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Overview

NFD provides multiple extension points for vendor and application specific labeling:

• NodeFeature objects can be used to communicate "raw" node features and node labeling requests to nfd-master.
• NodeFeatureRule objects provide a way to deploy custom labeling rules via the Kubernetes API.
• local feature source of nfd-worker creates labels by reading text files and executing hooks.
• custom feature source of nfd-worker creates labels based on user-specified rules.

NodeFeature custom resource

NodeFeature objects provide a way for 3rd party extensions to advertise custom features, both as "raw" features that serve as input to NodeFeatureRule objects and as feature labels directly.

Note that RBAC rules must be created for each extension for them to be able to create and manipulate NodeFeature objects in their namespace.

The NodeFeature CRD API can be disabled with the -enable-nodefeature-api=false command line flag. This flag must be specified for both nfd-master and nfd-worker as it will enable the gRPC communication between them. Note that the gRPC API is DEPRECATED and will be removed in a future release, at which point the NodeFeature API cannot be disabled.

A NodeFeature example

Consider the following referential example:

apiVersion: nfd.k8s-sigs.io/v1alpha1
kind: NodeFeature
metadata:
  labels:
    nfd.node.kubernetes.io/node-name: node-1
  name: vendor-features-for-node-1
spec:
  # Features for NodeFeatureRule matching
  features:
    flags:
      vendor.flags:
        elements:
          feature-x: {}
          feature-y: {}
    attributes:
      vendor.config:
        elements:
          setting-a: "auto"
          knob-b: "123"
    instances:
      vendor.devices:
        elements:
        - attributes:
            model: "dev-1000"
            vendor: "acme"
        - attributes:
            model: "dev-2000"
            vendor: "acme"
  # Labels to be created
  labels:
    vendor.io/feature.enabled: "true"

The object targets node named node-1. It lists two "flag type" features under the vendor.flags domain, two "attribute type" features and under the vendor.config domain and two "instance type" features under the vendor.devices domain. These features will not be directly affecting the node labels but they will be used as input when the NodeFeatureRule objects are evaluated.

In addition, the example requests directly the vendor.io/feature.enabled=true node label to be created.

The nfd.node.kubernetes.io/node-name=<node-name> must be in place for each NodeFeature object as NFD uses it to determine the node which it is targeting.

Feature types

Features are divided into three different types:

• flag features: a set of names without any associated values, e.g. CPUID flags or loaded kernel modules
• attribute features: a set of names each of which has a single value associated with it (essentially a map of key-value pairs), e.g. kernel config flags or os release information
• instance features: a list of instances, each of which has multiple attributes (key-value pairs of their own) associated with it, e.g. PCI or USB devices

NodeFeatureRule custom resource

NodeFeatureRule objects provide an easy way to create vendor or application specific labels and taints. It uses a flexible rule-based mechanism for creating labels and optionally taints based on node features.

A NodeFeatureRule example

Consider the following referential example:

apiVersion: nfd.k8s-sigs.io/v1alpha1
kind: NodeFeatureRule
metadata:
  name: my-sample-rule-object
spec:
  rules:
    - name: "my sample rule"
      labels:
        "feature.node.kubernetes.io/my-sample-feature": "true"
      matchFeatures:
        - feature: kernel.loadedmodule
          matchExpressions:
            dummy: {op: Exists}
        - feature: kernel.config
          matchExpressions:
            X86: {op: In, value: ["y"]}

It specifies one rule which creates node label feature.node.kubernetes.io/my-sample-feature=true if both of the following conditions are true (matchFeatures implements a logical AND over the matchers):

• The dummy network driver module has been loaded
• X86 option in kernel config is set to =y

Create a NodeFeatureRule with a yaml file:

kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/node-feature-discovery/{{ site.release }}/examples/nodefeaturerule.yaml

Now, on X86 platforms the feature label appears after doing modprobe dummy on a system and correspondingly the label is removed after rmmod dummy. Note a re-labeling delay up to the sleep-interval of nfd-worker (1 minute by default).

See Feature rule format for detailed description of available fields and how to write labeling rules.

Node tainting

This feature is experimental.

