927iTk=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.11.1 h1:nHFvthhM0qY8/m+vfhJylliSshm8G1jJ2jDMcgULaH8=
 github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.11.1/go.mod h1:E5dMC3VPuVvVHDYmi78qvhJp8+M586T4DlDRYpFkyec=
 github.com/openshift-eng/openshift-tests-extension v0.0.0-20251105193959-75a0be5d9bd7 h1:Z1swlS6b3Adm6RPhjqefs3DWnNFLDxRX+WC8GMXhja4=
 github.com/openshift-eng/openshift-tests-extension v0.0.0-20251105193959-75a0be5d9bd7/go.mod h1:6gkP5f2HL0meusT0Aim8icAspcD1cG055xxBZ9yC68M=
-github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20251111193948-50e2ece149d7 h1:MemawsK6SpxEaE5y0NqO5sIX3yTLIIyP89w6DGKukAk=
-github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20251111193948-50e2ece149d7/go.mod h1:d5uzF0YN2nQQFA0jIEWzzOZ+edmo6wzlGLvx5Fhz4uY=
+github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20251106190826-ebe535b08719 h1:KEwYyKaJniwhoyLB75tAMmJn9pMlk0PUlRfrsXYOhwM=
+github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20251106190826-ebe535b08719/go.mod h1:d5uzF0YN2nQQFA0jIEWzzOZ+edmo6wzlGLvx5Fhz4uY=
 github.com/openshift/client-go v0.0.0-20251015124057-db0dee36e235 h1:9JBeIXmnHlpXTQPi7LPmu1jdxznBhAE7bb1K+3D8gxY=
 github.com/openshift/client-go v0.0.0-20251015124057-db0dee36e235/go.mod h1:L49W6pfrZkfOE5iC1PqEkuLkXG4W0BX4w8b+L2Bv7fM=
 github.com/openshift/cluster-api-actuator-pkg/testutils v0.0.0-20250910145856-21d03d30056d h1:+sqUThLi/lmgT5/scmmjnS6+RZFtbdxRAscNfCPyLPI=
 github.com/openshift/cluster-api-actuator-pkg/testutils v0.0.0-20250910145856-21d03d30056d/go.mod h1:9+FWWWLkVrnBo1eYhA/0Ehlq5JMgIAHtcB0IF+qV1AA=
 github.com/openshift/cluster-control-plane-machine-set-operator v0.0.0-20251029084908-344babe6a957 h1:eVnkMTFnirnoUOlAUT3Hy8WriIi1JoSrilWym3Dl8Q4=
 github.com/openshift/cluster-control-plane-machine-set-operator v0.0.0-20251029084908-344babe6a957/go.mod h1:TBlORAAtNZ/Tl86pO7GjNXKsH/g0QAW5GnvYstdOhYI=
+github.com/openshift/kubernetes v1.30.1-0.20251027205255-4e0347881cbd h1:WCCP41uY1QoqrDeykXFF/Dmf8NV3fnnAXUnh1oVFxW8=
+github.com/openshift/kubernetes v1.30.1-0.20251027205255-4e0347881cbd/go.mod h1:w3+IfrXNp5RosdDXg3LB55yijJqR/FwouvVntYHQf0o=
+github.com/openshift/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver v0.0.0-20251015171918-61114aa5a292 h1:Uq4CTGAl32NYNK7KD35oRg7pdZOFkUF+/2wGSyR0VYA=
+github.com/openshift/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver v0.0.0-20251015171918-61114aa5a292/go.mod h1:TRSSqgXggJaDK5vtVtlQ9wEYOk32Pl+9tf0ROf3ljiM=
+github.com/openshift/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet v0.0.0-20251015171918-61114aa5a292 h1:ITqtj/xBNlSPChpvV4a+VQ93Sk5RFkwRx+CnIWBrZ98=
+github.com/openshift/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/kubelet v0.0.0-20251015171918-61114aa5a292/go.mod h1:+bTwPbT5dZB8j6eKQHBZRMfNmY6MEryba1wQljr9VWw=
 github.com/openshift/library-go v0.0.0-20251107090138-0de9712313a5 h1:Gq8jCFgSrilZ2ZHjQleFZWlblikc1aaRZ0hqs+yvrP4=
 github.com/openshift/library-go v0.0.0-20251107090138-0de9712313a5/go.mod h1:OlFFws1AO51uzfc48MsStGE4SFMWlMZD0+f5a/zCtKI=
