From 79834b440ba5b108c6b036d6ca59d88d24761768 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ehila <ehila@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 02:37:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: allow sno baremetal platform install

Signed-off-by: ehila <ehila@redhat.com>
---
 pkg/asset/machines/master.go               |  2 +-
 pkg/asset/machines/master_test.go          | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 pkg/types/validation/installconfig.go      |  9 --------
 pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go |  3 +--
 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/asset/machines/master.go b/pkg/asset/machines/master.go
index 9a46ef858f3..7404b34c5c9 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/machines/master.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/machines/master.go
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ func IsFencingCredentialsFile(filepath string) (bool, error) {
 // a platform.
 func supportedSingleNodePlatform(bootstrapInPlace bool, platformName string) bool {
 	switch platformName {
-	case awstypes.Name, gcptypes.Name, azuretypes.Name, powervstypes.Name, nonetypes.Name, ibmcloudtypes.Name:
+	case awstypes.Name, gcptypes.Name, azuretypes.Name, powervstypes.Name, nonetypes.Name, ibmcloudtypes.Name, baremetaltypes.Name:
 		// Single node OpenShift installations supported without `bootstrapInPlace`
 		return true
 	case externaltypes.Name:
diff --git a/pkg/asset/machines/master_test.go b/pkg/asset/machines/master_test.go
index 0eb7f7a98de..6faa56d7451 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/machines/master_test.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/machines/master_test.go
@@ -597,6 +597,30 @@ func TestSupportedSNOPlatforms(t *testing.T) {
 			machinePoolPlatform: types.MachinePoolPlatform{},
 			expectedError:       true,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "Baremetal platform with bootstrapInPlace",
+			platform: types.Platform{
+				BareMetal: &baremetal.Platform{
+					Hosts: []*baremetal.Host{
+						{
+							Name: "master-0",
+							Role: "master",
+							BMC: baremetal.BMC{
+								Username: "usr-0",
+								Password: "pwd-0",
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			bootstrapInPlace: &types.BootstrapInPlace{
+				InstallationDisk: "/dev/sda",
+			},
+			machinePoolPlatform: types.MachinePoolPlatform{
+				BareMetal: &baremetal.MachinePool{},
+			},
+			expectedError: false,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "Nutanix platform",
 			platform: types.Platform{
diff --git a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig.go b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig.go
index d6c088ee596..8487dc13a40 100644
--- a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig.go
@@ -148,15 +148,6 @@ func ValidateInstallConfig(c *types.InstallConfig, usingAgentMethod bool) field.
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Required(field.NewPath("controlPlane"), "controlPlane is required"))
 	}
 
-	if c.BootstrapInPlace != nil && c.ControlPlane.Replicas != nil &&
-		*c.ControlPlane.Replicas == 1 && c.Platform.Name() == baremetal.Name {
-		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(
-			field.NewPath("bootstrapInPlace"),
-			"",
-			"Single Node OpenShift is not supported on the baremetal platform",
-		))
-	}
-
 	if c.Arbiter != nil {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, validateArbiter(&c.Platform, c.Arbiter, c.ControlPlane, field.NewPath("arbiter"))...)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go
index ef7e2372c13..04af36af70c 100644
--- a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go
+++ b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go
@@ -3088,7 +3088,7 @@ func TestValidateInstallConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedError: "osImageStream: Unsupported value: \"invalid\": supported values: \"rhel-9\", \"rhel-10\"",
 		},
 		{
-			name: "sno on baremetal not supported",
+			name: "sno on baremetal",
 			installConfig: func() *types.InstallConfig {
 				c := validInstallConfig()
 				c.Platform = types.Platform{
@@ -3099,7 +3099,6 @@ func TestValidateInstallConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 				return c
 			}(),
-			expectedError: `^bootstrapInPlace: Invalid value: "": Single Node OpenShift is not supported on the baremetal platform$`,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range cases {