Create an insecure (http) read-only port on the kubelet so that

heapster can collect metrics. Update the heapster config to
point to the non-secured port.

cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/heapster-controller.yaml

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 apiVersion: v1beta1
 id: monitoring-heapster-controller
 kind: ReplicationController
-desiredState: 
+desiredState:
   replicas: 1
-  replicaSelector:    
+  replicaSelector:
     name: heapster
   podTemplate:
     desiredState:
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ desiredState:
         containers:
           - name: heapster
             image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v0.10.0
-            env: 
+            env:
               - name: "INFLUXDB_HOST"
                 value: "monitoring-influxdb"
               - name: "SINK"
                 value: "influxdb"
+              - name: "FLAGS"
+                value: "--kubelet_port=10255"
             volumeMounts:
               - name: ssl-certs
                 mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs
@@ -27,10 +29,10 @@ desiredState:
             source:
               hostDir:
                 path: /etc/ssl/certs
-    labels: 
+    labels:
       name: heapster
       uses: monitoring-influxdb
       kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
-labels: 
+labels:
   name: heapster
   kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"

cmd/kubelet/app/server.go

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ type KubeletServer struct {
 	EnableServer                   bool
 	Address                        util.IP
 	Port                           uint
+	ReadOnlyPort                   uint
 	HostnameOverride               string
 	PodInfraContainerImage         string
 	DockerEndpoint                 string
@@ -98,12 +99,13 @@ type KubeletServer struct {
 // NewKubeletServer will create a new KubeletServer with default values.
 func NewKubeletServer() *KubeletServer {
 	return &KubeletServer{
-		SyncFrequency:      10 * time.Second,
-		FileCheckFrequency: 20 * time.Second,
-		HTTPCheckFrequency: 20 * time.Second,
-		EnableServer:       true,
-		Address:            util.IP(net.ParseIP("0.0.0.0")),
-		Port:               ports.KubeletPort,
+		SyncFrequency:               10 * time.Second,
+		FileCheckFrequency:          20 * time.Second,
+		HTTPCheckFrequency:          20 * time.Second,
+		EnableServer:                true,
+		Address:                     util.IP(net.ParseIP("0.0.0.0")),
+		Port:                        ports.KubeletPort,
+		ReadOnlyPort:                ports.KubeletReadOnlyPort,
 		PodInfraContainerImage:      kubelet.PodInfraContainerImage,
 		RootDirectory:               defaultRootDir,
 		RegistryBurst:               10,
@@ -135,6 +137,7 @@ func (s *KubeletServer) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.BoolVar(&s.EnableServer, "enable_server", s.EnableServer, "Enable the info server")
 	fs.Var(&s.Address, "address", "The IP address for the info server to serve on (set to 0.0.0.0 for all interfaces)")
 	fs.UintVar(&s.Port, "port", s.Port, "The port for the info server to serve on")
+	fs.UintVar(&s.ReadOnlyPort, "read_only_port", s.ReadOnlyPort, "The read-only port for the info server to serve on (set to 0 to disable)")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.TLSCertFile, "tls_cert_file", s.TLSCertFile, ""+
 		"File containing x509 Certificate for HTTPS.  (CA cert, if any, concatenated after server cert). "+
 		"If --tls_cert_file and --tls_private_key_file are not provided, a self-signed certificate and key "+
@@ -248,6 +251,7 @@ func (s *KubeletServer) Run(_ []string) error {
 		ClusterDNS:                     s.ClusterDNS,
 		Runonce:                        s.RunOnce,
 		Port:                           s.Port,
+		ReadOnlyPort:                   s.ReadOnlyPort,
 		CadvisorInterface:              cadvisorInterface,
 		EnableServer:                   s.EnableServer,
 		EnableDebuggingHandlers:        s.EnableDebuggingHandlers,
@@ -414,6 +418,11 @@ func startKubelet(k *kubelet.Kubelet, podCfg *config.PodConfig, kc *KubeletConfi
 			kubelet.ListenAndServeKubeletServer(k, net.IP(kc.Address), kc.Port, kc.TLSOptions, kc.EnableDebuggingHandlers)
 		}, 0)
 	}
+	if kc.ReadOnlyPort > 0 {
+		go util.Forever(func() {
+			kubelet.ListenAndServeKubeletReadOnlyServer(k, net.IP(kc.Address), kc.ReadOnlyPort)
+		}, 0)
+	}
 }
 
 func makePodSourceConfig(kc *KubeletConfig) *config.PodConfig {
@@ -466,6 +475,7 @@ type KubeletConfig struct {
 	EnableServer                   bool
 	EnableDebuggingHandlers        bool
 	Port                           uint
+	ReadOnlyPort                   uint
 	Runonce                        bool
 	MasterServiceNamespace         string
 	VolumePlugins                  []volume.VolumePlugin

pkg/kubelet/server.go

@@ -76,6 +76,24 @@ func ListenAndServeKubeletServer(host HostInterface, address net.IP, port uint,
 	}
 }
 
+// ListenAndServeKubeletReadOnlyServer initializes a server to respond to HTTP network requests on the Kubelet.
+func ListenAndServeKubeletReadOnlyServer(host HostInterface, address net.IP, port uint) {
+	glog.V(1).Infof("Starting to listen read-only on %s:%d", address, port)
+	s := &Server{host, http.NewServeMux()}
+	healthz.InstallHandler(s.mux)
+	s.mux.HandleFunc("/stats/", s.handleStats)
+	s.mux.Handle("/metrics", prometheus.Handler())
+
+	server := &http.Server{
+		Addr:           net.JoinHostPort(address.String(), strconv.FormatUint(uint64(port), 10)),
+		Handler:        s,
+		ReadTimeout:    5 * time.Minute,
+		WriteTimeout:   5 * time.Minute,
+		MaxHeaderBytes: 1 << 20,
+	}
+	glog.Fatal(server.ListenAndServe())
+}
+
 // HostInterface contains all the kubelet methods required by the server.
 // For testablitiy.
 type HostInterface interface {

pkg/master/ports/ports.go

@@ -32,4 +32,10 @@ const (
 	// ControllerManagerPort is the default port for the controller manager status server.
 	// May be overridden by a flag at startup.
 	ControllerManagerPort = 10252
+	// KubeletReadOnlyPort exposes basic read-only services from the kubelet.
+	// May be overridden by a flag at startup.
+	// This is necessary for heapster to collect monitoring stats from the kubelet
+	// until heapster can transition to using the SSL endpoint.
+	// TODO(roberthbailey): Remove this once we have a better solution for heapster.
+	KubeletReadOnlyPort = 10255
 )