Node Feature Discovery
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# Quick start

Minimal steps to deploy latest released version of NFD in your cluster.

## Installation

Deploy nfd-master – creates a new namespace, service and required RBAC rules

    kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/v0.7.0/nfd-master.yaml.template

Deploy nfd-worker as a daemonset

    kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/v0.7.0/nfd-worker-daemonset.yaml.template

## Verify

Wait until NFD master and worker are running.

    $ kubectl -n node-feature-discovery get ds,deploy
    NAME                        DESIRED   CURRENT   READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   NODE SELECTOR   AGE
    daemonset.apps/nfd-worker   3         3         3       3            3           <none>          5s
    NAME                         READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
    deployment.apps/nfd-master   1/1     1            1           17s

Check that NFD feature labels have been created

    $ kubectl get no -o json | jq .items[].metadata.labels
    {
      "beta.kubernetes.io/arch": "amd64",
      "beta.kubernetes.io/os": "linux",
      "feature.node.kubernetes.io/cpu-cpuid.ADX": "true",
      "feature.node.kubernetes.io/cpu-cpuid.AESNI": "true",
      "feature.node.kubernetes.io/cpu-cpuid.AVX": "true",
    ...

## Use node labels

Create a pod targeting a distinguishing feature (select a valid feature from the list printed on the previous step)

    $ cat << EOF | kubectl apply -f -
    apiVersion: v1
    kind: Pod
    metadata:
      name: feature-dependent-pod
    spec:
      containers:
      - image: k8s.gcr.io/pause
        name: pause
      nodeSelector:
        # Select a valid feature
        feature.node.kubernetes.io/cpu-cpuid.AESNI: 'true'
    EOF
    pod/feature-dependent-pod created

See that the pod is running on a desired node

    $ kubectl get po feature-dependent-pod -o wide
    NAME                    READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE   IP          NODE     NOMINATED NODE   READINESS GATES
    feature-dependent-pod   1/1     Running   0          23s   10.36.0.4   node-2   <none>           <none>

Node Feature Discovery
v0.7

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