chore: Improve mounting certs into users containers

controllers/usernamespace/usernamespace_controller.go

@@ -310,57 +310,16 @@ func (r *CheUserNamespaceReconciler) reconcileTrustedCerts(ctx context.Context,
 	if err := deleteLegacyObject("trusted-ca-certs", &corev1.ConfigMap{}, targetNs, checluster, deployContext); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	targetConfigMapName := prefixedName("trusted-ca-certs")
 
-	delConfigMap := func() error {
-		_, err := deploy.Delete(deployContext, client.ObjectKey{Name: targetConfigMapName, Namespace: targetNs}, &corev1.ConfigMap{})
-		return err
-	}
-
-	sourceMap := &corev1.ConfigMap{}
-	if err := r.client.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{Name: tls.CheMergedCABundleCertsCMName, Namespace: checluster.Namespace}, sourceMap); err != nil {
-		if !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		return delConfigMap()
-	}
-
-	targetMap := &corev1.ConfigMap{
-		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-			Kind:       "ConfigMap",
-			APIVersion: "v1",
-		},
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      targetConfigMapName,
-			Namespace: targetNs,
-			Labels: defaults.AddStandardLabelsForComponent(checluster, userSettingsComponentLabelValue, map[string]string{
-				dwconstants.DevWorkspaceMountLabel:          "true",
-				dwconstants.DevWorkspaceWatchConfigMapLabel: "true",
-			}),
-			Annotations: addToFirst(sourceMap.Annotations, map[string]string{
-				dwconstants.DevWorkspaceMountAsAnnotation:   "file",
-				dwconstants.DevWorkspaceMountPathAnnotation: "/public-certs",
-			}),
-		},
-		Data: sourceMap.Data,
-	}
+	// Remove trusted-ca-certs ConfigMap from the target namespace to reduce the number of ConfigMaps
+	// and avoid mounting the same certificates under different paths.
+	// See cerificates#syncCheCABundleCerts
+	trustedCACertsCMKey := client.ObjectKey{Name: prefixedName("trusted-ca-certs"), Namespace: targetNs}
+	_, err := deploy.Delete(deployContext, trustedCACertsCMKey, &corev1.ConfigMap{})
 
-	_, err := deploy.Sync(deployContext, targetMap, deploy.ConfigMapDiffOpts)
 	return err
 }
 
-func addToFirst(first map[string]string, second map[string]string) map[string]string {
-	if first == nil {
-		first = map[string]string{}
-	}
-	for k, v := range second {
-		first[k] = v
-	}
-
-	return first
-}
-
 func (r *CheUserNamespaceReconciler) reconcileProxySettings(ctx context.Context, targetNs string, checluster *chev2.CheCluster, deployContext *chetypes.DeployContext) error {
 	if err := deleteLegacyObject("proxy-settings", &corev1.ConfigMap{}, targetNs, checluster, deployContext); err != nil {
 		return err

controllers/usernamespace/usernamespace_controller_test.go

@@ -268,15 +268,6 @@ func TestCreatesDataInNamespace(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, corev1.SecretTypeOpaque, cert.Type, "Unexpected secret type")
 		assert.Equal(t, true, *cert.Immutable, "Unexpected mutability of the secret")
 
-		caCerts := corev1.ConfigMap{}
-		assert.NoError(t, cl.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{Name: "che-trusted-ca-certs", Namespace: namespace.GetName()}, &caCerts))
-		assert.Equal(t, "file", caCerts.GetAnnotations()[dwconstants.DevWorkspaceMountAsAnnotation], "trusted certs should be annotated as mount as 'file'")
-		assert.Equal(t, "/public-certs", caCerts.GetAnnotations()[dwconstants.DevWorkspaceMountPathAnnotation], "trusted certs annotated as mounted to an unexpected path")
-		assert.Equal(t, "true", caCerts.GetLabels()[dwconstants.DevWorkspaceMountLabel], "trusted certs should be labeled as mounted")
-		assert.Equal(t, 2, len(caCerts.Data), "Expecting exactly 2 data entries in the trusted cert config map")
-		assert.Equal(t, "trusted cert 1", string(caCerts.Data["trusted1"]), "Unexpected trusted cert 1 value")
-		assert.Equal(t, "trusted cert 2", string(caCerts.Data["trusted2"]), "Unexpected trusted cert 2 value")
-
 		gitTlsConfig := corev1.ConfigMap{}
 		assert.NoError(t, cl.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{Name: "che-git-tls-creds", Namespace: namespace.GetName()}, &gitTlsConfig))
 		assert.Equal(t, "true", gitTlsConfig.Labels[dwconstants.DevWorkspaceGitTLSLabel])