In some circumstances, it is desirable to keep nodes with specialized hardware away from running general workload and instead leave them for workloads that need the specialized hardware. One way to achieve it is to taint the nodes with the specialized hardware and add corresponding toleration to pods that require the special hardware. NFD offers node tainting functionality which is disabled by default. User can define one or more custom taints via the taints field of the NodeFeatureRule CR. The same rule-based mechanism is applied here and the NFD taints only rule matching nodes.

To enable the tainting feature, --enable-taints flag needs to be set to true. If the flag --enable-taints is set to false (i.e. disabled), taints defined in the NodeFeatureRule CR have no effect and will be ignored by the NFD master.

See documentation of the taints field for detailed description how to specify taints in the NodeFeatureRule object.

NOTE: Before enabling any taints, make sure to edit nfd-worker daemonset to tolerate the taints to be created. Otherwise, already running pods that do not tolerate the taint are evicted immediately from the node including the nfd-worker pod.

Local feature source

NFD-Worker has a special feature source named local which is an integration point for external feature detectors. It provides a mechanism for pluggable extensions, allowing the creation of new user-specific features and even overriding built-in labels.

The local feature source has two methods for detecting features, feature files and hooks (deprecated). The features discovered by the local source can further be used in label rules specified in NodeFeatureRule objects and the custom feature source.

NOTE: Be careful when creating and/or updating hook or feature files while NFD is running. In order to avoid race conditions you should write into a temporary file, and atomically create/update the original file by doing a file rename operation. NFD ignores dot files, so temporary file can be written to the same directory and renamed (.my.feature -> my.feature) once file is complete. Both file names should (obviously) be unique for the given application.

An example

Consider a plaintext file /etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/features.d/my-features having the following contents (or alternatively a shell script /etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/source.d/my-hook.sh having the following stdout output):

feature.node.kubernetes.io/my-feature.1
feature.node.kubernetes.io/my-feature.2=myvalue
vendor.io/my-feature.3=456

This will translate into the following node labels:

feature.node.kubernetes.io/my-feature.1: "true"
feature.node.kubernetes.io/my-feature.2: "myvalue"
vendor.io/my-feature.3: "456"

Feature files

The local source reads files found in /etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/features.d/. File content is parsed and translated into node labels, see the input format below.

Hooks

DEPRECATED The local source executes hooks found in /etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/source.d/. The hook files must be executable and they are supposed to print all discovered features in stdout. Since NFD v0.13 the default container image only supports statically linked ELF binaries.

stderr output of hooks is propagated to NFD log so it can be used for debugging and logging.

NFD tries to execute any regular files found from the hooks directory. Any additional data files the hook might need (e.g. a configuration file) should be placed in a separate directory in order to avoid NFD unnecessarily trying to execute them. A subdirectory under the hooks directory can be used, for example /etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/source.d/conf/.

NOTE: Hooks are being DEPRECATED and will be removed in a future release. Starting from release v0.14 hooks are disabled by default and can be enabled via sources.local.hooksEnabled field in the worker configuration.

sources:
  local:
    hooksEnabled: true  # true by default at this point

NOTE: NFD will blindly run any executables placed/mounted in the hooks directory. It is the user's responsibility to review the hooks for e.g. possible security implications.

NOTE: The full image variant provides backwards-compatibility with older NFD versions by including a more expanded environment, supporting bash and perl runtimes.

Input format

The hook stdout and feature files are expected to contain features in simple key-value pairs, separated by newlines:

# This is a comment
<key>[=<value>]

The label value defaults to true, if not specified.

Label namespace must be specified with <namespace>/<name>[=<value>].

NOTE: The feature file size limit it 64kB. The feature file will be ignored if the size limit is exceeded.

Comment lines (starting with #) are ignored.

Adding following line anywhere to feature file defines date when its content expires / is ignored:

# +expiry-time=2023-07-29T11:22:33Z

Also, the expiry-time value would stay the same during the processing of the feature file until another expiry-time directive is encountered. Considering the following file:

# +expiry-time=2012-07-28T11:22:33Z
vendor.io/feature1=featureValue

# +expiry-time=2080-07-28T11:22:33Z
vendor.io/feature2=featureValue2

# +expiry-time=2070-07-28T11:22:33Z
vendor.io/feature3=featureValue3

# +expiry-time=2002-07-28T11:22:33Z
vendor.io/feature4=featureValue4

After processing the above file, only vendor.io/feature2 and vendor.io/feature3 would be included in the list of accepted features.

