ProbeEP

Use Kubernetes as a load-balancer, probe static endpoints and move IPs to NotReadyAddresses when probing fail.

Configuration

Configure some endpoints

apiVersion: v1
kind: Endpoints
metadata:
  name: rabbitmq
  namespace: test
subsets:
- addresses:
  - ip: 10.11.3.7
  - ip: 10.11.3.8
  - ip: 10.11.3.9
  ports:
  - name: node
	port: 5672
  - name: console
	port: 15672
  - name: remote
	port: 25672
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: rabbitmq
  namespace: test
spec:
  ports:
	- name: console
	  port: 15672

Deploy ProbeEP

Configure ProbeEP with a set of environment variables.

env:
- name: CHECK_NAMESPACE
  value: test
- name: CHECK_ENDPOINT
  value: rabbitmq
- name: CHECK_PORT
  value: "15672"
- name: PERIOD_SECONDS
  value: "10"
- name: TIMEOUT_SECONDS
  value: "3"

Check out probeep.yaml as an example of deployment.

Limitations

Hostnames are not used, only IP