Allow parallel broker restarts from same AZ (broker rack)

api/v1beta1/kafkacluster_types.go

@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ type RollingUpgradeConfig struct {
 	// distinct broker replicas with either offline replicas or out of sync replicas and the number of alerts triggered by
 	// alerts with 'rollingupgrade'
 	FailureThreshold int `json:"failureThreshold"`
+
+	// ConcurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed controls how many brokers can be restarted in parallel during a rolling upgrade. If
+	// it is set to a value greater than 1, the operator will restart up to that amount of brokers in parallel, if the
+	// brokers are within the same AZ (as specified by "broker.rack" in broker read-only configs). Since using Kafka broker
+	// racks spreads out the replicas, we know that restarting multiple brokers in the same rack will not cause more than 1
+	// replica per topic-partition to be unavailable at the same time. This is a safe way to speed up the rolling upgrade.
+	// +optional
+	ConcurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed int `json:"parallelBrokerRestarts,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // DisruptionBudget defines the configuration for PodDisruptionBudget where the workload is managed by the kafka-operator

charts/kafka-operator/templates/crds.yaml

@@ -21177,6 +21177,13 @@ spec:
                       with either offline replicas or out of sync replicas and the
                       number of alerts triggered by alerts with 'rollingupgrade'
                     type: integer
+                  concurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed:
+                    description: ConcurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed controls how many brokers can be restarted in parallel during a rolling upgrade. If
+                      it is set to a value greater than 1, the operator will restart up to that amount of brokers in parallel, if the
+                      brokers are within the same AZ (as specified by "broker.rack" in broker read-only configs). Since using Kafka broker
+                      racks spreads out the replicas, we know that restarting multiple brokers in the same rack will not cause more than 1
+                      replica per topic-partition to be unavailable at the same time. This is a safe way to speed up the rolling upgrade.
+                    type: integer
                 required:
                 - failureThreshold
                 type: object

config/base/crds/kafka.banzaicloud.io_kafkaclusters.yaml

@@ -21014,6 +21014,13 @@ spec:
                       with either offline replicas or out of sync replicas and the
                       number of alerts triggered by alerts with 'rollingupgrade'
                     type: integer
+                  concurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed:
+                    description: ConcurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed controls how many brokers can be restarted in parallel during a rolling upgrade. If
+                      it is set to a value greater than 1, the operator will restart up to that amount of brokers in parallel, if the
+                      brokers are within the same AZ (as specified by "broker.rack" in broker read-only configs). Since using Kafka broker
+                      racks spreads out the replicas, we know that restarting multiple brokers in the same rack will not cause more than 1
+                      replica per topic-partition to be unavailable at the same time. This is a safe way to speed up the rolling upgrade.
+                    type: integer
                 required:
                 - failureThreshold
                 type: object

config/samples/banzaicloud_v1beta1_kafkacluster.yaml

@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ spec:
   #	alerts with 'rollingupgrade'
   #  failureThreshold: 1
 
+  # concurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed controls how many brokers can be restarted in parallel during a rolling upgrade. If
+  # it is set to a value greater than 1, the operator will restart up to that amount of brokers in parallel, if the
+  # brokers are within the same AZ (as specified by "broker.rack" in broker read-only configs). Since using Kafka broker
+  # racks spreads out the replicas, we know that restarting multiple brokers in the same rack will not cause more than 1
+  # replica per topic-partition to be unavailable at the same time. This is a safe way to speed up the rolling upgrade.
+  #  concurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed: 1
+
   # brokerConfigGroups specifies multiple broker configs with unique name
   brokerConfigGroups:
     # Specify desired group name (eg., 'default_group')
@@ -189,11 +196,11 @@ spec:
         # which has type per-broker
         # priorityClassName can be used to set the broker pod's priority
         # priorityClassName: "high-priority"
-        
+
         # When "hostNameOverride" and brokerConfig.nodePortExternalIP are empty and NodePort access method is selected for external listener
         # nodePortNodeAdddressType defines the Kafka broker's Kubernetes node's address type that shall be used in the advertised.listeners property
         # when nodeport is used for an external listener.
-        # its values can be Hostname, ExternalIP, InternalIP, InternalDNS,ExternalDNS 
+        # its values can be Hostname, ExternalIP, InternalIP, InternalDNS,ExternalDNS
         #nodePortNodeAddressType: "ExternalIP"
         config: |
           sasl.enabled.mechanisms=PLAIN

controllers/tests/common_test.go

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func createMinimalKafkaClusterCR(name, namespace string) *v1beta1.KafkaCluster {
 				CCJMXExporterConfig: "custom_property: custom_value",
 			},
 			ReadOnlyConfig:       "cruise.control.metrics.topic.auto.create=true",
-			RollingUpgradeConfig: v1beta1.RollingUpgradeConfig{FailureThreshold: 1},
+			RollingUpgradeConfig: v1beta1.RollingUpgradeConfig{FailureThreshold: 1, ConcurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed: 1},
 		},
 	}
 }

