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Wires the qemu-ssh provisioner into the exporter-set controller. Introduces the Deployer interface for off-cluster provisioners, implements Deploy/Cleanup/IsDeployed via SSH + Podman quadlets, adds driver enrichment for off-cluster paths, and fixes ExitAndReplace recycling for off-cluster exporters that have no Pods. (JEP-0014 Phase 3)

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The controller now supports QEMU exporters deployed to remote hosts over SSH. It enriches QEMU driver configuration, writes remote exporter and runtime quadlets, and routes deployment and cleanup through the new Deployer interface.

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Off-cluster QEMU over SSH

Layer / File(s) Summary
SSH host configuration and transport
controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/host.go, controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/ssh_host.go, controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/*_test.go, controller/go.mod
Adds host and SSH configuration parsing, SSH/SFTP command and file operations, and redaction of credential values in file diffs. Adds tests for parsing, precedence, and redaction.
QEMU exporter configuration enrichment
controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/enrich.go, controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/enrich_test.go
Enriches QEMU driver settings with merged parameters, firmware defaults, a launcher socket, and SSH forwarding. Adds a TCP driver only when none exists.
Remote exporter deployment and quadlets
controller/internal/exporterset/deployer.go, controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/qemu_ssh.go, controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/quadlet.go, controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/*_test.go
Adds the Deployer contract and qemu-ssh implementation. The provisioner generates exporter configuration and quadlets, deploys services over SSH, and removes remote resources during cleanup.
Controller deployment and cleanup routing
controller/internal/exporterset/reconciler.go, controller/internal/exporterset/reconciler_test.go, controller/cmd/exporter-set-controller/main.go, controller/deploy/operator/go.mod
Routes Deployer implementations through deployment and off-cluster terminal checks. Selects qemu-ssh after manager creation and passes it the manager’s Kubernetes client. Updates module dependency declarations.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Reconciler as ExporterSetReconciler
  participant Provisioner as qemussh.Provisioner
  participant Kubernetes as KubernetesClient
  participant SSH as SSHHost
  participant Host as RemoteHost
  Reconciler->>Provisioner: Deploy exporter
  Provisioner->>Kubernetes: Read credentials and exporter data
  Provisioner->>SSH: Connect with host settings and private key
  SSH->>Host: Reconcile exporter config and quadlet files
  SSH->>Host: Run systemd and Podman commands
  Provisioner->>Kubernetes: Set exporter host annotation
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Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to c480a

Remote exporters can retain stale credentials or remain active after their controller record is deleted, and SSH connections do not authenticate the remote host. Resolve these failures before merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟠 High · up to c480a

The new remote deployment path accepts an SSH host without verifying its identity and can leave remote services behind when deployment or cleanup fails. The extent to which users can redirect deployments through configuration also needs confirmation.

Retained concerns

  • High · security · observed: The new SSH connection accepts any server host key. A network-positioned impersonator can receive the exporter configuration and its token, while the controller treats the endpoint as the intended host.
  • High · security · inferred: ExporterSet overrides can select the remote host, SSH user, and runtime devices while deployment uses the class-referenced SSH key. Whether this grants less-trusted ExporterSet writers authority to direct privileged host operations depends on authorization controls not established by the available evidence.
  • Medium · security · observed: Remote files and services can be created before their host is recorded. A failed deployment can therefore leave untracked resources; cleanup also permits the Exporter to be deleted after an SSH connection or teardown failure, potentially leaving a credential-bearing service running.
  • Medium · security · observed: An annotation alone marks an exporter deployed, without checking remote existence or current host settings. Configuration changes can leave an old deployment active, while cleanup combines its recorded hostname with current port, user, and credentials.
Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The independently exposed unit is each provisioned exporter and its selected SSH endpoint; a hostile endpoint can receive that exporter's token-bearing configuration. Reachable hosts, account privileges, and the number of affected namespaces depend on deployment policy not established here.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — A network-positioned actor able to answer the configured SSH address can present an arbitrary host key; successful client authentication then permits the impersonating endpoint to receive files intended for the lab host. This does not require disclosure of the controller's private key.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The class supplies the SSH key, while merged class and ExporterSet parameters supply connection settings; the new transport exposes generic remote command execution. The hostname is required, and remote files are chmod 0600, but neither control authenticates the SSH server.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Remote deployment, its ownership annotation, and teardown are separate transitions. Connection failure during cleanup is treated as success, so deletion can remove the controller's remaining route to a remote service.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Verify and pin remote host identity; define who may override host, user, and device settings; and persist enough remote ownership state to retry or report failed cleanup before deleting its Kubernetes owner.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: integrating the qemu-ssh provisioner with the controller reconciler.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the changes, including the Deployer interface, SSH and Podman deployment, driver enrichment, and off-cluster recycling behavior.
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depends on #1114

