Switch to using kubelet config file for all supported flags

cmd/agent/main.go

@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if err := app.Run(configfilearg.MustParse(os.Args)); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
-		logrus.Fatal(err)
+		logrus.Fatalf("Error: %v", err)
 	}
 }

cmd/k3s/main.go

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
-		logrus.Fatal(err)
+		logrus.Fatalf("Error: %v", err)
 	}
 }
 

cmd/server/main.go

@@ -80,6 +80,6 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if err := app.Run(configfilearg.MustParse(os.Args)); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, context.Canceled) {
-		logrus.Fatal(err)
+		logrus.Fatalf("Error: %v", err)
 	}
 }

go.mod

@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/kube-proxy v0.0.0
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.32.0
+	k8s.io/kubelet v0.32.0
 	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.32.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104100929-3ea5e8cea738
 	sigs.k8s.io/cri-tools v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
@@ -478,7 +479,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kube-controller-manager v0.0.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20241127205056-99599406b04f // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-scheduler v0.0.0 // indirect
-	k8s.io/kubelet v0.32.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/metrics v0.0.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/mount-utils v0.32.0 // indirect
 	k8s.io/pod-security-admission v0.0.0 // indirect

pkg/agent/config/config.go

@@ -543,6 +543,12 @@ func get(ctx context.Context, envInfo *cmds.Agent, proxy proxy.Proxy) (*config.N
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// Ensure kubelet config dir exists
+	kubeletConfigDir := filepath.Join(envInfo.DataDir, "agent", "etc", "kubelet.conf.d")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(kubeletConfigDir, 0700); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	nodeConfig := &config.Node{
 		Docker:                   envInfo.Docker,
 		SELinux:                  envInfo.EnableSELinux,
@@ -571,6 +577,7 @@ func get(ctx context.Context, envInfo *cmds.Agent, proxy proxy.Proxy) (*config.N
 	nodeConfig.AgentConfig.ClusterDomain = controlConfig.ClusterDomain
 	nodeConfig.AgentConfig.ResolvConf = locateOrGenerateResolvConf(envInfo)
 	nodeConfig.AgentConfig.ClientCA = clientCAFile
+	nodeConfig.AgentConfig.KubeletConfigDir = kubeletConfigDir
 	nodeConfig.AgentConfig.KubeConfigKubelet = kubeconfigKubelet
 	nodeConfig.AgentConfig.KubeConfigKubeProxy = kubeconfigKubeproxy
 	nodeConfig.AgentConfig.KubeConfigK3sController = kubeconfigK3sController

pkg/daemons/agent/agent.go

@@ -2,19 +2,34 @@ package agent
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
+	"net"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/k3s-io/k3s/pkg/agent/config"
 	"github.com/k3s-io/k3s/pkg/agent/proxy"
+	"github.com/k3s-io/k3s/pkg/agent/util"
 	daemonconfig "github.com/k3s-io/k3s/pkg/daemons/config"
 	"github.com/k3s-io/k3s/pkg/daemons/executor"
+	"github.com/k3s-io/k3s/pkg/version"
+	"github.com/otiai10/copy"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/logs"
 	logsapi "k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1"
+	logsv1 "k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1"
 	_ "k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/restclient" // for client metric registration
 	_ "k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/version"    // for version metric registration
+	kubeletconfig "k8s.io/kubelet/config/v1beta1"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/taints"
+	utilsnet "k8s.io/utils/net"
+	utilsptr "k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
 func Agent(ctx context.Context, nodeConfig *daemonconfig.Node, proxy proxy.Proxy) error {
@@ -24,7 +39,7 @@ func Agent(ctx context.Context, nodeConfig *daemonconfig.Node, proxy proxy.Proxy
 	defer logs.FlushLogs()
 
 	if err := startKubelet(ctx, &nodeConfig.AgentConfig); err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to start kubelet")
 	}
 