NOTE: The time format that we are supporting is RFC3339. Also, the expiry-time tag is only evaluated in each re-discovery period, and the expiration of node labels is not tracked.

To exclude specific features from the local.feature Feature, you can use the # +no-feature directive. The # +no-label directive causes the feature to be excluded from the local.label Feature and a node label not to be generated.

Considering the following file:

# +no-feature
vendor.io/label-only=value

vendor.io/my-feature=value

vendor.io/foo=bar

# +no-label
foo=baz

Processing the above file would result in the following Features:

local.features:
  foo: baz
  vendor.io/my-feature: value
local.labels:
  vendor.io/label-only: value
  vendor.io/my-feature: value

and the following labels added to the Node:

vendor.io/label-only=value
vendor.io/my-feature=value

NOTE: use of unprefixed label names (like foo=bar) should not be used. In NFD {{ site.version }} unprefixed names will be automatically prefixed with feature.node.kubernetes.io/ but this will change in a future version (see autoDefaultNs config option. Unprefixed names for plain Features (tagged with # +no-label) can be used without restrictions, however.

Mounts

The standard NFD deployments contain hostPath mounts for /etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/source.d/ and /etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/features.d/, making these directories from the host available inside the nfd-worker container.

Injecting labels from other pods

One use case for the feature files and hooks is detecting features in other Pods outside NFD, e.g. in Kubernetes device plugins. By using the same hostPath mounts for /etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/source.d/ and /etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/features.d/ in the side-car (e.g. device plugin) creates a shared area for deploying feature files and hooks to NFD. NFD periodically scans the directories and reads any feature files and runs any hooks it finds.

Custom feature source

The custom feature source in nfd-worker provides a rule-based mechanism for label creation, similar to the NodeFeatureRule objects. The difference is that the rules are specified in the worker configuration instead of a Kubernetes API object.

See worker configuration for instructions how to set-up and manage the worker configuration.

An example custom feature source configuration

Consider the following referential configuration for nfd-worker:

core:
  labelSources: ["custom"]
sources:
  custom:
    - name: "my sample rule"
      labels:
        "feature.node.kubenernetes.io/my-sample-feature": "true"
      matchFeatures:
        - feature: kernel.loadedmodule
          matchExpressions:
            dummy: {op: Exists}
        - feature: kernel.config
          matchExpressions:
            X86: {op: In, value: ["y"]}

It specifies one rule which creates node label feature.node.kubenernetes.io/my-sample-feature=true if both of the following conditions are true (matchFeatures implements a logical AND over the matchers):

• The dummy network driver module has been loaded
• X86 option in kernel config is set to =y

In addition, the configuration only enables the custom source, disabling all built-in labels.

Now, on X86 platforms the feature label appears after doing modprobe dummy on a system and correspondingly the label is removed after rmmod dummy. Note a re-labeling delay up to the sleep-interval of nfd-worker (1 minute by default).

Additional configuration directory

In addition to the rules defined in the nfd-worker configuration file, the custom feature source can read more configuration files located in the /etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/custom.d/ directory. This makes more dynamic and flexible configuration easier.

As an example, consider having file /etc/kubernetes/node-feature-discovery/custom.d/my-rule.yaml with the following content:

- name: "my e1000 rule"
  labels:
    "feature.node.kubenernetes.io/e1000.present": "true"
  matchFeatures:
    - feature: kernel.loadedmodule
      matchExpressions:
        e1000: {op: Exists}

This simple rule will create feature.node.kubenernetes.io/e1000.present=true label if the e1000 kernel module has been loaded.

The samples/custom-rules kustomize overlay sample contains an example for deploying a custom rule from a ConfigMap.

Node labels

Feature labels have the following format:

<namespace>/<name> = <value>

The namespace part (i.e. prefix) of the labels is controlled by nfd:

• All built-in labels use feature.node.kubernetes.io.
• Namespaces may be excluded with the -deny-label-ns command line flag of nfd-master
  • To allow specific namespaces that were denied, you can use -extra-label-ns command line flag of nfd-master. e.g: nfd-master -deny-label-ns="*" -extra-label-ns=example.com
  • Built-in default namespaces feature.node.kubernetes.io and profile.node.kubernetes.io (and their sub-namespaces) are always allowed and cannot be denied.

