From 883e2965628a2dd353eb8fb25293188690ce8723 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Angel Misevski Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 15:42:27 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Document network policy requirements for web terminal operator Signed-off-by: Angel Misevski --- modules/odc-using-web-terminal.adoc | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/modules/odc-using-web-terminal.adoc b/modules/odc-using-web-terminal.adoc index 97bad86d72..0e64988802 100644 --- a/modules/odc-using-web-terminal.adoc +++ b/modules/odc-using-web-terminal.adoc @@ -29,3 +29,9 @@ After the web terminal is initialized, you can use the preinstalled CLI tools li * The web terminal remains open until you close it or you close the browser window or tab. ==== +[id="web-terminal-and-network-policies_{context}"] +== Web terminal and network policies + +Web terminals might fail to launch if the cluster has network policies configured. To initialize a web terminal instance, the Web Terminal Operator must communicate with the web terminal's pod to verify it is running, and the {product-title} web console needs to send information to automatically log in to the cluster within the terminal. If either step fails, the web terminal fails to initialize and the terminal panel appears to be in a loading state. + +To avoid this issue, ensure that the network policies for namespaces that are used for terminals allow ingress from the `openshift-console` and `openshift-operators` namespaces.