feat: add keda integration (#1058)

* refactor: move FetchLatestEvent inside util package Signed-off-by: DragonAlex98 <a.antinori@reply.it> * feat: add Keda integration and ScaledObject analyzer Signed-off-by: DragonAlex98 <a.antinori@reply.it> --------- Signed-off-by: DragonAlex98 <a.antinori@reply.it>
2025-09-07 02:01:39 +00:00 · 2024-04-25 12:41:01 +02:00
parent 85a76a3be0
commit 9a73d1923f
10 changed files with 465 additions and 53 deletions
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.21
 require (
 	github.com/aquasecurity/trivy-operator v0.17.1
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.16.0
+	github.com/kedacore/keda/v2 v2.11.2
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7
 	github.com/mittwald/go-helm-client v0.12.5
 	github.com/sashabaranov/go-openai v1.20.4
@@ -92,11 +93,13 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.49.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.49.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.24.0 // indirect
+	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20240213162025-012b6fc9bca9 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240314234333-6e1732d8331c // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240311132316-a219d84964c2 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v5 v5.7.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20230616134650-eb63a40adfb0 // indirect
 )

 require (
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1799,6 +1799,8 @@ github.com/k0kubun/go-ansi v0.0.0-20180517002512-3bf9e2903213/go.mod h1:vNUNkEQ1
 github.com/karrick/godirwalk v1.16.1 h1:DynhcF+bztK8gooS0+NDJFrdNZjJ3gzVzC545UNA9iw=
 github.com/karrick/godirwalk v1.16.1/go.mod h1:j4mkqPuvaLI8mp1DroR3P6ad7cyYd4c1qeJ3RV7ULlk=
 github.com/kballard/go-shellquote v0.0.0-20180428030007-95032a82bc51/go.mod h1:CzGEWj7cYgsdH8dAjBGEr58BoE7ScuLd+fwFZ44+/x8=
+github.com/kedacore/keda/v2 v2.11.2 h1:UgPww0NREqUkM1PGERUz+eb5PlO5oU8V/sT9Hh+ZD60=
+github.com/kedacore/keda/v2 v2.11.2/go.mod h1:eutYX+QXTi3QH90F7JvY3tYtV5Jq10o5f56Chk5IVF8=
 github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.2.0 h1:x584FjTGwHzMwvHx18PXxbBVzfnxogHaAReU4gf13a4=
 github.com/kevinburke/ssh_config v1.2.0/go.mod h1:CT57kijsi8u/K/BOFA39wgDQJ9CxiF4nAY/ojJ6r6mM=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
@@ -3048,6 +3050,8 @@ k8s.io/kubectl v0.28.4 h1:gWpUXW/T7aFne+rchYeHkyB8eVDl5UZce8G4X//kjUQ=
 k8s.io/kubectl v0.28.4/go.mod h1:CKOccVx3l+3MmDbkXtIUtibq93nN2hkDR99XDCn7c/c=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240310230437-4693a0247e57 h1:gbqbevonBh57eILzModw6mrkbwM0gQBEuevE/AaBsHY=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20240310230437-4693a0247e57/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20230616134650-eb63a40adfb0 h1:weQWWxEEbNOPuL4qtGiBZuMSFhcjF/Cu163uktd/xFE=
+knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20230616134650-eb63a40adfb0/go.mod h1:dqC6IrvyBE7E+oZocs5PkVhq1G59pDTA7r8U17EAKMk=
 lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.1.1/go.mod h1:c4eWIwlEGaxC/+H1VguhU4PHXNWDCDMUlWdIWl2j1gk=
 lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.2.0/go.mod h1:c4eWIwlEGaxC/+H1VguhU4PHXNWDCDMUlWdIWl2j1gk=
 modernc.org/cc/v3 v3.36.0/go.mod h1:NFUHyPn4ekoC/JHeZFfZurN6ixxawE1BnVonP/oahEI=
--- a/pkg/analyzer/events.go
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/events.go
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2023 The K8sGPT Authors.