Feature rule format

This section describes the rule format used in NodeFeatureRule objects and in the configuration of the custom feature source.

It is based on a generic feature matcher that covers all features discovered by nfd-worker. The rules rely on a unified data model of the available features and a generic expression-based format. Features that can be used in the rules are described in detail in available features below.

Take this rule as a referential example:

    - name: "my feature rule"
      labels:
        "feature.node.kubernetes.io/my-special-feature": "my-value"
      matchFeatures:
        - feature: cpu.cpuid
          matchExpressions:
            AVX512F: {op: Exists}
        - feature: kernel.version
          matchExpressions:
            major: {op: In, value: ["5"]}
            minor: {op: Gt, value: ["1"]}
        - feature: pci.device
          matchExpressions:
            vendor: {op: In, value: ["8086"]}
            class: {op: In, value: ["0200"]}

This will yield feature.node.kubernetes.io/my-special-feature=my-value node label if all of these are true (matchFeatures implements a logical AND over the matchers):

• the CPU has AVX512F capability
• kernel version is 5.2 or later (must be v5.x)
• an Intel network controller is present

Fields

name

The .name field is required and used as an identifier of the rule.

labels

The .labels is a map of the node labels to create if the rule matches.

Take this rule as a referential example:

apiVersion: nfd.k8s-sigs.io/v1alpha1
kind: NodeFeatureRule
metadata:
  name: my-sample-rule-object
spec:
  rules:
    - name: "my dynamic label value rule"
      labels:
        feature.node.kubernetes.io/linux-lsm-enabled: "@kernel.config.LSM"
        feature.node.kubernetes.io/custom-label: "customlabel"

Label linux-lsm-enabled uses the @ notation for dynamic values. The value of the label will be the value of the attribute LSM of the feature kernel.config.

The @<feature-name>.<element-name> format can be used to inject values of detected features to the label. See available features for possible values to use.

This will yield into the following node label:

  labels:
    ...
    feature.node.kubernetes.io/linux-lsm-enabled: apparmor
    feature.node.kubernetes.io/custom-label: "customlabel"

labelsTemplate

The .labelsTemplate field specifies a text template for dynamically creating labels based on the matched features. See templating for details.

NOTE: The labels field has priority over labelsTemplate, i.e. labels specified in the labels field will override anything originating from labelsTemplate.

annotations

The .annotations field is a list of features to be advertised as node annotations.

Take this rule as a referential example:

apiVersion: nfd.k8s-sigs.io/v1alpha1
kind: NodeFeatureRule
metadata:
  name: feature-annotations-example
spec:
  rules:
    - name: "annotation-example"
      annotations:
        feature.node.kubernetes.io/defaul-ns-annotation: "foo"
        custom.vendor.io/feature: "baz"
      matchFeatures:
        - feature: kernel.version
          matchExpressions:
            major: {op: Exists}

This will yield into the following node annotations:

  annotations:
    ...
    feature.node.kubernetes.io/defaul-ns-annotation: "foo"
    custom.vendor.io/feature: "baz"
    ...

NFD enforces some limitations to the namespace (or prefix)/ of the annotations:

• kubernetes.io/ and its sub-namespaces (like sub.ns.kubernetes.io/) cannot generally be used
• the only exception is feature.node.kubernetes.io/ and its sub-namespaces (like sub.ns.feature.node.kubernetes.io)
• unprefixed names (like my-annotation) should not be used. In NFD {{ site.version }} unprefixed names will be automatically prefixed with feature.node.kubernetes.io/ but this will change in a future version (see autoDefaultNs config option.

NOTE: The annotations field has will only advertise features via node annotations the features won't be advertised as node labels unless they are specified in the labels field.

taints

taints is a list of taint entries and each entry can have key, value and effect, where the value is optional. Effect could be NoSchedule, PreferNoSchedule or NoExecute. To learn more about the meaning of these effects, check out k8s documentation.