Comment on lines +94 to +126
hostfwd, _ := config["hostfwd"].(map[string]any)
if hostfwd == nil {
hostfwd = make(map[string]any)
}
if _, hasSSH := hostfwd["ssh"]; !hasSSH {
hostfwd["ssh"] = map[string]any{
"hostaddr": "127.0.0.1",
"hostport": 2222,
"guestport": 22,
}
config["hostfwd"] = hostfwd
}

raw, _ := json.Marshal(config)
d.Config = &apiextensionsv1.JSON{Raw: raw}
return d, nil
}

func defaultPartitionsForArch(arch string) map[string]string {
switch arch {
case "aarch64":
return map[string]string{
"OVMF_CODE.fd": "/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd",
"OVMF_VARS.fd": "/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_VARS.fd",
}
default:
return map[string]string{
"OVMF_CODE.fd": "/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.fd",
"OVMF_VARS.fd": "/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.fd",
}
}
}

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there is probably some degree of duplication with the qemu provisioner in this area, we should probably create some common code between both.

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yep make sense, will extract all the common code.

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// Arch is the host CPU architecture (e.g. "aarch64", "x86_64").
// Informational; not used for scheduling in v1.
Arch string `json:"arch,omitempty"`

// Slots is the maximum number of concurrent exporter instances
// this host can run.
Slots int `json:"slots"`

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// Arch is the host CPU architecture (e.g. "aarch64", "x86_64").
// Informational; not used for scheduling in v1.
Arch string `json:"arch,omitempty"`
// Slots is the maximum number of concurrent exporter instances
// this host can run.
Slots int `json:"slots"`

same as in the other review, based on the JEP, one exporterset should handle only one host, and one architecture to keep things simpler. (now I am not 100% if this was captured on the JEP, but it's something I remember discussing with @kirkbrauer )

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ack sounds good, thanks for clarifying, will change to match.

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bkhizgiy force-pushed the qemu-ssh-provisioner branch from 42e9b5e to ed3fccc Compare September 24, 2026 12:35

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In `@controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/qemu_ssh_test.go`:
- Line 37: Replace the nil contexts passed to RenderPod and both IsDeployed
calls in the qemu SSH tests with context.Background(), adding the context import
if needed. Leave the other nil arguments unchanged.

In `@controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/qemu_ssh.go`:
- Around line 308-324: Update deployInstance to check CommandResult.ExitCode for
the volume creation, daemon-reload, and service enable/start commands; a nonzero
exit must return an error so deployment is not marked successful. Reuse or add a
checked-command helper near deployInstance, preserving the existing
command-specific error context.
- Around line 227-231: Update Cleanup’s SSH connection error path to return the
connection error instead of logging it and returning nil. Preserve the error
context with the host and exporter so cleanup failure propagates to the
reconciler and the Exporter CR remains available for retry.
- Around line 308-310: In the remote shell commands built in the QEMU SSH
provisioner, quote every interpolated name, including volumeName, runtimeSvc,
and exporterSvc. Add a small shellQuote helper that safely wraps values and
escapes embedded single quotes, then use it at each interpolation site,
including the volume inspect/create command and the other affected commands.

In `@controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/quadlet.go`:
- Around line 81-93: Validate values before rendering the quadlet unit: reject
carriage returns and newlines in ExporterImage, RuntimeImage, Namespace, and
each ExtraDevices entry, and require every device entry to start with /dev/.
Return validation errors from the unit generators instead of writing invalid
values.

