Using CRD to Start Your Ingress Observability Journey¶
Introduction¶
CRD (Custom Resource Definition) is a built-in resource type in Kubernetes that allows users to define custom resource types. Guance implements custom CRD resources and manages custom CRD objects through a CRD controller. Using CRD to collect metrics enables decoupling from applications.
Taking Ingress metrics collection as an example, you need to add annotations to the Deployment resource in the Ingress deployment YAML file so that DataKit can collect Ingress Pod metrics through custom annotations. The downside is that annotations are tightly coupled with Pods. Using CRD is much more convenient—you only need to know the Ingress namespace and the Deployment name.
Next, let's use CRD to achieve Ingress observability step by step.
Prerequisites¶
- Kubernetes cluster
- Guance account
Steps¶
Warning
The versions used in this example are DataKit 1.4.11 and Nginx Ingress Controller 1.1.1.
1 Deploy DataKit¶
1.1 Get the Token¶
Log in to Guance, click the Manage module, find the Token in the Basic Settings interface, and click the Copy icon next to it.
1.2 Download the DataKit Deployment File¶
Log in to Guance, click Integrations > DataKit > Kubernetes, and download the datakit.yaml file.
1.3 Deploy DataKit¶
Open the datakit.yaml file, replace <your-token> in the file with the copied Token. To distinguish clusters and enable election, add several environment variables. You can define k8s-containerd as needed.
- name: ENV_GLOBAL_HOST_TAGS
value: host=__datakit_hostname,host_ip=__datakit_ip,cluster_name_k8s=k8s-containerd
- name: ENV_NAMESPACE
value: k8s-containerd
- name: ENV_GLOBAL_ELECTION_TAGS
value: cluster_name_k8s=k8s-containerd
Upload the datakit.yaml file to the master node of the Kubernetes cluster and run the following command to deploy DataKit.
2 Deploy Ingress¶
2.1 Write ingress-deployment.yaml¶
ingress-deployment.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx
labels:
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/controller-serviceaccount.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
name: ingress-nginx
namespace: ingress-nginx
automountServiceAccountToken: true
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/controller-configmap.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
name: ingress-nginx-controller
namespace: ingress-nginx
data:
allow-snippet-annotations: 'true'
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/clusterrole.yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRole
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
name: ingress-nginx
rules:
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- configmaps
- endpoints
- nodes
- pods
- secrets
- namespaces
verbs:
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- nodes
verbs:
- get
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- services
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- networking.k8s.io
resources:
- ingresses
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- events
verbs:
- create
- patch
- apiGroups:
- networking.k8s.io
resources:
- ingresses/status
verbs:
- update
- apiGroups:
- networking.k8s.io
resources:
- ingressclasses
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
name: ingress-nginx
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: ClusterRole
name: ingress-nginx
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: ingress-nginx
namespace: ingress-nginx
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/controller-role.yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
name: ingress-nginx
namespace: ingress-nginx
rules:
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- namespaces
verbs:
- get
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- configmaps
- pods
- secrets
- endpoints
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- services
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- networking.k8s.io
resources:
- ingresses
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- networking.k8s.io
resources:
- ingresses/status
verbs:
- update
- apiGroups:
- networking.k8s.io
resources:
- ingressclasses
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- configmaps
resourceNames:
- ingress-controller-leader
verbs:
- get
- update
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- configmaps
verbs:
- create
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- events
verbs:
- create
- patch
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/controller-rolebinding.yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
name: ingress-nginx
namespace: ingress-nginx
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: Role
name: ingress-nginx
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: ingress-nginx
namespace: ingress-nginx
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service-webhook.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
name: ingress-nginx-controller-admission
namespace: ingress-nginx
spec:
type: ClusterIP
ports:
- name: https-webhook
port: 443
targetPort: webhook
appProtocol: https
selector:
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/controller-service.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
#annotations:
# prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
# prometheus.io/port: "10254"
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
name: ingress-nginx-controller
namespace: ingress-nginx
spec:
type: NodePort
# externalTrafficPolicy: Local
# ipFamilyPolicy: SingleStack
# ipFamilies:
# - IPv4
ports:
- name: http
port: 80
protocol: TCP
