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Node Feature Discovery provides a Helm chart to manage its deployment.

NOTE: NFD is not ideal for other Helm charts to depend on as that may result in multiple parallel NFD deployments in the same cluster which is not fully supported by the NFD Helm chart.

Prerequisites

Helm package manager should be installed.

Deployment

To install the latest stable version:

export NFD_NS=node-feature-discovery
helm repo add nfd https://kubernetes-sigs.github.io/node-feature-discovery/charts
helm repo update
helm install nfd/node-feature-discovery --namespace $NFD_NS --create-namespace --generate-name

To install the latest development version you need to clone the NFD Git repository and install from there.

git clone https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/
cd node-feature-discovery/deployment/helm
export NFD_NS=node-feature-discovery
helm install node-feature-discovery ./node-feature-discovery/ --namespace $NFD_NS --create-namespace

See the configuration section below for instructions how to alter the deployment parameters.

Configuration

You can override values from values.yaml and provide a file with custom values:

export NFD_NS=node-feature-discovery
helm install nfd/node-feature-discovery -f <path/to/custom/values.yaml> --namespace $NFD_NS --create-namespace

To specify each parameter separately you can provide them to helm install command:

export NFD_NS=node-feature-discovery
helm install nfd/node-feature-discovery --set nameOverride=NFDinstance --set master.replicaCount=2 --namespace $NFD_NS --create-namespace

Upgrading the chart

To upgrade the node-feature-discovery deployment to {{ site.release }} via Helm.

From v0.7 and older

Please see the uninstallation guide. And then follow the standard deployment instructions.

From v0.8 - v0.11

Helm deployment of NFD was introduced in v0.8.0.

export NFD_NS=node-feature-discovery
# Uninstall the old NFD deployment
helm uninstall node-feature-discovery --namespace $NFD_NS
# Update Helm repository
helm repo update
# Install the new NFD deployment
helm upgrade --install node-feature-discovery nfd/node-feature-discovery --namespace $NFD_NS --set master.enable=false
# Wait for NFD Worker to be ready
kubectl wait --timeout=-1s --for=condition=ready pod -l app.kubernetes.io/name=node-feature-discovery --namespace $NFD_NS
# Enable the NFD Master
helm upgrade --install node-feature-discovery nfd/node-feature-discovery --namespace $NFD_NS --set master.enable=true

From v0.12 - v0.13

In v0.12 the NodeFeature CRD was introduced as experimental. The API was not enabled by default.

export NFD_NS=node-feature-discovery
# Update Helm repository
helm repo update
# Install and upgrade CRD's
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/master/deployment/base/nfd-crds/nfd-api-crds.yaml
# Install the new NFD deployment
helm upgrade node-feature-discovery nfd/node-feature-discovery --namespace $NFD_NS --set master.enable=false
# Wait for NFD Worker to be ready
kubectl wait --timeout=-1s --for=condition=ready pod -l app.kubernetes.io/name=node-feature-discovery --namespace $NFD_NS
# Enable the NFD Master
helm upgrade node-feature-discovery nfd/node-feature-discovery --namespace $NFD_NS --set master.enable=true

From v0.14+

As of version v0.14 the Helm chart is the primary deployment method for NFD, and the CRD NodeFeature is enabled by default.

export NFD_NS=node-feature-discovery
# Update Helm repository
helm repo update
# Install and upgrade CRD's
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/{{ site.release }}/deployment/base/nfd-crds/nfd-api-crds.yaml
# Install the new NFD deployment
helm upgrade node-feature-discovery nfd/node-feature-discovery --namespace $NFD_NS

Uninstalling the chart

To uninstall the node-feature-discovery deployment:

export NFD_NS=node-feature-discovery
helm uninstall node-feature-discovery --namespace $NFD_NS

The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and deletes the release. It also runs a post-delete hook that cleans up the nodes of all labels, annotations, taints and extended resources that were created by NFD.

Chart parameters

To tailor the deployment of the Node Feature Discovery to your needs following Chart parameters are available.

General parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
image.repository	string	{{ site.container_image | split: ":" | first }}	NFD image repository
image.tag	string	{{ site.release }}	NFD image tag
image.pullPolicy	string	Always	Image pull policy
imagePullSecrets	array	[]	ImagePullSecrets is an optional list of references to secrets in the same namespace to use for pulling any of the images used by this PodSpec. More info.
nameOverride	string		Override the name of the chart
fullnameOverride	string		Override a default fully qualified app name
featureGates.NodeFeatureGroupAPI	bool	false	Enable the NodeFeatureGroup CRD API.
featureGates.DisableAutoPrefix	bool	false	Enable DisableAutoPrefix feature gate. Disables automatic prefixing of unprefixed labels, annotations and extended resources.
prometheus.enable	bool	false	Specifies whether to expose metrics using prometheus operator
prometheus.labels	dict	{}	Specifies labels for use with the prometheus operator to control how it is selected
prometheus.scrapeInterval	string	10s	Specifies the interval by which metrics are scraped
priorityClassName	string		The name of the PriorityClass to be used for the NFD pods.