In `@controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/ssh_host.go`:
- Around line 306-313: Update the file-writing method containing
`h.sftpClient.Create` to restrict permissions on the exporter config file after
creation and before writing its contents. Preserve readability for the exporter
container using the appropriate ownership or group permissions if it runs as a
non-root user.
- Line 98: Replace the permissive HostKeyCallback in the SSH connection setup
with verification against known_hosts data loaded from the credentials Secret.
Fail closed when the data is missing or invalid, so Deploy does not send
exporter credentials over an unverified connection.
- Around line 93-106: Update Connect to accept and use the reconcile context for
TCP dialing, and bound the SSH handshake with a timeout and connection deadline
before clearing the deadline on success. Propagate the context through Connect’s
callers, and ensure ReconcileFile, RemoveFile, and MkdirAll cannot block
indefinitely on SFTP operations.

In `@controller/internal/exporterset/reconciler.go`:
- Around line 488-494: Update the off-cluster reconcile flow around IsDeployed
so an existing deployment does not cause the reconciler to skip Deploy. Invoke
the idempotent Deploy path on every reconcile so it can apply current exporter
configuration, tokens, and deployment changes; preserve the existing deployment
error handling.
- Around line 814-818: Update the terminal-state predicate using IsDeployed and
isExporterOffline so heartbeat-derived Online=False alone cannot trigger Cleanup
or Exporter CR deletion; require an explicit graceful-offline signal or verified
remote exporter-unit inactivity.

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  • controller/cmd/exporter-set-controller/main.go
  • controller/deploy/operator/go.mod
  • controller/go.mod
  • controller/internal/exporterset/deployer.go
  • controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/enrich.go
  • controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/enrich_test.go
  • controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/host.go
  • controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/host_test.go
  • controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/qemu_ssh.go
  • controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/qemu_ssh_test.go
  • controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/quadlet.go
  • controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/quadlet_test.go
  • controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/ssh_host.go
  • controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/ssh_host_test.go
  • controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu/enrich_test.go
  • controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu/qemu.go
  • controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu/qemu_test.go
  • controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemucommon/enrich.go
  • controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemucommon/enrich_test.go
  • controller/internal/exporterset/reconciler.go
  • controller/internal/exporterset/reconciler_test.go

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Comment thread controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/qemu_ssh_test.go Outdated
Comment on lines +227 to +231
if err != nil {
logger.Error(err, "SSH connect for cleanup failed",
"exporter", exporter.Name, "host", hostName)
return nil
}

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Return an error when cleanup cannot connect.

If the SSH connection fails, Cleanup logs the error and returns nil. cleanupTerminalExporters then deletes the Exporter CR. The AnnotationHost record is lost with the CR, so no later reconcile can retry the teardown. The remote host keeps both quadlets with WantedBy=default.target, the config file with the old token, and the Restart=always runtime container. After a host reboot, the exporter starts again with credentials that belong to a deleted Exporter. Return the error so that the reconciler requeues and keeps the CR until teardown succeeds.

Proposed fix
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.Error(err, "SSH connect for cleanup failed",
-			"exporter", exporter.Name, "host", hostName)
-		return nil
+		return fmt.Errorf("SSH connect to %s for cleanup of %s: %w", hostName, exporter.Name, err)
 	}
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if err != nil {
logger.Error(err, "SSH connect for cleanup failed",
"exporter", exporter.Name, "host", hostName)
return nil
}
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("SSH connect to %s for cleanup of %s: %w", hostName, exporter.Name, err)
}
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In `@controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/qemu_ssh.go` around
lines 227 - 231, Update Cleanup’s SSH connection error path to return the
connection error instead of logging it and returning nil. Preserve the error
context with the host and exporter so cleanup failure propagates to the
reconciler and the Exporter CR remains available for retry.

