🔄 openshift-update-proxy

A small Flask based service which forwards HTTP requests to api.openshift.com, mirror.openshift.com, catalog.redhat.com and access.redhat.com. Built for restricted networks where OpenShift clusters have no direct internet access, but a central egress proxy (or a single host with internet access) exists.

Features

• 🔀 Update Graph Proxy - forwards Cincinnati update graph requests (/api/upgrades_info/v1/graph) to api.openshift.com
• 📦 Mirror Proxy - forwards requests for clients and release artifacts to mirror.openshift.com/pub
• 🔏 Signature Store - serves release image signatures for ClusterVersion.spec.signatureStores (OpenShift 4.14+)
• 🗺️ ConfigMap Generator - renders ready-to-apply signature ConfigMaps for the classic disconnected verification workflow
• 🎛️ Operator Catalog API - serves operator channels and versions from the Red Hat Pyxis API (catalog.redhat.com), ready to use as a Renovate custom datasource
• 📅 Supported Versions API - combines the Red Hat product lifecycle API with the update graph to list supported OpenShift minor versions and their latest release
• 🚦 Egress Proxy Aware - honors HTTPS_PROXY / NO_PROXY for all upstream requests
• 🐳 Hardened Container - UBI9 based, rootless (UID 1001), digest-pinned base image, Cosign signed
• ⛵ Helm Chart - deploy to Kubernetes/OpenShift with probes and sane security defaults
• 🩺 Health Endpoint - /healthz for liveness and readiness probes

How it works

flowchart LR
    subgraph restricted["Restricted network"]
        CVO["Cluster Version Operator"]
        ADMIN["Admin (oc / curl)"]
        RENOVATE["Renovate"]
        PROXY["openshift-update-proxy"]
    end

    subgraph internet["Internet"]
        API["api.openshift.com"]
        MIRROR["mirror.openshift.com"]
        PYXIS["catalog.redhat.com"]
        LIFECYCLE["access.redhat.com"]
    end

    CVO -- "/api/upgrades_info/v1/graph" --> PROXY
    CVO -- "/signatures/sha256=…" --> PROXY
    ADMIN -- "/configmaps/sha256=…" --> PROXY
    ADMIN -- "/pub/…" --> PROXY
    RENOVATE -- "/operators/v1/…" --> PROXY

    PROXY -- "optional egress proxy (HTTPS_PROXY)" --> EGRESS["Egress Proxy"]
    EGRESS --> API
    EGRESS --> MIRROR
    EGRESS --> PYXIS
    EGRESS --> LIFECYCLE

Endpoints

Configuration

All configuration is done via environment variables:

Quick Start

Container

docker run --rm -p 5000:5000 \
  -e HTTPS_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:3128 \
  ghcr.io/slauger/openshift-update-proxy:latest

The image is based on registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/python-314, runs as UID 1001 and is built from the Containerfile in this repository.

Helm

The chart is published as an OCI artifact to ghcr.io on every release:

helm install update-proxy oci://ghcr.io/slauger/charts/openshift-update-proxy \
  --set env[0].name=HTTPS_PROXY,env[0].value=http://proxy.example.com:3128

Or from a git checkout: helm install update-proxy ./chart

PyPI

python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install openshift-update-proxy
openshift-update-proxy

Cluster integration

Update graph

Point the ClusterVersion upstream at the proxy:

apiVersion: config.openshift.io/v1
kind: ClusterVersion
metadata:
  name: version
spec:
  upstream: http://update-proxy.example.com:5000/api/upgrades_info/v1/graph

Release signatures

For updates by digest (oc adm upgrade --to-image ...@sha256:...) the CVO must verify the release image signature.

The /configmaps/ endpoint fetches all signatures for a release and renders a ready-to-apply ConfigMap (same format as oc adm release mirror / oc-mirror produces). It accepts a release version directly - the digest is resolved via the update graph:

curl -s "http://update-proxy.example.com:5000/configmaps/4.16.8" | oc apply -f -

The optional arch (default amd64) and channel_prefix (default stable) query parameters select the architecture and the update channel used for the lookup, e.g. /configmaps/4.16.8?arch=arm64.