Example NodeFeatureRule with taints:

apiVersion: nfd.k8s-sigs.io/v1alpha1
kind: NodeFeatureRule
metadata:
  name: my-sample-rule-object
spec:
  rules:
    - name: "my sample taint rule"
      taints:
        - effect: PreferNoSchedule
          key: "feature.node.kubernetes.io/special-node"
          value: "true"
        - effect: NoExecute
          key: "feature.node.kubernetes.io/dedicated-node"
      matchFeatures:
        - feature: kernel.loadedmodule
          matchExpressions:
            dummy: {op: Exists}
        - feature: kernel.config
          matchExpressions:
            X86: {op: In, value: ["y"]}

In this example, if the my sample taint rule rule is matched, feature.node.kubernetes.io/pci-0300_1d0f.present=true:NoExecute and feature.node.kubernetes.io/cpu-cpuid.ADX:NoExecute taints are set on the node.

There are some limitations to the namespace part (i.e. prefix/) of the taint key:

• kubernetes.io/ and its sub-namespaces (like sub.ns.kubernetes.io/) cannot generally be used
• the only exception is feature.node.kubernetes.io/ and its sub-namespaces (like sub.ns.feature.node.kubernetes.io)
• unprefixed keys (like foo) keys are disallowed

NOTE: taints field is not available for the custom rules of nfd-worker and only for NodeFeatureRule objects.

vars

The .vars field is a map of values (key-value pairs) to store for subsequent rules to use. In other words, these are variables that are not advertised as node labels. See backreferences for more details on the usage of vars.

extendedResources

The .extendedResources field is a list of extended resources to advertise. See extended resources for more details.

Take this rule as a referential example:

apiVersion: nfd.k8s-sigs.io/v1alpha1
kind: NodeFeatureRule
metadata:
  name: my-extended-resource-rule
spec:
  rules:
    - name: "my extended resource rule"
      extendedResources:
        vendor.io/dynamic: "@kernel.version.major"
        vendor.io/static: "123"
      matchFeatures:
        - feature: kernel.version
          matchExpressions:
            major: {op: Exists}

The extended resource vendor.io/dynamic is defined in the form @feature.attribute. The value of the extended resource will be the value of the attribute major of the feature kernel.version.

The @<feature-name>.<element-name> format can be used to inject values of detected features to the extended resource. See available features for possible values to use. Note that the value must be eligible as a Kubernetes resource quantity.

This will yield into the following node status:

  allocatable:
    ...
    vendor.io/dynamic: "5"
    vendor.io/static: "123"
    ...
  capacity:
    ...
    vendor.io/dynamic: "5"
    vendor.io/static: "123"
    ...

There are some limitations to the namespace part (i.e. prefix)/ of the Extended Resources names:

• kubernetes.io/ and its sub-namespaces (like sub.ns.kubernetes.io/) cannot generally be used
• the only exception is feature.node.kubernetes.io/ and its sub-namespaces (like sub.ns.feature.node.kubernetes.io)
• unprefixed names (like my-er) site.version }} unprefixed names will be automatically prefixed with feature.node.kubernetes.io/ but this will change in a future version (see autoDefaultNs config option.

NOTE: .extendedResources is not supported by the custom feature source -- it can only be used in NodeFeatureRule objects.

varsTemplate

The .varsTemplate field specifies a text template for dynamically creating vars based on the matched features. See templating for details on using templates and backreferences for more details on the usage of vars.

NOTE: The vars field has priority over varsTemplate, i.e. vars specified in the vars field will override anything originating from varsTemplate.

matchFeatures

The .matchFeatures field specifies a feature matcher, consisting of a list of feature matcher terms. It implements a logical AND over the terms i.e. all of them must match in order for the rule to trigger.

      matchFeatures:
        - feature: <feature-name>
          matchExpressions:
            <key>:
              op: <op>
              value:
                - <value-1>
                - ...

The .matchFeatures[].feature field specifies the feature against which to match.

The .matchFeatures[].matchExpressions field specifies a map of expressions which to evaluate against the elements of the feature.

In each MatchExpression op specifies the operator to apply. Valid values are described below.

Operator	Number of values	Matches when
In	1 or greater	Input is equal to one of the values
NotIn	1 or greater	Input is not equal to any of the values
InRegexp	1 or greater	Values of the MatchExpression are treated as regexps and input matches one or more of them
Exists	0	The key exists
DoesNotExist	0	The key does not exists
Gt	1	Input is greater than the value. Both the input and value must be integer numbers.
Lt	1	Input is less than the value. Both the input and value must be integer numbers.
GtLt	2	Input is between two values. Both the input and value must be integer numbers.
IsTrue	0	Input is equal to "true"
IsFalse	0	Input is equal "false"

The value field of MatchExpression is a list of string arguments to the operator.

