Replace the auth config file with a kubeconfig file when

starting the kubelet on GCE.

cluster/gce/configure-vm.sh

@@ -287,11 +287,29 @@ function create-salt-master-auth() {
 }
 
 function create-salt-node-auth() {
-  kubelet_auth_file="/srv/salt-overlay/salt/kubelet/kubernetes_auth"
+  kubelet_kubeconfig_file="/srv/salt-overlay/salt/kubelet/kubeconfig"
-  if [ ! -e "${kubelet_auth_file}" ]; then
+  if [ ! -e "${kubelet_kubeconfig_file}" ]; then
     mkdir -p /srv/salt-overlay/salt/kubelet
     (umask 077;
-      echo "{\"BearerToken\": \"${KUBELET_TOKEN}\", \"Insecure\": true }" > "${kubelet_auth_file}")
+    cat > "${kubelet_kubeconfig_file}" <<EOF
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Config
+users:
+- name: kubelet
+  user:
+    token: ${KUBELET_TOKEN}
+clusters:
+- name: local
+  cluster:
+     insecure-skip-tls-verify: true
+contexts:
+- context:
+    cluster: local
+    user: kubelet
+  name: service-account-context
+current-context: service-account-context
+EOF
+)
   fi
 
   kube_proxy_kubeconfig_file="/srv/salt-overlay/salt/kube-proxy/kubeconfig"

cluster/gce/coreos/node.yaml

@@ -17,7 +17,25 @@ write_files:
       source /etc/kube-env
 
       /usr/bin/mkdir -p /var/lib/kubelet
-      /bin/echo  {\"BearerToken\": \"${KUBELET_TOKEN}\", \"Insecure\": true } > /var/lib/kubelet/kubernetes_auth
+      cat > /var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig << EOF
+      apiVersion: v1
+      kind: Config
+      users:
+      - name: kubelet
+        user:
+          token: ${KUBELET_TOKEN}
+      clusters:
+      - name: local
+        cluster:
+          insecure-skip-tls-verify: true
+      contexts:
+      - context:
+          cluster: local
+          user: kubelet
+        name: service-account-context
+      current-context: service-account-context
+      EOF
+
   - path: /run/config-kube-proxy.sh
     permissions: "0755"
     content: |

cluster/saltbase/salt/kubelet/init.sls

@@ -38,6 +38,20 @@
 
 {% endif %}
 
+# The default here is that this file is blank.  If this is the case, the kubelet
+# won't be able to parse it as JSON and will try to use the kubernetes_auth file
+# instead.  You'll see a single error line in the kubelet start up file
+# about this.
+/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig:
+  file.managed:
+    - source: salt://kubelet/kubeconfig
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 400
+    - makedirs: true
+
+#
+# --- This file is DEPRECATED ---
 # The default here is that this file is blank.  If this is the case, the kubelet
 # won't be able to parse it as JSON and it'll not be able to publish events to
 # the apiserver.  You'll see a single error line in the kubelet start up file

cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (s *ProxyServer) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.Var(&s.HealthzBindAddress, "healthz-bind-address", "The IP address for the health check server to serve on, defaulting to 127.0.0.1 (set to 0.0.0.0 for all interfaces)")
 	fs.IntVar(&s.OOMScoreAdj, "oom-score-adj", s.OOMScoreAdj, "The oom_score_adj value for kube-proxy process. Values must be within the range [-1000, 1000]")
 	fs.StringVar(&s.ResourceContainer, "resource-container", s.ResourceContainer, "Absolute name of the resource-only container to create and run the Kube-proxy in (Default: /kube-proxy).")
-	fs.StringVar(&s.Kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", s.Kubeconfig, "Path to kubeconfig file with authorization and master location information.")
+	fs.StringVar(&s.Kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", s.Kubeconfig, "Path to kubeconfig file with authorization information (the master location is set by the master flag).")
 }
 
 // Run runs the specified ProxyServer.  This should never exit.

cmd/kubelet/app/server.go

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/capabilities"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client/chaosclient"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientcmd"
+	clientcmdapi "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientcmd/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client/record"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/clientauth"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/credentialprovider"
@@ -80,7 +82,8 @@ type KubeletServer struct {
 	MinimumGCAge                   time.Duration
 	MaxPerPodContainerCount        int
 	MaxContainerCount              int
-	AuthPath                       string
+	AuthPath                       util.StringFlag // Deprecated -- use KubeConfig instead
+	KubeConfig                     util.StringFlag
 	CadvisorPort                   uint
 	HealthzPort                    int
 	HealthzBindAddress             util.IP
@@ -145,7 +148,8 @@ func NewKubeletServer() *KubeletServer {
 		MinimumGCAge:                1 * time.Minute,
 		MaxPerPodContainerCount:     5,
 		MaxContainerCount:           100,
-		AuthPath:                    "/var/lib/kubelet/kubernetes_auth",
+		AuthPath:                    util.NewStringFlag("/var/lib/kubelet/kubernetes_auth"), // deprecated
+		KubeConfig:                  util.NewStringFlag("/var/lib/kubelet/kubeconfig"),
 		CadvisorPort:                4194,
 		HealthzPort:                 10248,
 		HealthzBindAddress:          util.IP(net.ParseIP("127.0.0.1")),
@@ -196,8 +200,9 @@ func (s *KubeletServer) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.DurationVar(&s.MinimumGCAge, "minimum-container-ttl-duration", s.MinimumGCAge, "Minimum age for a finished container before it is garbage collected.  Examples: '300ms', '10s' or '2h45m'")
 	fs.IntVar(&s.MaxPerPodContainerCount, "maximum-dead-containers-per-container", s.MaxPerPodContainerCount, "Maximum number of old instances of a container to retain per container.  Each container takes up some disk space.  Default: 5.")
 	fs.IntVar(&s.MaxContainerCount, "maximum-dead-containers", s.MaxContainerCount, "Maximum number of old instances of a containers to retain globally.  Each container takes up some disk space.  Default: 100.")
-	fs.StringVar(&s.AuthPath, "auth-path", s.AuthPath, "Path to .kubernetes_auth file, specifying how to authenticate to API server.")
+	fs.Var(&s.AuthPath, "auth-path", "Path to .kubernetes_auth file, specifying how to authenticate to API server.")
 	fs.MarkDeprecated("auth-path", "will be removed in a future version")
+	fs.Var(&s.KubeConfig, "kubeconfig", "Path to a kubeconfig file, specifying how to authenticate to API server (the master location is set by the api-servers flag).")
 	fs.UintVar(&s.CadvisorPort, "cadvisor-port", s.CadvisorPort, "The port of the localhost cAdvisor endpoint")
 	fs.IntVar(&s.HealthzPort, "healthz-port", s.HealthzPort, "The port of the localhost healthz endpoint")
 	fs.Var(&s.HealthzBindAddress, "healthz-bind-address", "The IP address for the healthz server to serve on, defaulting to 127.0.0.1 (set to 0.0.0.0 for all interfaces)")
@@ -352,20 +357,59 @@ func (s *KubeletServer) Run(_ []string) error {
 
