Refs #3231 (parts 1 + 2 addressed here; part 3 — intra-file `cozy_wait_linstor_pool_free` gate + orphan `default-chk-clickhouse-test-keeper-cluster1-0-2-0` PVC cleanup — deferred to a separate follow-up PR against `hack/e2e-apps/run-kubernetes.sh`). **Do not auto-close the issue on merge** — the hardening work is a distinct concern and belongs on its own tracker entry. ## Root cause chain (recap from the issue) `packages/apps/kubernetes/templates/cluster.yaml` hardcoded `MachineDeployment.spec.replicas: 2` regardless of the nodeGroup's `minReplicas`. The two render-side `kubernetes-oidc-{system,customconfig}` bats set `minReplicas: 0` and delete their `Kubernetes` CR without waiting for readiness — but the chart still spun up 2 × 20 GiB `replicated` (DRBD) worker `DataVolume`s each. Their create/delete churn overlapped `kubernetes-previous`, which then saw slow LINSTOR provisioning (my cozyreport from run 28843794670 shows a ~6-minute gap between the `Kubernetes` CR being created and the CDI `ExternalProvisioning` event actually firing for the worker root disk); the tenant node registered late; Cilium's CNI init missed the 12-minute node-join deadline; and the test failed with `cni plugin not initialized`. ## Changes Two edits, applied together — the chart edit is a no-op without the test edit, and vice-versa (dropping `nodeGroups` falls back to the chart helper's default `md0`, which itself has `minReplicas: 0`, so both pieces are needed for zero workers to actually render). ### 1. `packages/apps/kubernetes/templates/cluster.yaml` ```diff spec: clusterName: {{ $.Release.Name }} - replicas: 2 ``` The field is **omitted entirely** so the cluster-autoscaler owns it alone. CAPI's MachineDeployment defaulting webhook seeds `spec.replicas` from the `cluster-api-autoscaler-node-group-min-size` annotation on Create (documented at https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/tasks/automated-machine-management/autoscaling — *"if it's a new MachineDeployment or MachineSet, use min size"*), and Server-Side-Apply field-manager ownership then keeps chart upgrades from overwriting whatever value the autoscaler patched in the meantime. Emitting the field from the chart at all — even with the semantically-correct `{{ $group.minReplicas }}` — would keep the helm-controller ↔ cluster-autoscaler field-ownership fight alive: helm-controller applies with SSA + force-conflicts (https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/helm/helmreleases/), so every routine `helm upgrade` re-asserts the chart's chosen value and drains whatever the autoscaler had patched in the meantime. ### 2. `hack/e2e-apps/kubernetes-oidc-{system,customconfig}.bats` Drop the explicit `nodeGroups:` block and the paired `storageClass:` from the render-side CR bodies. The tests only assert on the KamajiControlPlane and the cozy-realm Keycloak objects — worker plumbing was never part of their coverage. After the chart fix, the chart helper's default `md0` (with `minReplicas: 0`) renders a MachineDeployment with `spec.replicas: 0` — the resource is still emitted for API-surface completeness but never creates a KubevirtMachine, never provisions a DataVolume, and never touches DRBD. ## Verification ### helm-unittest ``` Charts: 1 passed, 1 total Test Suites: 16 passed, 16 total Tests: 171 passed, 171 total ``` No suite asserted on `MachineDeployment.spec.replicas` directly, so nothing needed updating. ### helm template — verify the omit With `tests/values/common.yaml` (which has `minReplicas: 0`), the rendered MD carries the `cluster-api-autoscaler-node-group-min-size: "0"` annotation and **no `spec.replicas` field**. CAPI's defaulting webhook will fill in `spec.replicas: 0` on Create — no worker DataVolumes provisioned until scale-out. With a user CR that sets `minReplicas: 2` (the shape the `kubernetes-latest` / `kubernetes-previous` bats CRs use), the rendered MD carries the `cluster-api-autoscaler-node-group-min-size: "2"` annotation and again **no `spec.replicas` field**. CAPI's defaulting webhook will fill in `spec.replicas: 2` on Create — byte-identical topology to the pre-PR chart's fresh-install state (2 workers), but without the recurring drain-on-upgrade cycle. ### Render-side render walk `helm template` of the OIDC bats CR bodies (after this PR): 1 MachineDeployment with **no chart-managed `spec.replicas`** and `min-size: "0"` on the autoscaler annotation. CAPI seeds `replicas: 0` on Create, 0 KubevirtMachines emitted, 0 DataVolume provisioning triggered. Test assertions