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Comment on lines +81 to +93
fmt.Fprintf(&b, "Image=%s\n", cfg.RuntimeImage)
fmt.Fprintf(&b, "Volume=%s:%s:z\n", volumeName, sharedMountPath)
fmt.Fprintf(&b,
"Environment=JUMPSTARTER_EXEC_LOG_FIELDS=component=exporter,exporter=%s,namespace=%s\n",
cfg.Name, cfg.Namespace,
)

if cfg.KVM {
b.WriteString("AddDevice=/dev/kvm\n")
}
for _, dev := range cfg.ExtraDevices {
fmt.Fprintf(&b, "AddDevice=%s\n", dev)
}

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject newlines in values written into root systemd units.

cfg.RuntimeImage, cfg.ExporterImage, cfg.Namespace, and every cfg.ExtraDevices entry go into the unit file without checks. ExtraDevices comes from parameters.runtime.devices. The images come from the ExporterSet/VTC images overrides. Suppose a value contains \n, for example "/dev/null\nPodmanArgs=--privileged\nVolume=/:/host". That value adds new quadlet directives to a unit under /etc/containers/systemd, which runs as root on the lab host. An ExporterSet author can then get root on the remote host. Validate these values: reject \n/\r, require device paths under /dev/, and return an error from the generators.

Proposed guard
func validateQuadletValue(field, v string) error {
	if strings.ContainsAny(v, "\r\n") {
		return fmt.Errorf("%s contains a newline", field)
	}
	return nil
}

Call the guard for ExporterImage, RuntimeImage, Namespace, and each ExtraDevices entry before you render the unit. Require each device to start with /dev/.

Also applies to: 124-124

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In `@controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/quadlet.go` around
lines 81 - 93, Validate values before rendering the quadlet unit: reject
carriage returns and newlines in ExporterImage, RuntimeImage, Namespace, and
each ExtraDevices entry, and require every device entry to start with /dev/.
Return validation errors from the unit generators instead of writing invalid
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Comment on lines +93 to +106
sshConfig := &ssh.ClientConfig{
User: cfg.User,
Auth: []ssh.AuthMethod{
ssh.PublicKeys(signer),
},
HostKeyCallback: ssh.InsecureIgnoreHostKey(), //nolint:gosec // lab hosts; TODO: make configurable
}

addr := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", cfg.Host, cfg.Port)

sshClient, err := ssh.Dial("tcp", addr, sshConfig)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("SSH dial %s: %w", addr, err)
}

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Set a timeout on the SSH connection and handshake.

ssh.Dial runs without ClientConfig.Timeout and ignores ctx. Suppose a host accepts TCP but never completes the SSH handshake, or a firewall drops packets. Connect then blocks the reconcile worker for a long time, and a stalled handshake can block it with no limit. The default controller-runtime setting is one concurrent reconcile, so one bad host stops all ExporterSet reconciliation. SFTP calls in ReconcileFile/RemoveFile/MkdirAll check ctx only before the call, so they have the same problem.

Proposed fix
-func Connect(cfg SSHConnectConfig) (*SSHHost, error) {
+func Connect(ctx context.Context, cfg SSHConnectConfig) (*SSHHost, error) {
@@
 	sshConfig := &ssh.ClientConfig{
 		User: cfg.User,
@@
 		HostKeyCallback: ssh.InsecureIgnoreHostKey(), //nolint:gosec // lab hosts; TODO: make configurable
+		Timeout:         30 * time.Second,
 	}
@@
-	sshClient, err := ssh.Dial("tcp", addr, sshConfig)
+	d := net.Dialer{Timeout: sshConfig.Timeout}
+	netConn, err := d.DialContext(ctx, "tcp", addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("SSH dial %s: %w", addr, err)
+	}
+	_ = netConn.SetDeadline(time.Now().Add(sshConfig.Timeout))
+	c, chans, reqs, err := ssh.NewClientConn(netConn, addr, sshConfig)
 	if err != nil {
+		_ = netConn.Close()
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("SSH dial %s: %w", addr, err)
 	}
+	_ = netConn.SetDeadline(time.Time{})
+	sshClient := ssh.NewClient(c, chans, reqs)
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In `@controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/ssh_host.go` around
lines 93 - 106, Update Connect to accept and use the reconcile context for TCP
dialing, and bound the SSH handshake with a timeout and connection deadline
before clearing the deadline on success. Propagate the context through Connect’s
callers, and ensure ReconcileFile, RemoveFile, and MkdirAll cannot block
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Auth: []ssh.AuthMethod{
ssh.PublicKeys(signer),
},
HostKeyCallback: ssh.InsecureIgnoreHostKey(), //nolint:gosec // lab hosts; TODO: make configurable

