Show the OpenShift version to normal users in the About page

[omajid]

As someone who is just getting started with OpenShift, one of the first questions I generally want an answer to when I am looking at an OpenShift console is to find out the version.

The "About" dialog shows the Kubernetes version. I have to read through the OpenShift release notes to figure out what version of OpenShift that maps to.

Can you include the OpenShift version the about dialog as well?

[andybraren]

Hi @omajid

The Details card in the top-left corner of the Cluster Overview landing page and the About dialog should both include the OpenShift version. I believe it was added to the Overview in 4.2-ish, and it may have been in the About dialog before then (not sure).

Are those the places you'd expect to see the OpenShift version?

[omajid]

Oh, that's great to see!

I think I must be using an older version of OpenShift. I don't see the "Cluster Overview" page in my instance. The About dialog only shows the Kubernetes version (1.16.2), which makes me suspect I am running 4.3?

[jmtd]

Thanks @omajid for filing. I'm glad this is addressed in 4.4 in some respect. I'd also expect ot see it in the output of oc version. (Just firing up a 4.4 cluster to check the output of that)

Edit: it does:

▶ oc version
Client Version: openshift-clients-4.3.19-202005020952
Server Version: 4.4.6
Kubernetes Version: v1.17.1+f63db30

[omajid]

I started up a local instance using Code Ready Containers.

$ oc version
Client Version: 4.3.19-202005020952-4fb2d4d
Kubernetes Version: v1.17.1

Is this something CRC is doing? Or something more general to OpenShift

[spadgett]

You currently need authority to see the ClusterVersion resource to get the OpenShift version. This is not a console limitation per se. It's true across the platform.

I agree normal users should be able to see the version.

[spadgett]

I opened this Bugzilla against the OpenShift API server since there's currently no API the console can use:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1850656

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[omajid]

This seems to be fixed now? I am not running as admin and I see version 4.8 in Help > About:

[vlskrbek]

Maybe I am not on the right version but it does not work. I use Openshift in company as a normal user and do not see openshift version. At leas I can run "oc command and see this:

oc version Client Version: 4.8.0-202111041632.p0.git.88e7eba.assembly.stream-88e7eba Kubernetes Version: v1.23.5+012e945

So it looks that we have already version 4.8 but on the "About" I see still the old information:

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform OpenShift is Red Hat's container application platform that allows developers to quickly develop, host, and scale applications in a cloud environment.

Kubernetes version v1.23.5+012e945 API server https://api.ocpazrp04.cloud.internal:6443

Is this really fixed?

Thanks.

[TheRealJon]

Migrated to Jira: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OCPBUGS-8783