Allow configuring informer resync time

docs/sources/configure/options.md

@@ -681,6 +681,25 @@ reduces the load of the Kubernetes API.
 The Pods informer can't be disabled. For that purpose, you should disable the whole
 Kubernetes metadata decoration.
 
+| YAML                     | Environment variable                | Type     | Default |
+|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------|---------|
+| `informers_sync_timeout` | `BEYLA_KUBE_INFORMERS_SYNC_TIMEOUT` | Duration | 30s     |
+
+Maximum time that Beyla waits for getting all the Kubernetes metadata before starting
+to decorate metrics and traces. If this timeout is reached, Beyla starts normally but
+the metadata attributes might be incomplete until all the Kubernetes metadata is locally
+updated in background.
+
+| YAML                      | Environment variable                 | Type     | Default |
+|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|----------|---------|
+| `informers_resync_period` | `BEYLA_KUBE_INFORMERS_RESYNC_PERIOD` | Duration | 30m     |
+
+Beyla is subscribed to immediately receive any update on resources' metadata. In addition,
+Beyla periodically resynchronizes the whole Kubernetes metadata at the frequency specified
+by this property.
+
+Higher values reduce the load on the Kubernetes API service.
+
 ## Routes decorator
 
 YAML section `routes`.

pkg/beyla/config.go

@@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ var DefaultConfig = Config{
 			HostnameDNSResolution: true,
 		},
 		Kubernetes: transform.KubernetesDecorator{
-			Enable:               kubeflags.EnabledDefault,
-			InformersSyncTimeout: 30 * time.Second,
+			Enable:                kubeflags.EnabledDefault,
+			InformersSyncTimeout:  30 * time.Second,
+			InformersResyncPeriod: 30 * time.Minute,
 		},
 		HostID: HostIDConfig{
 			FetchTimeout: 500 * time.Millisecond,

pkg/beyla/config_test.go

@@ -174,9 +174,10 @@ network:
 				HostnameDNSResolution: true,
 			},
 			Kubernetes: transform.KubernetesDecorator{
-				KubeconfigPath:       "/foo/bar",
-				Enable:               kubeflags.EnabledTrue,
-				InformersSyncTimeout: 30 * time.Second,
+				KubeconfigPath:        "/foo/bar",
+				Enable:                kubeflags.EnabledTrue,
+				InformersSyncTimeout:  30 * time.Second,
+				InformersResyncPeriod: 30 * time.Minute,
 			},
 			HostID: HostIDConfig{
 				Override:     "the-host-id",

pkg/components/beyla.go

@@ -107,13 +107,14 @@ func buildCommonContextInfo(
 	promMgr := &connector.PrometheusManager{}
 	ctxInfo := &global.ContextInfo{
 		Prometheus: promMgr,
-		K8sInformer: kube.NewMetadataProvider(
-			config.Attributes.Kubernetes.Enable,
-			config.Attributes.Kubernetes.DisableInformers,
-			config.Attributes.Kubernetes.KubeconfigPath,
-			config.Enabled(beyla.FeatureNetO11y),
-			config.Attributes.Kubernetes.InformersSyncTimeout,
-		),
+		K8sInformer: kube.NewMetadataProvider(kube.MetadataConfig{
+			Enable:                config.Attributes.Kubernetes.Enable,
+			EnableNetworkMetadata: config.Enabled(beyla.FeatureNetO11y),
+			KubeConfigPath:        config.Attributes.Kubernetes.KubeconfigPath,
+			SyncTimeout:           config.Attributes.Kubernetes.InformersSyncTimeout,
+			ResyncPeriod:          config.Attributes.Kubernetes.InformersResyncPeriod,
+			DisabledInformers:     config.Attributes.Kubernetes.DisableInformers,
+		}),
 	}
 	switch {
 	case config.InternalMetrics.Prometheus.Port != 0:

