cloud initialize node in external cloud controller by wlan0 · Pull Request #44258 · kubernetes/kubernetes

wlan0 · 2017-04-10T04:33:17Z

@thockin This PR adds support in the cloud-controller-manager to initialize nodes (instead of kubelet, which did it previously)

This also adds support in the kubelet to skip node cloud initialization when --cloud-provider=external

Specifically,

Kubelet

The kubelet has a new flag called --provider-id which uniquely identifies a node in an external DB
The kubelet sets a node taint - called "ExternalCloudProvider=true:NoSchedule" if cloudprovider == "external"

Cloud-Controller-Manager

The cloud-controller-manager listens on "AddNode" events, and then processes nodes that starts with that above taint. It performs the cloud node initialization steps that were previously being done by the kubelet.
On addition of node, it figures out the zone, region, instance-type, removes the above taint and updates the node.
Then periodically queries the cloudprovider for node addresses (which was previously done by the kubelet) and updates the node if there are new addresses

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k8s-reviewable · 2017-04-10T04:34:23Z

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wlan0 · 2017-04-13T20:22:42Z

Ping @luxas @thockin

thockin · 2017-04-14T03:35:38Z

@k8s-bot ok to test

thockin

Where my tests at? A lot of this can be factored and unit tested cleanly.

thockin · 2017-04-14T03:37:08Z

cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go

 	fs.Int32Var(&c.PodsPerCore, "pods-per-core", c.PodsPerCore, "Number of Pods per core that can run on this Kubelet. The total number of Pods on this Kubelet cannot exceed max-pods, so max-pods will be used if this calculation results in a larger number of Pods allowed on the Kubelet. A value of 0 disables this limit.")
 	fs.BoolVar(&c.ProtectKernelDefaults, "protect-kernel-defaults", c.ProtectKernelDefaults, "Default kubelet behaviour for kernel tuning. If set, kubelet errors if any of kernel tunables is different than kubelet defaults.")
 	fs.BoolVar(&c.KeepTerminatedPodVolumes, "keep-terminated-pod-volumes", c.KeepTerminatedPodVolumes, "Keep terminated pod volumes mounted to the node after the pod terminates.  Can be useful for debugging volume related issues.")
+	fs.StringVar(&c.ProviderID, "provider-id", c.ProviderID, "Unique identifier for identifying the node in a machine database i.e cloudprovider")


nit: database, i.e. a cloud provider

Should this detail the format, as specced in the API? <ProviderName>://<ProviderSpecificNodeID> ? Or will we construct that later?

We have the option to construct it later. The user only needs to specify the providerSpecificNodeID

thockin · 2017-04-14T03:38:20Z

pkg/apis/componentconfig/types.go

 	KeepTerminatedPodVolumes bool
+	// This flag, if set, sets the unqiue id of the instance that an external provider (i.e. cloudprovider)
+	// can use to identify a specific node
+	ProviderID string


@mtaufen re: config, this would be static - any guidance on transition?

thockin · 2017-04-14T03:39:51Z

pkg/controller/cloud/nodecontroller.go

 	retrySleepTime = 20 * time.Millisecond
+
+	//Taint denoting that a node needs to be processed by external cloudprovider
+	CloudTaintKey = "ExternalCloudProvider"


@davidopp are taints namespaced like labels?

In kubeadm for instance we're using the node-role.kubernetes.io/master="":NoSchedule taint for marking the master. The master label is the same (node-role.kubernetes.io/master="")

I really think this should be namespaced in some form.
(nit: // foo instead of //foo)

I like the idea of namespacing. @luxas any suggestions for the actual taint?

WDYT about this?
external.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io="true":NoSchedule

thockin · 2017-04-14T03:40:39Z

pkg/controller/cloud/nodecontroller.go

+	//Taint denoting that a node needs to be processed by external cloudprovider
+	CloudTaintKey = "ExternalCloudProvider"
+
+	nodeStatusUpdateFrequency = 10 * time.Second


This feels pretty frequent for this. A 100 node cluster would be sending 10 QPS just for this.

@wojtek-t

I've been thinking on and off about making this configurable. Making this configurable might be the best solution for this. The default in the KCM is 10 * time.Second. So, I'll leave the default at that

thockin · 2017-04-14T03:41:07Z

pkg/controller/cloud/nodecontroller.go

+
+	nodeStatusUpdateFrequency = 10 * time.Second
+
+	LabelProvidedIPAddr = "beta.kubernetes.io/provided-node-ip"


comment? What is this?

nodeIP is an option to specify the IP address of a node when starting Kubelet. The kubelet verifies that this nodeIP is valid in the cloudprovider.

But why a LABEL (rather than an annotation) and where was it stored before?

Kubelet held it memory before. Now, I'm using a label instead of an annotation because this information can be used to uniquely identify the resource.

I wonder what the use case for this field is. It was here originally - https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/cmd/kubelet/app/options/options.go#L136

I understand two nodes can't have the same IP at a given time but I'm wondering about the use case here, since I guess two nodes can have the same IP addresses at different times

I would vote for an annotation for this.

