allow restricting Kube metadata to local node only

.github/workflows/pull_request_integration_tests.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
     strategy:
       matrix:
         go: [ '1.23' ]

.github/workflows/pull_request_k8s_integration_tests.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-8-cores
     strategy:
       matrix:
         go: [ '1.23' ]

docs/sources/configure/options.md

@@ -696,6 +696,17 @@ reduces the load of the Kubernetes API.
 The Pods informer can't be disabled. For that purpose, you should disable the whole
 Kubernetes metadata decoration.
 
+| YAML                       | Environment variable                  | Type    | Default |
+|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------|---------|
+| `meta_restrict_local_node` | `BEYLA_KUBE_META_RESTRICT_LOCAL_NODE` | boolean | false   |
+
+If true, Beyla stores Pod and Node metadata only from the node where the Beyla instance is running.
+
+This option decreases the memory used to store the metadata, but some metrics
+(such as network bytes or service graph metrics) would miss the metadata from destination
+pods that are located in a different node.
+
+
 | YAML                     | Environment variable                | Type     | Default |
 |--------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------|---------|
 | `informers_sync_timeout` | `BEYLA_KUBE_INFORMERS_SYNC_TIMEOUT` | Duration | 30s     |

pkg/components/beyla.go

@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ func buildCommonContextInfo(
 			DisabledInformers: config.Attributes.Kubernetes.DisableInformers,
 			MetaCacheAddr:     config.Attributes.Kubernetes.MetaCacheAddress,
 			MetadataSources:   config.Attributes.Kubernetes.MetadataSources,
+			RestrictLocalNode: config.Attributes.Kubernetes.MetaRestrictLocalNode,
 		}),
 	}
 	switch {

pkg/internal/kube/informer_provider.go

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type MetadataConfig struct {
 	ResyncPeriod      time.Duration
 	MetaCacheAddr     string
 	MetadataSources   MetadataSources
+	RestrictLocalNode bool
 }
 
 type MetadataProvider struct {
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ type MetadataProvider struct {
 	metadata *Store
 	informer meta.Notifier
 
+	localNodeName string
+
 	cfg *MetadataConfig
 }
 
@@ -126,6 +129,9 @@ func (mp *MetadataProvider) getInformer(ctx context.Context) (meta.Notifier, err
 }
 
 func (mp *MetadataProvider) CurrentNodeName(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
+	if mp.localNodeName != "" {
+		return mp.localNodeName, nil
+	}
 	log := klog().With("func", "NodeName")
 	kubeClient, err := mp.KubeClient()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -153,7 +159,8 @@ func (mp *MetadataProvider) CurrentNodeName(ctx context.Context) (string, error)
 			" host name as node name", "nodeName", currentPod, "namespace", currentNamespace, "error", err)
 		return currentPod, nil
 	}
-	return pods.Items[0].Spec.NodeName, nil
+	mp.localNodeName = pods.Items[0].Spec.NodeName
+	return mp.localNodeName, nil
 }
 
 // initLocalInformers initializes an informer client that directly connects to the Node Kube API
@@ -167,6 +174,13 @@ func (mp *MetadataProvider) initLocalInformers(ctx context.Context) (*meta.Infor
 		meta.WaitForCacheSync(),
 		meta.WithCacheSyncTimeout(mp.cfg.SyncTimeout),
 	)
+	if mp.cfg.RestrictLocalNode {
+		localNode, err := mp.CurrentNodeName(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting local node name: %w", err)
+		}
+		opts = append(opts, meta.RestrictNode(localNode))
+	}
 	return meta.InitInformers(ctx, opts...)
 }
 

pkg/kubecache/meta/informers_init.go

@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/testing/protocmp"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
@@ -44,6 +46,8 @@ type informersConfig struct {
 	disableNodes    bool
 	disableServices bool
 
+	restrictNode string
+
 	// waits for cache synchronization at start
 	waitCacheSync    bool
 	cacheSyncTimeout time.Duration
@@ -80,6 +84,12 @@ func WithoutServices() InformerOption {
 	}
 }
 
+func RestrictNode(nodeName string) InformerOption {
+	return func(c *informersConfig) {
+		c.restrictNode = nodeName
+	}
+}
+
 func WithKubeClient(client kubernetes.Interface) InformerOption {
 	return func(c *informersConfig) {
 		c.kubeClient = client
@@ -119,27 +129,25 @@ func InitInformers(ctx context.Context, opts ...InformerOption) (*Informers, err
 		}
 	}
 
-	informerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(svc.config.kubeClient, svc.config.resyncPeriod)
-
-	if err := svc.initPodInformer(ctx, informerFactory); err != nil {
+	createdFactories, err := svc.initInformers(ctx, config)
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if !svc.config.disableNodes {
-		if err := svc.initNodeIPInformer(ctx, informerFactory); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-	if !svc.config.disableServices {
-		if err := svc.initServiceIPInformer(ctx, informerFactory); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
 
 	svc.log.Debug("starting kubernetes informers")
-	informerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
+	allSynced := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	allSynced.Add(len(createdFactories))
+	for _, factory := range createdFactories {
+		factory.Start(ctx.Done())
+		go func() {
+			factory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
+			allSynced.Done()
+		}()
+	}
+
 	go func() {
-		svc.log.Debug("waiting for informers' syncronization")
-		informerFactory.WaitForCacheSync(ctx.Done())
+		svc.log.Debug("waiting for informers' synchronization")
+		allSynced.Wait()
 		svc.log.Debug("informers synchronized")
 		close(svc.waitForSync)
 	}()
@@ -159,6 +167,49 @@ func InitInformers(ctx context.Context, opts ...InformerOption) (*Informers, err
 