targetPort: http
appProtocol: http
nodePort: 30049
- name: https
port: 443
protocol: TCP
targetPort: https
appProtocol: https
#- name: prometheus
# port: 10254
# targetPort: prometheus
selector:
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
name: ingress-nginx-controller
namespace: ingress-nginx
spec:
selector:
matchLabels:
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
revisionHistoryLimit: 10
minReadySeconds: 0
template:
metadata:
labels:
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
annotations:
spec:
dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
nodeName: k8s-node2
containers:
- name: controller
image: registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/google_containers/nginx-ingress-controller:v1.1.1
imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
lifecycle:
preStop:
exec:
command:
- /wait-shutdown
args:
- /nginx-ingress-controller
- --publish-service=$(POD_NAMESPACE)/ingress-nginx-controller
- --election-id=ingress-controller-leader
- --controller-class=k8s.io/ingress-nginx
- --configmap=$(POD_NAMESPACE)/ingress-nginx-controller
- --validating-webhook=:8443
- --validating-webhook-certificate=/usr/local/certificates/cert
- --validating-webhook-key=/usr/local/certificates/key
securityContext:
capabilities:
drop:
- ALL
add:
- NET_BIND_SERVICE
runAsUser: 101
allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
env:
- name: POD_NAME
valueFrom:
fieldRef:
fieldPath: metadata.name
- name: POD_NAMESPACE
valueFrom:
fieldRef:
fieldPath: metadata.namespace
- name: LD_PRELOAD
value: /usr/local/lib/libmimalloc.so
livenessProbe:
failureThreshold: 5
httpGet:
path: /healthz
port: 10254
scheme: HTTP
initialDelaySeconds: 10
periodSeconds: 10
successThreshold: 1
timeoutSeconds: 1
readinessProbe:
failureThreshold: 3
httpGet:
path: /healthz
port: 10254
scheme: HTTP
initialDelaySeconds: 10
periodSeconds: 10
successThreshold: 1
timeoutSeconds: 1
ports:
- name: http
containerPort: 80
hostPort: 80
protocol: TCP
- name: https
containerPort: 443
hostPort: 443
protocol: TCP
- name: webhook
containerPort: 8443
protocol: TCP
volumeMounts:
- name: webhook-cert
mountPath: /usr/local/certificates/
readOnly: true
resources:
requests:
cpu: 100m
memory: 90Mi
nodeSelector:
kubernetes.io/os: linux
serviceAccountName: ingress-nginx
terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 300
volumes:
- name: webhook-cert
secret:
secretName: ingress-nginx-admission
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/controller-ingressclass.yaml
# We don't support namespaced ingressClass yet
# So a ClusterRole and a ClusterRoleBinding is required
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: IngressClass
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: controller
name: nginx
namespace: ingress-nginx
spec:
controller: k8s.io/ingress-nginx
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/validating-webhook.yaml
# before changing this value, check the required kubernetes version
# https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/extensible-admission-controllers/#prerequisites
apiVersion: admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1
kind: ValidatingWebhookConfiguration
metadata:
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
name: ingress-nginx-admission
webhooks:
- name: validate.nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io
matchPolicy: Equivalent
rules:
- apiGroups:
- networking.k8s.io
apiVersions:
- v1
operations:
- CREATE
- UPDATE
resources:
- ingresses
failurePolicy: Fail
sideEffects: None
admissionReviewVersions:
- v1
clientConfig:
service:
namespace: ingress-nginx
name: ingress-nginx-controller-admission
path: /networking/v1/ingresses
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/serviceaccount.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission
namespace: ingress-nginx
annotations:
helm.sh/hook: pre-install,pre-upgrade,post-install,post-upgrade
helm.sh/hook-delete-policy: before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/clusterrole.yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRole
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission
annotations:
helm.sh/hook: pre-install,pre-upgrade,post-install,post-upgrade
helm.sh/hook-delete-policy: before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
rules:
- apiGroups:
- admissionregistration.k8s.io
resources:
- validatingwebhookconfigurations
verbs:
- get
- update
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/clusterrolebinding.yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission
annotations:
helm.sh/hook: pre-install,pre-upgrade,post-install,post-upgrade
helm.sh/hook-delete-policy: before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: ClusterRole
name: ingress-nginx-admission
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: ingress-nginx-admission
namespace: ingress-nginx
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/role.yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission
namespace: ingress-nginx
annotations:
helm.sh/hook: pre-install,pre-upgrade,post-install,post-upgrade
helm.sh/hook-delete-policy: before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
rules:
- apiGroups:
- ''
resources:
- secrets
verbs:
- get
- create
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/rolebinding.yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission
namespace: ingress-nginx
annotations:
helm.sh/hook: pre-install,pre-upgrade,post-install,post-upgrade
helm.sh/hook-delete-policy: before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: Role