Metrics are configured to be exposed using prometheus operator API's by default. If you want to expose metrics using the prometheus operator API's you need to install the prometheus operator in your cluster.

Master pod parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
master.*	dict		NFD master deployment configuration
master.enable	bool	true	Specifies whether nfd-master should be deployed
master.hostNetwork	bool	false	Specifies whether to enable or disable running the container in the host's network namespace
master.metricsPort	integer	8081	Port on which to expose metrics from components to prometheus operator. DEPRECATED: will be replaced by master.port in NFD v0.18.
master.healthPort	integer	8082	Port on which to expose the grpc health endpoint, will be also used for the probes. DEPRECATED: will be replaced by master.port in NFD v0.18.
master.instance	string		Instance name. Used to separate annotation namespaces for multiple parallel deployments
master.resyncPeriod	string		NFD API controller resync period.
master.extraLabelNs	array	[]	List of allowed extra label namespaces
master.enableTaints	bool	false	Specifies whether to enable or disable node tainting
master.replicaCount	integer	1	Number of desired pods. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and not specified
master.podSecurityContext	dict	{}	PodSecurityContext holds pod-level security attributes and common container settings
master.securityContext	dict	{}	Container security settings
master.serviceAccount.create	bool	true	Specifies whether a service account should be created
master.serviceAccount.annotations	dict	{}	Annotations to add to the service account
master.serviceAccount.name	string		The name of the service account to use. If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template
master.rbac.create	bool	true	Specifies whether to create RBAC configuration for nfd-master
master.resources.limits	dict	{memory: 4Gi}	NFD master pod resources limits
master.resources.requests	dict	{cpu: 100m, memory: 128Mi}	NFD master pod resources requests. See [0] for more info
master.tolerations	dict	Schedule to control-plane node	NFD master pod tolerations
master.annotations	dict	{}	NFD master pod annotations
master.affinity	dict		NFD master pod required node affinity
master.deploymentAnnotations	dict	{}	NFD master deployment annotations
master.nfdApiParallelism	integer	10	Specifies the maximum number of concurrent node updates.
master.config	dict		NFD master configuration
master.extraArgs	array	[]	Additional command line arguments to pass to nfd-master
master.extraEnvs	array	[]	Additional environment variables to pass to nfd-master
master.revisionHistoryLimit	integer		Specify how many old ReplicaSets for this Deployment you want to retain. revisionHistoryLimit
master.startupProbe.initialDelaySecond s	integer	0 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies the number of seconds after the container has started before startup probes are initiated.
master.startupProbe.failureThreshold	integer	30	Specifies the number of consecutive failures of startup probes before considering the pod as not ready.
master.startupProbe.periodSeconds	integer	10 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies how often (in seconds) to perform the startup probe.
master.startupProbe.timeoutSeconds	integer	1 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies the number of seconds after which the probe times out.
master.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds	integer	0 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies the number of seconds after the container has started before liveness probes are initiated.
master.livenessProbe.failureThreshold	integer	3 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies the number of consecutive failures of liveness probes before considering the pod as not ready.
master.livenessProbe.periodSeconds	integer	10 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies how often (in seconds) to perform the liveness probe.
master.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds	integer	1 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies the number of seconds after which the probe times out.
master.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds	integer	0 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies the number of seconds after the container has started before readiness probes are initiated.
master.readinessProbe.failureThreshold	integer	10	Specifies the number of consecutive failures of readiness probes before considering the pod as not ready.
master.readinessProbe.periodSeconds	integer	10 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies how often (in seconds) to perform the readiness probe.
master.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds	integer	1 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies the number of seconds after which the probe times out.
master.readinessProbe.successThreshold	integer	1 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies the number of consecutive successes of readiness probes before considering the pod as ready.

[0] Additional info for master.resources.requests:
You may want to use the same value for requests.memory and limits.memory. The “requests” value affects scheduling to accommodate pods on nodes. If there is a large difference between “requests” and “limits” and nodes experience memory pressure, the kernel may invoke the OOM Killer, even if the memory does not exceed the “limits” threshold. This can cause unexpected pod evictions. Memory cannot be compressed and once allocated to a pod, it can only be reclaimed by killing the pod. Natan Yellin 22/09/2022 that discusses this issue.

