[ovsdb-server] Move db initialization to an init container

There is a potential race condition where ovs-vswitchd containers
can run ovs db commands and fails while ovsdb-server stops and restarts
after db initialization. This makes ovs-vswitchd container to fail
and restart and it eventually recovers and it's better to avoid this.

This patch moves the db initialization part to init container to
avoid this race.

Resolves: OSPRH-637

pkg/ovncontroller/daemonset.go

@@ -169,6 +169,24 @@ func CreateOVSDaemonSet(
 	envVars := map[string]env.Setter{}
 	envVars["CONFIG_HASH"] = env.SetValue(configHash)
 
+	initContainers := []corev1.Container{
+		{
+			Name:    "ovsdb-server-init",
+			Command: []string{"/usr/local/bin/container-scripts/init-ovsdb-server.sh"},
+			Image:   instance.Spec.OvsContainerImage,
+			SecurityContext: &corev1.SecurityContext{
+				Capabilities: &corev1.Capabilities{
+					Add:  []corev1.Capability{"NET_ADMIN", "SYS_ADMIN", "SYS_NICE"},
+					Drop: []corev1.Capability{},
+				},
+				RunAsUser:  &runAsUser,
+				Privileged: &privileged,
+			},
+			Env:          env.MergeEnvs([]corev1.EnvVar{}, envVars),
+			VolumeMounts: GetOVSDbVolumeMounts(),
+		},
+	}
+
 	containers := []corev1.Container{
 		{
 			Name:    "ovsdb-server",
@@ -240,6 +258,7 @@ func CreateOVSDaemonSet(
 				},
 				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 					ServiceAccountName: instance.RbacResourceName(),
+					InitContainers:     initContainers,
 					Containers:         containers,
 					Volumes:            GetOVSVolumes(instance.Name, instance.Namespace),
 				},

templates/ovncontroller/bin/init-ovsdb-server.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright 2023 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+set -ex
+
+# Initialize or upgrade database if needed
+CTL_ARGS="--system-id=random --no-ovs-vswitchd"
+/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl start $CTL_ARGS
+/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl stop $CTL_ARGS

templates/ovncontroller/bin/start-ovsdb-server.sh

@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ source $(dirname $0)/functions
 # Remove the obsolete semaphore file in case it still exists.
 cleanup_ovsdb_server_semaphore
 
-# Initialize or upgrade database if needed
-CTL_ARGS="--system-id=random --no-ovs-vswitchd"
-/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl start $CTL_ARGS
-/usr/share/openvswitch/scripts/ovs-ctl stop $CTL_ARGS
-
 # Start the service
 ovsdb-server /etc/openvswitch/conf.db \
     --pidfile \

tests/functional/ovncontroller_controller_test.go

@@ -890,6 +890,36 @@ var _ = Describe("OVNController controller", func() {
 			)
 		})
 
+		It("OVS Daemonset is created with 3 containers including an init container", func() {
+			DeferCleanup(k8sClient.Delete, ctx, th.CreateCABundleSecret(types.NamespacedName{
+				Name:      CABundleSecretName,
+				Namespace: namespace,
+			}))
+			DeferCleanup(k8sClient.Delete, ctx, th.CreateCertSecret(types.NamespacedName{
+				Name:      OvnDbCertSecretName,
+				Namespace: namespace,
+			}))
+
+			daemonSetName := types.NamespacedName{
+				Namespace: namespace,
+				Name:      "ovn-controller",
+			}
+
+			SimulateDaemonsetNumberReady(daemonSetName)
+
+			daemonSetNameOVS := types.NamespacedName{
+				Namespace: namespace,
+				Name:      "ovn-controller-ovs",
+			}
+
+			SimulateDaemonsetNumberReady(daemonSetNameOVS)
+
+			ds := GetDaemonSet(daemonSetNameOVS)
+
+			Expect(ds.Spec.Template.Spec.InitContainers).To(HaveLen(1))
+			Expect(ds.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers).To(HaveLen(2))
+		})
+
 		It("creates a Daemonset with TLS certs attached", func() {
 			DeferCleanup(k8sClient.Delete, ctx, th.CreateCABundleSecret(types.NamespacedName{
 				Name:      CABundleSecretName,