Kubernetes Autostopping for Traefik
This article provides instructions to create AutoStopping rules for Kubernetes with the Traefik ingress controller.
Prerequisites
Make sure to meet the following prerequisites before you create an AutoStopping rule for Traefik.
Make sure you are running at the least version 1.0.5 of
autostopping-controller
in your Kubernetes cluster.Traefik
ingressRoute
is configured and is routing traffic to the service as expected.Routing to external names is allowed in Traefik by setting the following flag:
--providers.kubernetescrd.allowexternalnameservices=true
You should have access to edit the Traefik ingressRoute.
Allowing traffic to external names by setting the flag --providers.kubernetescrd.allowexternalnameservices=true
is required because the autostopping-router is an external name service for all other services.
Set up your cluster
Create an AutoStopping rule in your cluster, either through the Harness UI or by applying YAML directly on the cluster of the form:
apiVersion: ccm.harness.io/v1
kind: AutoStoppingRule
metadata:
name: test-rule
namespace: default
annotations:
harness.io/cloud-connector-id: CloudAccountID
spec:
service:
name: echo
port: 8080
traefik:
ingressRoute: httpbin
idleTimeMins: 5
hideProgressPage: false
After applying the YAML, an AutoStopping Rule is created in your cluster for service echo which is running on port 8080.
Create Traefik Middleware to pass the extra-header
apiVersion: traefik.containo.us/v1alpha1
kind: Middleware
metadata:
name: test-rule-header
spec:
headers:
customRequestHeaders:
AutoStoppingRule: default-test-rule
This header sends the AutoStoppingRule header to all the associated ingress routes.
Changes in IngressRoute
After Traefik ingressRoute is added as a first class entity to AutoStopping, these changes are automated.
After creating the AutoStopping Rule, make the following changes in your Traefik IngressRoute:
Change the destination
From
services:
- kind: Service
name: echo
port: 8080
To
services:
- kind: Service
name: autostopping-router
port: 80
Add Header Middleware
Under the spec for the ingressroute, add the middleware that was created earlier.
....
middlewares:
- name: test-rule-header
.....
After configuration, your ingressRoute looks like the following:
apiVersion: traefik.containo.us/v1alpha1
kind: IngressRoute
metadata:
annotations:
helm.sh/hook: post-install,post-upgrade
name: echo-traefik
labels:
app: echo
traefik_version: 10.20.1
spec:
routes:
- kind: Rule
match: Host(`someip.nip.io`)
services:
- kind: Service
name: autostopping-router
port: 80
middlewares:
- name: test-rule-header
Now your traffic flows through the autostopping-router and the AutoStopping rule takes actions based on activity and inactivity.