pkg/kafkaclient/provider.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package kafkaclient
 
 import (
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
 	"github.com/banzaicloud/koperator/api/v1beta1"
@@ -45,3 +46,13 @@ func NewDefaultProvider() Provider {
 func (dp *defaultProvider) NewFromCluster(client client.Client, cluster *v1beta1.KafkaCluster) (KafkaClient, func(), error) {
 	return NewFromCluster(client, cluster)
 }
+
+// MockerProvider is a Testify mock for providing Kafka clients that can be mocks too
+type MockedProvider struct {
+	mock.Mock
+}
+
+func (m *MockedProvider) NewFromCluster(client client.Client, cluster *v1beta1.KafkaCluster) (KafkaClient, func(), error) {
+	args := m.Called(client, cluster)
+	return args.Get(0).(KafkaClient), args.Get(1).(func()), args.Error(2)
+}

pkg/resources/kafka/kafka.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -87,12 +88,23 @@ const (
 	nonControllerBrokerReconcilePriority
 	// controllerBrokerReconcilePriority the priority used for controller broker used to define its priority in the reconciliation order
 	controllerBrokerReconcilePriority
+
+	// defaultConcurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed the default number of brokers that can be restarted in parallel
+	defaultConcurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed = 1
+)
+
+var (
+	// kafkaConfigBrokerRackRegex the regex to parse the "broker.rack" Kafka property used in read-only configs
+	kafkaConfigBrokerRackRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`broker\.rack\s*=\s*(\w+)`)
 )
 
 // Reconciler implements the Component Reconciler
 type Reconciler struct {
 	resources.Reconciler
+	// kafkaClientProvider is used to create a new KafkaClient
 	kafkaClientProvider kafkaclient.Provider
+	// kafkaBrokerAvailabilityZoneMap is a map of broker id to availability zone used in concurrent broker restarts logic
+	kafkaBrokerAvailabilityZoneMap map[int32]string
 }
 
 // New creates a new reconciler for Kafka
@@ -103,9 +115,39 @@ func New(client client.Client, directClient client.Reader, cluster *v1beta1.Kafk
 			DirectClient: directClient,
 			KafkaCluster: cluster,
 		},
-		kafkaClientProvider: kafkaClientProvider,
+		kafkaClientProvider:            kafkaClientProvider,
+		kafkaBrokerAvailabilityZoneMap: getBrokerAzMap(cluster),
+	}
+}
+
+func getBrokerAzMap(cluster *v1beta1.KafkaCluster) map[int32]string {
+	brokerAzMap := make(map[int32]string)
+	for _, broker := range cluster.Spec.Brokers {
+		brokerRack := getBrokerRack(broker.ReadOnlyConfig)
+		if brokerRack != "" {
+			brokerAzMap[broker.Id] = brokerRack
+		}
+	}
+	// if incomplete broker AZ information, consider all brokers as being in different AZs
+	if len(brokerAzMap) != len(cluster.Spec.Brokers) {
+		for _, broker := range cluster.Spec.Brokers {
+			brokerAzMap[broker.Id] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", broker.Id)
+		}
+	}
+	return brokerAzMap
+}
+
+func getBrokerRack(readOnlyConfig string) string {
+	if readOnlyConfig == "" {
+		return ""
 	}
+	match := kafkaConfigBrokerRackRegex.FindStringSubmatch(readOnlyConfig)
+	if len(match) == 2 {
+		return match[1]
+	}
+	return ""
 }
+
 func getCreatedPvcForBroker(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	c client.Reader,
@@ -877,18 +919,23 @@ func (r *Reconciler) handleRollingUpgrade(log logr.Logger, desiredPod, currentPo
 			if err != nil {
 				return errors.WrapIf(err, "failed to reconcile resource")
 			}
-			for _, pod := range podList.Items {
-				pod := pod
-				if k8sutil.IsMarkedForDeletion(pod.ObjectMeta) {
-					return errorfactory.New(errorfactory.ReconcileRollingUpgrade{}, errors.New("pod is still terminating"), "rolling upgrade in progress")
-				}
-				if k8sutil.IsPodContainsPendingContainer(&pod) {
-					return errorfactory.New(errorfactory.ReconcileRollingUpgrade{}, errors.New("pod is still creating"), "rolling upgrade in progress")
-				}
+			if len(podList.Items) < len(r.KafkaCluster.Spec.Brokers) {
+				return errorfactory.New(errorfactory.ReconcileRollingUpgrade{}, errors.New("pod count differs from brokers spec"), "rolling upgrade in progress")
 			}
 