 github.com/openshift/onsi-ginkgo/v2 v2.6.1-0.20251001123353-fd5b1fb35db1 h1:PMTgifBcBRLJJiM+LgSzPDTk9/Rx4qS09OUrfpY6GBQ=
@@ -677,6 +685,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.35.0 h1:dPpEfJu1sDIqruz7BHFG3c7528f6ddfSWfFDVt
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.35.0/go.mod h1:WUk7DtFp1Aw2MkvqGdwiXYDZZNvA/1J8o6xRXLrIkyc=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.5.0 h1:xJvq7gMzB31/d406fB8U5CBdyQGw4P399D1aQWU/3i4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.5.0/go.mod h1:keN8WnHxOy8PG0rQZjJJ5A2ebUoafqWp0eVQ4yIXvJ4=
+go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 h1:ZvwS0R+56ePWxUNi+Atn9dWONBPp/AUETXlHW0DxSjE=
+go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0/go.mod h1:LUxbIzbOniOlMKjJjyPfpl4v+PKK2cNJn91OQbhoJI0=
 go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.6.0 h1:O3y2/QNTOdbF+e/dpXNNW7Rx2hZ4sTIPyybbxyNqTUs=
 go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ifeIMSnPZuznNm6jmdzmU3/bfk01Fe2fotchwEFJ8r8=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
@@ -863,8 +873,6 @@ k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.1 h1:NNPBva8FNAPt1iSVwIE0FsdrVriRXMsaWFMqJb
 k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.1/go.mod h1:hP9Rld3zF5Ay2Of3BeEpLAToP+l4s5UlxiHfqRaRcMc=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.1 h1:dTlxFls/eikpJxmAC7MVE8oOeP1zryV7iRyIjB0gky4=
 k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.1/go.mod h1:/GwIlEcWuTX9zKIg2mbw0LRFIsXwrfoVxn+ef0X13lw=
-k8s.io/apiserver v0.34.1 h1:U3JBGdgANK3dfFcyknWde1G6X1F4bg7PXuvlqt8lITA=
-k8s.io/apiserver v0.34.1/go.mod h1:eOOc9nrVqlBI1AFCvVzsob0OxtPZUCPiUJL45JOTBG0=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.34.1 h1:btlgAgTrYd4sk8vJTRG6zVtqBKt9ZMDeQZo2PIzbL7M=
 k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.34.1/go.mod h1:aVA65c+f0MZiMUPbseU/M9l1Wo2byeaGwUuQEQVVveE=
 k8s.io/client-go v0.34.1 h1:ZUPJKgXsnKwVwmKKdPfw4tB58+7/Ik3CrjOEhsiZ7mY=
@@ -901,10 +909,6 @@ k8s.io/kube-scheduler v0.34.1 h1:S5td6VZwC3lCqERXclerDXhJ26zYc6JroY0s03+PqJ8=
 k8s.io/kube-scheduler v0.34.1/go.mod h1:UiOkod/w+HKoGut9mz9ie4s4KcI82vmLFdq1iIgsmRs=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.34.1 h1:1qP1oqT5Xc93K+H8J7ecpBjaz511gan89KO9Vbsh/OI=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.34.1/go.mod h1:JRYlhJpGPyk3dEmJ+BuBiOB9/dAvnrALJEiY/C5qa6A=
-k8s.io/kubelet v0.34.1 h1:doAaTA9/Yfzbdq/u/LveZeONp96CwX9giW6b+oHn4m4=
-k8s.io/kubelet v0.34.1/go.mod h1:PtV3Ese8iOM19gSooFoQT9iyRisbmJdAPuDImuccbbA=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.34.1 h1:F3p8dtpv+i8zQoebZeK5zBqM1g9x1aIdnA5vthvcuUk=
-k8s.io/kubernetes v1.34.1/go.mod h1:iu+FhII+Oc/1gGWLJcer6wpyih441aNFHl7Pvm8yPto=
 k8s.io/mount-utils v0.34.1 h1:zMBEFav8Rxwm54S8srzy5FxAc4KQ3X4ZcjnqTCzHmZk=
 k8s.io/mount-utils v0.34.1/go.mod h1:MIjjYlqJ0ziYQg0MO09kc9S96GIcMkhF/ay9MncF0GA=
 k8s.io/pod-security-admission v0.32.2 h1:zDfAb/t0LbNU3z0ZMHtCb1zp8x05gWCGhmBYpUptm9A=