The behavior of MatchExpression depends on the feature type: for flag and attribute features the MatchExpression operates on the feature element whose name matches the <key>. However, for instance features all MatchExpressions are evaluated against the attributes of each instance separately.

matchAny

The .matchAny field is a list of of matchFeatures matchers. A logical OR is applied over the matchers, i.e. at least one of them must match in order for the rule to trigger.

Consider the following example:

      matchAny:
        - matchFeatures:
            - feature: kernel.loadedmodule
              matchExpressions:
                kmod-1: {op: Exists}
            - feature: pci.device
              matchExpressions:
                vendor: {op: In, value: ["0eee"]}
                class: {op: In, value: ["0200"]}
        - matchFeatures:
            - feature: kernel.loadedmodule
              matchExpressions:
                kmod-2: {op: Exists}
            - feature: pci.device
              matchExpressions:
                vendor: {op: In, value: ["0fff"]}
                class: {op: In, value: ["0200"]}

This matches if kernel module kmod-1 is loaded and a network controller from vendor 0eee is present, OR, if kernel module kmod-2 has been loaded and a network controller from vendor 0fff is present (OR both of these conditions are true).

Available features

The following features are available for matching:

Feature	Feature type	Elements	Value type	Description
cpu.cpuid	flag			Supported CPU capabilities
		<cpuid-flag>		CPUID flag is present
cpu.cstate	attribute			Status of cstates in the intel_idle cpuidle driver
		enabled	bool	'true' if cstates are set, otherwise 'false'. Does not exist of intel_idle driver is not active.
cpu.model	attribute			CPU model related attributes
		family	int	CPU family
		vendor_id	string	CPU vendor ID
		id	int	CPU model ID
cpu.pstate	attribute			State of the Intel pstate driver. Does not exist if the driver is not enabled.
		status	string	Status of the driver, possible values are 'active' and 'passive'
		turbo	bool	'true' if turbo frequencies are enabled, otherwise 'false'
		scaling	string	Active scaling_governor, possible values are 'powersave' or 'performance'.
cpu.rdt	attribute			Intel RDT capabilities supported by the system
		<rdt-flag>		RDT capability is supported, see RDT flags for details
		RDTL3CA_NUM_CLOSID	int	The number or available CLOSID (Class of service ID) for Intel L3 Cache Allocation Technology
cpu.security	attribute			Features related to security and trusted execution environments
		sgx.enabled	bool	true if Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions) has been enabled, otherwise does not exist
		sgx.epc	int	The total amount Intel SGX Encrypted Page Cache memory in bytes. It's only present if sgx.enabled is true.
		se.enabled	bool	true if IBM Secure Execution for Linux is available and has been enabled, otherwise does not exist
		tdx.enabled	bool	true if Intel TDX (Trusted Domain Extensions) is available on the host and has been enabled, otherwise does not exist
		tdx.total_keys	int	The total amount of keys an Intel TDX (Trusted Domain Extensions) host can provide. It's only present if tdx.enabled is true.
		tdx.protected	bool	true if a guest VM was started using Intel TDX (Trusted Domain Extensions), otherwise does not exist.
		sev.enabled	bool	true if AMD SEV (Secure Encrypted Virtualization) is available on the host and has been enabled, otherwise does not exist
		sev.es.enabled	bool	true if AMD SEV-ES (Encrypted State supported) is available on the host and has been enabled, otherwise does not exist
		sev.snp.enabled	bool	true if AMD SEV-SNP (Secure Nested Paging supported) is available on the host and has been enabled, otherwise does not exist
		sev.asids	int	The total amount of AMD SEV address-space identifiers (ASIDs), based on the /sys/fs/cgroup/misc.capacity information.
		sev.encrypted_state_ids	int	The total amount of AMD SEV-ES and SEV-SNP supported, based on the /sys/fs/cgroup/misc.capacity information.
cpu.sst	attribute			Intel SST (Speed Select Technology) capabilities
		bf.enabled	bool	true if Intel SST-BF (Intel Speed Select Technology - Base frequency) has been enabled, otherwise does not exist
cpu.topology	attribute			CPU topology related features
		hardware_multithreading	bool	Hardware multithreading, such as Intel HTT, is enabled
cpu.coprocessor	attribute			CPU Coprocessor related features
		nx_gzip	bool	Nest Accelerator GZIP support is enabled
kernel.config	attribute			Kernel configuration options
		<config-flag>	string	Value of the kconfig option
kernel.loadedmodule	flag			Kernel modules loaded on the node as reported by /proc/modules
kernel.enabledmodule	flag			Kernel modules loaded on the node and available as built-ins as reported by modules.builtin
		mod-name		Kernel module <mod-name> is loaded
kernel.selinux	attribute			Kernel SELinux related features
		enabled	bool	true if SELinux has been enabled and is in enforcing mode, otherwise false
kernel.version	attribute			Kernel version information
		full	string	Full kernel version (e.g. ‘4.5.6-7-g123abcde')
		major	int	First component of the kernel version (e.g. ‘4')
		minor	int	Second component of the kernel version (e.g. ‘5')
		revision	int	Third component of the kernel version (e.g. ‘6')
local.label	attribute			Labels from feature files and hooks, i.e. labels from the local feature source
local.feature	attribute			Features from feature files and hooks, i.e. features from the local feature source
		<label-name>	string	Label <label-name> created by the local feature source, value equals the value of the label
memory.nv	instance			NVDIMM devices present in the system
		<sysfs-attribute>	string	Value of the sysfs device attribute, available attributes: devtype, mode
memory.numa	attribute			NUMA nodes
		is_numa	bool	true if NUMA architecture, false otherwise
		node_count	int	Number of NUMA nodes
network.device	instance			Physical (non-virtual) network interfaces present in the system
		name	string	Name of the network interface
		<sysfs-attribute>	string	Sysfs network interface attribute, available attributes: operstate, speed, sriov_numvfs, sriov_totalvfs
pci.device	instance			PCI devices present in the system
		<sysfs-attribute>	string	Value of the sysfs device attribute, available attributes: class, vendor, device, subsystem_vendor, subsystem_device, sriov_totalvfs, iommu_group/type, iommu/intel-iommu/version
storage.block	instance			Block storage devices present in the system
		name	string	Name of the block device
		<sysfs-attribute>	string	Sysfs network interface attribute, available attributes: dax, rotational, nr_zones, zoned
system.osrelease	attribute			System identification data from /etc/os-release
		<parameter>	string	One parameter from /etc/os-release
system.name	attribute			System name information
		nodename	string	Name of the kubernetes node object
usb.device	instance			USB devices present in the system
		<sysfs-attribute>	string	Value of the sysfs device attribute, available attributes: class, vendor, device, serial
rule.matched	attribute			Previously matched rules
		<label-or-var>	string	Label or var from a preceding rule that matched