But if we don't understand the use-case for this, I would maybe say that it's best to error out if both nodeIP and cloudprovider=external is defined and see if it causes trouble to people. To be honest I'm having a hard time seeing that someone would want to set a specific node IP on every kubelet's cmdline and still verify/lookup things in the cloud provider DB.

If we would restrict the nodeIP && external cloudprovider possibility now, we would end up adding less code and that would be great. The less we add in this refactoring phase the better.

However cc-ing @kubernetes/sig-node-pr-reviews

I understand two nodes can't have the same IP at a given time but I'm wondering about the use case here, since I guess two nodes can have the same IP addresses at different times

But the nodes are still identifiable by IP addrs.

thockin · 2017-04-14T03:46:46Z

pkg/controller/cloud/nodecontroller.go

+					}
+				}
+				// If nodeIP was suggested by user, ensure that
+				// it can be found in the cloud as well (consistent with the behaviour in kubelet)


I'm not clear what this is doing or why - can we doc it better?

nodeIP is an option where the user sets the IP address of the node when starting kubelet. This is consistent with existing kubelet behavior where the kubelet checks that the specified IP address can be found in the cloud provider

thockin · 2017-04-14T03:48:14Z

pkg/controller/cloud/nodecontroller.go

+					continue
+				}
+				newNode := nodeCopy.(*v1.Node)
+				newNode.Status.Addresses = nodeAddresses


this should do an equivalence check and do nothing if there is no change

or is that what PatchNodeStatus does?

PatchNodeStatus takes care of that

thockin · 2017-04-14T03:49:17Z

pkg/controller/cloud/nodecontroller.go

+
+	var cloudTaint *v1.Taint
+	for _, taint := range taints {
+		glog.Errorf("Processing taint %s, comparing with %s", taint.Key, CloudTaintKey)


Yes, Will remove

thockin · 2017-04-14T03:51:40Z

pkg/controller/cloud/nodecontroller.go

+
+		// Since there are node taints, do we still need this?
+		// This condition marks the node as unusable until routes are initialized in the cloud provider
+		if cnc.cloud.ProviderName() == "gce" {


@dcbw FYI - I don't think we've really generified this yet, right?

I don't think we need this now with the taint, but I don't have context on decisions made prior to this regarding this condition

We do need this. The routecontroller looks for this condition to identify nodes that need a route.

Can't we just make the GCE routecontroller also watch for the taint creation?
It would check for the condition or the taint and react to either of that

@wlan0 could you please at least create a TODO(wlan0) and an issue to track this?
The GCE cloud controller should also take taints into account in the same manner as Node Conditions in order to be able to remove this piece of code.

@luxas Are you saying that the route controller for GCE should work with taints, and we shouldn't use NodeConditions anymore?

thockin · 2017-04-14T03:52:54Z

pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go

 	maxNamesPerImageInNodeStatus = 5
+
+	//Label for storing provided IP addresses
+	LabelProvidedIPAddr = "beta.kubernetes.io/provided-node-ip"


These constants are defined twice - bound to drift.

Yes, I'll move them to "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1", where rest of the constants reside. But incorporating that requires me to update apimachinery and then update godeps in kubernetes.

I'll do that change after this PR goes through. Otherwise, that'll bottleneck this PR for another release.

that lives in the staging/ tree, I think - no need to go through that complexity, I think.

I still don't quite grok what this is, or why it is a label. What piece of kubelet is this preserving?

@dchen1107 for maybe a clue?

@wlan0 that pkg lives under staging/ and can be modified directly.

should I also update apimachinery when I update this?

thockin · 2017-04-14T20:48:39Z

ping me when ready for re-review

wlan0 · 2017-04-15T00:24:53Z

@k8s-bot bazel test this

wlan0 · 2017-04-15T00:59:49Z

@k8s-bot unit test this

wlan0 · 2017-04-15T03:39:00Z

ping @thockin

thockin

Looks OK to me overall - a bunch of open questions, looking for feedback from mentioned experts.

thockin · 2017-04-15T04:46:18Z

pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go

 	maxNamesPerImageInNodeStatus = 5
+
+	//Label for storing provided IP addresses
+	LabelProvidedIPAddr = "beta.kubernetes.io/provided-node-ip"


that lives in the staging/ tree, I think - no need to go through that complexity, I think.

I still don't quite grok what this is, or why it is a label. What piece of kubelet is this preserving?