pkg/internal/discover/watcher_kube_test.go

@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ func TestWatcherKubeEnricher(t *testing.T) {
 			containerInfoForPID = fakeContainerInfo
 			// Setup a fake K8s API connected to the watcherKubeEnricher
 			k8sClient := fakek8sclientset.NewSimpleClientset()
-			informer := kube.Metadata{}
-			require.NoError(t, informer.InitFromClient(context.TODO(), k8sClient, "", 30*time.Minute))
+			informer := kube.Metadata{SyncTimeout: 30 * time.Minute}
+			require.NoError(t, informer.InitFromClient(context.TODO(), k8sClient, ""))
 			wkeNodeFunc, err := WatcherKubeEnricherProvider(context.TODO(), &informerProvider{informer: &informer}, fakeInternalMetrics{})()
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			inputCh, outputCh := make(chan []Event[processAttrs], 10), make(chan []Event[processAttrs], 10)
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ func TestWatcherKubeEnricherWithMatcher(t *testing.T) {
 	processInfo = fakeProcessInfo
 	// Setup a fake K8s API connected to the watcherKubeEnricher
 	k8sClient := fakek8sclientset.NewSimpleClientset()
-	informer := kube.Metadata{}
-	require.NoError(t, informer.InitFromClient(context.TODO(), k8sClient, "", 30*time.Minute))
+	informer := kube.Metadata{SyncTimeout: 30 * time.Minute}
+	require.NoError(t, informer.InitFromClient(context.TODO(), k8sClient, ""))
 	wkeNodeFunc, err := WatcherKubeEnricherProvider(context.TODO(), &informerProvider{informer: &informer}, fakeInternalMetrics{})()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	pipeConfig := beyla.Config{}

pkg/internal/kube/informer.go

@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	kubeConfigEnvVariable  = "KUBECONFIG"
-	resyncTime             = 10 * time.Minute
-	defaultSyncTimeout     = 10 * time.Minute
+	defaultResyncTime      = 30 * time.Minute
+	defaultSyncTimeout     = 30 * time.Second
 	IndexPodByContainerIDs = "idx_pod_by_container"
-	IndexReplicaSetNames   = "idx_rs"
 	IndexIP                = "idx_ip"
 	typeNode               = "Node"
 	typePod                = "Pod"
@@ -53,6 +52,8 @@ type Metadata struct {
 
 	containerEventHandlers []ContainerEventHandler
 
+	SyncTimeout       time.Duration
+	resyncPeriod      time.Duration
 	disabledInformers maps.Bits
 }
 
@@ -230,10 +231,10 @@ func rmContainerIDSchema(containerID string) string {
 	return containerID
 }
 
-func (k *Metadata) InitFromClient(ctx context.Context, client kubernetes.Interface, restrictNode string, timeout time.Duration) error {
+func (k *Metadata) InitFromClient(ctx context.Context, client kubernetes.Interface, restrictNode string) error {
 	// Initialization variables
 	k.log = klog()
-	return k.initInformers(ctx, client, restrictNode, timeout)
+	return k.initInformers(ctx, client, restrictNode)
 }
 
 func LoadConfig(kubeConfigPath string) (*rest.Config, error) {
@@ -263,21 +264,18 @@ func LoadConfig(kubeConfigPath string) (*rest.Config, error) {
 	return config, nil
 }
 
-func (k *Metadata) initInformers(ctx context.Context, client kubernetes.Interface, restrictNode string, syncTimeout time.Duration) error {
-	if syncTimeout <= 0 {
-		syncTimeout = defaultSyncTimeout
-	}
+func (k *Metadata) initInformers(ctx context.Context, client kubernetes.Interface, restrictNode string) error {
 	var informerFactory informers.SharedInformerFactory
 	if restrictNode == "" {
 		k.log.Debug("no node selector provided. Listening to global resources")
-		informerFactory = informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(client, resyncTime)
+		informerFactory = informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(client, k.resyncPeriod)
 	} else {
 		fieldSelector := fields.OneTermEqualSelector("spec.nodeName", restrictNode).String()
 		k.log.Debug("using field selector", "selector", fieldSelector)
 		opts := informers.WithTweakListOptions(func(options *metav1.ListOptions) {
 			options.FieldSelector = fieldSelector
 		})
-		informerFactory = informers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(client, resyncTime, opts)
+		informerFactory = informers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(client, k.resyncPeriod, opts)
 		// In the App O11y use case, we restrict to local nodes as we don't need to listen to global resources.
 		// In App O11y, we don't need neither Node nor Service informers, so we disable them.
 		k.disabledInformers |= InformerNode
@@ -304,10 +302,11 @@ func (k *Metadata) initInformers(ctx context.Context, client kubernetes.Interfac
 	select {
 	case <-finishedCacheSync:
 		k.log.Debug("kubernetes informers started")
-		return nil
-	case <-time.After(syncTimeout):
-		return fmt.Errorf("kubernetes cache has not been synced after %s timeout", syncTimeout)
+	case <-time.After(k.SyncTimeout):
+		k.log.Warn("kubernetes cache has not been synced after timeout. The kubernetes attributes might be incomplete."+
+			" Consider increasing the BEYLA_KUBE_INFORMERS_SYNC_TIMEOUT value", "timeout", k.SyncTimeout)
 	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (k *Metadata) AddContainerEventHandler(eh ContainerEventHandler) {

pkg/internal/kube/informer_provider.go

@@ -16,32 +16,43 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana/beyla/pkg/kubeflags"
 )
 
