Merge pull request #6836 from sbueringer/pr-self-hosted

✨ ClusterCacheTracker: access controller cluster directly

config/manager/manager.yaml

@@ -25,6 +25,19 @@ spec:
         - "--feature-gates=MachinePool=${EXP_MACHINE_POOL:=false},ClusterResourceSet=${EXP_CLUSTER_RESOURCE_SET:=false},ClusterTopology=${CLUSTER_TOPOLOGY:=false},RuntimeSDK=${EXP_RUNTIME_SDK:=false}"
         image: controller:latest
         name: manager
+        env:
+        - name: POD_NAMESPACE
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        - name: POD_NAME
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.name
+        - name: POD_UID
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.uid
         ports:
         - containerPort: 9440
           name: healthz

controllers/remote/cluster_cache_reconciler.go

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (r *ClusterCacheReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req reconcile.Re
 
 	log.V(2).Info("Cluster no longer exists")
 
-	r.Tracker.deleteAccessor(req.NamespacedName)
+	r.Tracker.deleteAccessor(ctx, req.NamespacedName)
 
 	return reconcile.Result{}, nil
 }

controllers/remote/cluster_cache.go → controllers/remote/cluster_cache_tracker.go

@@ -19,15 +19,19 @@ package remote
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
@@ -62,6 +66,12 @@ type ClusterCacheTracker struct {
 	lock             sync.RWMutex
 	clusterAccessors map[client.ObjectKey]*clusterAccessor
 	indexes          []Index
+
+	// controllerPodMetadata is the Pod metadata of the controller using this ClusterCacheTracker.
+	// This is only set when the POD_NAMESPACE, POD_NAME and POD_UID environment variables are set.
+	// This information will be used to detected if the controller is running on a workload cluster, so
+	// that we can then access the apiserver directly.
+	controllerPodMetadata *metav1.ObjectMeta
 }
 
 // ClusterCacheTrackerOptions defines options to configure
@@ -96,7 +106,23 @@ func setDefaultOptions(opts *ClusterCacheTrackerOptions) {
 func NewClusterCacheTracker(manager ctrl.Manager, options ClusterCacheTrackerOptions) (*ClusterCacheTracker, error) {
 	setDefaultOptions(&options)
 
+	var controllerPodMetadata *metav1.ObjectMeta
+	podNamespace := os.Getenv("POD_NAMESPACE")
+	podName := os.Getenv("POD_NAME")
+	podUID := os.Getenv("POD_UID")
+	if podNamespace != "" && podName != "" && podUID != "" {
+		options.Log.Info("Found controller pod metadata, the ClusterCacheTracker will try to access the cluster directly when possible")
+		controllerPodMetadata = &metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Namespace: podNamespace,
+			Name:      podName,
+			UID:       types.UID(podUID),
+		}
+	} else {
+		options.Log.Info("Couldn't find controller pod metadata, the ClusterCacheTracker will always access clusters using the regular apiserver endpoint")
+	}
+
 	return &ClusterCacheTracker{
+		controllerPodMetadata: controllerPodMetadata,
 		log:                   *options.Log,
 		clientUncachedObjects: options.ClientUncachedObjects,
 		client:                manager.GetClient(),
@@ -119,11 +145,25 @@ func (t *ClusterCacheTracker) GetClient(ctx context.Context, cluster client.Obje
 	return accessor.client, nil
 }
 
+// GetRESTConfig returns a cached REST config for the given cluster.
+func (t *ClusterCacheTracker) GetRESTConfig(ctc context.Context, cluster client.ObjectKey) (*rest.Config, error) {
+	t.lock.Lock()
+	defer t.lock.Unlock()
+
+	accessor, err := t.getClusterAccessorLH(ctc, cluster, t.indexes...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return accessor.config, nil
+}
+
 // clusterAccessor represents the combination of a delegating client, cache, and watches for a remote cluster.
 type clusterAccessor struct {
 	cache   *stoppableCache
 	client  client.Client
 	watches sets.String
+	config  *rest.Config
 }
 
 // clusterAccessorExists returns true if a clusterAccessor exists for cluster.
@@ -155,22 +195,47 @@ func (t *ClusterCacheTracker) getClusterAccessorLH(ctx context.Context, cluster
 
 // newClusterAccessor creates a new clusterAccessor.
 func (t *ClusterCacheTracker) newClusterAccessor(ctx context.Context, cluster client.ObjectKey, indexes ...Index) (*clusterAccessor, error) {
+	log := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx)
+
 	// Get a rest config for the remote cluster
 	config, err := RESTConfig(ctx, clusterCacheControllerName, t.client, cluster)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error fetching REST client config for remote cluster %q", cluster.String())
 	}
 