name: ingress-nginx-admission
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: ingress-nginx-admission
namespace: ingress-nginx
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-createSecret.yaml
apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: Job
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission-create
namespace: ingress-nginx
annotations:
helm.sh/hook: pre-install,pre-upgrade
helm.sh/hook-delete-policy: before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
spec:
template:
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission-create
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
spec:
containers:
- name: create
image: registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/google_containers/kube-webhook-certgen:v1.1.1
imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
args:
- create
- --host=ingress-nginx-controller-admission,ingress-nginx-controller-admission.$(POD_NAMESPACE).svc
- --namespace=$(POD_NAMESPACE)
- --secret-name=ingress-nginx-admission
env:
- name: POD_NAMESPACE
valueFrom:
fieldRef:
fieldPath: metadata.namespace
securityContext:
allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
restartPolicy: OnFailure
serviceAccountName: ingress-nginx-admission
nodeSelector:
kubernetes.io/os: linux
securityContext:
runAsNonRoot: true
runAsUser: 2000
---
# Source: ingress-nginx/templates/admission-webhooks/job-patch/job-patchWebhook.yaml
apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: Job
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission-patch
namespace: ingress-nginx
annotations:
helm.sh/hook: post-install,post-upgrade
helm.sh/hook-delete-policy: before-hook-creation,hook-succeeded
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
spec:
template:
metadata:
name: ingress-nginx-admission-patch
labels:
helm.sh/chart: ingress-nginx-4.0.15
app.kubernetes.io/name: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/instance: ingress-nginx
app.kubernetes.io/version: 1.1.1
app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
app.kubernetes.io/component: admission-webhook
spec:
containers:
- name: patch
image: registry.cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/google_containers/kube-webhook-certgen:v1.1.1
imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
args:
- patch
- --webhook-name=ingress-nginx-admission
- --namespace=$(POD_NAMESPACE)
- --patch-mutating=false
- --secret-name=ingress-nginx-admission
- --patch-failure-policy=Fail
env:
- name: POD_NAMESPACE
valueFrom:
fieldRef:
fieldPath: metadata.namespace
securityContext:
allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
restartPolicy: OnFailure
serviceAccountName: ingress-nginx-admission
nodeSelector:
kubernetes.io/os: linux
securityContext:
runAsNonRoot: true
runAsUser: 2000
2.2 Deploy Ingress¶
Upload the ingress-deployment.yaml file to the master node of the Kubernetes cluster and run the following command to deploy Ingress.
3 Deploy Nginx¶
3.1 Write nginx-deployment.yaml¶
nginx-deployment.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: nginx-deployment
spec:
selector:
matchLabels:
app: backend
replicas: 1
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: backend
spec:
nodeName: k8s-node2
containers:
- name: nginx
image: nginx:latest
resources:
limits:
memory: "128Mi"
cpu: "128m"
ports:
- containerPort: 80
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: nginx-service
spec:
selector:
app: backend
ports:
- port: 80
targetPort: 80
3.2 Write nginx-ingress.yaml¶
nginx-ingress.yaml
3.3 Deploy Nginx¶
Upload nginx-deployment.yaml and nginx-ingress.yaml to the master node of the Kubernetes cluster and run the following commands.
4 Create CRD¶
4.1 Write datakit-crd.yaml¶
datakit-crd.yaml
apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
name: datakits.guance.com
spec:
group: guance.com
versions:
- name: v1beta1
served: true
storage: true
schema:
openAPIV3Schema:
type: object
properties:
spec:
type: object
properties:
instances:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
k8sNamespace:
type: string
k8sDeployment:
type: string
datakit/logs:
type: string
inputConf:
type: string
scope: Namespaced
names:
plural: datakits
singular: datakit
kind: Datakit
shortNames:
- dk
4.2 Write ingress-crd.yaml¶
ingress-crd.yaml
apiVersion: "guance.com/v1beta1"
kind: Datakit
metadata:
name: prom-ingress
namespace: datakit
spec:
instances:
- k8sNamespace: "ingress-nginx"
k8sDeployment: "ingress-nginx-controller"
inputConf: |
[[inputs.prom]]
url = "http://$IP:10254/metrics"
source = "prom-ingress"
metric_types = ["counter", "gauge","histogram"]
# metric_name_filter = ["cpu"]
# measurement_prefix = ""
measurement_name = "prom_ingress"
interval = "60s"
tags_ignore = ["build","le","path","method","release","repository"]
metric_name_filter = ["nginx_process_cpu_seconds_total","nginx_process_resident_memory_bytes","request_size","response_size","requests","success","config_last_reload_successful"]
[[inputs.prom.measurements]]
prefix = "nginx_ingress_controller_"
name = "prom_ingress"
[inputs.prom.tags]
namespace = "$NAMESPACE"
4.3 Deploy the CRD¶
Upload the files to the master node of the Kubernetes cluster and run the following commands.
5 Scene View¶
5.1 Access Nginx¶
Run kubectl get svc -n ingress-nginx to get the node port for port 80, which is 30049.
Use the node 8.136.207.182 to access Nginx.
5.2 Ingress Observability¶
Log in to Guance, click Scenes, create a new dashboard, search for "ingress", and click OK.
The while command executed above simulates access to mynginx.com. The monitoring view displays the Ingress usage.





