doc: Update existing resources with owner refs

doc/ansible/dev/advanced_options.md

@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ The ansible runner will keep information about the ansible run in the container.
 You may want to manage what your operator watches and the owner references. This means that your operator will need to understand how to clean up after itself when your CR is deleted. To disable these features you will need to edit your `build/Dockerfile` to include the line below.
 
 **NOTE**: That if you use this feature there will be a warning that dependent watches is turned off but there will be no error.
+**WARNING**: Once a CR is deployed without owner reference injection, there is no automatic way to add those references.
 
 ```
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/entrypoint", "--inject-owner-ref=false"]
 ```
+
+If you have created resources without owner reference injection, it is
+possible to manually to update resources following [this
+guide.](./retroactively-owned-resources.md)

doc/ansible/dev/dependent_watches.md

@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ This is an example of a watches file with the `watchDependentResources` field se
   manageStatus: False
   watchDependentResources: True
 
-```
+```

doc/ansible/dev/retroactively-owned-resources.md

@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+# Adding Owner References for Existing Resources
+
+Owner references are automatically injected `only during creation of
+resources`. Enabling owner reference injection `will not update objects`
+created while [owner reference injection is
+disabled](./advanced_options.md#turning-off-dependent-watches-and-owner-reference-injection)
+
+This guide will demonstrate how to retroactively set owner references
+for existing resources.
+
+A GET request to the owning resource will provide the necessary data to
+construct an `ownerReference` or an `annotation`.
+
+`$ kubectl get memcacheds.cache.example.com -o yaml`
+
+**Example Response (Abbreviated):**
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: cache.example.com/v1alpha1
+kind: Memcached
+metadata:
+  name: example-memcached
+  namespace: default
+  uid: 2a94ff2b-84e0-40ce-8b5e-2b7e4d2bc0e2
+```
+
+`kubectl edit` can be used to update the resources by hand. See below
+for example `ownerReference` and `annotations`.
+
+## For objects in the same namespace as the Owner (CRD)
+
+Dependent resources `within the same namespace as the owning CR` are
+tracked with the `ownerReference` field.
+
+`ownerReference` structure:
+  * apiVersion: {group}/{version}
+  * kind: {kind}
+  * name: {metadata.name}
+  * uid: {metadata.uid}
+
+**Example ownerReference:**
+
+```yaml
+metadata:
+  ...(snip)
+  ownerReferences:
+    - apiVersion: cache.example.com/v1alpha1
+      kind: Memcached
+      name: example-memcached
+      uid: ad834522-d9a5-4841-beac-991ff3798c00
+```
+
+## For objects which are NOT in the same namespace as the Owner (CRD)
+
+An `annotation` is used instead of an `ownerReference` if the dependent
+resource is in a different namespace than the CR, or the dependent
+resource is a cluster level resource.
+
+`annotation` structure:
+  * operator-sdk/primary-resource: {metadata.namespace}/{metadata.name}
+  * operator-sdk/primary-resource-type: {kind}.{group}
+
+**NOTE**: The {group} can be found by splitting the `apiVersion`
+metadata of the CR, into `group` and `version`. As an example, 
+[this apiVersion field](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk-samples/blob/master/ansible/memcached-operator/deploy/crds/cache_v1alpha1_memcached_cr.yaml#L1)
+gives us the group `cache.example.com`.
+
+**Example Annotation:**
+
+```yaml
+metadata:
+  ...(snip)
+  annotations:
+    operator-sdk/primary-resource: default/example-memcached
+    operator-sdk/primary-resource-type: Memcached.cache.example.com
+```
+
+## Migration using Ansible assets 
+
+If you have many resources to update, it may be easier to use the
+following Ansible assets, which **should be considered an example rather
+than an officially supported workflow**.
+
+To use these assets, create a `vars.yml` as specified below and copy
+`playbook.yml` and `each_resource.yml` into the same directory. Execute
+the playbook with:
+
+``` bash
+$ ansible-playbook -i localhost playbook.yml
+```
+
+### vars.yml
+
+This file should be created by the user to configure the playbook, and
+needs to contain:
+
+  * owning_resource
+      * apiVersion
+      * kind
+      * name
+      * namespace
+  * resources_to_own (list): For each resource, specify:
+      * name
+      * namespace (if applicable)
+      * apiVersion
+      * kind
+
+```yaml
+owning_resource:
+  apiVersion: cache.example.com/v1alpha1
+  kind: Memcached
+  name: example-memcached
+  namespace: default
+
+resources_to_own:
+  - name: example-memcached-memcached
+    namespace: default
+    apiVersion: apps/v1
+    kind: Deployment
+  - name: example-memcached
+    apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Namespace
+```
+
+### playbook.yml
+
+This file can be used as-is without user adjustments.
+
+```yaml
+- hosts: localhost
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Import user variables
+      include_vars: vars.yml
+    - name: Retrieve owning resource
+      k8s_facts:
+        api_version: "{{ owning_resource.apiVersion }}"
+        kind: "{{ owning_resource.kind }}"
+        name: "{{ owning_resource.name }}"
+        namespace: "{{ owning_resource.namespace }}"
+      register: extra_owner_data
+
+    - name: Ensure resources are owned
+      include_tasks: each_resource.yml
+      loop: "{{ resources_to_own }}"
+      vars:
+        to_be_owned: '{{ q("k8s",
+          api_version=item.apiVersion,
+          kind=item.kind,
+          resource_name=item.name,
+          namespace=item.namespace
+        ).0 }}'
+        owner_reference:
+          apiVersion: "{{ owning_resource.apiVersion }}"
+          kind: "{{ owning_resource.kind }}"
+          name: "{{ owning_resource.name }}"
+          uid: "{{ extra_owner_data.resources[0].metadata.uid }}"
+```
+
+### `each_resource.yml`
+
+This file can be used as-is without user adjustments.
+
+``` yaml
+- name: Patch resource with owner reference
+  when:
+    - to_be_owned.metadata.namespace is defined
+    - to_be_owned.metadata.namespace == owning_resource.namespace
+    - (to_be_owned.metadata.ownerReferences is not defined) or
+      (owner_reference not in to_be_owned.metadata.ownerReferences)
+  k8s:
+    state: present
+    resource_definition:
+      apiVersion: "{{ to_be_owned.apiVersion }}"
+      kind: "{{ to_be_owned.kind }}"
+      metadata:
+        name: "{{ to_be_owned.metadata.name }}"
+        namespace: "{{ to_be_owned.metadata.namespace }}"
+        ownerReferences: "{{ (to_be_owned.metadata.ownerReferences | default([])) + [owner_reference] }}"
+
+- name: Patch resource with owner annotation
+  when: to_be_owned.namespace is not defined or to_be_owned.namespace != owning_resource.namespace
+  k8s:
+    state: present
+    resource_definition:
+      apiVersion: "{{ to_be_owned.apiVersion }}"
+      kind: "{{ to_be_owned.kind }}"
+      metadata:
+        name: "{{ to_be_owned.metadata.name }}"
+        namespace: "{{ to_be_owned.metadata.namespace | default(omit)}}"
+        annotations:
+          operator-sdk/primary-resource: "{{ owning_resource.namespace }}/{{ owning_resource.name }}"
+          operator-sdk/primary-resource-type: "{{ owning_resource.kind }}.{{ owning_resource.apiVersion.split('/')[0] }}"
+```