Intel RDT flags

Flag	Description
RDTMON	Intel RDT Monitoring Technology
RDTCMT	Intel Cache Monitoring (CMT)
RDTMBM	Intel Memory Bandwidth Monitoring (MBM)
RDTL3CA	Intel L3 Cache Allocation Technology
RDTl2CA	Intel L2 Cache Allocation Technology
RDTMBA	Intel Memory Bandwidth Allocation (MBA) Technology

Templating

Rules support template-based creation of labels and vars with the .labelsTemplate and .varsTemplate fields. These makes it possible to dynamically generate labels and vars based on the features that matched.

The template must expand into a simple format with <key>=<value> pairs separated by newline.

Consider the following example:

    labelsTemplate: |
      {{ range .pci.device }}vendor-{{ .class }}-{{ .device }}.present=true
      {{ end }}      
    matchFeatures:
      - feature: pci.device
        matchExpressions:
          class: {op: InRegexp, value: ["^02"]}
          vendor: ["0fff"]

The rule above will create individual labels feature.node.kubernetes.io/vendor-<class-id>-<device-id>.present=true for each network controller device (device class starting with 02) from vendor 0fff.

All the matched features of each feature matcher term under matchFeatures fields are available for the template engine. Matched features can be referenced with {%raw%}{{ .<feature-name> }}{%endraw%} in the template, and the available data could be described in yaml as follows:

.
  <key-feature>:
    - Name: <matched-key>
    - ...

  <value-feature>:
    - Name: <matched-key>
      Value: <matched-value>
    - ...

