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kubeadm: Allows to specify custom flag values for control plane components #58080

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This makes it possible to override / add flag values to the k8s api server, controller manager and scheduler components on kubeadm init and kubeadm alpha controlplane <component>

What this PR does / why we need it:
This PR makes kubeadm a little more flexible by allowing to specify flag values (or override kubeadm defaults) for the control plane components.
One good example is to deploy Kubernetes with a different admission-control flag on API server

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Fixes #58072

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Not sure about what should be fixed. The PR merely adds flags to the CLI exposing existing functionality (which I suppose is already tested)

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kubeadm now accept `--apiserver-extra-args`, `--controller-manager-extra-args` and `--scheduler-extra-args` to override / specify additional flags for control plane components

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dims commented Jan 10, 2018

/ok-to-test

the change looks good to me! 👍

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/retest

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The build errors look a little odd, also the change looks simple enough and I don't see how it could relate to those build errors...

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@errordeveloper I have added an import in init and controlplane subcommands. I think it did not get automatically added to the bazel BUILD file in cmd/kubeadm/app/phase. I submitted a corrective commit. I'll squash them if it succeeds

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I think it did not get automatically added to the bazel BUILD file in cmd/kubeadm/app/phase

Ah, that's right! I'm still new to bazel.

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@simonferquel have you tried creating a config file actually? I sort of recollect that these flags were considered too low-level to be exposed in kubeadm init, hence could only be accessed via the config file...

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dims commented Jan 10, 2018

@simonferquel : if you run hack/update-bazel.sh it fixes up the bazel build files.

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errordeveloper commented Jan 10, 2018

I sort of recollect that these flags were considered too low-level to be exposed in kubeadm init...

But I don't know if there was a discussion about exposing these in the controlplane phase subcommand, which seems like a good idea to me.

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I am aware that the config file exposes the feature, but I thought it would be far easier if this was exposed trough init (would make our CI scripts simpler for spawning clusters with custom admission control)

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@errordeveloper maybe we could define a set of flags on each control plane component that are frequently customized, and surface them instead of surfacing the whole extra-args settings. WDYT?

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errordeveloper commented Jan 10, 2018

@simonferquel we are gonna have a kubeadm office hours meeting today, feel free to add this to the agenda :)

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/kubernetes-sig-cluster-lifecycle/Gh4HK-Z_oSQ/lF3dgusUBwAJ

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A small nit. Others lgtm.

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if properties.use == "all" || properties.use == "controller-manager" {
cmd.Flags().StringVar(&cfg.Networking.PodSubnet, "pod-network-cidr", cfg.Networking.PodSubnet, "The range of IP addresses used for the Pod network")
cmd.Flags().Var(utilflag.NewMapStringString(&cfg.ControllerManagerExtraArgs), "controller-manager-extra-args", "A set of extra flags to pass to the Controller Manager or override default ones in form of <flagname>=<value>")
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Add a newline here?

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Fixed @dixudx nit + squashed

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dixudx commented Jan 10, 2018

/lgtm

ping @luxas for approval.

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/test pull-kubernetes-unit

@@ -192,6 +193,10 @@ func AddInitConfigFlags(flagSet *flag.FlagSet, cfg *kubeadmapiext.MasterConfigur
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flagSet.StringVar(featureGatesString, "feature-gates", *featureGatesString, "A set of key=value pairs that describe feature gates for various features. "+
"Options are:\n"+strings.Join(features.KnownFeatures(&features.InitFeatureGates), "\n"))

flagSet.Var(utilflag.NewMapStringString(&cfg.APIServerExtraArgs), "apiserver-extra-args", "A set of extra flags to pass to the API Server or override default ones in form of <flagname>=<value>")
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Do we need this now, could we push for component config in order to resolve this in the long-term?

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I also realised that this would be the best fit for component config, but in the mean time we could add this to phases command.

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This makes it possible to override / add flag values to the k8s api server, controller manager and scheduler components on `kubeadm init` and `kubeadm alpha controlplane <component>`

Signed-off-by: Simon Ferquel <simon.ferquel@docker.com>
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Just rebased, hoping it will fix flaky tests

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@dixudx can you re-lgtm
Otherwise, if it gets merged eventually, should I create a cherry-picking PR to sub;it it for an upcoming 1.9 revision, or is there something automagic for that ?

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/lgtm

This is not a PR that should be cherry-picked back to 1.9 according to policy.

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Associated issue: #58072

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I'm happy with this if others are, but IIRC we had frozen the UX of kubeadm init to not clutter things up with too many options...

I see this would be convenient and useful for users though so I'm torn.

We need a longer-term plan what to do with flags for components project-wide, and see how/if this PR fits into that model.

Thoughts?

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I think this 3 flags (especially the 1 for apiserver) cover such a wide spectrum of customization (admission control, authentication customization, and runtime config, etc.) that the added value counter-balance the added complexity by large (and brings a much simpler ux than having to write a config file).

Actually I wrote this pr out of frustration as a day to day user of kubeadm :).

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luxas commented Jan 21, 2018

@simonferquel I totally get you. Please line it up for the next SIG meeting and discuss it there, and LMK what you all decide. I'm not gonna be able to attend sadly, but anyway...

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IMO these are temporary, long-term it's all configmaps.

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Per sig discussion, we should either move to phases or feature gated flag.

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luxas commented Jan 24, 2018

Thanks @timothysc, please open an issue to track that

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I am going to be working on kubernetes/kubeadm#676 and will follow up here as soon as I wrap my head around it 😄

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kubeadm: Demote controlplane passthrough flags to phases alpha

After a discussion in sig cluster lifecycle we agreed that the passthrough flags should live in phases alpha, and not be 1st class flags. They already exist in the alpha command, so just removing from here.



**What this PR does / why we need it**:

We introduced some flags as 1st class flags in #58080 and decided as a sig that the flags should only live in the `alpha` command. This PR removes the flags from the `init` command so they only exist in the `alpha` command

**Which issue(s) this PR fixes** *(optional, in `fixes #<issue number>(, fixes #<issue_number>, ...)` format, will close the issue(s) when PR gets merged)*:
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relates to /pull/58080
fixes kubernetes/kubeadm/issues/676

**Special notes for your reviewer**:

This is a cosmetic change, and doesn't alter any functionality of the program, only the avenue in which a user access functionality in the program.

**Release note**:

```release-note
kubeadm: Demote controlplane passthrough flags to alpha flags
```
jingxu97 pushed a commit to jingxu97/kubernetes that referenced this pull request Mar 13, 2018
After a discussion in sig cluster lifecycle we agreed that the passthrough flags should live in phases alpha, and not be 1st class flags.
Relates to kubernetes/pull/58080
Closes kubernetes/kubeadm/issues/676
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