feat(GCP-1049): harden platform API server deployment - #106
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Add PodDisruptionBudget and pod anti-affinity rules to ensure the platform API server remains highly available during node maintenance and disruptions, with replicas spread across nodes and GCP zones. Kustomize base: - Add pdb.yaml: PodDisruptionBudget with minAvailable: 1 - Add pod anti-affinity to deployment: - requiredDuringScheduling on kubernetes.io/hostname (node spread) - preferredDuringScheduling on topology.kubernetes.io/zone (zone spread) Helm chart: - Add podAntiAffinity values (requiredTopologyKey, preferredTopologyKey) with configurable topology keys; set to "" to disable either rule - Apply default anti-affinity rules from podAntiAffinity values when affinity override is not set; full affinity override still supported - PDB was already present and enabled by default (minAvailable: 1)
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WalkthroughThe change adds configurable pod anti-affinity to the Helm chart and base deployment. It also adds a PodDisruptionBudget and includes it in the base Kustomize resources. ChangesPlatform API availability
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to The deployment now requires pods to run on separate nodes, but with one replica and a surge-first rollout, an environment without a second eligible node can leave the replacement pod Pending and stall deployment. Merge requires explicit owner awareness or configuration of sufficient capacity or a delete-first rollout strategy. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 11✅ Passed checks (11 passed)
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In `@helm/charts/platform-api-server/values.yaml`:
- Around line 83-85: Update the rollout configuration associated with
requiredTopologyKey in helm/charts/platform-api-server/values.yaml at lines
83-85 and deploy/platform-api/base/deployment.yaml at lines 19-25 so
single-replica deployments can roll out without requiring a second eligible
node; configure delete-first behavior with maxSurge 0 and maxUnavailable 1 at
both sites, while preserving the hostname anti-affinity setting.
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deploy/platform-api/base/deployment.yamldeploy/platform-api/base/kustomization.yamldeploy/platform-api/base/pdb.yamlhelm/charts/platform-api-server/templates/deployment.yamlhelm/charts/platform-api-server/values.yaml
| # requiredTopologyKey spreads replicas across nodes (hard constraint). | ||
| # Set to "" to disable. | ||
| requiredTopologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname |
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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- candidate files ---'
git ls-files \
'helm/charts/platform-api-server/values.yaml' \
'helm/charts/platform-api-server/*' \
'deploy/platform-api/base/*' \
'deploy/platform-api/*' | sed -n '1,160p'
printf '%s\n' '--- values.yaml relevant section ---'
sed -n '60,105p' helm/charts/platform-api-server/values.yaml
printf '%s\n' '--- chart templates and deployment manifests ---'
rg -n -C 8 \
'requiredTopologyKey|requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution|podAntiAffinity|strategy:|rollingUpdate|maxSurge|maxUnavailable|replicas:' \
helm/charts/platform-api-server deploy/platform-api
printf '%s\n' '--- base deployment ---'
sed -n '1,140p' deploy/platform-api/base/deployment.yamlRepository: openshift-online/gecko
Length of output: 16249
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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- chart defaults and deployment template ---'
sed -n '1,75p' helm/charts/platform-api-server/values.yaml
sed -n '1,35p' helm/charts/platform-api-server/templates/deployment.yaml
sed -n '165,205p' helm/charts/platform-api-server/templates/deployment.yaml
printf '%s\n' '--- base kustomization and deployment references ---'
cat deploy/platform-api/base/kustomization.yaml
rg -n -C 3 \
'platform-api-server|replicaCount|maxSurge|maxUnavailable|requiredTopologyKey|strategy:' \
--glob '*.yaml' --glob '*.yml' .