@dchen1107 for maybe a clue?

thockin · 2017-04-15T04:47:00Z

pkg/controller/cloud/nodecontroller.go

+
+	nodeStatusUpdateFrequency = 10 * time.Second
+
+	LabelProvidedIPAddr = "beta.kubernetes.io/provided-node-ip"


But why a LABEL (rather than an annotation) and where was it stored before?

wlan0 · 2017-04-15T20:39:01Z

@k8s-bot gce etcd3 e2e test this

thockin · 2017-05-03T15:57:42Z

@dcbw This changes the problem slightly, but I don't think it is fundamentally different. If you accept that the goals are to a) move almost anything network related out of kubelet and b) move almost anything cloud-related out of kubelet, perhaps that belongs in the cloud controller? Sorry if I am reiterating current design - I have to page it back in. Something like:

kubelet runs with a flag to register node with a taint "routes needed"
cloud controller knows to remove the taint
whoever sets up kubelet has to know to use that flag

I think that's pretty close to what you specified in the first place, and I hated, but I guess I have come around :)

@wojtek-t @wlan0 - we should consider the evolution of this. It's likely to accrete more functionality over time. Do we get more API QPS (could DoS API)? Do we use multiple clients in the same process (hack)? Do we decentralize Node updates and require a Daemonset on every machine (expensive)? Do we just accept longer update windows (stale data, can still DoS other control loops)? Something else?

wlan0 · 2017-05-04T02:17:32Z

@thockin @wojtek-t What's the QPS limit?

Do we get more API QPS (could DoS API)?

The cloud APIs won't get DOS'd, right? I mean, they are running on the cloud... ;)

In all seriousness, how does the service controller do it today? The service controller queries the state of active loadbalancers every few seconds. If there are enough LB services, then the same problem exists there too, doesn't it?

wojtek-t · 2017-05-04T06:36:09Z

@wlan0 - it's not about cloud API, it's about Kubernetes API.

Currently, controller-manager (I believe in cloud-manager it was copied from controller manager so probably it's exactly the same case), is allowed to send 20 QPS to apiserver. That means that within 10s, it won't be able to update more than 200 node statuses.
What if there are 5000 nodes in the cluster?

To be honest, I don't know what the good solution for this problem is. I can imagine some (most of them already mentioned by @thockin), but all of them have drawbacks:

increasing QPS limits for cloud-controller (but the bump would have to be significant, and I don't want to allow for 500+ QPS in small clusters, so it would have to be dynamically configured somehow)
multiple clients (which is completely hacky solution)
batch updates (but we don't have it now, and it will take quite a lot of time to have them)
have those status updates still be updated by something in Kubelet.

Sorry, I should have read the design and PR, but now I have one more question:
What status updates will node controller be sending?

Currently, Kubelet is updating only its heartbeat (assuming everything is healthy), but this seems like purely kubelet related stuff. If this will remain in Kubelet, what we are going to move to cloud controller?

luxas · 2017-05-04T13:25:56Z

@k8s-bot build this

wlan0 · 2017-05-04T15:31:13Z

@luxas did you mean to build this - #45313

wlan0 · 2017-05-05T18:08:36Z

@wojtek-t Thanks for explaining. The reason I thought we were worried about rate limiting to the cloud was because we only update the NodeAddresses, and the updates are sent only if there are changes. This operation does not happen often. So, I assumed we were worried about rate limiting to the cloud, because this operation in particular, is not a common one.

The current default nodeStatusUpdateFrequency is 10 seconds. This puts the max node limit at 200 nodes. But, in any real world scenario NodeAddresses are not going to be updated at this frequency. If this frequency is still a problem, it might be ok to have a longer default interval. Like 5 mins? That's 300 seconds.

That puts the max node limit at 6000 nodes with default config. This limit can be increased by increasing the nodeStatusUpdateFrequency further.

Like I mentioned earlier, NodeAddresses don't change very often. In AWS, elastic IP changes when the machine is shutdown and then started. A 5 minute delay on node shutdown is understandable, even though its not ideal. WDYT?

wlan0 · 2017-05-05T18:08:51Z

ping @thockin @luxas

wlan0 · 2017-05-05T19:04:49Z

@k8s-bot bazel test this

thockin · 2017-05-05T21:43:28Z

Can we document this assumption very clearly in this PR - this controller is assumed to fire very infrequently, do not modify it to do frequent operations because it is O(num_nodes) work, etc etc.. Bump the period up to 5 minutes for now, and let's press on?

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wlan0 · 2017-05-05T22:31:57Z

Bump the period up to 5 minutes for now, and let's press on?

Absolutely, yes! I'll update the PR and ping you soon.

wlan0 · 2017-05-05T23:36:15Z

@thockin Done and tested! Please review.

wojtek-t · 2017-05-08T11:06:36Z

With your explanation I completely agree with @thockin suggestion and I think that's fine for now. Thanks.

thockin · 2017-05-08T20:55:41Z

/lgtm
/approve

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gmarek · 2017-05-19T07:03:04Z

pkg/controller/cloud/nodecontroller.go

+
+// UpdateNodeStatus updates the node status, such as node addresses
+func (cnc *CloudNodeController) UpdateNodeStatus() {
+	instances, ok := cnc.cloud.Instances()


Ref. #45118 - we probably should make some decision on expected semantics of listing instances.

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Fix AnnotationProvidedIPAddr annotation for externalCloudProvider #50422

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		nodeStatusUpdateFrequency = 10 * time.Second

		LabelProvidedIPAddr = "beta.kubernetes.io/provided-node-ip"

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