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package analyzer
-
-import (
-	"context"
-
-	"github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/pkg/kubernetes"
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-)
-
-func FetchLatestEvent(ctx context.Context, kubernetesClient *kubernetes.Client, namespace string, name string) (*v1.Event, error) {
-
-	// get the list of events
-	events, err := kubernetesClient.GetClient().CoreV1().Events(namespace).List(ctx,
-		metav1.ListOptions{
-			FieldSelector: "involvedObject.name=" + name,
-		})
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	// find most recent event
-	var latestEvent *v1.Event
-	for _, event := range events.Items {
-		if latestEvent == nil {
-			// this is required, as a pointer to a loop variable would always yield the latest value in the range
-			e := event
-			latestEvent = &e
-		}
-		if event.LastTimestamp.After(latestEvent.LastTimestamp.Time) {
-			// this is required, as a pointer to a loop variable would always yield the latest value in the range
-			e := event
-			latestEvent = &e
-		}
-	}
-	return latestEvent, nil
-}
--- a/pkg/analyzer/pod.go
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/pod.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func analyzeContainerStatusFailures(a common.Analyzer, statuses []v1.ContainerSt
 			if containerStatus.State.Waiting.Reason == "ContainerCreating" && statusPhase == "Pending" {
 				// This represents a container that is still being created or blocked due to conditions such as OOMKilled
 				// parse the event log and append details
-				evt, err := FetchLatestEvent(a.Context, a.Client, namespace, name)
+				evt, err := util.FetchLatestEvent(a.Context, a.Client, namespace, name)
 				if err != nil || evt == nil {
 					continue
 				}
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func analyzeContainerStatusFailures(a common.Analyzer, statuses []v1.ContainerSt
 			// when pod is Running but its ReadinessProbe fails
 			if !containerStatus.Ready && statusPhase == "Running" {
 				// parse the event log and append details
-				evt, err := FetchLatestEvent(a.Context, a.Client, namespace, name)
+				evt, err := util.FetchLatestEvent(a.Context, a.Client, namespace, name)
 				if err != nil || evt == nil {
 					continue
 				}
--- a/pkg/analyzer/pvc.go
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/pvc.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (PvcAnalyzer) Analyze(a common.Analyzer) ([]common.Result, error) {
 		if pvc.Status.Phase == appsv1.ClaimPending {

 			// parse the event log and append details
-			evt, err := FetchLatestEvent(a.Context, a.Client, pvc.Namespace, pvc.Name)
+			evt, err := util.FetchLatestEvent(a.Context, a.Client, pvc.Namespace, pvc.Name)
 			if err != nil || evt == nil {
 				continue
 			}
--- a/pkg/common/types.go
+++ b/pkg/common/types.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	openapi_v2 "github.com/google/gnostic/openapiv2"
 	"github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/pkg/ai"
 	"github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/pkg/kubernetes"
+	keda "github.com/kedacore/keda/v2/apis/keda/v1alpha1"
 	regv1 "k8s.io/api/admissionregistration/v1"
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	autov1 "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v1"
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ type PreAnalysis struct {
 	Gateway                  gtwapi.Gateway
 	HTTPRoute                gtwapi.HTTPRoute
 	// Integrations
+	ScaledObject             keda.ScaledObject
 	TrivyVulnerabilityReport trivy.VulnerabilityReport
 	TrivyConfigAuditReport   trivy.ConfigAuditReport
 }
--- a/pkg/integration/integration.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/integration.go
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ package integration
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/pkg/integration/aws"

 	"github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/pkg/common"
+	"github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/pkg/integration/keda"
 	"github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/pkg/integration/prometheus"
 	"github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/pkg/integration/trivy"
 	"github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/pkg/util"
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ var integrations = map[string]IIntegration{
 	"trivy":      trivy.NewTrivy(),
 	"prometheus": prometheus.NewPrometheus(),
 	"aws":        aws.NewAWS(),
+	"keda":       keda.NewKeda(),
 }

 func NewIntegration() *Integration {
--- a/pkg/integration/keda/keda.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/keda/keda.go
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+package keda
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/pkg/common"
+	"github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/pkg/kubernetes"
+	"github.com/kedacore/keda/v2/pkg/generated/clientset/versioned/typed/keda/v1alpha1"
+	helmclient "github.com/mittwald/go-helm-client"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/repo"
+)
+
+var (
+	Repo          = getEnv("KEDA_REPO", "https://kedacore.github.io/charts")
+	Version       = getEnv("KEDA_VERSION", "2.11.2")
+	ChartName     = getEnv("KEDA_CHART_NAME", "keda")
+	RepoShortName = getEnv("KEDA_REPO_SHORT_NAME", "keda")
+	ReleaseName   = getEnv("KEDA_RELEASE_NAME", "keda-k8sgpt")
+)
+
+type Keda struct {
+	helm helmclient.Client
+}
+
+func getEnv(key, defaultValue string) string {
+	value := os.Getenv(key)
+	if value == "" {
+		return defaultValue
+	}
+	return value
+}
+
+func NewKeda() *Keda {
+	helmClient, err := helmclient.New(&helmclient.Options{})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return &Keda{
+		helm: helmClient,
+	}
+}
+
+func (k *Keda) Deploy(namespace string) error {
+	// Add the repository
+	chartRepo := repo.Entry{
+		Name: RepoShortName,
+		URL:  Repo,
+	}
+	// Add a chart-repository to the client.