printf '%s\n' '--- read-only rollout-capacity verifier ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
from pathlib import Path
import re
values = Path("helm/charts/platform-api-server/values.yaml").read_text()
base = Path("deploy/platform-api/base/deployment.yaml").read_text()
template = Path("helm/charts/platform-api-server/templates/deployment.yaml").read_text()
def scalar(text, pattern, name):
match = re.search(pattern, text, re.M)
if not match:
raise SystemExit(f"missing {name}")
return match.group(1)
replicas = int(scalar(values, r"^replicaCount:\s*(\d+)\s*$", "Helm replicaCount"))
required_key = scalar(values, r"^\s+requiredTopologyKey:\s*(\S+)\s*$", "Helm requiredTopologyKey")
max_surge = scalar(values, r"^\s+maxSurge:\s*(\S+)\s*$", "Helm maxSurge")
max_unavailable = scalar(values, r"^\s+maxUnavailable:\s*(\S+)\s*$", "Helm maxUnavailable")
base_replicas = int(scalar(base, r"^\s+replicas:\s*(\d+)\s*$", "base replicas"))
base_has_strategy = bool(re.search(r"^\s+strategy:\s*$", base, re.M))
base_required = bool(re.search(
r"requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:.*?topologyKey:\s*kubernetes\.io/hostname",
base, re.S,
))
template_uses_required = (
"requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:" in template
and ".Values.podAntiAffinity.requiredTopologyKey" in template
)
print({
"helm_replicaCount": replicas,
"helm_requiredTopologyKey": required_key,
"helm_maxSurge": max_surge,
"helm_maxUnavailable": max_unavailable,
"base_replicas": base_replicas,
"base_uses_default_deployment_strategy": not base_has_strategy,
"base_required_hostname_anti_affinity": base_required,
"helm_template_uses_required_hostname_anti_affinity": template_uses_required,
})
# For replicas=1, Kubernetes rounds maxSurge 25% up to 1 and maxUnavailable
# 25% down to 0. The explicit Helm values are already 1 and 0.
helm_replacement_before_delete = (
replicas == 1 and max_surge == "1" and max_unavailable == "0"
)
base_default_replacement_before_delete = (
base_replicas == 1 and not base_has_strategy
)
print({
"helm_requires_a_second_eligible_hostname_during_rollout":
helm_replacement_before_delete and required_key == "kubernetes.io/hostname",
"base_requires_a_second_eligible_hostname_during_default_rollout":
base_default_replacement_before_delete and base_required,
})
PYRepository: openshift-online/gecko
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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
python3 - <<'PY'
from pathlib import Path
import re
values = Path("helm/charts/platform-api-server/values.yaml").read_text()
base = Path("deploy/platform-api/base/deployment.yaml").read_text()
template = Path("helm/charts/platform-api-server/templates/deployment.yaml").read_text()
def scalar(text, pattern, name):
match = re.search(pattern, text, re.M)
if not match:
raise SystemExit(f"missing {name}")
return match.group(1)
helm = {
"replicas": int(scalar(values, r"^replicaCount:\s*(\d+)\s*$", "Helm replicaCount")),
"requiredTopologyKey": scalar(
values, r"^\s+requiredTopologyKey:\s*(\S+)\s*$",
"Helm requiredTopologyKey",
),
"maxSurge": scalar(values, r"^\s+maxSurge:\s*(\S+)\s*$", "Helm maxSurge"),
"maxUnavailable": scalar(
values, r"^\s+maxUnavailable:\s*(\S+)\s*$", "Helm maxUnavailable"
),
}
base_replicas = int(scalar(base, r"^\s+replicas:\s*(\d+)\s*$", "base replicas"))
base_has_strategy = bool(re.search(r"(?m)^\s+strategy:\s*$", base))
base_hostname_required = bool(re.search(
r"requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:[\s\S]*?"
r"topologyKey:\s*kubernetes\.io/hostname",
base,
))
helm_template_has_required_rule = (
".Values.podAntiAffinity.requiredTopologyKey" in template
and "requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:" in template
)
print("helm_defaults =", helm)
print("base =", {
"replicas": base_replicas,
"uses_default_deployment_strategy": not base_has_strategy,
"hostname_required_anti_affinity": base_hostname_required,
})
print("helm_template_has_required_rule =", helm_template_has_required_rule)