Alternatively, a release digest can be passed directly:

DIGEST=$(oc adm release info quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release:4.16.8-x86_64 -o jsonpath='{.digest}')
curl -s "http://update-proxy.example.com:5000/configmaps/${DIGEST/:/=}" | oc apply -f -

The ConfigMap is created in openshift-config-managed with the release.openshift.io/verification-signatures label, where the CVO picks it up.

Note: The ClusterVersion API also has a spec.signatureStores field, but it is gated behind the TechPreview-only SignatureStores feature gate and will not be promoted to GA (OTA-1118). The ConfigMap above is the supported way to provide signatures.

Operator catalog and Renovate

The /operators/v1/ endpoints answer "which operator versions exist in which channel?" without pulling the multi-hundred-MB catalog index images and without any registry credentials. The data comes from the public Red Hat Pyxis API and covers all four default catalogs: redhat-operators, certified-operators, community-operators and redhat-marketplace.

List channels, default channel and the latest CSV per channel:

curl -s "http://update-proxy.example.com:5000/operators/v1/redhat-operators/openshift-gitops-operator/channels?ocp_version=4.16"

{
  "package": "openshift-gitops-operator",
  "organization": "redhat-operators",
  "default_channel": "latest",
  "channels": [
    {"name": "gitops-1.21", "latest_version": "1.21.4", "latest_csv": "openshift-gitops-operator.v1.21.4"}
  ]
}

List all versions of a channel in the format Renovate expects from a custom datasource:

curl -s "http://update-proxy.example.com:5000/operators/v1/redhat-operators/openshift-gitops-operator/gitops-1.21/releases?ocp_version=4.16"

{
  "releases": [
    {"version": "1.21.3", "releaseTimestamp": "2026-08-14T23:45:28.177000+00:00"},
    {"version": "1.21.4", "releaseTimestamp": "2026-09-03T12:13:37.391000+00:00"}
  ]
}

The optional ocp_version query parameter limits results to bundles shipped in the catalog for that OpenShift minor version. Responses are cached in memory for CATALOG_CACHE_TTL seconds. The raw Pyxis API is available under /catalog/, e.g. /catalog/operators/indices?filter=organization==redhat-operators lists all index image tags with their end-of-life dates.

With this feed, Renovate can bump pinned operator versions (startingCSV in OLM Subscription manifests, whether managed directly via Argo CD or embedded in ACM policies) just like any other dependency - merging the PR rolls out the operator update. See examples/renovate/ for a complete working setup: a renovate.json with the custom datasource and regex manager, plus matching Subscription and ACM Policy manifests.

Supported OpenShift versions

/versions/v1/supported combines the Red Hat product lifecycle API with the Cincinnati update graph: all OpenShift minor versions that are not end-of-life, together with the latest release in the corresponding update channel.

curl -s "http://update-proxy.example.com:5000/versions/v1/supported"

{
  "product": "OpenShift Container Platform",
  "architecture": "amd64",
  "versions": [
    {"version": "4.22", "support_phase": "Full Support", "channel": "stable-4.22", "latest_release": "4.22.11"},
    {"version": "4.20", "support_phase": "Maintenance Support", "channel": "stable-4.20", "latest_release": "4.20.35"}
  ]
}

The optional channel_prefix (default stable, e.g. eus, fast, candidate) and arch (default amd64) query parameters select the channel and architecture; latest_release is null when the channel has no published releases yet. The raw lifecycle API is available under /lifecycle/, e.g. /lifecycle/products?name=OpenShift Container Platform.

examples/create-configmaps.sh combines this with the /configmaps/ endpoint: it fetches the release signatures for a set of update channels through the proxy and applies them as ConfigMaps.

Local Development

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e ".[dev]"
openshift-update-proxy

Run tests and linting:

make test
make lint

Build the container image:

make build

Supply Chain Security

• The UBI9 base image is pinned by digest and kept up to date by Renovate; remaining CVEs are patched at build time via dnf upgrade.
• Python and GitHub Actions dependencies are also managed by Renovate (with automerge for non-major updates).
• Releases are fully automated with python-semantic-release based on Conventional Commits and published to PyPI.
• Container images are signed with Cosign (keyless, GitHub Actions OIDC). Verify with:

cosign verify \
  --certificate-identity-regexp 'https://github.com/slauger/openshift-update-proxy/.*' \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com \
  ghcr.io/slauger/openshift-update-proxy:latest

License

Apache License 2.0