生产环境中为了保障业务的稳定性，集群都需要高可用部署，k8s 中 apiserver 是无状态的，可以横向扩容保证其高可用，kube-controller-manager 和 kube-scheduler 两个组件通过 leader 选举保障高可用，即正常情况下 kube-scheduler 或 kube-manager-controller 组件的多个副本只有一个是处于业务逻辑运行状态，其它副本则不断的尝试去获取锁，去竞争 leader，直到自己成为leader。如果正在运行的 leader 因某种原因导致当前进程退出，或者锁丢失，则由其它副本去竞争新的 leader，获取 leader 继而执行业务逻辑。
kubernetes 版本： v1.12
组件高可用的使用
k8s 中已经为 kube-controller-manager、kube-scheduler 组件实现了高可用，只需在每个组件的配置文件中添加 --leader-elect=true 参数即可启用。在每个组件的日志中可以看到 HA 相关参数的默认值：
I0306 19:17:14.109511 161798 flags.go:33] FLAG: --leader-elect="true"
I0306 19:17:14.109513 161798 flags.go:33] FLAG: --leader-elect-lease-duration="15s"
I0306 19:17:14.109516 161798 flags.go:33] FLAG: --leader-elect-renew-deadline="10s"
I0306 19:17:14.109518 161798 flags.go:33] FLAG: --leader-elect-resource-lock="endpoints"
I0306 19:17:14.109520 161798 flags.go:33] FLAG: --leader-elect-retry-period="2s"
kubernetes 中查看组件 leader 的方法：
$ kubectl get endpoints kube-controller-manager --namespace=kube-system -o yaml &&
kubectl get endpoints kube-scheduler --namespace=kube-system -o yaml
当前组件 leader 的 hostname 会写在 annotation 的 control-plane.alpha.kubernetes.io/leader 字段里。
Leader Election 的实现
Leader Election 的过程本质上是一个竞争分布式锁的过程。在 Kubernetes 中，这个分布式锁是以创建 Endpoint 资源的形式进行，谁先创建了该资源，谁就先获得锁，之后会对该资源不断更新以保持锁的拥有权。
下面开始讲述 kube-controller-manager 中 leader 的竞争过程，cm 在加载及配置完参数后就开始执行 run 方法了。代码在 k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go 中：
// Run runs the KubeControllerManagerOptions. This should never exit.
func Run(c *config.CompletedConfig, stopCh <-chan struct{}) error {
...
// kube-controller-manager 的核心
run := func(ctx context.Context) {
rootClientBuilder := controller.SimpleControllerClientBuilder{
ClientConfig: c.Kubeconfig,
}
var clientBuilder controller.ControllerClientBuilder
if c.ComponentConfig.KubeCloudShared.UseServiceAccountCredentials {
if len(c.ComponentConfig.SAController.ServiceAccountKeyFile) == 0 {
// It'c possible another controller process is creating the tokens for us.
// If one isn't, we'll timeout and exit when our client builder is unable to create the tokens.
glog.Warningf("--use-service-account-credentials was specified without providing a --service-account-private-key-file")
}
clientBuilder = controller.SAControllerClientBuilder{
ClientConfig: restclient.AnonymousClientConfig(c.Kubeconfig),
CoreClient: c.Client.CoreV1(),
AuthenticationClient: c.Client.AuthenticationV1(),
Namespace: "kube-system",
}
} else {
clientBuilder = rootClientBuilder
}
controllerContext, err := CreateControllerContext(c, rootClientBuilder, clientBuilder, ctx.Done())
if err != nil {
glog.Fatalf("error building controller context: %v", err)
}
saTokenControllerInitFunc := serviceAccountTokenControllerStarter{rootClientBuilder: rootClientBuilder}.startServiceAccountTokenController
// 初始化及启动所有的 controller
if err := StartControllers(controllerContext, saTokenControllerInitFunc, NewControllerInitializers(controllerContext.LoopMode), unsecuredMux); err != nil {
glog.Fatalf("error starting controllers: %v", err)
}
controllerContext.InformerFactory.Start(controllerContext.Stop)
close(controllerContext.InformersStarted)
select {}
}
// 如果 LeaderElect 参数未配置,说明 controller-manager 是单点启动的，
// 则直接调用 run 方法来启动需要被启动的控制器即可。
if !c.ComponentConfig.Generic.LeaderElection.LeaderElect {
run(context.TODO())
panic("unreachable")
}
// 如果 LeaderElect 参数配置为 true,说明 controller-manager 是以 HA 方式启动的，
// 则执行下面的代码进行 leader 选举，选举出的 leader 会回调 run 方法。
id, err := os.Hostname()
if err != nil {
return err
}
// add a uniquifier so that two processes on the same host don't accidentally both become active
id = id + "_" + string(uuid.NewUUID())
// 初始化资源锁
rl, err := resourcelock.New(c.ComponentConfig.Generic.LeaderElection.ResourceLock,
"kube-system",
"kube-controller-manager",
c.LeaderElectionClient.CoreV1(),
resourcelock.ResourceLockConfig{
