MCP Use Keystone Application Credentials

Initial implementation of the MCP deployment uses the credentials from
the `openstackclient` pod, which means that we are not the owners of
that secret, just the copy we make in the `openstack-lightspeed`
namespace, so those credentials could be removed/deleted and that would
break our `openstack-cli` tool.

In this patch we change the credentials and we leverage the
`KeystoneApplicationCredential` CR to get our own credentials.

Credential Rotation is handled by the code as well.

Jira: OSPRH-27075
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: Akrog

api/v1beta1/conditions.go

@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ const (
 	// OpenStackLightspeedMCPServerWaitingOpenStack
 	OpenStackLightspeedMCPServerWaitingOpenStack = "MCP server deployed, waiting for OpenStackControlPlane to become ready"
 
+	// OpenStackLightspeedMCPServerCreatingUser
+	OpenStackLightspeedMCPServerCreatingUser = "Creating OpenStack service user"
+
+	// OpenStackLightspeedMCPServerWaitingAC
+	OpenStackLightspeedMCPServerWaitingAC = "Waiting for application credential secret"
+
 	// OpenStackLightspeedMCPServerDisabledMessage
 	OpenStackLightspeedMCPServerDisabledMessage = "RHOS MCP server is disabled (rhos_mcps feature flag not set)"
 

api/v1beta1/openstacklightspeed_types.go

@@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ type OpenStackLightspeedStatus struct {
 	// OpenStackReady indicates whether an OpenStackControlPlane was detected and
 	// is ready. When true, the OpenStack MCP tools are included in lightspeed-stack config.
 	OpenStackReady bool `json:"openStackReady,omitempty"`
+
+	// +optional
+	// ApplicationCredentialSecret is the name of the current AC secret in the
+	// OpenStack namespace. Tracked for rotation detection.
+	ApplicationCredentialSecret string `json:"applicationCredentialSecret,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // +kubebuilder:object:root=true

bundle/manifests/lightspeed.openstack.org_openstacklightspeeds.yaml

@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ spec:
           status:
             description: OpenStackLightspeedStatus defines the observed state of OpenStackLightspeed
             properties:
+              applicationCredentialSecret:
+                description: |-
+                  ApplicationCredentialSecret is the name of the current AC secret in the
+                  OpenStack namespace. Tracked for rotation detection.
+                type: string
               conditions:
                 description: Conditions
                 items:

bundle/manifests/openstack-lightspeed-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ metadata:
       ]
     capabilities: Basic Install
     categories: AI/Machine Learning
-    createdAt: "2026-07-13T09:32:13Z"
+    createdAt: "2026-07-13T15:45:52Z"
     description: AI-powered virtual assistant for Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift
     features.operators.openshift.io/cnf: "false"
     features.operators.openshift.io/cni: "false"
@@ -169,9 +169,26 @@ spec:
           - ""
           resources:
           - configmaps
+          verbs:
+          - get
+        - apiGroups:
+          - ""
+          resources:
           - secrets
           verbs:
+          - create
+          - get
+          - update
+        - apiGroups:
+          - ""
+          resourceNames:
+          - lightspeed-password
+          resources:
+          - secrets
+          verbs:
+          - delete
           - get
+          - update
         - apiGroups:
           - ""
           resourceNames:
@@ -216,6 +233,24 @@ spec:
           - get
           - list
           - watch
+        - apiGroups:
+          - keystone.openstack.org
+          resources:
+          - keystoneapplicationcredentials
+          verbs:
+          - create
+          - delete
+          - get
+          - list
+          - patch
+          - update
+          - watch
+        - apiGroups:
+          - keystone.openstack.org
+          resources:
+          - keystoneapplicationcredentials/status
+          verbs:
+          - get
         - apiGroups:
           - lightspeed.openstack.org
           resources:

cmd/main.go

@@ -259,5 +259,10 @@ func getDynamicWatchCRDs() map[schema.GroupVersionKind]*atomic.Bool {
 			Version: "v1beta1",
 			Kind:    "OpenStackControlPlane",
 		}: new(atomic.Bool),
+		{
+			Group:   "keystone.openstack.org",
+			Version: "v1beta1",
+			Kind:    "KeystoneApplicationCredential",
+		}: new(atomic.Bool),
 	}
 }

config/crd/bases/lightspeed.openstack.org_openstacklightspeeds.yaml

@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ spec:
           status:
             description: OpenStackLightspeedStatus defines the observed state of OpenStackLightspeed
             properties:
+              applicationCredentialSecret:
+                description: |-
+                  ApplicationCredentialSecret is the name of the current AC secret in the
+                  OpenStack namespace. Tracked for rotation detection.
+                type: string
               conditions:
                 description: Conditions
                 items:

config/rbac/role.yaml

@@ -8,9 +8,26 @@ rules:
   - ""
   resources:
   - configmaps
+  verbs:
+  - get
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
   - secrets
   verbs:
+  - create
+  - get
+  - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resourceNames:
+  - lightspeed-password
+  resources:
+  - secrets
+  verbs:
+  - delete
   - get
+  - update
 - apiGroups:
   - ""
   resourceNames:
@@ -55,6 +72,24 @@ rules:
   - get
   - list
   - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - keystone.openstack.org
+  resources:
+  - keystoneapplicationcredentials
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - delete
+  - get
+  - list
+  - patch
+  - update
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - keystone.openstack.org
+  resources:
+  - keystoneapplicationcredentials/status
+  verbs:
+  - get
 - apiGroups:
   - lightspeed.openstack.org
   resources:

go.mod

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.40.0
 	github.com/openshift/api v3.9.0+incompatible // from lib-common
 	github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/common v0.6.0
+	github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/openstack v0.6.0
 	github.com/operator-framework/api v0.37.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.34.2
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.2
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ require (
 // must be consistent within modules and service operators
 replace github.com/openshift/api => github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20250711200046-c86d80652a9e
 
