DO188 - Labs - Verifying Cluster State

[Ad_astra]

Hello

I'm working through the DO188 course and have found that the labs take a long time to start.

The 'Veryfying cluster state' step takes around 20 - 25 minutes to complete and in some circumstances has failed to start the lab.

I logged in to the Machine 'utility ' as user 'lab'. Running the 'wait.sh' script shows that the server is 'Waiting for authentication'. 

This seems like a long time to run before the lab is running and possibly using up the lab time for my subscription. 

Can anyone advise on how to improve the start-up time or resolve the authentication errors?

Thank you 

[Ahmedabdul]

I have the same problem here 

[Chetan_Tiwary_ · Accepted solution]

@Ad_astra @Ahmedabdul This is equally valid for all openshift courses. The OCP cluster takes time to get ready with all its components before you can send any reuest to the API. I will recommend you to start your labs in advance so that by the time it is ready you can plan your practice timings accordingly. Please note that once the cluster is up, it no longer needs the extra time for getting ready for subsequent lab exercises provided the lab environment is not restarted or recreated. Adjust your auto lab shutdown and destroy timers accordingly.

[Ad_astra]

This is my first experience of using an OCP cluster.

Thank you for your help.