Worker pod parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
worker.*	dict		NFD worker daemonset configuration
worker.enable	bool	true	Specifies whether nfd-worker should be deployed
worker.hostNetwork	bool	false	Specifies whether to enable or disable running the container in the host's network namespace
worker.metricsPort	int	8081	Port on which to expose metrics from components to prometheus operator. DEPRECATED: will be replaced by worker.port in NFD v0.18.
worker.healthPort	int	8082	Port on which to expose the grpc health endpoint, will be also used for the probes. DEPRECATED: will be replaced by worker.port in NFD v0.18.
worker.config	dict		NFD worker configuration
worker.podSecurityContext	dict	{}	PodSecurityContext holds pod-level security attributes and common container settins
worker.securityContext	dict	{}	Container security settings
worker.serviceAccount.create	bool	true	Specifies whether a service account for nfd-worker should be created
worker.serviceAccount.annotations	dict	{}	Annotations to add to the service account for nfd-worker
worker.serviceAccount.name	string		The name of the service account to use for nfd-worker. If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template (suffixed with -worker)
worker.rbac.create	bool	true	Specifies whether to create RBAC configuration for nfd-worker
worker.mountUsrSrc	bool	false	Specifies whether to allow users to mount the hostpath /user/src. Does not work on systems without /usr/src AND a read-only /usr
worker.resources.limits	dict	{memory: 512Mi}	NFD worker pod resources limits
worker.resources.requests	dict	{cpu: 5m, memory: 64Mi}	NFD worker pod resources requests
worker.nodeSelector	dict	{}	NFD worker pod node selector
worker.tolerations	dict	{}	NFD worker pod node tolerations
worker.priorityClassName	string		NFD worker pod priority class
worker.annotations	dict	{}	NFD worker pod annotations
worker.daemonsetAnnotations	dict	{}	NFD worker daemonset annotations
worker.extraArgs	array	[]	Additional command line arguments to pass to nfd-worker
worker.extraEnvs	array	[]	Additional environment variables to pass to nfd-worker
worker.revisionHistoryLimit	integer		Specify how many old ControllerRevisions for this DaemonSet you want to retain. [revisionHistoryLimit](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubernetes-api/workload-resources/daemon-set-v1/ #DaemonSetSpec)
worker.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds	integer	10	Specifies the number of seconds after the container has started before liveness probes are initiated.
worker.livenessProbe.failureThreshold	integer	3 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies the number of consecutive failures of liveness probes before considering the pod as not ready.
worker.livenessProbe.periodSeconds	integer	10 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies how often (in seconds) to perform the liveness probe.
worker.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds	integer	1 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies the number of seconds after which the probe times out.
worker.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds	integer	5	Specifies the number of seconds after the container has started before readiness probes are initiated.
worker.readinessProbe.failureThreshold	integer	10	Specifies the number of consecutive failures of readiness probes before considering the pod as not ready.
worker.readinessProbe.periodSeconds	integer	10 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies how often (in seconds) to perform the readiness probe.
worker.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds	integer	1 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies the number of seconds after which the probe times out.
worker.readinessProbe.successThreshold	integer	1 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies the number of consecutive successes of readiness probes before considering the pod as ready.

