Add retries for external dependencies (#1785)

Author: jupierce

01_install_requirements.sh

@@ -40,7 +40,30 @@ sudo dnf -y clean all
 old_version=$(sudo dnf info NetworkManager | grep Version | cut -d ':' -f 2)
 
 # Update to latest packages first
-sudo dnf -y upgrade --nobest
+# Number of attempts
+MAX_RETRIES=5
+# Delay between attempts (in seconds)
+_YUM_RETRY_BACKOFF=15
+
+attempt=1
+while (( attempt <= MAX_RETRIES )); do
+    if sudo dnf -y upgrade --nobest; then
+        echo "System upgraded successfully."
+        break
+    else
+        echo "Upgrade failed (attempt $attempt). Cleaning cache and retrying..."
+        sudo dnf clean all
+        sudo rm -rf /var/cache/dnf/*
+        sleep $(( _YUM_RETRY_BACKOFF * attempt ))
+    fi
+
+    (( attempt++ ))
+done
+
+if (( attempt > MAX_RETRIES )); then
+    echo "ERROR: Failed to upgrade system after $MAX_RETRIES attempts."
+    exit 1
+fi
 
 new_version=$(sudo dnf info NetworkManager | grep Version | cut -d ':' -f 2)
 # If NetworkManager was upgraded it needs to be restarted

ocp_install_env.sh

@@ -19,15 +19,33 @@ function extract_command() {
     local cmd
     local outdir
     local extract_dir
+    local MAX_RETRIES=5
+    local SLEEP_BETWEEN=10
 
     cmd="$1"
     release_image="$2"
     outdir="$3"
 
-    extract_dir=$(mktemp --tmpdir -d "installer--XXXXXXXXXX")
-    _tmpfiles="$_tmpfiles $extract_dir"
+    # Retry loop for oc adm release extract to handle quay.io blips
+    for attempt in $(seq 1 $MAX_RETRIES); do
+        extract_dir=$(mktemp --tmpdir -d "installer--XXXXXXXXXX")
 
-    oc adm release extract --registry-config "${PULL_SECRET_FILE}" --command=$cmd --to "${extract_dir}" ${release_image}
+        if oc adm release extract --registry-config "${PULL_SECRET_FILE}" --command="$cmd" --to "${extract_dir}" "${release_image}"; then
+            echo "Successfully extracted $cmd"
+            break
+        fi
+
+        if [[ $attempt -lt $MAX_RETRIES ]]; then
+            echo "Extraction failed, retrying in ${SLEEP_BETWEEN}s..."
+            rm -rf "${extract_dir}"
+            sleep "${SLEEP_BETWEEN}"
+        else
+            echo "Failed to extract $cmd from ${release_image} after $MAX_RETRIES attempts"
+            return 1
+        fi
+    done
+
+    _tmpfiles="$_tmpfiles $extract_dir"
 
     if [[ $cmd == "oc.rhel8" ]]; then
       cmd="oc"

utils.sh

@@ -617,6 +617,25 @@ EOF
     if [[ "$reg_state" != "running" || $restart_registry -eq 1 ]]; then
         sudo podman rm registry -f || true
 
+        MAX_RETRIES=5
+        _PULL_RETRY_DELAY=10
+
+        # Try pulling the image first to tolerate quay.io errors like 504s.
+        for attempt in $(seq 1 $MAX_RETRIES); do
+            if sudo podman pull "${DOCKER_REGISTRY_IMAGE}"; then
+                echo "Successfully pulled ${DOCKER_REGISTRY_IMAGE}"
+                break
+            fi
+
+            if [[ $attempt -lt $MAX_RETRIES ]]; then
+                echo "Pull failed, retrying in ${_PULL_RETRY_DELAY}s..."
+                sleep "${_PULL_RETRY_DELAY}"
+            else
+                echo "Failed to pull ${DOCKER_REGISTRY_IMAGE} after $MAX_RETRIES attempts"
+                exit 1
+            fi
+        done
+
         sudo podman run -d --name registry --net=host --privileged \
             -v ${REGISTRY_DIR}/data:/var/lib/registry:z \
             -v ${REGISTRY_DIR}/auth:/auth:z \