 }
 
+func (inf *Informers) initInformers(ctx context.Context, config *informersConfig) ([]informers.SharedInformerFactory, error) {
+	var informerFactory informers.SharedInformerFactory
+	if config.restrictNode == "" {
+		informerFactory = informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(inf.config.kubeClient, inf.config.resyncPeriod)
+	} else {
+		informerFactory = informers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(inf.config.kubeClient, inf.config.resyncPeriod,
+			informers.WithTweakListOptions(func(options *metav1.ListOptions) {
+				options.FieldSelector = fields.Set{"spec.nodeName": config.restrictNode}.String()
+			}))
+	}
+	createdFactories := []informers.SharedInformerFactory{informerFactory}
+	if err := inf.initPodInformer(ctx, informerFactory); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if !inf.config.disableNodes {
+		nodeIFactory := informerFactory
+		if config.restrictNode != "" {
+			nodeIFactory = informers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(inf.config.kubeClient, inf.config.resyncPeriod,
+				informers.WithTweakListOptions(func(options *metav1.ListOptions) {
+					options.FieldSelector = fields.Set{"metadata.name": config.restrictNode}.String()
+				}))
+			createdFactories = append(createdFactories, nodeIFactory)
+		} // else: use default, unfiltered informerFactory instance
+		if err := inf.initNodeIPInformer(ctx, nodeIFactory); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	if !inf.config.disableServices {
+		svcIFactory := informerFactory
+		if config.restrictNode != "" {
+			// informerFactory will be initially set to a "spec.nodeName"-filtered instance, so we need
+			// to create an unfiltered one for global services
+			svcIFactory = informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(inf.config.kubeClient, inf.config.resyncPeriod)
+			createdFactories = append(createdFactories, svcIFactory)
+		}
+		if err := inf.initServiceIPInformer(ctx, svcIFactory); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	return createdFactories, nil
+}
+
 func initConfigOpts(opts []InformerOption) *informersConfig {
 	config := &informersConfig{}
 	for _, opt := range opts {
@@ -467,32 +518,34 @@ func headlessService(om *informer.ObjectMeta) bool {
 
 func (inf *Informers) ipInfoEventHandler(ctx context.Context) *cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs {
 	metrics := instrument.FromContext(ctx)
+	log := inf.log.With("func", "ipInfoEventHandler")
 	return &cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 		AddFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
 			metrics.InformerNew()
+			em := obj.(*indexableEntity).EncodedMeta
+			log.Debug("AddFunc", "kind", em.Kind, "name", em.Name, "ips", em.Ips)
 			// ignore headless services from being added
 			if headlessService(obj.(*indexableEntity).EncodedMeta) {
 				return
 			}
 			inf.Notify(&informer.Event{
 				Type:     informer.EventType_CREATED,
-				Resource: obj.(*indexableEntity).EncodedMeta,
+				Resource: em,
 			})
 		},
 		UpdateFunc: func(oldObj, newObj interface{}) {
 			metrics.InformerUpdate()
+			newEM := newObj.(*indexableEntity).EncodedMeta
+			oldEM := oldObj.(*indexableEntity).EncodedMeta
 			// ignore headless services from being added
-			if headlessService(newObj.(*indexableEntity).EncodedMeta) &&
-				headlessService(oldObj.(*indexableEntity).EncodedMeta) {
+			if headlessService(newEM) && headlessService(oldEM) {
 				return
 			}
-			if cmp.Equal(
-				oldObj.(*indexableEntity).EncodedMeta,
-				newObj.(*indexableEntity).EncodedMeta,
-				protoCmpTransform,
-			) {
+			if cmp.Equal(oldEM, newEM, protoCmpTransform) {
 				return
 			}
+			log.Debug("UpdateFunc", "kind", newEM.Kind, "name", newEM.Name,
+				"ips", newEM.Ips, "oldIps", oldEM.Ips)
 			inf.Notify(&informer.Event{
 				Type:     informer.EventType_UPDATED,
 				Resource: newObj.(*indexableEntity).EncodedMeta,
@@ -512,6 +565,8 @@ func (inf *Informers) ipInfoEventHandler(ctx context.Context) *cache.ResourceEve
 					return
 				}
 			}
+			em := obj.(*indexableEntity).EncodedMeta
+			log.Debug("DeleteFunc", "kind", em.Kind, "name", em.Name, "ips", em.Ips)
 
 			metrics.InformerDelete()
 			inf.Notify(&informer.Event{

pkg/transform/k8s.go

@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ type KubernetesDecorator struct {
 	// MetaCacheAddress is the host:port address of the beyla-k8s-cache service instance
 	MetaCacheAddress string `yaml:"meta_cache_address" env:"BEYLA_KUBE_META_CACHE_ADDRESS"`
 
+	// MetaRestrictLocalNode will download only the metadata from the Pods that are located in the same
+	// node as the Beyla instance. It will also restrict the Node information to the local node.
+	MetaRestrictLocalNode bool `yaml:"meta_restrict_local_node" env:"BEYLA_KUBE_META_RESTRICT_LOCAL_NODE"`
+
 	// MetadataSources allows Beyla overriding the service name and namespace of an application from
 	// the given labels.
 	MetadataSources kube.MetadataSources `yaml:"meta_naming_sources"`

test/integration/k8s/manifests/02-prometheus-otelscrape.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ spec:
     - name: prometheus
       image: quay.io/prometheus/prometheus:v2.53.0
       args:
-        - --storage.tsdb.retention.time=1m
+        - --storage.tsdb.retention.time=10m
         - --config.file=/etc/prometheus/prometheus-config.yml
         - --storage.tsdb.path=/prometheus
         - --web.enable-lifecycle