+	if err := k.helm.AddOrUpdateChartRepo(chartRepo); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	chartSpec := helmclient.ChartSpec{
+		ReleaseName: ReleaseName,
+		ChartName:   fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", RepoShortName, ChartName),
+		Namespace:   namespace,
+
+		//TODO: All of this should be configurable
+		UpgradeCRDs:     true,
+		Wait:            false,
+		Timeout:         300,
+		CreateNamespace: true,
+	}
+
+	// Install a chart release.
+	// Note that helmclient.Options.Namespace should ideally match the namespace in chartSpec.Namespace.
+	if _, err := k.helm.InstallOrUpgradeChart(context.Background(), &chartSpec, nil); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (k *Keda) UnDeploy(namespace string) error {
+	kubecontext := viper.GetString("kubecontext")
+	kubeconfig := viper.GetString("kubeconfig")
+	client, err := kubernetes.NewClient(kubecontext, kubeconfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		// TODO: better error handling
+		color.Red("Error initialising kubernetes client: %v", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	kedaNamespace, _ := k.GetNamespace()
+	color.Blue(fmt.Sprintf("Keda namespace: %s\n", kedaNamespace))
+
+	kClient, _ := v1alpha1.NewForConfig(client.Config)
+
+	scaledObjectList, _ := kClient.ScaledObjects("").List(context.Background(), v1.ListOptions{})
+	scaledJobList, _ := kClient.ScaledJobs("").List(context.Background(), v1.ListOptions{})
+	triggerAuthenticationList, _ := kClient.TriggerAuthentications("").List(context.Background(), v1.ListOptions{})
+	clusterTriggerAuthenticationsList, _ := kClient.ClusterTriggerAuthentications().List(context.Background(), v1.ListOptions{})
+
+	// Before uninstalling the Helm chart, we need to delete Keda resources
+	for _, scaledObject := range scaledObjectList.Items {
+		err := kClient.ScaledObjects(scaledObject.Namespace).Delete(context.Background(), scaledObject.Name, v1.DeleteOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Error deleting scaledObject %s: %v\n", scaledObject.Name, err)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("Deleted scaledObject %s in namespace %s\n", scaledObject.Name, scaledObject.Namespace)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, scaledJob := range scaledJobList.Items {
+		err := kClient.ScaledJobs(scaledJob.Namespace).Delete(context.Background(), scaledJob.Name, v1.DeleteOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Error deleting scaledJob %s: %v\n", scaledJob.Name, err)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("Deleted scaledJob %s in namespace %s\n", scaledJob.Name, scaledJob.Namespace)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, triggerAuthentication := range triggerAuthenticationList.Items {
+		err := kClient.TriggerAuthentications(triggerAuthentication.Namespace).Delete(context.Background(), triggerAuthentication.Name, v1.DeleteOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Error deleting triggerAuthentication %s: %v\n", triggerAuthentication.Name, err)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("Deleted triggerAuthentication %s in namespace %s\n", triggerAuthentication.Name, triggerAuthentication.Namespace)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, clusterTriggerAuthentication := range clusterTriggerAuthenticationsList.Items {
+		err := kClient.ClusterTriggerAuthentications().Delete(context.Background(), clusterTriggerAuthentication.Name, v1.DeleteOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Error deleting clusterTriggerAuthentication %s: %v\n", clusterTriggerAuthentication.Name, err)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("Deleted clusterTriggerAuthentication %s\n", clusterTriggerAuthentication.Name)
+		}
+	}
+
+	chartSpec := helmclient.ChartSpec{
+		ReleaseName: ReleaseName,
+		ChartName:   fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", RepoShortName, ChartName),
+		Namespace:   namespace,
+		UpgradeCRDs: true,
+		Wait:        false,
+		Timeout:     300,
+	}
+	// Uninstall the chart release.
+	// Note that helmclient.Options.Namespace should ideally match the namespace in chartSpec.Namespace.