Topology updater parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
topologyUpdater.*	dict		NFD Topology Updater configuration
topologyUpdater.enable	bool	false	Specifies whether the NFD Topology Updater should be created
topologyUpdater.hostNetwork	bool	false	Specifies whether to enable or disable running the container in the host's network namespace
topologyUpdater.createCRDs	bool	false	Specifies whether the NFD Topology Updater CRDs should be created
topologyUpdater.serviceAccount.create	bool	true	Specifies whether the service account for topology updater should be created
topologyUpdater.serviceAccount.annotations	dict	{}	Annotations to add to the service account for topology updater
topologyUpdater.serviceAccount.name	string		The name of the service account for topology updater to use. If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template and -topology-updater suffix
topologyUpdater.rbac.create	bool	true	Specifies whether to create RBAC configuration for topology updater
topologyUpdater.metricsPort	integer	8081	Port on which to expose prometheus metrics. DEPRECATED: will be replaced by topologyUpdater.port in NFD v0.18.
topologyUpdater.healthPort	integer	8082	Port on which to expose the grpc health endpoint, will be also used for the probes. DEPRECATED: will be replaced by topologyUpdater.port in NFD v0.18.
topologyUpdater.kubeletConfigPath	string	""	Specifies the kubelet config host path
topologyUpdater.kubeletPodResourcesSockPath	string	""	Specifies the kubelet sock path to read pod resources
topologyUpdater.updateInterval	string	60s	Time to sleep between CR updates. Non-positive value implies no CR update.
topologyUpdater.watchNamespace	string	*	Namespace to watch pods, * for all namespaces
topologyUpdater.podSecurityContext	dict	{}	PodSecurityContext holds pod-level security attributes and common container sett
topologyUpdater.securityContext	dict	{}	Container security settings
topologyUpdater.resources.limits	dict	{memory: 60Mi}	NFD Topology Updater pod resources limits
topologyUpdater.resources.requests	dict	{cpu: 50m, memory: 40Mi}	NFD Topology Updater pod resources requests
topologyUpdater.nodeSelector	dict	{}	Topology updater pod node selector
topologyUpdater.tolerations	dict	{}	Topology updater pod node tolerations
topologyUpdater.annotations	dict	{}	Topology updater pod annotations
topologyUpdater.daemonsetAnnotations	dict	{}	Topology updater daemonset annotations
topologyUpdater.affinity	dict	{}	Topology updater pod affinity
topologyUpdater.config	dict		configuration
topologyUpdater.podSetFingerprint	bool	true	Enables compute and report of pod fingerprint in NRT objects.
topologyUpdater.kubeletStateDir	string	/var/lib/kubelet	Specifies kubelet state directory path for watching state and checkpoint files. Empty value disables kubelet state tracking.
topologyUpdater.extraArgs	array	[]	Additional command line arguments to pass to nfd-topology-updater
topologyUpdater.extraEnvs	array	[]	Additional environment variables to pass to nfd-topology-updater
topologyUpdater.revisionHistoryLimit	integer		Specify how many old ControllerRevisions for this DaemonSet you want to retain. revisionHistoryLimit
topologyUpdater.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds	integer	10	Specifies the number of seconds after the container has started before liveness probes are initiated.
topologyUpdater.livenessProbe.failureThreshold	integer	3 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies the number of consecutive failures of liveness probes before considering the pod as not ready.
topologyUpdater.livenessProbe.periodSeconds	integer	10 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies how often (in seconds) to perform the liveness probe.
topologyUpdater.livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds	integer	1 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies the number of seconds after which the probe times out.
topologyUpdater.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds	integer	5	Specifies the number of seconds after the container has started before readiness probes are initiated.
topologyUpdater.readinessProbe.failureThreshold	integer	10	Specifies the number of consecutive failures of readiness probes before considering the pod as not ready.
topologyUpdater.readinessProbe.periodSeconds	integer	10 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies how often (in seconds) to perform the readiness probe.
topologyUpdater.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds	integer	1 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies the number of seconds after which the probe times out.
topologyUpdater.readinessProbe.successThreshold	integer	1 (by Kubernetes)	Specifies the number of consecutive successes of readiness probes before considering the pod as ready.

Garbage collector parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
gc.*	dict		NFD Garbage Collector configuration
gc.enable	bool	true	Specifies whether the NFD Garbage Collector should be created
gc.hostNetwork	bool	false	Specifies whether to enable or disable running the container in the host's network namespace
gc.serviceAccount.create	bool	true	Specifies whether the service account for garbage collector should be created
gc.serviceAccount.annotations	dict	{}	Annotations to add to the service account for garbage collector
gc.serviceAccount.name	string		The name of the service account for garbage collector to use. If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template and -gc suffix
gc.rbac.create	bool	true	Specifies whether to create RBAC configuration for garbage collector
gc.interval	string	1h	Time between periodic garbage collector runs
gc.podSecurityContext	dict	{}	PodSecurityContext holds pod-level security attributes and common container settings
gc.resources.limits	dict	{memory: 1Gi}	NFD Garbage Collector pod resources limits
gc.resources.requests	dict	{cpu: 10m, memory: 128Mi}	NFD Garbage Collector pod resources requests
gc.metricsPort	integer	8081	Port on which to serve Prometheus metrics. DEPRECATED: will be replaced by gc.port in NFD v0.18.
gc.nodeSelector	dict	{}	Garbage collector pod node selector
gc.tolerations	dict	{}	Garbage collector pod node tolerations
gc.annotations	dict	{}	Garbage collector pod annotations
gc.deploymentAnnotations	dict	{}	Garbage collector deployment annotations
gc.affinity	dict	{}	Garbage collector pod affinity
gc.extraArgs	array	[]	Additional command line arguments to pass to nfd-gc
gc.extraEnvs	array	[]	Additional environment variables to pass to nfd-gc
gc.revisionHistoryLimit	integer		Specify how many old ReplicaSets for this Deployment you want to retain. revisionHistoryLimit