pkg/operator/operator.go

@@ -472,7 +472,6 @@ func (optr *Operator) maoConfigFromInfrastructure() (*OperatorConfig, error) {
 	// flags, we selectively populate the map (and therefore passed
 	// as args)
 	features := map[string]bool{
-		string(apifeatures.FeatureGateAWSDedicatedHosts):       featureGates.Enabled(apifeatures.FeatureGateAWSDedicatedHosts),
 		string(apifeatures.FeatureGateMachineAPIMigration):     featureGates.Enabled(apifeatures.FeatureGateMachineAPIMigration),
 		string(apifeatures.FeatureGateAzureWorkloadIdentity):   featureGates.Enabled(apifeatures.FeatureGateAzureWorkloadIdentity),
 		string(apifeatures.FeatureGateVSphereMultiDisk):        featureGates.Enabled(apifeatures.FeatureGateVSphereMultiDisk),

pkg/operator/operator_test.go

@@ -45,15 +45,13 @@ var (
 		{Name: apifeatures.FeatureGateAzureWorkloadIdentity},
 		{Name: apifeatures.FeatureGateVSphereMultiDisk},
 		{Name: apifeatures.FeatureGateVSphereHostVMGroupZonal},
-		{Name: apifeatures.FeatureGateAWSDedicatedHosts},
 	}
 
 	enabledFeatureMap = map[string]bool{
 		"MachineAPIMigration":     true,
 		"AzureWorkloadIdentity":   true,
 		"VSphereMultiDisk":        true,
 		"VSphereHostVMGroupZonal": true,
-		"AWSDedicatedHosts":       true,
 	}
 )
 

pkg/webhooks/machine_webhook.go

@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ type systemSpecifications struct {
 type machineArch string
 
 var (
-	// AWS Variables / Defaults
-
-	// awsDedicatedHostNamePattern is used to validate the id of a dedicated host
-	awsDedicatedHostNamePattern = regexp.MustCompile(`^h-[0-9a-f]{17}$`)
-
 	// Azure Defaults
 	defaultAzureVnet = func(clusterID string) string {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%s-vnet", clusterID)
@@ -902,38 +897,6 @@ func validateAWS(m *machinev1beta1.Machine, config *admissionConfig) (bool, []st
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Dedicated host support.
-	// Check if host placement is configured.  If so, then we need to determine placement affinity and validate configs.
-	if providerSpec.HostPlacement != nil {
-		klog.V(4).Infof("Validating AWS Host Placement")
-		placement := *providerSpec.HostPlacement
-		if placement.Affinity == nil {
-			errs = append(errs, field.Required(field.NewPath("spec.hostPlacement.affinity"), "affinity is required and must be set to either AnyAvailable or DedicatedHost"))
-		} else {
-			switch *placement.Affinity {
-			case machinev1beta1.HostAffinityAnyAvailable:
-				// Cannot have DedicatedHost set
-				if placement.DedicatedHost != nil {
-					errs = append(errs, field.Forbidden(field.NewPath("spec.hostPlacement.dedicatedHost"), "dedicatedHost is required when affinity is DedicatedHost, and forbidden otherwise"))
-				}
-			case machinev1beta1.HostAffinityDedicatedHost:
-				// We need to make sure DedicatedHost is set with a HostID
-				if placement.DedicatedHost == nil {
-					errs = append(errs, field.Required(field.NewPath("spec.hostPlacement.dedicatedHost"), "dedicatedHost is required when affinity is DedicatedHost, and forbidden otherwise"))
-				} else {
-					// If not set, return required error.  If it does not match pattern, return pattern failure message.
-					if placement.DedicatedHost.ID == "" {
-						errs = append(errs, field.Required(field.NewPath("spec.hostPlacement.dedicatedHost.id"), "id is required and must start with 'h-' followed by 17 lowercase hexadecimal characters (0-9 and a-f)"))
-					} else if awsDedicatedHostNamePattern.FindStringSubmatch(placement.DedicatedHost.ID) == nil {
-						errs = append(errs, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec.hostPlacement.dedicatedHost.id"), placement.DedicatedHost.ID, "id must start with 'h-' followed by 17 lowercase hexadecimal characters (0-9 and a-f)"))
-					}
-				}
-			default:
-				errs = append(errs, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec.hostPlacement.affinity"), placement.Affinity, "affinity must be either AnyAvailable or DedicatedHost"))
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
 		return false, warnings, errs
 	}