+	if err := k.helm.UninstallRelease(&chartSpec); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (k *Keda) AddAnalyzer(mergedMap *map[string]common.IAnalyzer) {
+	(*mergedMap)["ScaledObject"] = &ScaledObjectAnalyzer{}
+}
+
+func (k *Keda) GetAnalyzerName() []string {
+	return []string{
+		"ScaledObject",
+	}
+}
+
+func (k *Keda) GetNamespace() (string, error) {
+	releases, err := k.helm.ListDeployedReleases()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	for _, rel := range releases {
+		if rel.Name == ReleaseName {
+			return rel.Namespace, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return "", status.Error(codes.NotFound, "keda release not found")
+}
+
+func (k *Keda) OwnsAnalyzer(analyzer string) bool {
+	for _, a := range k.GetAnalyzerName() {
+		if analyzer == a {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (k *Keda) isFilterActive() bool {
+	activeFilters := viper.GetStringSlice("active_filters")
+
+	for _, filter := range k.GetAnalyzerName() {
+		for _, af := range activeFilters {
+			if af == filter {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+func (k *Keda) isDeployed() bool {
+	kubecontext := viper.GetString("kubecontext")
+	kubeconfig := viper.GetString("kubeconfig")
+	client, err := kubernetes.NewClient(kubecontext, kubeconfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		// TODO: better error handling
+		color.Red("Error initialising kubernetes client: %v", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	groups, _, err := client.Client.Discovery().ServerGroupsAndResources()
+	if err != nil {
+		// TODO: better error handling
+		color.Red("Error initialising discovery client: %v", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	for _, group := range groups {
+		if group.Name == "keda.sh" {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+func (k *Keda) IsActivate() bool {
+	return k.isFilterActive() && k.isDeployed()
+}
--- a/pkg/integration/keda/scaledobject_analyzer.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/keda/scaledobject_analyzer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+package keda
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/pkg/common"
+	"github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/pkg/kubernetes"
+	"github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/pkg/util"
+	kedaSchema "github.com/kedacore/keda/v2/apis/keda/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/kedacore/keda/v2/pkg/generated/clientset/versioned/typed/keda/v1alpha1"
+	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+)
+
+type ScaledObjectAnalyzer struct{}
+
+func (s *ScaledObjectAnalyzer) Analyze(a common.Analyzer) ([]common.Result, error) {
+	kClient, _ := v1alpha1.NewForConfig(a.Client.GetConfig())
+	kind := "ScaledObject"
+
+	apiDoc := kubernetes.K8sApiReference{
+		Kind:          kind,
+		ApiVersion:    kedaSchema.GroupVersion,
+		OpenapiSchema: a.OpenapiSchema,
+	}
+
+	list, err := kClient.ScaledObjects(a.Namespace).List(a.Context, metav1.ListOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var preAnalysis = map[string]common.PreAnalysis{}
+
+	for _, so := range list.Items {
+		var failures []common.Failure
+
+		scaleTargetRef := so.Spec.ScaleTargetRef
+		if scaleTargetRef.Kind == "" {
+			scaleTargetRef.Kind = "Deployment"
+		}
+
+		var podInfo PodInfo
+
+		switch scaleTargetRef.Kind {
+		case "Deployment":
+			deployment, err := a.Client.GetClient().AppsV1().Deployments(so.Namespace).Get(a.Context, scaleTargetRef.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+			if err == nil {
+				podInfo = DeploymentInfo{deployment}
+			}
+		case "ReplicationController":
+			rc, err := a.Client.GetClient().CoreV1().ReplicationControllers(so.Namespace).Get(a.Context, scaleTargetRef.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+			if err == nil {
+				podInfo = ReplicationControllerInfo{rc}
+			}
+		case "ReplicaSet":
+			rs, err := a.Client.GetClient().AppsV1().ReplicaSets(so.Namespace).Get(a.Context, scaleTargetRef.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+			if err == nil {
+				podInfo = ReplicaSetInfo{rs}
+			}
+		case "StatefulSet":
+			ss, err := a.Client.GetClient().AppsV1().StatefulSets(so.Namespace).Get(a.Context, scaleTargetRef.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
+			if err == nil {
+				podInfo = StatefulSetInfo{ss}
+			}
+		default:
+			failures = append(failures, common.Failure{