-	// Create a mapper for it
-	mapper, err := apiutil.NewDynamicRESTMapper(config)
+	// Create a client and a mapper for the cluster.
+	c, mapper, err := t.createClient(config, cluster)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating dynamic rest mapper for remote cluster %q", cluster.String())
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Create the client for the remote cluster
-	c, err := client.New(config, client.Options{Scheme: t.scheme, Mapper: mapper})
+	// Detect if the controller is running on the workload cluster.
+	runningOnCluster, err := t.runningOnWorkloadCluster(ctx, c, cluster)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating client for remote cluster %q", cluster.String())
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// If the controller runs on the workload cluster, access the apiserver directly by using the
+	// CA and Host from the in-cluster configuration.
+	if runningOnCluster {
+		inClusterConfig, err := ctrl.GetConfig()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error creating client for self-hosted cluster")
+		}
+
+		// Use CA and Host from in-cluster config.
+		config.CAData = nil
+		config.CAFile = inClusterConfig.CAFile
+		config.Host = inClusterConfig.Host
+
+		// Create a new client and overwrite the previously created client.
+		c, mapper, err = t.createClient(config, cluster)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error creating client for self-hosted cluster")
+		}
+		log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Creating cluster accessor for cluster %q with in-cluster service %q", cluster.String(), config.Host))
+	} else {
+		log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Creating cluster accessor for cluster %q with the regular apiserver endpoint %q", cluster.String(), config.Host))
 	}
 
 	// Create the cache for the remote cluster
@@ -220,13 +285,59 @@ func (t *ClusterCacheTracker) newClusterAccessor(ctx context.Context, cluster cl
 
 	return &clusterAccessor{
 		cache:   cache,
+		config:  config,
 		client:  delegatingClient,
 		watches: sets.NewString(),
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// runningOnWorkloadCluster detects if the current controller runs on the workload cluster.
+func (t *ClusterCacheTracker) runningOnWorkloadCluster(ctx context.Context, c client.Client, cluster client.ObjectKey) (bool, error) {
+	// Controller Pod metadata was not found, so we can't detect if we run on the workload cluster.
+	if t.controllerPodMetadata == nil {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	// Try to get the controller pod.
+	var pod corev1.Pod
+	if err := c.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{
+		Namespace: t.controllerPodMetadata.Namespace,
+		Name:      t.controllerPodMetadata.Name,
+	}, &pod); err != nil {
+		// If the controller pod is not found, we assume we are not running on the workload cluster.
+		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+
+		// If we got another error, we return the error so that this will be retried later.
+		return false, errors.Wrapf(err, "error checking if we're running on workload cluster %q", cluster.String())
+	}
+
+	// If the uid is the same we found the controller pod on the workload cluster.
+	return t.controllerPodMetadata.UID == pod.UID, nil
+}
+
+// createClient creates a client and a mapper based on a rest.Config.
+func (t *ClusterCacheTracker) createClient(config *rest.Config, cluster client.ObjectKey) (client.Client, meta.RESTMapper, error) {
+	// Create a mapper for it
+	mapper, err := apiutil.NewDynamicRESTMapper(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating dynamic rest mapper for remote cluster %q", cluster.String())
+	}
+
+	// Create the client for the remote cluster
+	c, err := client.New(config, client.Options{Scheme: t.scheme, Mapper: mapper})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating client for remote cluster %q", cluster.String())
+	}
+
+	return c, mapper, nil
+}
+
 // deleteAccessor stops a clusterAccessor's cache and removes the clusterAccessor from the tracker.
-func (t *ClusterCacheTracker) deleteAccessor(cluster client.ObjectKey) {
+func (t *ClusterCacheTracker) deleteAccessor(ctx context.Context, cluster client.ObjectKey) {
+	log := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx)
+
 	t.lock.Lock()
 	defer t.lock.Unlock()
 
@@ -235,11 +346,11 @@ func (t *ClusterCacheTracker) deleteAccessor(cluster client.ObjectKey) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	t.log.V(2).Info("Deleting clusterAccessor", "cluster", cluster.String())
+	log.V(2).Info("Deleting clusterAccessor", "cluster", cluster.String())
 
