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Problem

networks[] exposes a single field per interface, name. A tenant can attach a VM to a VPC
subnet but cannot choose the interface's address, and VMInstance.status does not report the
allocated one either — so the address can be neither set nor read through the application API.

ovn.kubernetes.io/ip_address, the annotation the template already renders behind a lookup,
does not cover this: it is unprefixed, so it targets the pod network, and it preserves an
address kube-ovn already allocated rather than requesting one. The two do not overlap.

What this adds

An optional networks[].ipAddress. When set, the chart renders the per-network annotation
kube-ovn reads for secondary interfaces:

networks:
  - name: subnet-80b6583f
    ipAddress: 10.77.7.5
    metadata:
      annotations:
        kubevirt.io/allow-pod-bridge-network-live-migration: "true"
        subnet-80b6583f.tenant-example.ovn.kubernetes.io/ip_address: "10.77.7.5"

The annotation key is built from the same two expressions the template already uses to
compose the multus reference <namespace>/<nad>, rather than a separately derived equivalent.
This is deliberate: a key kube-ovn does not recognise produces no admission error. The
annotation is ignored, IPAM allocates a different address, and the VM comes up looking healthy
on the wrong IP. Sharing the expressions makes the annotated network and the attached network
unable to disagree.

Backward compatibility

With ipAddress unset, helm template output is identical byte for byte to main:

$ helm template my-vm ./chart -n tenant-example -f values.yaml   # before vs after
$ cmp before.yaml after.yaml && echo identical
identical

With it set, the diff against main is exactly one line — the annotation above — and one line
per interface that requests an address; interfaces that do not are left alone.

subnets, the deprecated alias of networks, shares the Network type and therefore gains the
field too. It resolves through the same $networks variable, so it behaves identically; a test
pins that.

Tests

tests/network_ipaddress_test.yaml, four cases: the annotation is rendered with the requested
address; it is absent when no address is requested; only the interfaces that ask for one are
annotated; and the deprecated subnets alias is honoured. The three positive assertions fail
against main and pass with this change.

Deliberately out of scope

  • No CIDR membership validation. The chart does not know the subnet — it belongs to the vpc
    application — so it cannot check it. kube-ovn rejects an address outside the subnet.
  • No format: ipv4 in the schema. cozyvalues-gen does not appear to support a format
    annotation; rather than hand-edit a generated file and break codegen-drift, the constraint is
    stated in the field description. Happy to add it if there is a supported annotation I missed.
  • No ipPool, no macAddress. One field, one PR. A duplicate MAC breaks L2 for two tenants
    silently and the chart cannot check uniqueness, so that one needs a design discussion rather
    than a field.

Generated files

values.schema.json, README.md, api/apps/v1alpha1/vminstance/types.go and the
ApplicationDefinition embedded schema are updated to match values.yaml. The schema change is
purely additive — name keeps its x-cozystack-options. The README.md churn is column
realignment: networks[i].ipAddress is now the longest parameter name in the table.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added optional static IPv4 address configuration for VM network interfaces.
    • Supports specifying addresses through both current network settings and the deprecated subnet alias.
    • Automatically allocates an address when none is provided.
    • Added validation and documentation for subnet-compatible addresses.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for requested, omitted, selective, and legacy subnet-based IP addresses.

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The VM instance API, schemas, and documentation now support optional static IPv4 addresses. The Helm template adds OVN annotations for configured network addresses, with tests covering primary and deprecated subnet inputs.

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Static VM network IP configuration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Static IP contracts and schemas
api/apps/v1alpha1/vminstance/types.go, packages/apps/vm-instance/values.schema.json, packages/system/vm-instance-rd/cozyrds/vm-instance.yaml, packages/apps/vm-instance/README.md, packages/apps/vm-instance/values.yaml
Optional ipAddress fields are defined for networks and deprecated subnets. Documentation describes static IPv4 assignment, subnet validation, and kube-ovn allocation when empty.
OVN annotation rendering and validation
packages/apps/vm-instance/templates/vm.yaml, packages/apps/vm-instance/tests/network_ipaddress_test.yaml
The VM template emits per-network OVN IP-address annotations. Tests cover configured, omitted, selective, and deprecated-subnet addresses.

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`networks[].name` is the only per-interface field the chart exposes, so a
tenant cannot choose the address of a VM's secondary interface, and
`VMInstance.status` does not report it either.

kube-ovn already accepts a per-network annotation for exactly this,
`<nad>.<namespace>.ovn.kubernetes.io/ip_address`. This adds an optional
`networks[].ipAddress` that renders it. The key is built from the same two
expressions the template already uses to compose the multus reference
`<namespace>/<nad>`, so the annotated network and the attached network cannot
disagree. That matters more than it looks: a key kube-ovn does not recognise
is ignored silently, with no admission error, and IPAM then allocates some
other address.

Rendering is unchanged byte for byte when `ipAddress` is unset. With it set,
exactly one annotation line is added, for each interface that asks for one.
`subnets`, the deprecated alias of `networks`, shares the `Network` type and
so gains the field as well; it resolves through the same variable.

No CIDR membership check: the chart does not know the subnet, which belongs
to the `vpc` application. kube-ovn rejects an address outside the subnet.

Generated files are updated accordingly, and unit tests cover the rendered
annotation, its absence, the per-interface scoping and the deprecated alias.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Loïc Fontaine <lfinmauritius@users.noreply.github.com>

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Keep each YAML comment paragraph on one line. Lines 3-8, Lines 10-11, and Lines 67-68 split single prose paragraphs across multiple YAML comment lines. Put each paragraph on one line. As per coding guidelines, **/*.{md,yaml,yml} must not hardwrap a prose paragraph.

Also applies to: 67-68

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In `@packages/apps/vm-instance/tests/network_ipaddress_test.yaml` around lines 3 -
11, Reformat the YAML comments in the network IP address test so each prose
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In `@packages/apps/vm-instance/tests/network_ipaddress_test.yaml`:
- Around line 3-11: Reformat the YAML comments in the network IP address test so
each prose paragraph is contained on a single comment line, including the
paragraphs near the annotation explanation and the later lines around 67-68.
Preserve the comment text and YAML validity while removing only the paragraph
hard-wrapping.

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