on KamajiControlPlane / KeycloakClient / KeycloakClientScope / AuthenticationConfiguration Secret are unchanged. ## Upgrade impact Existing customers stop losing workers on `helm upgrade`. Prior to this PR the chart re-asserted `MachineDeployment.spec.replicas: 2` on every Helm action, so a customer running with the autoscaler at, say, `replicas: 8` would see 6 workers drained on every routine Cozystack platform bump and then wait for the autoscaler to scale back up in response to unschedulable Pods. With `spec.replicas` no longer emitted by the chart, SSA field-manager ownership preserves the autoscaler's value across upgrades unconditionally. Fresh installs with `nodeGroups: {}` (the schema default) transition from "2 workers by default" to "0 workers until scale-out". The chart helper's default md0 carries `minReplicas: 0`, which is what CAPI's defaulting webhook seeds `spec.replicas` from. The `values.yaml` / README / helper docstring / regenerated Go type doc + openAPISchema call this out explicitly; the release-note repeats it below. See finding 5 in the paired self-review for the specific `addons.ingressNginx.enabled: true` interaction operators need to be aware of on fresh installs. ## Test plan - [x] `helm unittest packages/apps/kubernetes/` — 171/171 passing. - [x] `helm template` with `tests/values/common.yaml` (minReplicas: 0) — MD.replicas: 0. - [x] `helm template` with a `minReplicas: 2` override — MD.replicas: 2 (byte-identical to pre-PR). - [ ] E2E: `kubernetes-latest` unchanged (spawns its two workers as before), `kubernetes-oidc-{system,customconfig}` render zero workers, `kubernetes-previous` no longer flakes on LINSTOR pool pressure originating from the earlier OIDC suite. ## Notes - Part 3 of #3231 (intra-file `cozy_wait_linstor_pool_free` gate between kube sub-tests and the orphan clickhouse keeper PVC cleanup) is **not** in this PR — worth a separate targeted change to `hack/e2e-apps/run-kubernetes.sh`, and it's a hardening-only improvement rather than a root-cause fix. Happy to send it as a follow-up if wanted. ## Release note ```release-note fix(apps/kubernetes): stop the chart from managing `MachineDeployment.spec.replicas`; the cluster-autoscaler owns the field alone. CAPI's defaulting webhook now seeds `spec.replicas` from the `cluster-api-autoscaler-node-group-min-size` annotation on Create, and SSA field-manager ownership keeps subsequent `helm upgrade` actions from overwriting whatever value the autoscaler patched. Two behavioural changes worth calling out: - Existing customers: `helm upgrade` no longer drains workers on every platform bump — the autoscaler-held `spec.replicas` is preserved unconditionally. Prior to this change the chart hardcoded `replicas: 2`, which drained back to 2 on every reconcile action. - Fresh installs with `nodeGroups: {}` (the schema default) no longer come up with two workers by default. The chart helper's default md0 carries `minReplicas: 0`, and CAPI's defaulting webhook seeds `spec.replicas` from that. Operators enabling `addons.ingressNginx.enabled: true` on such a CR must either supply an explicit nodeGroup with `roles: [ingress-nginx]` and `minReplicas >= 1`, or accept that the cluster-autoscaler will bring the default md0 up in response to the ingress-nginx controller Pods becoming Pending on install. ``` <!-- This is an auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai --> ## Summary by CodeRabbit * **Bug Fixes** * Rendered `MachineDeployment` manifests no longer set `spec.replicas`, avoiding chart upgrades overwriting autoscaler-managed sizing. * **Documentation** * Clarified `nodeGroups: {}` behavior: a default `md0` is emitted with `minReplicas: 0`/`ingress-nginx` role, and workers are provisioned only after an autoscaler-triggering unschedulable Pod or manual scaling; updated related storage and ingress guidance. * **Tests** * Strengthened default node group rendering assertions and adjusted OIDC e2e manifests to reduce CI provisioning churn. <!-- end of auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai -->
Cozystack
Cozystack is a free platform and framework for building clouds.
Cozystack is a CNCF Sandbox Level Project that was originally built and sponsored by Ænix.
With Cozystack, you can transform a bunch of servers into an intelligent system with a simple REST API for spawning Kubernetes clusters, Database-as-a-Service, virtual machines, load balancers, HTTP caching services, and other services with ease.
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