Identity: id,
EventRecorder: c.EventRecorder,
})
if err != nil {
glog.Fatalf("error creating lock: %v", err)
}
// 进入到选举的流程
leaderelection.RunOrDie(context.TODO(), leaderelection.LeaderElectionConfig{
Lock: rl,
LeaseDuration: c.ComponentConfig.Generic.LeaderElection.LeaseDuration.Duration,
RenewDeadline: c.ComponentConfig.Generic.LeaderElection.RenewDeadline.Duration,
RetryPeriod: c.ComponentConfig.Generic.LeaderElection.RetryPeriod.Duration,
Callbacks: leaderelection.LeaderCallbacks{
OnStartedLeading: run,
OnStoppedLeading: func() {
glog.Fatalf("leaderelection lost")
},
},
WatchDog: electionChecker,
Name: "kube-controller-manager",
})
panic("unreachable")
}
- 1、初始化资源锁，kubernetes 中默认的资源锁使用
endpoints，也就是 c.ComponentConfig.Generic.LeaderElection.ResourceLock 的值为 "endpoints"，在代码中我并没有找到对 ResourceLock 初始化的地方，只看到了对该参数的说明以及日志中配置的默认值：
在初始化资源锁的时候还传入了 EventRecorder，其作用是当 leader 发生变化的时候会将对应的 events 发送到 apiserver。
2、rl 资源锁被用于 controller-manager 进行 leader 的选举，RunOrDie 方法中就是 leader 的选举过程了。
3、Callbacks 中定义了在切换状态后需要执行的操作，当成为 leader 后会执行 OnStartedLeading 中的 run 方法，run 方法是 controller-manager 的核心，run 方法中会初始化并启动所包含资源的 controller，以下是 kube-controller-manager 中所有的 controller：
func NewControllerInitializers(loopMode ControllerLoopMode) map[string]InitFunc {
controllers := map[string]InitFunc{}
controllers["endpoint"] = startEndpointController
controllers["replicationcontroller"] = startReplicationController
controllers["podgc"] = startPodGCController
controllers["resourcequota"] = startResourceQuotaController
controllers["namespace"] = startNamespaceController
controllers["serviceaccount"] = startServiceAccountController
controllers["garbagecollector"] = startGarbageCollectorController
controllers["daemonset"] = startDaemonSetController
controllers["job"] = startJobController
controllers["deployment"] = startDeploymentController
controllers["replicaset"] = startReplicaSetController
controllers["horizontalpodautoscaling"] = startHPAController
controllers["disruption"] = startDisruptionController
controllers["statefulset"] = startStatefulSetController
controllers["cronjob"] = startCronJobController
controllers["csrsigning"] = startCSRSigningController
controllers["csrapproving"] = startCSRApprovingController
controllers["csrcleaner"] = startCSRCleanerController
controllers["ttl"] = startTTLController
controllers["bootstrapsigner"] = startBootstrapSignerController
controllers["tokencleaner"] = startTokenCleanerController
controllers["nodeipam"] = startNodeIpamController
if loopMode == IncludeCloudLoops {
controllers["service"] = startServiceController
controllers["route"] = startRouteController
}
controllers["nodelifecycle"] = startNodeLifecycleController
controllers["persistentvolume-binder"] = startPersistentVolumeBinderController
controllers["attachdetach"] = startAttachDetachController
controllers["persistentvolume-expander"] = startVolumeExpandController
controllers["clusterrole-aggregation"] = startClusterRoleAggregrationController
controllers["pvc-protection"] = startPVCProtectionController
controllers["pv-protection"] = startPVProtectionController
controllers["ttl-after-finished"] = startTTLAfterFinishedController
return controllers
}
OnStoppedLeading 是从 leader 状态切换为 slave 要执行的操作，此方法仅打印了一条日志。
func RunOrDie(ctx context.Context, lec LeaderElectionConfig) {
le, err := NewLeaderElector(lec)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
if lec.WatchDog != nil {
lec.WatchDog.SetLeaderElection(le)
}
le.Run(ctx)
}
在 RunOrDie 中首先调用 NewLeaderElector 初始化了一个 LeaderElector 对象，然后执行 LeaderElector 的 run 方法进行选举。
func (le *LeaderElector) Run(ctx context.Context) {
defer func() {
runtime.HandleCrash()
le.config.Callbacks.OnStoppedLeading()
}()
if !le.acquire(ctx) {
return // ctx signalled done
}
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
defer cancel()
