gardener-attic / auto-node-repair

Kubernetes controller to repair not-ready nodes

Auto Node Repair

• Kubernetes controller to repair nodes which are NotReady by replacing them with new fresh nodes. This is done by manipulating AutoScalingGroups to repair the nodes.
• Currently supports only AWS cloud provider.

Archived component no longer maintained

• This component is not used by gardener anymore and no longer maintained. It was archived in the gardener-attic.

How does it work ?

• Control loop for each Auto Scaling Group configured for a shoot cluster :
  • Identify Nodes which are NotReady since configurable amount of time (~10 minutes).
  • Create new nodes and wait until they are Ready
  • Cordon and drain all NotReady nodes.
  • Delete the NotReady nodes.
• Apply this approach for each ASG in a shoot cluster one by one.
• For a given ASG, create excess Nodes in parallel but cordon, drain and delete Nodes one by one.
• If ASG does not have sufficient capacity for excess Nodes, first delete the NotReady nodes then create new one.

Make commands

Command	Implication
Make compile	Build the go code locally
Make release	Deploy image into Gcloud

Steps for development

Use the deploy/kubernetes/deployment.yaml to deploy the auto-node-repair into the cluster. Refer to this file for more details.