pkg/common/constants/constants.go

@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ const (
 	CheEclipseOrgScmServerEndpoint                  = "che.eclipse.org/scm-server-endpoint"
 	CheEclipseOrgManagedAnnotationsDigest           = "che.eclipse.org/managed-annotations-digest"
 	CheEclipseOrgScmGitHubDisableSubdomainIsolation = "che.eclipse.org/scm-github-disable-subdomain-isolation"
+	OpenShiftIOOwningComponent                      = "openshift.io/owning-component"
+	ConfigOpenShiftIOInjectTrustedCaBundle          = "config.openshift.io/inject-trusted-cabundle"
 
 	// DevEnvironments
 	PerUserPVCStorageStrategy      = "per-user"
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@ const (
 	WorkspacesConfig      = "workspaces-config"
 	InstallOrUpdateFailed = "InstallOrUpdateFailed"
 	FinalizerSuffix       = "finalizers.che.eclipse.org"
+	PublicCertsDir        = "/public-certs"
 
 	// DevWorkspace
 	DevWorkspaceServiceAccountName = "devworkspace-controller-serviceaccount"

pkg/common/test/utils.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2019-2023 Red Hat, Inc.
+// Copyright (c) 2019-2025 Red Hat, Inc.
 // This program and the accompanying materials are made
 // available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
 // which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile"
+
 	securityv1 "github.com/openshift/api/security/v1"
 
 	controllerv1alpha1 "github.com/devfile/devworkspace-operator/apis/controller/v1alpha1"
@@ -85,26 +87,9 @@ func CompareResources(actualDeployment *appsv1.Deployment, expected TestExpected
 	)
 }
 
-func AssertEqualEnvVars(t *testing.T, expected []corev1.EnvVar, actual []corev1.EnvVar) {
-	assert.Equal(t, len(expected), len(actual))
-	for _, expectedEnvVar := range expected {
-		found := true
-		for _, actualEnvVar := range actual {
-			if expectedEnvVar.Name == actualEnvVar.Name && expectedEnvVar.Value == actualEnvVar.Value {
-				found = true
-				break
-			}
-		}
-
-		if !found {
-			t.Errorf("Expected env var %s=%s not found", expectedEnvVar.Name, expectedEnvVar.Value)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func ValidateSecurityContext(actualDeployment *appsv1.Deployment, t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, corev1.Capability("ALL"), actualDeployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].SecurityContext.Capabilities.Drop[0])
-	assert.Equal(t, pointer.BoolPtr(false), actualDeployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].SecurityContext.AllowPrivilegeEscalation)
+	assert.Equal(t, pointer.Bool(false), actualDeployment.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].SecurityContext.AllowPrivilegeEscalation)
 }
 
 func compareQuantity(resource string, actualQuantity *resource.Quantity, expected string, t *testing.T) {
@@ -164,7 +149,7 @@ func GetResourceQuantity(value string, defaultValue string) resource.Quantity {
 }
 
 func EnableTestMode() {
-	os.Setenv("MOCK_API", "1")
+	_ = os.Setenv("MOCK_API", "1")
 }
 
 func IsTestMode() bool {
@@ -216,3 +201,20 @@ func GetDeployContext(cheCluster *chev2.CheCluster, initObjs []runtime.Object) *
 		CheHost: strings.TrimPrefix(cheCluster.Status.CheURL, "https://"),
 	}
 }
+
+// EnsureReconcile runs the testReconcileFunc until it returns done=true or 10 iterations
+func EnsureReconcile(
+	t *testing.T,
+	ctx *chetypes.DeployContext,
+	testReconcileFunc func(ctx *chetypes.DeployContext) (result reconcile.Result, done bool, err error)) {
+
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		_, done, err := testReconcileFunc(ctx)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		if done {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	assert.Fail(t, "Reconcile did not finish in 10 iterations")
+}

pkg/common/utils/utils.go

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func GetPullPolicyFromDockerImage(dockerImage string) string {
 	return "IfNotPresent"
 }
 