+require k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250604170112-4c0f3b243397 // indirect
+
 require (
 	cel.dev/expr v0.24.0 // indirect
 	github.com/antlr4-go/antlr/v4 v4.13.1 // indirect
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20260402051712-545e8a4df936 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud v1.14.1 // indirect
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.27.7 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
@@ -104,7 +108,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.34.2 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250710124328-f3f2b991d03b // indirect
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20250604170112-4c0f3b243397 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.33.0 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20260402051712-545e8a4df936 h1:EwtI+Al+DeppwYX2oX
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 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud v1.14.1 h1:DTCNaTVGl8/cFu58O1JwWgis9gtISAFONqpMKNg/Vpw=
+github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud v1.14.1/go.mod h1:aAVqcocTSXh2vYFZ1JTvx4EQmfgzxRcNupUfxZbBNDM=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.27.7 h1:X+2YciYSxvMQK0UZ7sg45ZVabVZBeBuvMkmuI2V3Fak=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.27.7/go.mod h1:lW34nIZuQ8UDPdkon5fmfp2l3+ZkQ2me/+oecHYLOII=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
@@ -113,6 +115,8 @@ github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20250711200046-c86d80652a9e h1:E1OdwSpqWuDPCedyU
 github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20250711200046-c86d80652a9e/go.mod h1:Shkl4HanLwDiiBzakv+con/aMGnVE2MAGvoKp5oyYUo=
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 github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/common v0.6.0/go.mod h1:rgpcv2tLD+/vudXx/gpIQSTuRpk4GOxHx84xwfvQalM=
+github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/openstack v0.6.0 h1:8BniQwsPk8qjqoniLFDLnBEJgA0FLOwIrPDv93URiMo=
+github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/openstack v0.6.0/go.mod h1:tfMa+ochq7Dyilq9hQr2CEPfPtsj6IUgMmMqi4CWDmo=
 github.com/operator-framework/api v0.37.0 h1:2XCMWitBnumtJTqzip6LQKUwpM2pXVlt3gkpdlkbaCE=
 github.com/operator-framework/api v0.37.0/go.mod h1:NZs4vB+Jiamyv3pdPDjZtuC4U7KX0eq4z2r5hKY5fUA=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
@@ -196,6 +200,7 @@ go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4/go.mod h1:DhzuOOF2ATzADvBadXxruRBLzYTpT36CKvDb3+aBEFg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220829220503-c86fa9a7ed90/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250620022241-b7579e27df2b h1:M2rDM6z3Fhozi9O7NWsxAkg/yqS/lQJ6PmkyIV3YP+o=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250620022241-b7579e27df2b/go.mod h1:3//PLf8L/X+8b4vuAfHzxeRUl04Adcb341+IGKfnqS8=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
@@ -206,6 +211,7 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200226121028-0de0cce0169b/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201021035429-f5854403a974/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/net v0.56.0 h1:Rw8j/hFzGvJUZwNBXnAtf5sVDVt+65SK2C7IxCxZt5o=
 golang.org/x/net v0.56.0/go.mod h1:D3Ku6r+V6JROoZK144D2XfMHFcMq/0zSfLelVTCFKec=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.34.0 h1:hqK/t4AKgbqWkdkcAeI8XLmbK+4m4G5YeQRrmiotGlw=
@@ -218,13 +224,18 @@ golang.org/x/sync v0.21.0/go.mod h1:9xrNwdLfx4jkKbNva9FpL6vEN7evnE43NNNJQ2LF3+0=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
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 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
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@@ -258,6 +269,7 @@ gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 h1:n6jtcsulIzXPJaxegRbvFNNrZDjbij7ny3gmSP
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+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
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internal/controller/common.go

@@ -291,6 +291,15 @@ func OpenStackControlPlaneGVK() schema.GroupVersionKind {
 	}
 }
 
+// KeystoneApplicationCredentialGVK returns the GroupVersionKind for KeystoneApplicationCredential.
+func KeystoneApplicationCredentialGVK() schema.GroupVersionKind {
+	return schema.GroupVersionKind{
+		Group:   KeystoneApplicationCredentialGroup,
+		Version: KeystoneApplicationCredentialVersion,
+		Kind:    KeystoneApplicationCredentialKind,
+	}
+}
+
 // IsDynamicCRDWatched reports whether a controller-runtime watch is currently
 // registered for the given GVK. The flag is reset to false when a CRD is
 // removed and its broken informer is cleaned up. This does NOT indicate