 }
 
-// TODO: replace this with clientcmd
+func (s *KubeletServer) authPathClientConfig(useDefaults bool) (*client.Config, error) {
-func (s *KubeletServer) createAPIServerClient() (*client.Client, error) {
+	authInfo, err := clientauth.LoadFromFile(s.AuthPath.Value())
-	authInfo, err := clientauth.LoadFromFile(s.AuthPath)
+	if err != nil && !useDefaults {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// If loading the default auth path, for backwards compatibility keep going
+	// with the default auth.
 	if err != nil {
-		glog.Warningf("Could not load kubernetes auth path: %v. Continuing with defaults.", err)
+		glog.Warningf("Could not load kubernetes auth path %s: %v. Continuing with defaults.", s.AuthPath, err)
 	}
 	if authInfo == nil {
 		// authInfo didn't load correctly - continue with defaults.
 		authInfo = &clientauth.Info{}
 	}
-	clientConfig, err := authInfo.MergeWithConfig(client.Config{})
+	authConfig, err := authInfo.MergeWithConfig(client.Config{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	authConfig.Host = s.APIServerList[0]
+	return &authConfig, nil
+}
+
+func (s *KubeletServer) kubeconfigClientConfig() (*client.Config, error) {
+	return clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(
+		&clientcmd.ClientConfigLoadingRules{ExplicitPath: s.KubeConfig.Value()},
+		&clientcmd.ConfigOverrides{ClusterInfo: clientcmdapi.Cluster{Server: s.APIServerList[0]}}).ClientConfig()
+}
+
+// createClientConfig creates a client configuration from the command line
+// arguments. If either --auth-path or --kubeconfig is explicitly set, it
+// will be used (setting both is an error). If neither are set first attempt
+// to load the default kubeconfig file, then the default auth path file, and
+// fall back to the default auth (none) without an error.
+// TODO(roberthbailey): Remove support for --auth-path
+func (s *KubeletServer) createClientConfig() (*client.Config, error) {
+	if s.KubeConfig.Provided() && s.AuthPath.Provided() {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot specify both --kubeconfig and --auth-path")
+	}
+	if s.KubeConfig.Provided() {
+		return s.kubeconfigClientConfig()
+	} else if s.AuthPath.Provided() {
+		return s.authPathClientConfig(false)
+	}
+	// Try the kubeconfig default first, falling back to the auth path default.
+	clientConfig, err := s.kubeconfigClientConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Warningf("Could not load kubeconfig file %s: %v. Trying auth path instead.", s.KubeConfig, err)
+		return s.authPathClientConfig(true)
+	}
+	return clientConfig, nil
+}
+
+func (s *KubeletServer) createAPIServerClient() (*client.Client, error) {
 	if len(s.APIServerList) < 1 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no api servers specified")
 	}
@@ -373,15 +417,17 @@ func (s *KubeletServer) createAPIServerClient() (*client.Client, error) {
 	if len(s.APIServerList) > 1 {
 		glog.Infof("Multiple api servers specified.  Picking first one")
 	}
-	clientConfig.Host = s.APIServerList[0]
 
-	s.addChaosToClientConfig(&clientConfig)
+	clientConfig, err := s.createClientConfig()
-
-	c, err := client.New(&clientConfig)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return c, nil
+	s.addChaosToClientConfig(clientConfig)
+	client, err := client.New(clientConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return client, nil
 }
 
 // addChaosToClientConfig injects random errors into client connections if configured.

hack/test-cmd.sh

@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ kube::log::status "Starting kubelet in masterful mode"
   --hostname_override="127.0.0.1" \
   --address="127.0.0.1" \
   --api_servers="${API_HOST}:${API_PORT}" \
-  --auth_path="${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/.test-cmd-auth" \
   --port="$KUBELET_PORT" \
   --healthz_port="${KUBELET_HEALTHZ_PORT}" 1>&2 &
 KUBELET_PID=$!

pkg/util/string_flag.go

@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ type StringFlag struct {
 	value string
 }
 
+func NewStringFlag(defaultVal string) StringFlag {
+	return StringFlag{value: defaultVal}
+}
+
 func (f *StringFlag) Default(value string) {
 	f.value = value
 }