  <instance-feature>:
    - <attribute-1-name>: <attribute-1-value>
      <attribute-2-name>: <attribute-2-value>
      ...
    - ...

That is, the per-feature data is a list of objects whose data fields depend on the type of the feature:

• for flag features only 'Name' is available
• for value features 'Name' and 'Value' are available
• for instance features all attributes of the matched instance are available

A simple example of a template utilizing name and value from an attribute feature:

    labelsTemplate: |
      {{ range .system.osrelease }}system-{{ .Name }}={{ .Value }}
      {{ end }}      
    matchFeatures:
      - feature: system.osRelease
        matchExpressions:
          ID: {op: Exists}
          VERSION_ID.major: {op: Exists}

NOTE: In case of matchAny is specified, the template is executed separately against each individual matchFeatures field and the final set of labels will be superset of all these separate template expansions. E.g. consider the following:

  - name: <name>
    labelsTemplate: <template>
    matchFeatures: <matcher#1>
    matchAny:
      - matchFeatures: <matcher#2>
      - matchFeatures: <matcher#3>

In the example above (assuming the overall result is a match) the template would be executed on matcher#1 as well as on matcher#2 and/or matcher#3 (depending on whether both or only one of them match). All the labels from these separate expansions would be created, i.e. the end result would be a union of all the individual expansions.

Rule templates use the Golang text/template package and all its built-in functionality (e.g. pipelines and functions) can be used. An example template taking use of the built-in len function, advertising the number of PCI network controllers from a specific vendor:

    labelsTemplate: |
      num-intel-network-controllers={{ .pci.device | len }}      
    matchFeatures:
      - feature: pci.device
        matchExpressions:
          vendor: {op: In, value: ["8086"]}
          class: {op: In, value: ["0200"]}

Imaginative template pipelines are possible, but care must be taken in order to produce understandable and maintainable rule sets.

Backreferences

Rules support referencing the output of preceding rules. This enables sophisticated scenarios where multiple rules are combined together to for more complex heuristics than a single rule can provide. The labels and vars created by the execution of preceding rules are available as a special rule.matched feature.

Consider the following configuration:

  - name: "my kernel label rule"
    labels:
      kernel-feature: "true"
    matchFeatures:
      - feature: kernel.version
        matchExpressions:
          major: {op: Gt, value: ["4"]}

  - name: "my var rule"
    vars:
      nolabel-feature: "true"
    matchFeatures:
      - feature: cpu.cpuid
        matchExpressions:
          AVX512F: {op: Exists}
      - feature: pci.device
        matchExpressions:
          vendor: {op: In, value: ["0fff"]}
          device: {op: In, value: ["1234", "1235"]}

  - name: "my high level feature rule"
    labels:
      high-level-feature: "true"
    matchFeatures:
      - feature: rule.matched
        matchExpressions:
          kernel-feature: {op: IsTrue}
          nolabel-feature: {op: IsTrue}

The feature.node.kubernetes.io/high-level-feature = true label depends on the two previous rules.

Note that when referencing rules across multiple NodeFeatureRule objects attention must be paid to the ordering. NodeFeatureRule objects are processed in alphabetical order (based on their .metadata.name).

Examples

Some more configuration examples below.

Match certain CPUID features:

  - name: "example cpuid rule"
    labels:
      my-special-cpu-feature: "true"
    matchFeatures:
      - feature: cpu.cpuid
        matchExpressions:
          AESNI: {op: Exists}
          AVX: {op: Exists}

Require a certain loaded kernel module and OS version:

  - name: "my multi-feature rule"
    labels:
      my-special-multi-feature: "true"
    matchFeatures:
      - feature: kernel.loadedmodule
        matchExpressions:
          e1000: {op: Exists}
      - feature: system.osrelease
        matchExpressions:
          NAME: {op: InRegexp, values: ["^openSUSE"]}
          VERSION_ID.major: {op: Gt, values: ["14"]}

Require a loaded kernel module and two specific PCI devices (both of which must be present):

  - name: "my multi-device rule"
    labels:
      my-multi-device-feature: "true"
    matchFeatures:
      - feature: kernel.loadedmodule
        matchExpressions:
          my-driver-module: {op: Exists}
      - pci.device:
          vendor: "0fff"
          device: "1234"
      - pci.device:
          vendor: "0fff"
          device: "abcd"