-func GetMap(value map[string]string, defaultValue map[string]string) map[string]string {
+func GetMapOrDefault(value map[string]string, defaultValue map[string]string) map[string]string {
 	ret := value
 	if len(value) < 1 {
 		ret = defaultValue

pkg/deploy/configmap.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2019-2023 Red Hat, Inc.
+// Copyright (c) 2019-2025 Red Hat, Inc.
 // This program and the accompanying materials are made
 // available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
 // which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
@@ -29,13 +29,35 @@ var ConfigMapDiffOpts = cmp.Options{
 	}),
 }
 
+// InitConfigMap returns a new ConfigMap Kubernetes object.
+func InitConfigMap(
+	ctx *chetypes.DeployContext,
+	name string,
+	data map[string]string,
+	component string) *corev1.ConfigMap {
+
+	return &corev1.ConfigMap{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			Kind:       "ConfigMap",
+			APIVersion: "v1",
+		},
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:        name,
+			Namespace:   ctx.CheCluster.Namespace,
+			Labels:      GetLabels(component),
+			Annotations: map[string]string{},
+		},
+		Data: data,
+	}
+}
+
 func SyncConfigMapDataToCluster(
 	deployContext *chetypes.DeployContext,
 	name string,
 	data map[string]string,
 	component string) (bool, error) {
 
-	configMapSpec := GetConfigMapSpec(deployContext, name, data, component)
+	configMapSpec := InitConfigMap(deployContext, name, data, component)
 	return Sync(deployContext, configMapSpec, ConfigMapDiffOpts)
 }
 
@@ -46,25 +68,33 @@ func SyncConfigMapSpecToCluster(
 	return Sync(deployContext, configMapSpec, ConfigMapDiffOpts)
 }
 
-func GetConfigMapSpec(
-	deployContext *chetypes.DeployContext,
-	name string,
-	data map[string]string,
-	component string) *corev1.ConfigMap {
+// SyncConfigMap synchronizes the ConfigMap with the cluster.
+func SyncConfigMap(
+	ctx *chetypes.DeployContext,
+	cm *corev1.ConfigMap,
+	ensuredLabels []string,
+	ensuredAnnotations []string) (bool, error) {
 
-	configMap := &corev1.ConfigMap{
-		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-			Kind:       "ConfigMap",
-			APIVersion: "v1",
-		},
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:        name,
-			Namespace:   deployContext.CheCluster.Namespace,
-			Labels:      GetLabels(component),
-			Annotations: map[string]string{},
-		},
-		Data: data,
+	diffs := cmp.Options{
+		cmpopts.IgnoreFields(corev1.ConfigMap{}, "TypeMeta"),
+		GetLabelsAndAnnotationsComparator(ensuredLabels, ensuredAnnotations),
+	}
+
+	return Sync(ctx, cm, diffs)
+}
+
+// SyncConfigMapIgnoreData synchronizes the ConfigMap with the cluster ignoring the data field.
+func SyncConfigMapIgnoreData(
+	ctx *chetypes.DeployContext,
+	cm *corev1.ConfigMap,
+	ensuredLabels []string,
+	ensuredAnnotations []string) (bool, error) {
+
+	diffs := cmp.Options{
+		cmpopts.IgnoreFields(corev1.ConfigMap{}, "TypeMeta"),
+		cmpopts.IgnoreFields(corev1.ConfigMap{}, "Data"),
+		GetLabelsAndAnnotationsComparator(ensuredLabels, ensuredAnnotations),
 	}
 
