argocdexport fails on Openshift 4.5

[u849296]

Describe the bug

When running the argocd export the job fails to run with permission issues to the /backups folder on local storage PV in Openshift 4.5.

Logs from argocdexport pod:
exporting argo-cd
creating argo-cd backup
encrypting argo-cd backup
Can't open /backups/argocd-backup.yaml for writing, Permission denied
139760326087808:error:0200100D:system library:fopen:Permission denied:../crypto/bio/bss_file.c:69:fopen('/backups/argocd-backup.yaml','wb')
139760326087808:error:2006D002:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:system lib:../crypto/bio/bss_file.c:78:

Pod event log:
example-argocdexport-1606933560-zjgcg
NamespaceNSargocd
2 minutes ago
Generated from kubelet on fzeu2openshiftsbtst-r-hmw98-worker-eastus21-mt7jz
8 times in the last 3 minutes
Back-off restarting failed container

To Reproduce

Create any export using openshift 4.5 and local storage RWO

Expected behavior

Backups should be able to write to the PV and execute a normal backup

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Version

Installed with ArgoCD Operator 0.0.14

Logs

See Above

[arjunprasad2143]

I was trying with the same config and the have got the same error.
Any chance of looking into this?

[jomkz]

Thank you for raising this issue @u849296. I will look into this.

[fredcb]

I can see why it doesn't work. In openshift the export-pod runs with uid 999, but the backup volume is owned by root with permission 770. Running the pod as root is usually not an option for production clusters.

[arjunprasad2143]

Hope this get fixed soon. Having to rely on manual scripts is just a workaround.

[arjunprasad2143]

Its hightime we take this as priority. Having an export option and it not working its really not recommended.

[iam-veeramalla]

Thank you for raising this issue @u849296. I will look into this.

Hi @jomkz , Do u have any updates on this ?