collect kind logs when e2e bootstrap fails

test/e2e/e2e_suite_test.go

@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ func setupBootstrapCluster(config *clusterctl.E2EConfig, scheme *runtime.Scheme,
 			RequiresDockerSock: config.HasDockerProvider(),
 			Images:             config.Images,
 			IPFamily:           config.GetVariable(IPFamily),
+			LogFolder:          filepath.Join(artifactFolder, "kind"),
 		})
 		Expect(clusterProvider).ToNot(BeNil(), "Failed to create a bootstrap cluster")
 

test/framework/bootstrap/kind_provider.go

@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ func WithIPv6Family() KindClusterOption {
 	})
 }
 
+// LogFolder implements a New Option that instruct the kindClusterProvider to dump bootstrap logs in a folder in case of errors.
+func LogFolder(path string) KindClusterOption {
+	return kindClusterOptionAdapter(func(k *KindClusterProvider) {
+		k.logFolder = path
+	})
+}
+
 // NewKindClusterProvider returns a ClusterProvider that can create a kind cluster.
 func NewKindClusterProvider(name string, options ...KindClusterOption) *KindClusterProvider {
 	Expect(name).ToNot(BeEmpty(), "name is required for NewKindClusterProvider")
@@ -92,6 +99,7 @@ type KindClusterProvider struct {
 	kubeconfigPath string
 	nodeImage      string
 	ipFamily       clusterv1.ClusterIPFamily
+	logFolder      string
 }
 
 // Create a Kubernetes cluster using kind.
@@ -139,8 +147,18 @@ func (k *KindClusterProvider) createKindCluster() {
 		nodeImage = k.nodeImage
 	}
 	kindCreateOptions = append(kindCreateOptions, kind.CreateWithNodeImage(nodeImage))
-
-	err := kind.NewProvider(kind.ProviderWithLogger(cmd.NewLogger())).Create(k.name, kindCreateOptions...)
+	kindCreateOptions = append(kindCreateOptions, kind.CreateWithRetain(true))
+
+	provider := kind.NewProvider(kind.ProviderWithLogger(cmd.NewLogger()))
+	err := provider.Create(k.name, kindCreateOptions...)
+	if err != nil {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(k.logFolder, 0750); err != nil {
+			log.Logf("Failed to create folder for kind collect logs: %v", err)
+		}
+		if err := provider.CollectLogs(k.name, k.logFolder); err != nil {
+			log.Logf("Failed to collect logs from kind: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
 	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), "Failed to create the kind cluster")
 }
 

test/framework/bootstrap/kind_util.go

@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ type CreateKindBootstrapClusterAndLoadImagesInput struct {
 
 	// IPFamily is either ipv4 or ipv6. Default is ipv4.
 	IPFamily string
+
+	// LogFolder where to dump logs in case of errors
+	LogFolder string
 }
 
 // CreateKindBootstrapClusterAndLoadImages returns a new Kubernetes cluster with pre-loaded images.
@@ -68,6 +71,9 @@ func CreateKindBootstrapClusterAndLoadImages(ctx context.Context, input CreateKi
 	if input.IPFamily == "IPv6" {
 		options = append(options, WithIPv6Family())
 	}
+	if input.LogFolder != "" {
+		options = append(options, LogFolder(input.LogFolder))
+	}
 
 	clusterProvider := NewKindClusterProvider(input.Name, options...)
 	Expect(clusterProvider).ToNot(BeNil(), "Failed to create a kind cluster")