-			errorCount := r.KafkaCluster.Status.RollingUpgrade.ErrorCount
+			// Check if we support multiple broker restarts and restart only in same AZ, otherwise restart only 1 broker at once
+			concurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed := r.getConcurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed()
+			terminatingOrPendingPods := getPodsInTerminatingOrPendingState(podList.Items)
+			if len(terminatingOrPendingPods) >= concurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed {
+				return errorfactory.New(errorfactory.ReconcileRollingUpgrade{}, errors.New(strconv.Itoa(concurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed)+" pod(s) is still terminating or creating"), "rolling upgrade in progress")
+			}
+			currentPodAz := r.getBrokerAz(currentPod)
+			if concurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed > 1 && r.existsTerminatingPodFromAnotherAz(currentPodAz, terminatingOrPendingPods) {
+				return errorfactory.New(errorfactory.ReconcileRollingUpgrade{}, errors.New("pod is still terminating or creating from another AZ"), "rolling upgrade in progress")
+			}
 
+			// Check broker count with out-of-sync and offline replicas against the rolling upgrade failure threshold
+			errorCount := r.KafkaCluster.Status.RollingUpgrade.ErrorCount
 			kClient, close, err := r.kafkaClientProvider.NewFromCluster(r.Client, r.KafkaCluster)
 			if err != nil {
 				return errorfactory.New(errorfactory.BrokersUnreachable{}, err, "could not connect to kafka brokers")
@@ -908,20 +955,24 @@ func (r *Reconciler) handleRollingUpgrade(log logr.Logger, desiredPod, currentPo
 			if len(outOfSyncReplicas) > 0 {
 				log.Info("out-of-sync replicas", "IDs", outOfSyncReplicas)
 			}
-
 			impactedReplicas := make(map[int32]struct{})
 			for _, brokerID := range allOfflineReplicas {
 				impactedReplicas[brokerID] = struct{}{}
 			}
 			for _, brokerID := range outOfSyncReplicas {
 				impactedReplicas[brokerID] = struct{}{}
 			}
-
 			errorCount += len(impactedReplicas)
-
 			if errorCount >= r.KafkaCluster.Spec.RollingUpgradeConfig.FailureThreshold {
 				return errorfactory.New(errorfactory.ReconcileRollingUpgrade{}, errors.New("cluster is not healthy"), "rolling upgrade in progress")
 			}
+
+			// If multiple concurrent restarts and broker failures allowed, restart only brokers from the same AZ
+			if concurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed > 1 && r.KafkaCluster.Spec.RollingUpgradeConfig.FailureThreshold > 1 {
+				if r.existsFailedBrokerFromAnotherAz(currentPodAz, impactedReplicas) {
+					return errorfactory.New(errorfactory.ReconcileRollingUpgrade{}, errors.New("broker is not healthy from another AZ"), "rolling upgrade in progress")
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -943,6 +994,37 @@ func (r *Reconciler) handleRollingUpgrade(log logr.Logger, desiredPod, currentPo
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (r *Reconciler) existsFailedBrokerFromAnotherAz(currentPodAz string, impactedReplicas map[int32]struct{}) bool {
+	if currentPodAz == "" && len(impactedReplicas) > 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+	for brokerWithFailure := range impactedReplicas {
+		if currentPodAz != r.kafkaBrokerAvailabilityZoneMap[brokerWithFailure] {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (r *Reconciler) getConcurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed() int {
+	if r.KafkaCluster.Spec.RollingUpgradeConfig.ConcurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed > 1 {
+		return r.KafkaCluster.Spec.RollingUpgradeConfig.ConcurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed
+	}
+	return defaultConcurrentBrokerRestartsAllowed
+}
+
+func (r *Reconciler) existsTerminatingPodFromAnotherAz(currentPodAz string, terminatingOrPendingPods []corev1.Pod) bool {
+	if currentPodAz == "" && len(terminatingOrPendingPods) > 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+	for _, terminatingOrPendingPod := range terminatingOrPendingPods {
+		if currentPodAz != r.getBrokerAz(&terminatingOrPendingPod) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // Checks for match between pod labels and TaintedBrokersSelector
 func (r *Reconciler) isPodTainted(log logr.Logger, pod *corev1.Pod) bool {
 	selector, err := metav1.LabelSelectorAsSelector(r.KafkaCluster.Spec.TaintedBrokersSelector)
@@ -1382,6 +1464,27 @@ func (r *Reconciler) determineControllerId() (int32, error) {
 	return controllerID, nil
 }
 
+func getPodsInTerminatingOrPendingState(items []corev1.Pod) []corev1.Pod {
+	var pods []corev1.Pod
+	for _, pod := range items {
+		if k8sutil.IsMarkedForDeletion(pod.ObjectMeta) {
+			pods = append(pods, pod)
+		}
+		if k8sutil.IsPodContainsPendingContainer(&pod) {
+			pods = append(pods, pod)
+		}
+	}
+	return pods
+}
+
+func (r *Reconciler) getBrokerAz(pod *corev1.Pod) string {
+	brokerId, err := strconv.ParseInt(pod.Labels[v1beta1.BrokerIdLabelKey], 10, 32)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return r.kafkaBrokerAvailabilityZoneMap[int32(brokerId)]
+}
+
 func getServiceFromExternalListener(client client.Client, cluster *v1beta1.KafkaCluster,
 	eListenerName string, ingressConfigName string) (*corev1.Service, error) {
 	foundLBService := &corev1.Service{}