+type MetadataConfig struct {
+	Enable                kubeflags.EnableFlag
+	DisabledInformers     []string
+	KubeConfigPath        string
+	EnableNetworkMetadata bool
+	SyncTimeout           time.Duration
+	ResyncPeriod          time.Duration
+}
+
 type MetadataProvider struct {
 	mt       sync.Mutex
 	metadata *Metadata
 
 	kubeConfigPath string
 	syncTimeout    time.Duration
+	resyncPeriod   time.Duration
 
 	enable            atomic.Value
 	disabledInformers maps.Bits
 	enableNetworkMeta bool
 }
 
-func NewMetadataProvider(
-	enable kubeflags.EnableFlag,
-	disabledInformers []string,
-	kubeConfigPath string,
-	enableNetworkMetadata bool,
-	syncTimeout time.Duration,
-) *MetadataProvider {
+func NewMetadataProvider(config MetadataConfig) *MetadataProvider {
+	if config.SyncTimeout == 0 {
+		config.SyncTimeout = defaultSyncTimeout
+	}
+	if config.ResyncPeriod == 0 {
+		config.ResyncPeriod = defaultResyncTime
+	}
 	mp := &MetadataProvider{
-		enableNetworkMeta: enableNetworkMetadata,
-		kubeConfigPath:    kubeConfigPath,
-		syncTimeout:       syncTimeout,
-		disabledInformers: informerTypes(disabledInformers),
+		enableNetworkMeta: config.EnableNetworkMetadata,
+		kubeConfigPath:    config.KubeConfigPath,
+		syncTimeout:       config.SyncTimeout,
+		resyncPeriod:      config.ResyncPeriod,
+		disabledInformers: informerTypes(config.DisabledInformers),
 	}
-	mp.enable.Store(enable)
+	mp.enable.Store(config.Enable)
 	return mp
 }
 
@@ -106,8 +117,12 @@ func (mp *MetadataProvider) Get(ctx context.Context) (*Metadata, error) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't get current node name: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
-	mp.metadata = &Metadata{disabledInformers: mp.disabledInformers}
-	if err := mp.metadata.InitFromClient(ctx, kubeClient, restrictNodeName, mp.syncTimeout); err != nil {
+	mp.metadata = &Metadata{
+		disabledInformers: mp.disabledInformers,
+		SyncTimeout:       mp.syncTimeout,
+		resyncPeriod:      mp.resyncPeriod,
+	}
+	if err := mp.metadata.InitFromClient(ctx, kubeClient, restrictNodeName); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't initialize kubernetes metadata: %w", err)
 	}
 	return mp.metadata, nil

pkg/internal/pipe/instrumenter_test.go

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func gctx(groups attributes.AttrGroups) *global.ContextInfo {
 	return &global.ContextInfo{
 		Metrics:               imetrics.NoopReporter{},
 		MetricAttributeGroups: groups,
-		K8sInformer:           kube.NewMetadataProvider(kubeflags.EnabledFalse, nil, "", false, 0),
+		K8sInformer:           kube.NewMetadataProvider(kube.MetadataConfig{Enable: kubeflags.EnabledFalse}),
 		HostID:                "host-id",
 	}
 }

pkg/transform/k8s.go

@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ type KubernetesDecorator struct {
 
 	InformersSyncTimeout time.Duration `yaml:"informers_sync_timeout" env:"BEYLA_KUBE_INFORMERS_SYNC_TIMEOUT"`
 
+	// InformersResyncPeriod defaults to 30m. Higher values will reduce the load on the Kube API.
+	InformersResyncPeriod time.Duration `yaml:"informers_resync_period" env:"BEYLA_KUBE_INFORMERS_RESYNC_PERIOD"`
+
 	// DropExternal will drop, in NetO11y component, any flow where the source or destination
 	// IPs are not matched to any kubernetes entity, assuming they are cluster-external
 	DropExternal bool `yaml:"drop_external" env:"BEYLA_NETWORK_DROP_EXTERNAL"`