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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Verify the SSH host key before sending exporter credentials.

ssh.InsecureIgnoreHostKey() accepts any server key. Deploy then writes the exporter config to the remote host over this connection, and that config contains the exporter JWT and CA bundle. An attacker who can intercept or spoof the lab host address can capture a valid exporter token. The attacker can also get root-level quadlets written to a host they control. Load known_hosts data from the credentials Secret, for example through a known_hosts key used with knownhosts.New. If no host key data is present, fail closed.

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In `@controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/ssh_host.go` at line
98, Replace the permissive HostKeyCallback in the SSH connection setup with
verification against known_hosts data loaded from the credentials Secret. Fail
closed when the data is missing or invalid, so Deploy does not send exporter
credentials over an unverified connection.

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Comment thread controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/ssh_host.go Outdated
Comment on lines +488 to +494
deployed, err := deployer.IsDeployed(ctx, exp)
if err != nil {
return waiting, fmt.Errorf("check deployment for %s: %w", exp.Name, err)
}
if deployed {
continue
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

The off-cluster path never updates a deployed exporter's config or token.

The in-cluster path calls syncConfigSecret on every reconcile "so token rotation takes effect". The off-cluster path skips syncConfigSecret, and after the first Deploy it continues whenever IsDeployed returns true. IsDeployed checks only for the annotation. The remote /etc/jumpstarter/exporters/<name>.yaml therefore never gets a rotated token, a new CA bundle, driver template edits, or image version changes. The Deployer doc comment in controller/internal/exporterset/deployer.go also says Deploy runs after "the config Secret has been synced". The reconciler does not do that.

deployInstance is already idempotent through ReconcileFile. Call Deploy on every reconcile. Alternatively, compare a hash of the rendered config and quadlets against an annotation. When content changes, restart the services. You could also have the reconciler build the config YAML with buildExporterConfigSecret and pass it to Deploy. That approach also removes the copied exporterConfig/buildExportMap types in controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/qemu_ssh.go.

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In `@controller/internal/exporterset/reconciler.go` around lines 488 - 494, Update
the off-cluster reconcile flow around IsDeployed so an existing deployment does
not cause the reconciler to skip Deploy. Invoke the idempotent Deploy path on
every reconcile so it can apply current exporter configuration, tokens, and
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deployed, err := deployer.IsDeployed(ctx, exp)
if err != nil {
return deleted, fmt.Errorf("check deployment for %s: %w", exp.Name, err)
}
terminal = deployed && isExporterOffline(exp)

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Do not treat heartbeat loss as a terminal state.

When LastSeen is older than one minute, the controller sets Online=False. For QEMU-SSH, IsDeployed only checks the host annotation. Therefore, a transient connection loss can satisfy the terminal predicate, call Cleanup, and delete the Exporter CR. If SSH cleanup cannot connect, Cleanup returns nil after logging the error, so the CR can be deleted while the remote unit remains active.