-	return configMap
+	return Sync(ctx, cm, diffs)
 }

pkg/deploy/configmap_test.go

@@ -94,14 +94,14 @@ func TestSyncConfigMapSpecDataToCluster(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	spec := GetConfigMapSpec(deployContext, "test", map[string]string{"a": "b"}, "che")
+	spec := InitConfigMap(deployContext, "test", map[string]string{"a": "b"}, "che")
 	done, err := SyncConfigMapSpecToCluster(deployContext, spec)
 	if !done || err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to sync config map: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	// check if labels
-	spec = GetConfigMapSpec(deployContext, "test", map[string]string{"a": "b"}, "che")
+	spec = InitConfigMap(deployContext, "test", map[string]string{"a": "b"}, "che")
 	spec.ObjectMeta.Labels = map[string]string{"l": "v"}
 	_, err = SyncConfigMapSpecToCluster(deployContext, spec)
 	if err != nil {

pkg/deploy/gateway/gateway.go

@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func GetConfigmapForGatewayConfig(
 			Namespace: deployContext.CheCluster.Namespace,
 			Labels: labels.Merge(
 				deploy.GetLabels(gatewayConfigComponentName),
-				utils.GetMap(deployContext.CheCluster.Spec.Networking.Auth.Gateway.ConfigLabels, constants.DefaultSingleHostGatewayConfigMapLabels)),
+				utils.GetMapOrDefault(deployContext.CheCluster.Spec.Networking.Auth.Gateway.ConfigLabels, constants.DefaultSingleHostGatewayConfigMapLabels)),
 		},
 		Data: map[string]string{
 			componentName + ".yml": string(gatewayConfigContent),
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ func getGatewayDeploymentSpec(ctx *chetypes.DeployContext) (*appsv1.Deployment,
 }
 
 func getContainersSpec(ctx *chetypes.DeployContext) []corev1.Container {
-	configLabelsMap := utils.GetMap(ctx.CheCluster.Spec.Networking.Auth.Gateway.ConfigLabels, constants.DefaultSingleHostGatewayConfigMapLabels)
+	configLabelsMap := utils.GetMapOrDefault(ctx.CheCluster.Spec.Networking.Auth.Gateway.ConfigLabels, constants.DefaultSingleHostGatewayConfigMapLabels)
 	gatewayImage := defaults.GetGatewayImage(ctx.CheCluster)
 	configSidecarImage := defaults.GetGatewayConfigSidecarImage(ctx.CheCluster)
 	configLabels := labels.FormatLabels(configLabelsMap)

pkg/deploy/labels.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright (c) 2019-2023 Red Hat, Inc.
+// Copyright (c) 2019-2025 Red Hat, Inc.
 // This program and the accompanying materials are made
 // available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
 // which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@ func GetLabels(component string) map[string]string {
 	}
 }
 
+func GetDefaultKubernetesLabelsWith(labels ...string) []string {
+	defaultK8sLabels := append(
+		[]string{
+			constants.KubernetesNameLabelKey,
+			constants.KubernetesInstanceLabelKey,
+			constants.KubernetesPartOfLabelKey,
+			constants.KubernetesComponentLabelKey,
+			constants.KubernetesManagedByLabelKey,
+		}, labels...)
+
+	return defaultK8sLabels
+}
+
 func GetManagedByLabel() string {
 	return defaults.GetCheFlavor() + "-operator"
 }

pkg/deploy/sync.go

@@ -202,6 +202,27 @@ func DeleteIgnoreIfNotFound(
 	return err
 }
 
+func GetLabelsAndAnnotationsComparator(
+	ensuredLabels []string,
+	ensuredAnnotations []string) cmp.Option {
+
+	return cmp.Comparer(func(x, y metav1.ObjectMeta) bool {
+		for _, label := range ensuredLabels {
+			if x.Labels[label] != y.Labels[label] {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+
+		for _, annotation := range ensuredAnnotations {
+			if x.Annotations[annotation] != y.Annotations[annotation] {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+
+		return true
+	})
+}
+
 // doCreate creates object.
 // Return error if object cannot be created otherwise returns nil.
 func doCreate(