 	go func() {
@@ -46,9 +61,21 @@ func startKubeProxy(ctx context.Context, cfg *daemonconfig.Agent) error {
 }
 
 func startKubelet(ctx context.Context, cfg *daemonconfig.Agent) error {
-	argsMap := kubeletArgs(cfg)
+	argsMap, defaultConfig, err := kubeletArgsAndConfig(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "prepare default configuration drop-in")
+	}
+
+	extraArgs, err := extractConfigArgs(cfg.KubeletConfigDir, cfg.ExtraKubeletArgs, defaultConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "prepare user configuration drop-ins")
+	}
+
+	if err := writeKubeletConfig(cfg.KubeletConfigDir, defaultConfig); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "generate default kubelet configuration drop-in")
+	}
 
-	args := daemonconfig.GetArgs(argsMap, cfg.ExtraKubeletArgs)
+	args := daemonconfig.GetArgs(argsMap, extraArgs)
 	logrus.Infof("Running kubelet %s", daemonconfig.ArgString(args))
 
 	return executor.Kubelet(ctx, args)
@@ -67,3 +94,170 @@ func ImageCredProvAvailable(cfg *daemonconfig.Agent) bool {
 	}
 	return true
 }
+
+// extractConfigArgs strips out any --config or --config-dir flags from the
+// provided args list, and if set, copies the content of the file or dir into
+// the target drop-in directory.
+func extractConfigArgs(path string, extraArgs []string, config *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration) ([]string, error) {
+	args := make([]string, 0, len(extraArgs))
+	strippedArgs := map[string]string{}
+	var skipVal bool
+	for i := range extraArgs {
+		if skipVal {
+			skipVal = false
+			continue
+		}
+
+		var val string
+		key := strings.TrimPrefix(extraArgs[i], "--")
+		if k, v, ok := strings.Cut(key, "="); ok {
+			// key=val pair
+			key = k
+			val = v
+		} else if len(extraArgs) > i+1 {
+			// key in this arg, value in next arg
+			val = extraArgs[i+1]
+			skipVal = true
+		}
+
+		switch key {
+		case "config", "config-dir":
+			if val == "" {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("value required for kubelet-arg --%s", key)
+			}
+			strippedArgs[key] = val
+		default:
+			args = append(args, extraArgs[i])
+		}
+	}
+
+	// copy the config file into our managed config dir, unless its already in there
+	if strippedArgs["config"] != "" && !strings.HasPrefix(strippedArgs["config"], path) {
+		src := strippedArgs["config"]
+		dest := filepath.Join(path, "10-cli-config.conf")
+		if err := util.CopyFile(src, dest, false); err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "copy config %q into managed drop-in dir %q", src, dest)
+		}
+	}
+	// copy the config-dir into our managed config dir, unless its already in there
+	if strippedArgs["config-dir"] != "" && !strings.HasPrefix(strippedArgs["config-dir"], path) {
+		src := strippedArgs["config-dir"]
+		dest := filepath.Join(path, "20-cli-config-dir")
+		if err := copy.Copy(src, dest, copy.Options{PreserveOwner: true}); err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "copy config-dir %q into managed drop-in dir %q", src, dest)
+		}
+	}
+	return args, nil
+}
+
+// writeKubeletConfig marshals the provided KubeletConfiguration object into a
+// drop-in config file in the target drop-in directory.
+func writeKubeletConfig(path string, config *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration) error {
+	b, err := yaml.Marshal(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(path, "00-"+version.Program+"-defaults.conf"), b, 0600)
+}
+
+func defaultKubeletConfig(cfg *daemonconfig.Agent) (*kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration, error) {
+	bindAddress := "127.0.0.1"
+	isIPv6 := utilsnet.IsIPv6(net.ParseIP([]string{cfg.NodeIP}[0]))
+	if isIPv6 {
+		bindAddress = "::1"
+	}
+
+	defaultConfig := &kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			APIVersion: "kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1",
+			Kind:       "KubeletConfiguration",
+		},