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bkhizgiy force-pushed the qemu-ssh-provisioner branch from ed3fccc to a49967e Compare September 27, 2026 11:53
Add the foundational packages for the qemu-ssh.jumpstarter.dev
off-cluster provisioner:
- ssh_host: RemoteHost interface + SSHHost impl (SSH/SFTP, file
  reconciliation with sanitized diffs, context-aware commands)
- quadlet: Podman .container file generation for runtime + exporter
- host_pool: host parsing, slot-based selection, SSH config resolution
Part of JEP-0014 Phase 3.
Signed-off-by: Bella Khizgiyaev <bkhizgiy@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Bella Khizgiyaev <bkhizgiy@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Bella Khizgiyaev <bkhizgiy@redhat.com>
Add the Deployer interface for off-cluster provisioners and the
qemu-ssh provisioner that deploys exporter + QEMU runtime containers
on remote hosts via SSH using Podman quadlets.
- deployer.go: Deployer interface (Deploy/IsDeployed)
- qemu_ssh.go: provisioner implementing Provisioner + Deployer
- enrich.go: off-cluster driver enrichment (launcher_socket, tcp, etc.)
- reconciler.go: fork ensureExporterPods for Deployer, fix
  ExitAndReplace for off-cluster (isExporterOffline)
- main.go: register qemu-ssh.jumpstarter.dev provisioner
Part of JEP-0014 Phase 3.
Signed-off-by: Bella Khizgiyaev <bkhizgiy@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Bella Khizgiyaev <bkhizgiy@redhat.com>
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@bkhizgiy bkhizgiy changed the title WIP: controller: wire qemu-ssh provisioner into reconciler controller: wire qemu-ssh provisioner into reconciler Sep 27, 2026
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In @controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/qemu_ssh.go:
- Around line 202-207: Update Cleanup to resolve SSH settings using the same
merged ExporterSet and VTC parameters as Deploy, so overridden host.port and
host.user are preserved; also handle errors from YAML unmarshalling,
ParseSSHConfig, and ParseHost instead of discarding them.
- Around line 335-372: Update teardownInstance to remove the unconditional error
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Comment on lines +202 to +207
mergedParams := map[string]any{}
if vtc.Spec.Parameters != nil && vtc.Spec.Parameters.Raw != nil {
_ = sigsyaml.Unmarshal(vtc.Spec.Parameters.Raw, &mergedParams)
}
sshCfg, _ := ParseSSHConfig(mergedParams)
host, _ := ParseHost(mergedParams)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Cleanup ignores ExporterSet parameters and parse errors when it resolves the SSH port and user.

Deploy resolves the port and user from mergedParameters, and those parameters include ExporterSet overrides. Cleanup rebuilds the parameters from vtc.Spec.Parameters only. Cleanup also discards the errors from sigsyaml.Unmarshal, ParseSSHConfig, and ParseHost. Suppose an ExporterSet sets host.port or host.user. Cleanup then connects with a different port or user, for example root:22, and the connection fails. The fix is to store the resolved port and user as annotations at deploy time. Another option is to merge the ExporterSet parameters the same way the reconciler does.

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In @controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/qemu_ssh.go around
lines 202 - 207, Update Cleanup to resolve SSH settings using the same merged
ExporterSet and VTC parameters as Deploy, so overridden host.port and host.user
are preserved; also handle errors from YAML unmarshalling, ParseSSHConfig, and
ParseHost instead of discarding them.

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// teardownInstance stops and removes all remote resources for an
// exporter instance.
func (p *Provisioner) teardownInstance(
ctx context.Context,
conn RemoteHost,
name string,
) {
logger := log.FromContext(ctx)

runtimeSvc := RuntimeServiceName(name)
exporterSvc := ExporterServiceName(name)

if _, err := conn.RunCommand(ctx,
fmt.Sprintf("systemctl disable --now %s %s 2>/dev/null || true",
exporterSvc, runtimeSvc)); err != nil {
logger.Error(err, "failed to stop services", "exporter", name)
}

for _, path := range []string{
filepath.Join(QuadletDir, ExporterContainerFileName(name)),
filepath.Join(QuadletDir, RuntimeContainerFileName(name)),
filepath.Join(ExporterConfigDir, name+".yaml"),
} {
if err := conn.RemoveFile(ctx, path); err != nil {
logger.Error(err, "failed to remove file", "path", path)
}
}

volumeName := PodmanVolumeName(name)
if _, err := conn.RunCommand(ctx,
fmt.Sprintf("podman volume rm %s 2>/dev/null || true", volumeName)); err != nil {
logger.Error(err, "failed to remove volume", "volume", volumeName)
}

if _, err := conn.RunCommand(ctx, "systemctl daemon-reload"); err != nil {
logger.Error(err, "failed to reload systemd after cleanup")
}
}

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Propagate remote teardown failures before deleting the Exporter.

