feat: Support configuring ListenerClass preset (with sensible defaults)

rust/stackable-cockpit/Cargo.toml

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ openapi = ["dep:utoipa"]
 helm-sys = { path = "../helm-sys" }
 
 bcrypt.workspace = true
+clap.workspace = true
 indexmap.workspace = true
 k8s-openapi.workspace = true
 kube.workspace = true

rust/stackable-cockpit/src/platform/operator/listener_operator.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+use clap::ValueEnum;
+use snafu::ResultExt;
+use stackable_operator::{
+    k8s_openapi::api::core::v1::Node,
+    kube::{Api, Client, api::ListParams},
+};
+use tokio::sync::OnceCell;
+use tracing::{debug, info, instrument};
+
+pub static LISTENER_CLASS_PRESET: OnceCell<ListenerClassPreset> = OnceCell::const_new();
+
+/// Represents the `preset` value in the Listener Operator Helm Chart
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, ValueEnum)]
+pub enum ListenerClassPreset {
+    None,
+    StableNodes,
+    EphemeralNodes,
+}
+
+impl ListenerClassPreset {
+    pub fn as_helm_values(&self) -> String {
+        let preset_value = match self {
+            Self::None => "none",
+            Self::StableNodes => "stable-nodes",
+            Self::EphemeralNodes => "ephemeral-nodes",
+        };
+        format!("preset: {preset_value}")
+    }
+}
+
+#[instrument]
+pub async fn determine_and_store_listener_class_preset(from_cli: Option<&ListenerClassPreset>) {
+    if let Some(from_cli) = from_cli {
+        LISTENER_CLASS_PRESET
+            .set(*from_cli)
+            .expect("LISTENER_CLASS_PRESET should be unset");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let kubernetes_environment = guess_kubernetes_environment().await.unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+        info!("failed to determine Kubernetes environment, using defaults: {err:#?}");
+        KubernetesEnvironment::Unknown
+    });
+    let listener_class_preset = match kubernetes_environment {
+        // Kind does not support LoadBalancers out of the box, so avoid that
+        KubernetesEnvironment::Kind => ListenerClassPreset::StableNodes,
+        // LoadBalancer support in k3s is optional, so let's be better safe than sorry and not use
+        // them
+        KubernetesEnvironment::K3s => ListenerClassPreset::StableNodes,
+        // Weekly node rotations and LoadBalancer support
+        KubernetesEnvironment::Ionos => ListenerClassPreset::EphemeralNodes,
+        // Don't pin nodes and assume we have LoadBalancer support
+        KubernetesEnvironment::Unknown => ListenerClassPreset::EphemeralNodes,
+    };
+    debug!(
+        preset = ?listener_class_preset,
+        kubernetes.environment = ?kubernetes_environment,
+        "Using ListenerClass preset"
+    );
+
+    LISTENER_CLASS_PRESET
+        .set(listener_class_preset)
+        .expect("LISTENER_CLASS_PRESET should be unset");
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum KubernetesEnvironment {
+    Kind,
+    K3s,
+    Ionos,
+    Unknown,
+}
+
+/// Tries to guess what Kubernetes environment stackablectl is connecting to.
+///
+/// Returns an error in case anything goes wrong. This could e.g. be the case in case no
+/// Kubernetes context is configured, stackablectl is missing RBAC permission to retrieve nodes or
+/// simply a network error.
+#[instrument]
+async fn guess_kubernetes_environment() -> Result<KubernetesEnvironment, snafu::Whatever> {
+    let client = Client::try_default()
+        .await
+        .whatever_context("failed to construct Kubernetes client")?;
+    let node_api: Api<Node> = Api::all(client);
+    let nodes = node_api
+        .list(&ListParams::default())
+        .await
+        .whatever_context("failed to list Kubernetes nodes")?;
+
+    for node in nodes {
+        if let Some(spec) = node.spec {
+            if let Some(provider_id) = spec.provider_id {
+                if provider_id.starts_with("kind://") {
+                    return Ok(KubernetesEnvironment::Kind);
+                } else if provider_id.starts_with("k3s://") {
+                    return Ok(KubernetesEnvironment::K3s);
+                } else if provider_id.starts_with("ionos://") {
+                    return Ok(KubernetesEnvironment::Ionos);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(KubernetesEnvironment::Unknown)
+}

rust/stackable-cockpit/src/platform/operator/mod.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::{fmt::Display, str::FromStr};
 
+use listener_operator::LISTENER_CLASS_PRESET;
 use semver::Version;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use snafu::{ResultExt, Snafu, ensure};
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ use crate::{
     utils::operator_chart_name,
 };
 
+pub mod listener_operator;
+
 pub const VALID_OPERATORS: &[&str] = &[
     "airflow",
     "commons",
@@ -93,10 +96,9 @@ impl FromStr for OperatorSpec {
         ensure!(len <= 2, InvalidEqualSignCountSnafu);
 