+		CPUManagerReconcilePeriod:        metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Second * 10},
+		CgroupDriver:                     "cgroupfs",
+		ClusterDomain:                    cfg.ClusterDomain,
+		EvictionPressureTransitionPeriod: metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Minute * 5},
+		FailSwapOn:                       utilsptr.To(false),
+		FileCheckFrequency:               metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Second * 20},
+		HTTPCheckFrequency:               metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Second * 20},
+		HealthzBindAddress:               bindAddress,
+		ImageMinimumGCAge:                metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Minute * 2},
+		NodeStatusReportFrequency:        metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Minute * 5},
+		NodeStatusUpdateFrequency:        metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Second * 10},
+		ProtectKernelDefaults:            cfg.ProtectKernelDefaults,
+		ReadOnlyPort:                     0,
+		RuntimeRequestTimeout:            metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Minute * 2},
+		StreamingConnectionIdleTimeout:   metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Hour * 4},
+		SyncFrequency:                    metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Minute},
+		VolumeStatsAggPeriod:             metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Minute},
+		EvictionHard: map[string]string{
+			"imagefs.available": "5%",
+			"nodefs.available":  "5%",
+		},
+		EvictionMinimumReclaim: map[string]string{
+			"imagefs.available": "10%",
+			"nodefs.available":  "10%",
+		},
+		Authentication: kubeletconfig.KubeletAuthentication{
+			Anonymous: kubeletconfig.KubeletAnonymousAuthentication{
+				Enabled: utilsptr.To(false),
+			},
+			Webhook: kubeletconfig.KubeletWebhookAuthentication{
+				Enabled:  utilsptr.To(true),
+				CacheTTL: metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Minute * 2},
+			},
+		},
+		Authorization: kubeletconfig.KubeletAuthorization{
+			Mode: kubeletconfig.KubeletAuthorizationModeWebhook,
+			Webhook: kubeletconfig.KubeletWebhookAuthorization{
+				CacheAuthorizedTTL:   metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Minute * 5},
+				CacheUnauthorizedTTL: metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Second * 30},
+			},
+		},
+		Logging: logsv1.LoggingConfiguration{
+			Format:    "text",
+			Verbosity: logsv1.VerbosityLevel(cfg.VLevel),
+			FlushFrequency: logsv1.TimeOrMetaDuration{
+				Duration:          metav1.Duration{Duration: time.Second * 5},
+				SerializeAsString: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	if cfg.ListenAddress != "" {
+		defaultConfig.Address = cfg.ListenAddress
+	}
+
+	if cfg.ClientCA != "" {
+		defaultConfig.Authentication.X509.ClientCAFile = cfg.ClientCA
+	}
+
+	if cfg.ServingKubeletCert != "" && cfg.ServingKubeletKey != "" {
+		defaultConfig.TLSCertFile = cfg.ServingKubeletCert
+		defaultConfig.TLSPrivateKeyFile = cfg.ServingKubeletKey
+	}
+
+	for _, addr := range cfg.ClusterDNSs {
+		defaultConfig.ClusterDNS = append(defaultConfig.ClusterDNS, addr.String())
+	}
+
+	if cfg.ResolvConf != "" {
+		defaultConfig.ResolverConfig = utilsptr.To(cfg.ResolvConf)
+	}
+
+	if cfg.PodManifests != "" && defaultConfig.StaticPodPath == "" {
+		defaultConfig.StaticPodPath = cfg.PodManifests
+	}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(defaultConfig.StaticPodPath, 0750); err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create static pod manifest dir %s", defaultConfig.StaticPodPath)
+	}
+
+	if t, _, err := taints.ParseTaints(cfg.NodeTaints); err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to parse node taints")
+	} else {
+		defaultConfig.RegisterWithTaints = t
+	}
+
+	logsv1.VModuleConfigurationPflag(&defaultConfig.Logging.VModule).Set(cfg.VModule)
+
+	return defaultConfig, nil
+}