kubernetes/docs/design/admission_control_limit_range.md

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Admission control plugin: LimitRanger

Background

This document proposes a system for enforcing resource requirements constraints as part of admission control.

Use cases

1. Ability to enumerate resource requirement constraints per namespace
2. Ability to enumerate min/max resource constraints for a pod
3. Ability to enumerate min/max resource constraints for a container
4. Ability to specify default resource limits for a container
5. Ability to specify default resource requests for a container
6. Ability to enforce a ratio between request and limit for a resource.

Data Model

The LimitRange resource is scoped to a Namespace.

Type

// LimitType is a type of object that is limited
type LimitType string

const (
  // Limit that applies to all pods in a namespace
  LimitTypePod LimitType = "Pod"
  // Limit that applies to all containers in a namespace
  LimitTypeContainer LimitType = "Container"
)

// LimitRangeItem defines a min/max usage limit for any resource that matches
// on kind.
type LimitRangeItem struct {
  // Type of resource that this limit applies to.
  Type LimitType `json:"type,omitempty"`
  // Max usage constraints on this kind by resource name.
  Max ResourceList `json:"max,omitempty"`
  // Min usage constraints on this kind by resource name.
  Min ResourceList `json:"min,omitempty"`
  // Default resource requirement limit value by resource name if resource limit
  // is omitted.
  Default ResourceList `json:"default,omitempty"`
  // DefaultRequest is the default resource requirement request value by
  // resource name if resource request is omitted.
  DefaultRequest ResourceList `json:"defaultRequest,omitempty"`
  // MaxLimitRequestRatio if specified, the named resource must have a request
  // and limit that are both non-zero where limit divided by request is less
  // than or equal to the enumerated value; this represents the max burst for
  // the named resource.
  MaxLimitRequestRatio ResourceList `json:"maxLimitRequestRatio,omitempty"`
}

// LimitRangeSpec defines a min/max usage limit for resources that match
// on kind.
type LimitRangeSpec struct {
  // Limits is the list of LimitRangeItem objects that are enforced.
  Limits []LimitRangeItem `json:"limits"`
}

// LimitRange sets resource usage limits for each kind of resource in a
// Namespace.
type LimitRange struct {
  TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
  // Standard object's metadata.
  // More info: 
  //    http://releases.k8s.io/HEAD/docs/devel/api-conventions.md#metadata
  ObjectMeta `json:"metadata,omitempty"`

  // Spec defines the limits enforced.
  // More info:
  //   http://releases.k8s.io/HEAD/docs/devel/api-conventions.md#spec-and-status
  Spec LimitRangeSpec `json:"spec,omitempty"`
}

// LimitRangeList is a list of LimitRange items.
type LimitRangeList struct {
  TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
  // Standard list metadata.
  // More info: 
  //   http://releases.k8s.io/HEAD/docs/devel/api-conventions.md#types-kinds
  ListMeta `json:"metadata,omitempty"`

  // Items is a list of LimitRange objects.
  // More info:
  //   http://releases.k8s.io/HEAD/docs/design/admission_control_limit_range.md
  Items []LimitRange `json:"items"`
}

Validation

Validation of a LimitRange enforces that for a given named resource the following rules apply:

Min (if specified) <= DefaultRequest (if specified) <= Default (if specified) <= Max (if specified)

Default Value Behavior

The following default value behaviors are applied to a LimitRange for a given named resource.

if LimitRangeItem.Default[resourceName] is undefined 
  if LimitRangeItem.Max[resourceName] is defined
    LimitRangeItem.Default[resourceName] = LimitRangeItem.Max[resourceName]

if LimitRangeItem.DefaultRequest[resourceName] is undefined
  if LimitRangeItem.Default[resourceName] is defined
    LimitRangeItem.DefaultRequest[resourceName] = LimitRangeItem.Default[resourceName]
  else if LimitRangeItem.Min[resourceName] is defined
    LimitRangeItem.DefaultRequest[resourceName] = LimitRangeItem.Min[resourceName]

AdmissionControl plugin: LimitRanger

The LimitRanger plug-in introspects all incoming pod requests and evaluates the constraints defined on a LimitRange.

If a constraint is not specified for an enumerated resource, it is not enforced or tracked.

To enable the plug-in and support for LimitRange, the kube-apiserver must be configured as follows:

$ kube-apiserver --admission-control=LimitRanger

Enforcement of constraints

Type: Container

Supported Resources:

1. memory
2. cpu

Supported Constraints:

Per container, the following must hold true:

Constraint	Behavior
Min	Min <= Request (required) <= Limit (optional)
Max	Limit (required) <= Max
LimitRequestRatio	LimitRequestRatio <= ( Limit (required, non-zero) / Request (required, non-zero))

Supported Defaults:

1. Default - if the named resource has no enumerated value, the Limit is equal to the Default
2. DefaultRequest - if the named resource has no enumerated value, the Request is equal to the DefaultRequest

Type: Pod

Supported Resources:

1. memory
2. cpu

Supported Constraints:

Across all containers in pod, the following must hold true

Constraint	Behavior
Min	Min <= Request (required) <= Limit (optional)
Max	Limit (required) <= Max
LimitRequestRatio	LimitRequestRatio <= ( Limit (required, non-zero) / Request (non-zero) )

Run-time configuration

The default LimitRange that is applied via Salt configuration will be updated as follows:

apiVersion: "v1"
kind: "LimitRange"
metadata:
  name: "limits"
  namespace: default
spec:
  limits:
    - type: "Container"
      defaultRequests:
        cpu: "100m"

Example

An example LimitRange configuration:

Type	Resource	Min	Max	Default	DefaultRequest	LimitRequestRatio
Container	cpu	.1	1	500m	250m	4
Container	memory	250Mi	1Gi	500Mi	250Mi

Assuming an incoming container that specified no incoming resource requirements, the following would happen.

1. The incoming container cpu would request 250m with a limit of 500m.
2. The incoming container memory would request 250Mi with a limit of 500Mi
3. If the container is later resized, it's cpu would be constrained to between .1 and 1 and the ratio of limit to request could not exceed 4.