go le.config.Callbacks.OnStartedLeading(ctx)
le.renew(ctx)
}
Run 中首先会执行 acquire 尝试获取锁，获取到锁之后会回调 OnStartedLeading 启动所需要的 controller，然后会执行 renew 方法定期更新锁，保持 leader 的状态。
func (le *LeaderElector) acquire(ctx context.Context) bool {
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
defer cancel()
succeeded := false
desc := le.config.Lock.Describe()
glog.Infof("attempting to acquire leader lease %v...", desc)
wait.JitterUntil(func() {
// 尝试创建或者续约资源锁
succeeded = le.tryAcquireOrRenew()
// leader 可能发生了改变，在 maybeReportTransition 方法中会
// 执行相应的 OnNewLeader() 回调函数,代码中对 OnNewLeader() 并没有初始化
le.maybeReportTransition()
if !succeeded {
glog.V(4).Infof("failed to acquire lease %v", desc)
return
}
le.config.Lock.RecordEvent("became leader")
glog.Infof("successfully acquired lease %v", desc)
cancel()
}, le.config.RetryPeriod, JitterFactor, true, ctx.Done())
return succeeded
}
在 acquire 中首先初始化了一个 ctx，通过 wait.JitterUntil 周期性的去调用 le.tryAcquireOrRenew 方法来获取资源锁，直到获取为止。如果获取不到锁，则会以 RetryPeriod 为间隔不断尝试。如果获取到锁，就会关闭 ctx 通知 wait.JitterUntil 停止尝试，tryAcquireOrRenew 是最核心的方法。
func (le *LeaderElector) tryAcquireOrRenew() bool {
now := metav1.Now()
leaderElectionRecord := rl.LeaderElectionRecord{
HolderIdentity: le.config.Lock.Identity(),
LeaseDurationSeconds: int(le.config.LeaseDuration / time.Second),
RenewTime: now,
AcquireTime: now,
}
// 1、获取当前的资源锁
oldLeaderElectionRecord, err := le.config.Lock.Get()
if err != nil {
if !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
glog.Errorf("error retrieving resource lock %v: %v", le.config.Lock.Describe(), err)
return false
}
// 没有获取到资源锁，开始创建资源锁，若创建成功则成为 leader
if err = le.config.Lock.Create(leaderElectionRecord); err != nil {
glog.Errorf("error initially creating leader election record: %v", err)
return false
}
le.observedRecord = leaderElectionRecord
le.observedTime = le.clock.Now()
return true
}
// 2、获取资源锁后检查当前 id 是不是 leader
if !reflect.DeepEqual(le.observedRecord, *oldLeaderElectionRecord) {
le.observedRecord = *oldLeaderElectionRecord
le.observedTime = le.clock.Now()
}
// 如果资源锁没有过期且当前 id 不是 Leader，直接返回
if le.observedTime.Add(le.config.LeaseDuration).After(now.Time) &&
!le.IsLeader() {
glog.V(4).Infof("lock is held by %v and has not yet expired", oldLeaderElectionRecord.HolderIdentity)
return false
}
// 3、如果当前 id 是 Leader，将对应字段的时间改成当前时间，准备续租
// 如果是非 Leader 节点则抢夺资源锁
if le.IsLeader() {
leaderElectionRecord.AcquireTime = oldLeaderElectionRecord.AcquireTime
leaderElectionRecord.LeaderTransitions = oldLeaderElectionRecord.LeaderTransitions
} else {
leaderElectionRecord.LeaderTransitions = oldLeaderElectionRecord.LeaderTransitions + 1
}
// 更新资源
// 对于 Leader 来说，这是一个续租的过程
// 对于非 Leader 节点（仅在上一个资源锁已经过期），这是一个更新锁所有权的过程
if err = le.config.Lock.Update(leaderElectionRecord); err != nil {
glog.Errorf("Failed to update lock: %v", err)
return false
}
le.observedRecord = leaderElectionRecord
le.observedTime = le.clock.Now()
return true
}
上面的这个函数的主要逻辑：
- 1、获取 ElectionRecord 记录，如果没有则创建一条新的 ElectionRecord 记录，创建成功则表示获取到锁并成为 leader 了。
- 2、当获取到资源锁后开始检查其中的信息，比较当前 id 是不是 leader 以及资源锁有没有过期，如果资源锁没有过期且当前 id 不是 Leader，则直接返回。
- 3、如果当前 id 是 Leader，将对应字段的时间改成当前时间，更新资源锁进行续租。
- 4、如果当前 id 不是 Leader 但是资源锁已经过期了，则抢夺资源锁，抢夺成功则成为 leader 否则返回。
最后是 renew 方法：
func (le *LeaderElector) renew(ctx context.Context) {
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
defer cancel()
wait.Until(func() {
timeoutCtx, timeoutCancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, le.config.RenewDeadline)
defer timeoutCancel()
// 每间隔 RetryPeriod 就执行 tryAcquireOrRenew()
// 如果 tryAcquireOrRenew() 返回 false 说明续租失败
err := wait.PollImmediateUntil(le.config.RetryPeriod, func() (bool, error) {
done := make(chan bool, 1)
go func() {
defer close(done)
done <- le.tryAcquireOrRenew()
}()
select {
case <-timeoutCtx.Done():