+				Text:      fmt.Sprintf("ScaledObject uses %s as ScaleTargetRef which is not an option.", scaleTargetRef.Kind),
+				Sensitive: []common.Sensitive{},
+			})
+		}
+
+		if podInfo == nil {
+			doc := apiDoc.GetApiDocV2("spec.scaleTargetRef")
+
+			failures = append(failures, common.Failure{
+				Text:          fmt.Sprintf("ScaledObject uses %s/%s as ScaleTargetRef which does not exist.", scaleTargetRef.Kind, scaleTargetRef.Name),
+				KubernetesDoc: doc,
+				Sensitive: []common.Sensitive{
+					{
+						Unmasked: scaleTargetRef.Name,
+						Masked:   util.MaskString(scaleTargetRef.Name),
+					},
+				},
+			})
+		} else {
+			containers := len(podInfo.GetPodSpec().Containers)
+			for _, container := range podInfo.GetPodSpec().Containers {
+				for _, trigger := range so.Spec.Triggers {
+					if trigger.Type == "cpu" || trigger.Type == "memory" {
+						if container.Resources.Requests == nil || container.Resources.Limits == nil {
+							containers--
+							break
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			if containers <= 0 {
+				doc := apiDoc.GetApiDocV2("spec.scaleTargetRef.kind")
+
+				failures = append(failures, common.Failure{
+					Text:          fmt.Sprintf("%s %s/%s does not have resource configured.", scaleTargetRef.Kind, so.Namespace, scaleTargetRef.Name),
+					KubernetesDoc: doc,
+					Sensitive: []common.Sensitive{
+						{
+							Unmasked: scaleTargetRef.Name,
+							Masked:   util.MaskString(scaleTargetRef.Name),
+						},
+					},
+				})
+			}
+
+			evt, err := util.FetchLatestEvent(a.Context, a.Client, so.Namespace, so.Name)
+			if err != nil || evt == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if evt.Type != "Normal" {
+				failures = append(failures, common.Failure{
+					Text: evt.Message,
+					Sensitive: []common.Sensitive{
+						{
+							Unmasked: scaleTargetRef.Name,
+							Masked:   util.MaskString(scaleTargetRef.Name),
+						},
+					},
+				})
+			}
+		}
+
+		if len(failures) > 0 {
+			preAnalysis[fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", so.Namespace, so.Name)] = common.PreAnalysis{
+				ScaledObject:   so,
+				FailureDetails: failures,
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	for key, value := range preAnalysis {
+		var currentAnalysis = common.Result{
+			Kind:  kind,
+			Name:  key,
+			Error: value.FailureDetails,
+		}
+
+		parent, _ := util.GetParent(a.Client, value.ScaledObject.ObjectMeta)
+		currentAnalysis.ParentObject = parent
+		a.Results = append(a.Results, currentAnalysis)
+	}
+
+	return a.Results, nil
+}
+
+type PodInfo interface {
+	GetPodSpec() corev1.PodSpec
+}
+
+type DeploymentInfo struct {
+	*appsv1.Deployment
+}
+
+func (d DeploymentInfo) GetPodSpec() corev1.PodSpec {
+	return d.Spec.Template.Spec
+}
+
+// define a structure for ReplicationController
+type ReplicationControllerInfo struct {
+	*corev1.ReplicationController
+}
+
+func (rc ReplicationControllerInfo) GetPodSpec() corev1.PodSpec {
+	return rc.Spec.Template.Spec
+}
+
+// define a structure for ReplicaSet
+type ReplicaSetInfo struct {
+	*appsv1.ReplicaSet
+}
+
+func (rs ReplicaSetInfo) GetPodSpec() corev1.PodSpec {
+	return rs.Spec.Template.Spec
+}
+
+// define a structure for StatefulSet
+type StatefulSetInfo struct {
+	*appsv1.StatefulSet
+}
+
+// implement PodInfo for StatefulSetInfo
+func (ss StatefulSetInfo) GetPodSpec() corev1.PodSpec {
+	return ss.Spec.Template.Spec
+}
--- a/pkg/util/util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/util.go
@@ -233,3 +233,31 @@ func LabelsIncludeAny(predefinedSelector, Labels map[string]string) bool {

 	return false
 }
+
+func FetchLatestEvent(ctx context.Context, kubernetesClient *kubernetes.Client, namespace string, name string) (*v1.Event, error) {
+
+	// get the list of events
+	events, err := kubernetesClient.GetClient().CoreV1().Events(namespace).List(ctx,
+		metav1.ListOptions{
+			FieldSelector: "involvedObject.name=" + name,
+		})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// find most recent event
+	var latestEvent *v1.Event
+	for _, event := range events.Items {
+		if latestEvent == nil {
+			// this is required, as a pointer to a loop variable would always yield the latest value in the range
+			e := event
+			latestEvent = &e
+		}
+		if event.LastTimestamp.After(latestEvent.LastTimestamp.Time) {
+			// this is required, as a pointer to a loop variable would always yield the latest value in the range
+			e := event
+			latestEvent = &e
+		}
+	}
+	return latestEvent, nil
+}