terraform: fix ignored ConditionPathExists= in unit files #1518
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| @@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ systemd: | |||
| [Unit] | |||
| Description=Kubelet | |||
| Wants=rpc-statd.service | |||
| ConditionPathExists=/etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig | |||
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it's fine to have the kubelet try to start again and again until the file exists.
I'm not completely sure about this. I think we can remove this from platforms, where we don't copy the kubeconfig over SSH to nodes, as it will be delivered via Ignition.
Removing it everywhere may result in systemd backoff when restarting the service? And generating error logs, which makes noise and make debugging of actual issues more difficult.
I'd look in this direction:
0 ✓ (64.1ms) 20:23:37 invidian@dellxps15mateusz ~/repos/kinvolk/lokomotive/assets/terraform-modules (⎇ pr/1516) (⎈ newrelic-gcp-standard:mat-reroller-test) $ git grep /etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig | grep Cond
aws/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml.tmpl: ConditionPathExists=/etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig
controller/main.tf: ConditionPathExists=/etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig
node/templates/node.yaml.tmpl: ConditionPathExists=/etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig
packet/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml.tmpl: ConditionPathExists=/etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig
0 ✓ (53.6ms) 20:23:40 invidian@dellxps15mateusz ~/repos/kinvolk/lokomotive/assets/terraform-modules (⎇ pr/1516) (⎈ newrelic-gcp-standard:mat-reroller-test) $ git grep /etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig | grep 'mv '
aws/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/ssh.tf: "sudo mv $HOME/kubeconfig /etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig",
bare-metal/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/ssh.tf: "sudo mv $HOME/kubeconfig /etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig",
platforms/tinkerbell/controllers/ssh.tf: "sudo mv $HOME/kubeconfig /etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig",
To see where we can remove it and where we cannot.
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The thing is adding ConditionPathExists= doesn't cause systemd to retry to start the unit until the file is present, it will check for the file the first time the unit is started and if it's not there it will skip it and never try to start it again.
To achieve the desired behavior we might need to combine this with a path unit so systemd tries to start the unit when the file appears in the filesystem. I agree this would be nicer to avoid generating error logs but it is a bigger change not in scope here.
Note removing ConditionPathExists= just preserves the current behavior since the directive is currently ignored.
Regarding backoff, with the current configuration (RestartSec=5 and the default StartLimitIntervalSec=10s and StartLimitBurst=5) it will never be triggered so it will restart indefinitely.
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Thanks for explanation @iaguis, I think removal make sense then. I wonder if we should create an issue to eventually address that, though I think we should start adding bootstrap kubeconfig to controllers Ignition, then we don't need this condition at all.
Leaving conversation unresolved so we can decide if we create an issue for this.
Will do, maybe this time CI passes :D |
It's added to the [Service] section which means it has no effect. Adding it to the right place (the [Unit] section) means /etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig must exist the first time the Kubelet starts, otherwise the unit is skipped and it never tries to start again. This removes that directive: it's fine to have the kubelet try to start again and again until the file exists. Note given the current configuration (RestartSec=5 and the default StartLimitIntervalSec=10s and StartLimitBurst=5) backoff will never be triggered so it will restart indefinitely.
Over time we've added ConditionPathExists= parameters to several unit files. However, in some instances we were adding them in the [Service] section instead of the [Unit] section. This meant they were ignored and didn't have any effect. This moves those conditions to the [Unit] section.
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Since this is a subset of the original PR I'll take @pothos LGTM into account and merge this :D |
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Over time we've added ConditionPathExists= parameters to several unit
files. However, in some instances we were adding them in the [Service]
section instead of the [Unit] section. This meant they were ignored and
didn't have any effect.
This moves those conditions to the [Unit] section everywhere.
Fixes #1066