When terminal cleanup reaches a successfully connected off-cluster host, teardownInstance ignores command exit codes and returns no error. The || true clauses also mask stop and volume-removal failures. Cleanup therefore returns nil, and the reconciler deletes the Exporter even when remote services, files, or credentials remain.

Remove the unconditional error masks, check CommandResult.ExitCode, preserve the first teardown error while continuing cleanup, and return it from Cleanup.

Suggested fix
 func (p *Provisioner) Cleanup(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	es *virtualtargetv1alpha1.ExporterSet,
 	exporter *jumpstarterdevv1alpha1.Exporter,
 ) error {
@@
-	p.teardownInstance(ctx, conn, exporter.Name)
+	if err := p.teardownInstance(ctx, conn, exporter.Name); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("teardown remote exporter: %w", err)
+	}
 
 	logger.Info("cleaned up remote exporter",
 		"exporter", exporter.Name, "host", hostName)
@@
 func (p *Provisioner) teardownInstance(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	conn RemoteHost,
 	name string,
-) {
+) error {
 	logger := log.FromContext(ctx)
+	var firstErr error
+	remember := func(err error) {
+		if firstErr == nil {
+			firstErr = err
+		}
+	}
 
 	runtimeSvc := RuntimeServiceName(name)
 	exporterSvc := ExporterServiceName(name)
 
-	if _, err := conn.RunCommand(ctx,
-		fmt.Sprintf("systemctl disable --now %s %s 2>/dev/null || true",
+	if res, err := conn.RunCommand(ctx,
+		fmt.Sprintf("systemctl disable --now %s %s 2>/dev/null",
 			exporterSvc, runtimeSvc)); err != nil {
 		logger.Error(err, "failed to stop services", "exporter", name)
+		remember(err)
+	} else if res.ExitCode != 0 {
+		err := fmt.Errorf("stop services: exit %d: %s",
+			res.ExitCode, res.Stderr)
+		logger.Error(err, "failed to stop services", "exporter", name)
+		remember(err)
 	}
 
 	for _, path := range []string{
@@
 	} {
 		if err := conn.RemoveFile(ctx, path); err != nil {
 			logger.Error(err, "failed to remove file", "path", path)
+			remember(fmt.Errorf("remove %s: %w", path, err))
 		}
 	}
 
 	volumeName := PodmanVolumeName(name)
-	if _, err := conn.RunCommand(ctx,
-		fmt.Sprintf("podman volume rm %s 2>/dev/null || true", volumeName)); err != nil {
+	if res, err := conn.RunCommand(ctx,
+		fmt.Sprintf("podman volume rm %s 2>/dev/null", volumeName)); err != nil {
 		logger.Error(err, "failed to remove volume", "volume", volumeName)
+		remember(err)
+	} else if res.ExitCode != 0 {
+		err := fmt.Errorf("remove volume: exit %d: %s",
+			res.ExitCode, res.Stderr)
+		logger.Error(err, "failed to remove volume", "volume", volumeName)
+		remember(err)
 	}
 
-	if _, err := conn.RunCommand(ctx, "systemctl daemon-reload"); err != nil {
+	if res, err := conn.RunCommand(ctx, "systemctl daemon-reload"); err != nil {
 		logger.Error(err, "failed to reload systemd after cleanup")
+		remember(err)
+	} else if res.ExitCode != 0 {
+		err := fmt.Errorf("reload systemd: exit %d: %s",
+			res.ExitCode, res.Stderr)
+		logger.Error(err, "failed to reload systemd after cleanup")
+		remember(err)
 	}
+
+	return firstErr
 }
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In @controller/internal/exporterset/provisioners/qemu-ssh/qemu_ssh.go around
lines 335 - 372, Update teardownInstance to remove the unconditional error
masks, check remote command exit codes, preserve the first failure while
continuing cleanup, and return it. Update Cleanup to propagate
teardownInstance’s error so remote teardown failures prevent successful cleanup.

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