         // Check if the provided operator name is in the list of valid operators
-        ensure!(
-            VALID_OPERATORS.contains(&parts[0]),
-            InvalidNameSnafu { name: parts[0] }
-        );
+        ensure!(VALID_OPERATORS.contains(&parts[0]), InvalidNameSnafu {
+            name: parts[0]
+        });
 
         // If there is only one part, the input didn't include
         // the optional version identifier
@@ -208,6 +210,15 @@ impl OperatorSpec {
             ChartSourceType::Repo => self.helm_repo_name(),
         };
 
+        let mut helm_values = None;
+        if self.name == "listener" {
+            helm_values = Some(
+                LISTENER_CLASS_PRESET.get()
+                    .expect("At this point LISTENER_CLASS_PRESET must be set by determine_and_store_listener_class_preset")
+                    .as_helm_values()
+            );
+        };
+
         // Install using Helm
         helm::install_release_from_repo_or_registry(
             &helm_name,
@@ -216,7 +227,7 @@ impl OperatorSpec {
                 chart_name: &helm_name,
                 chart_source: &chart_source,
             },
-            None,
+            helm_values.as_deref(),
             namespace,
             true,
         )?;

rust/stackablectl/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Automatically detect Kubernetes environment (e.g. kind, k3s or IONOS) and choose a sensible [ListenerClass preset] by default ([#414]).
+- Support configuring the [ListenerClass preset] using `--listener-class-preset` ([#414]).
+
+[#414]: https://github.com/stackabletech/stackable-cockpit/pull/414
+[ListenerClass preset]: https://docs.stackable.tech/home/nightly/listener-operator/listenerclass/#presets
+
 ## [1.1.0] - 2025-07-16
 
 ### Added

rust/stackablectl/src/args/mod.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 mod cluster;
 mod file;
 mod namespace;
+mod operator_configs;
 mod repo;
 
 pub use cluster::*;
 pub use file::*;
 pub use namespace::*;
+pub use operator_configs::*;
 pub use repo::*;

rust/stackablectl/src/args/operator_configs.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use clap::Args;
+use stackable_cockpit::platform::operator::listener_operator::ListenerClassPreset;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Args)]
+#[command(next_help_heading = "Operator specific configurations")]
+pub struct CommonOperatorConfigsArgs {
+    /// Choose the ListenerClass preset (`none`, `ephemeral-nodes` or `stable-nodes`).
+    ///
+    /// This maps to the listener-operator Helm Chart preset value, see
+    /// [the listener-operator documentation](https://docs.stackable.tech/home/nightly/listener-operator/listenerclass/#presets)
+    /// for details.
+    #[arg(long, global = true)]
+    pub listener_class_preset: Option<ListenerClassPreset>,
+}

rust/stackablectl/src/cli/mod.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ use snafu::{ResultExt, Snafu};
 use stackable_cockpit::{
     constants::{HELM_REPO_NAME_DEV, HELM_REPO_NAME_STABLE, HELM_REPO_NAME_TEST},
     helm,
-    platform::operator::ChartSourceType,
+    platform::operator::{
+        ChartSourceType, listener_operator::determine_and_store_listener_class_preset,
+    },
     utils::path::{
         IntoPathOrUrl, IntoPathsOrUrls, ParsePathsOrUrls, PathOrUrl, PathOrUrlParseError,
     },
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ use stackable_cockpit::{
 use tracing::{Level, instrument};
 
 use crate::{
-    args::{CommonFileArgs, CommonRepoArgs},
+    args::{CommonFileArgs, CommonOperatorConfigsArgs, CommonRepoArgs},
     cmds::{cache, completions, debug, demo, operator, release, stack, stacklet},
     constants::{
         DEMOS_REPOSITORY_DEMOS_SUBPATH, DEMOS_REPOSITORY_STACKS_SUBPATH, DEMOS_REPOSITORY_URL_BASE,
@@ -79,6 +81,9 @@ Cached files are saved at '$XDG_CACHE_HOME/stackablectl', which is usually
     #[command(flatten)]
     pub repos: CommonRepoArgs,
 
+    #[command(flatten)]
+    pub operator_configs: CommonOperatorConfigsArgs,
+
     #[command(subcommand)]
     pub subcommand: Commands,
 }
@@ -186,6 +191,11 @@ impl Cli {
         // TODO (Techassi): Do we still want to auto purge when running cache commands?
         cache.auto_purge().await.unwrap();
 
+        determine_and_store_listener_class_preset(
+            self.operator_configs.listener_class_preset.as_ref(),
+        )
+        .await;
+
         match &self.subcommand {
             Commands::Operator(args) => args.run(self).await.context(OperatorSnafu),
             Commands::Release(args) => args.run(self, cache).await.context(ReleaseSnafu),