-	t.log.V(4).Info("Stopping cache", "cluster", cluster.String())
+	log.V(4).Info("Stopping cache", "cluster", cluster.String())
 	a.cache.Stop()
-	t.log.V(4).Info("Cache stopped", "cluster", cluster.String())
+	log.V(4).Info("Cache stopped", "cluster", cluster.String())
 
 	delete(t.clusterAccessors, cluster)
 }
@@ -286,7 +397,8 @@ func (t *ClusterCacheTracker) Watch(ctx context.Context, input WatchInput) error
 	}
 
 	if a.watches.Has(input.Name) {
-		t.log.V(6).Info("Watch already exists", "namespace", input.Cluster.Namespace, "cluster", input.Cluster.Name, "name", input.Name)
+		log := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx)
+		log.V(6).Info("Watch already exists", "namespace", input.Cluster.Namespace, "cluster", input.Cluster.Name, "name", input.Name)
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -391,7 +503,8 @@ func (t *ClusterCacheTracker) healthCheckCluster(ctx context.Context, in *health
 	// NB. we are ignoring ErrWaitTimeout because this error happens when the channel is close, that in this case
 	// happens when the cache is explicitly stopped.
 	if err != nil && err != wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
-		t.log.Error(err, "Error health checking cluster", "cluster", in.cluster.String())
-		t.deleteAccessor(in.cluster)
+		log := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx)
+		log.Error(err, "Error health checking cluster", "cluster", in.cluster.String())
+		t.deleteAccessor(ctx, in.cluster)
 	}
 }

controllers/remote/cluster_cache_tracker_test.go

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/fake"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/handler"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile"
@@ -186,6 +187,128 @@ func TestClusterCacheTracker(t *testing.T) {
 			g.Consistently(c.ch).ShouldNot(Receive())
 		})
 	})
+
+	t.Run("runningOnWorkloadCluster", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tests := []struct {
+			name                      string
+			currentControllerMetadata *metav1.ObjectMeta
+			clusterObjects            []client.Object
+			expected                  bool
+		}{
+			{
+				name: "should return true if the controller is running on the workload cluster",
+				currentControllerMetadata: &metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "controller-pod",
+					Namespace: "controller-pod-namespace",
+					UID:       types.UID("controller-pod-uid"),
+				},
+				clusterObjects: []client.Object{
+					&corev1.Pod{
+						ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+							Name:      "controller-pod",
+							Namespace: "controller-pod-namespace",
+							UID:       types.UID("controller-pod-uid"),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				expected: true,
+			},
+			{
+				name: "should return false if the controller is not running on the workload cluster: name mismatch",
+				currentControllerMetadata: &metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "controller-pod",
+					Namespace: "controller-pod-namespace",
+					UID:       types.UID("controller-pod-uid"),
+				},
+				clusterObjects: []client.Object{
+					&corev1.Pod{
+						ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+							Name:      "controller-pod-mismatch",
+							Namespace: "controller-pod-namespace",
+							UID:       types.UID("controller-pod-uid"),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				expected: false,
+			},
+			{
+				name: "should return false if the controller is not running on the workload cluster: namespace mismatch",
+				currentControllerMetadata: &metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "controller-pod",
+					Namespace: "controller-pod-namespace",
+					UID:       types.UID("controller-pod-uid"),
+				},
+				clusterObjects: []client.Object{
+					&corev1.Pod{
+						ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+							Name:      "controller-pod",
+							Namespace: "controller-pod-namespace-mismatch",
+							UID:       types.UID("controller-pod-uid"),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				expected: false,
+			},
+			{
+				name: "should return false if the controller is not running on the workload cluster: uid mismatch",
+				currentControllerMetadata: &metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "controller-pod",
+					Namespace: "controller-pod-namespace",
+					UID:       types.UID("controller-pod-uid"),
+				},
+				clusterObjects: []client.Object{
+					&corev1.Pod{
+						ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+							Name:      "controller-pod",
+							Namespace: "controller-pod-namespace",
+							UID:       types.UID("controller-pod-uid-mismatch"),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				expected: false,
+			},
+			{
+				name: "should return false if the controller is not running on the workload cluster: no pod in cluster",
+				currentControllerMetadata: &metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "controller-pod",
+					Namespace: "controller-pod-namespace",
+					UID:       types.UID("controller-pod-uid"),
+				},
+				clusterObjects: []client.Object{},
+				expected:       false,
+			},
+			{
+				name:                      "should return false if the controller is not running on the workload cluster: no controller metadata",
+				currentControllerMetadata: nil,
+				clusterObjects: []client.Object{
+					&corev1.Pod{
+						ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+							Name:      "controller-pod",
+							Namespace: "controller-pod-namespace",
+							UID:       types.UID("controller-pod-uid"),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				expected: false,
+			},
+		}
+
+		for _, tt := range tests {
+			t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				g := NewWithT(t)
+
+				c := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithObjects(tt.clusterObjects...).Build()
+
+				cct := &ClusterCacheTracker{
+					controllerPodMetadata: tt.currentControllerMetadata,
+				}
+
+				found, err := cct.runningOnWorkloadCluster(ctx, c, client.ObjectKey{Name: "test-cluster", Namespace: "test-namespace"})
+				g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+				g.Expect(found).To(Equal(tt.expected))
+			})
+		}
+	})
 }
 
 type testController struct {