# A one-replica Deployment with maxSurge=1 and maxUnavailable=0 must create
# one replacement before deleting the old pod. The default 25% values have the
# same effective result for one replica: surge rounds up and unavailability
# rounds down.
print("helm_rollout_needs_spare_hostname =", (
helm["replicas"] == 1
and helm["maxSurge"] == "1"
and helm["maxUnavailable"] == "0"
and helm["requiredTopologyKey"] == "kubernetes.io/hostname"
))
print("base_default_rollout_needs_spare_hostname =", (
base_replicas == 1
and not base_has_strategy
and base_hostname_required
))
PY
printf '%s\n' '--- only platform-api deployment entry points ---'
find deploy/platform-api -maxdepth 3 -type f -print | sortRepository: openshift-online/gecko
Length of output: 960
🌐 Web query:
Kubernetes Deployment maxSurge maxUnavailable one replica rounding anti-affinity requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution rolling update
💡 Result:
For a Kubernetes Deployment with a single replica (replicas: 1) using the RollingUpdate strategy, configuring maxSurge and maxUnavailable is critical to avoid downtime or deadlocks [1][2]. Rolling Update Mechanics with 1 Replica - By default (25% surge/unavailable), a 1-replica deployment faces a potential deadlock because 25% of 1 rounds down to 0 for maxUnavailable [1]. This prevents the controller from terminating the old pod, while maxSurge (rounding up to 1) allows a new pod to be created [1]. - To ensure zero downtime, you must configure the strategy to allow a new pod to start before the old one is terminated [1]. Setting maxSurge: 1 and maxUnavailable: 0 ensures the new pod is created and becomes ready first, after which the old pod is terminated [1][2]. - Setting maxUnavailable: 1 would cause downtime, as the old pod is terminated before the new one is necessarily ready [2]. Rounding Behavior - Percentage values for maxSurge are rounded up, while maxUnavailable are rounded down [3][4]. - For 1 replica: - maxSurge 25% becomes 1 (ceil(0.25 * 1) = 1) [1]. - maxUnavailable 25% becomes 0 (floor(0.25 * 1) = 0) [1]. Anti-Affinity Constraints - When using requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution (hard anti-affinity), rolling updates often conflict with the constraint [5][6]. If you require pods to be on different nodes, the new pod created during a rolling update may fail to schedule because the old pod is still occupying the only available node that satisfies the anti-affinity rule [7][8]. - Workarounds include: - Using maxUnavailable: 1 and maxSurge: 0 to force the old pod to terminate before the new one is scheduled, thereby freeing the node [8]. However, this causes brief downtime [2]. - Using preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution (soft anti-affinity) to allow scheduling if the hard constraint cannot be met [9][8]. - Scaling up the number of available nodes or domains to accommodate the temporary overlap of pods [5][7].
Citations:
- 1: https://kubedojo.com/courses/cka/lessons/cka-deployments-rollouts
- 2: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46369100/kubernetes-rolling-update-killing-off-old-pod-without-bringing-up-new-one
- 3: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/deployment/
- 4: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubernetes-api/apps/deployment-v1/
- 5: Rolling upgrade of deployment has conflict with pod anti-affinity policy kubernetes/kubernetes#56539
- 6: podAntiAffinity ignored when rollout restart kubernetes/kubernetes#93538
- 7: https://argo-rollouts.readthedocs.io/en/stable/features/anti-affinity/anti-affinity/
- 8: https://exchangetuts.com/ignore-pod-anti-affinity-during-deployment-update-1640428504251500
- 9: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/scheduling-eviction/assign-pod-node/
Provide rollout capacity for required hostname anti-affinity.
Both deployment paths use one replica and hard hostname anti-affinity. Helm sets maxSurge: 1 and maxUnavailable: 0; the base deployment uses Kubernetes defaults with the same effective values. Without a second eligible node, the replacement pod remains Pending and the rollout cannot complete. Use soft anti-affinity, provide spare node capacity, or configure a delete-first rollout with maxSurge: 0 and maxUnavailable: 1.
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helm/charts/platform-api-server/values.yaml#L83-L85(this comment)deploy/platform-api/base/deployment.yaml#L19-L25
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In `@helm/charts/platform-api-server/values.yaml` around lines 83 - 85, Update the
rollout configuration associated with requiredTopologyKey in
helm/charts/platform-api-server/values.yaml at lines 83-85 and
deploy/platform-api/base/deployment.yaml at lines 19-25 so single-replica
deployments can roll out without requiring a second eligible node; configure
delete-first behavior with maxSurge 0 and maxUnavailable 1 at both sites, while
preserving the hostname anti-affinity setting.
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maybe we should have a flag to disable antiaffinity for local runs on eg minikube?
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@patjlm, the chart already supports this with a local values override. For Minikube, disable the required rule:
podAntiAffinity:
requiredTopologyKey: ""You can also disable the preferred zone rule:
podAntiAffinity:
requiredTopologyKey: ""
preferredTopologyKey: ""A separate flag is not required unless you want a simpler local-development interface. This does not resolve the rollout-capacity concern for environments that keep the required hostname anti-affinity rule.
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Add PodDisruptionBudget and pod anti-affinity rules to ensure the platform API server remains highly available during node maintenance and disruptions, with replicas spread across nodes and GCP zones.
Kustomize base:
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