return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to tryAcquireOrRenew %s", timeoutCtx.Err())
case result := <-done:
return result, nil
}
}, timeoutCtx.Done())
le.maybeReportTransition()
desc := le.config.Lock.Describe()
if err == nil {
glog.V(4).Infof("successfully renewed lease %v", desc)
return
}
// 续租失败，说明已经不是 Leader，然后程序 panic
le.config.Lock.RecordEvent("stopped leading")
glog.Infof("failed to renew lease %v: %v", desc, err)
cancel()
}, le.config.RetryPeriod, ctx.Done())
}
获取到锁之后定期进行更新，renew 只有在获取锁之后才会调用，它会通过持续更新资源锁的数据，来确保继续持有已获得的锁，保持自己的 leader 状态。
Leader Election 功能的使用
以下是一个 demo，使用 k8s 中 k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection 进行一个演示：
package main
import (
"context"
"flag"
"fmt"
"os"
"time"
"github.com/golang/glog"
"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
v1core "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
"k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection"
"k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock"
"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
)
var (
masterURL string
kubeconfig string
)
func init() {
flag.StringVar(&kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "", "Path to a kubeconfig. Only required if out-of-cluster.")
flag.StringVar(&masterURL, "master", "", "The address of the Kubernetes API server. Overrides any value in kubeconfig. Only required if out-of-cluster.")
flag.Set("logtostderr", "true")
}
func main() {
flag.Parse()
defer glog.Flush()
id, err := os.Hostname()
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
// 加载 kubeconfig 配置
cfg, err := clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags(masterURL, kubeconfig)
if err != nil {
glog.Fatalf("Error building kubeconfig: %s", err.Error())
}
// 创建 kubeclient
kubeClient, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(cfg)
if err != nil {
glog.Fatalf("Error building kubernetes clientset: %s", err.Error())
}
// 初始化 eventRecorder
eventBroadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
eventRecorder := eventBroadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "test-1"})
eventBroadcaster.StartLogging(glog.Infof)
eventBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&v1core.EventSinkImpl{Interface: kubeClient.CoreV1().Events("")})
run := func(ctx context.Context) {
fmt.Println("run.........")
select {}
}
id = id + "_" + "1"
rl, err := resourcelock.New("endpoints",
"kube-system",
"test",
kubeClient.CoreV1(),
resourcelock.ResourceLockConfig{
Identity: id,
EventRecorder: eventRecorder,
})
if err != nil {
glog.Fatalf("error creating lock: %v", err)
}
leaderelection.RunOrDie(context.TODO(), leaderelection.LeaderElectionConfig{
Lock: rl,
LeaseDuration: 15 * time.Second,
RenewDeadline: 10 * time.Second,
RetryPeriod: 2 * time.Second,
Callbacks: leaderelection.LeaderCallbacks{
OnStartedLeading: run,
OnStoppedLeading: func() {
glog.Info("leaderelection lost")
},
},
Name: "test-1",
})
}
分别使用多个 hostname 同时运行后并测试 leader 切换，可以在 events 中看到 leader 切换的记录：
# kubectl describe endpoints test -n kube-system
Name: test
Namespace: kube-system
Labels: <none>
Annotations: control-plane.alpha.kubernetes.io/leader={"holderIdentity":"localhost_2","leaseDurationSeconds":15,"acquireTime":"2019-03-10T08:47:42Z","renewTime":"2019-03-10T08:47:44Z","leaderTransitions":2}
Subsets:
Events:
Type Reason Age From Message
---- ------ ---- ---- -------
Normal LeaderElection 50s test-1 localhost_1 became leader
Normal LeaderElection 5s test-2 localhost_2 became leader
总结
本文讲述了 kube-controller-manager 使用 HA 的方式启动后 leader 选举过程的实现说明，k8s 中通过创建 endpoints 资源以及对该资源的持续更新来实现资源锁轮转的过程。但是相对于其他分布式锁的实现，普遍是直接基于现有的中间件实现，比如 redis、zookeeper、etcd 等，其所有对锁的操作都是原子性的，那 k8s 选举过程中的原子操作是如何实现的？k8s 中的原子操作最终也是通过 etcd 实现的，其在做 update 更新锁的操作时采用的是乐观锁，通过对比 resourceVersion 实现的，详细的实现下节再讲。
api resource
参考文档：
API OVERVIEW
Simple leader election with Kubernetes and Docker
