tproxy-initializer

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Kubernetes initializer for transparent proxy

Initializes deployments with the annotation: initializer.kubernetes.io/tproxy: true. Resources added to a deployment are provided via a configmap. Items that can be injected are init containers, volumes, volume mounts, and environment variables.

Based on the Kubernetes Initializer Tutorial from Kelsey Hightower.

Configmap schema

The configmap containing the initialization data and the namespace for the configmap is passed via the -configmap and -namespace arguments.

The data items from the configmap used are listed below:

• config.containers: List of init container specs added to the deployment. (kubectl explain pods.spec.initContainers)
• config.volumes: List of volume specs added to the deployment. (kubectl explain pods.spec.volumes)
• config.volumeMounts: List of volume mount specs added to each container in the deployment pod spec. (kubectl explain pods.spec.containers.volumeMounts)
• config.envVars: List of environment variable specs added to each container in the deployment pod spec. (kubectl explain pods.spec.containers.env)

Initializer actions

For deployments with matching annotations, the following actions will be taken.

1. Append config.containers to the pod spec of the original deployment.
2. Append config.volumes to the pod spec of the original deplyoment.
3. Append config.volumeMounts to each container spec of the original deployment.
4. Append config.envVars to each container spec of the original deployment.
5. Append the initializer.kubernetes.io/tproxy: true annotation to the pod spec of the original deployment. This is needed so that the tproxy-podwatch controller can trigger based on the pod after the deployment is initialized.