Kubediff

Kubediff is a tool for Kubernetes to show you the differences between your running configuration and your version controlled configuration.

Kubediff can be run from the command line:

$ ./kubediff
Usage: kubediff [options] <dir/file>...

Compare yaml files in <dir> to running state in kubernetes and print the
differences.  This is useful to ensure you have applied all your changes to the
appropriate environment.  This tools runs kubectl, so unless your
~/.kube/config is configured for the correct environment, you will need to
supply the kubeconfig for the appropriate environment.

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --kubeconfig=KUBECONFIG
                        path to kubeconfig
  --namespace=NAMESPACE
                        the namespace to assume for objects where it's not
                        specified (default = Kubernetes default for current
                        context)
  -j, --json            output in json format
  --no-error-on-diff    don't exit with 2 if diff exists

For example:

$ ./kubediff k8s
Checking ReplicationController 'kubediff'
 *** .spec.template.spec.containers[0].args[0]: '-repo=https://github.com/weaveworks/kubediff' != '-repo=https://github.com/<your github repo>'
Checking Secret 'kubediff-secret'
Checking Service 'kubediff'

Make sure the dependencies are installed first:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Kubediff can also be run as a service on Kubernetes, periodically downloading the latest configuration from Github, comparing it to the running configuration. In this mode Kubediff will also offers a very simple UI showing the output and export the result to Prometheus, all courtesy to prom-run.

To deploy to Kubernetes, you much first make a copy of the YAML files in k8s and update the following fields:

• kubediff-rc.yaml the first argument to git-sync must be the location of the config repo, and the last argument to kubediff must the the location in this repo of your config.
• kubediff-secret.yaml the username and password must be set to valid github OAuth token.

Once you have updated the config, the following commands should bring up the service:

$ kubectl create -f k8s
replicationcontroller "kubediff" created
secret "kubediff-secret" created
service "kubediff" created

And to view the UI, run the follow command and go to http://localhost:4040

$ kubectl port-forward $(kubectl get pod --selector=name=kubediff -o jsonpath={.items..metadata.name}) 4040:80

This service exports the exit code of the kubediff as a Prometheus metric; a suitable alert can be setup for persistent differences:

ALERT Kubediff
  IF          max(command_exit_code{job="kubediff"}) != 0
  FOR         2h
  LABELS      { severity="warning" }
  ANNOTATIONS {
    summary = "Kubediff has detected a difference in running config.",
    description = "Kubediff has detected a difference in running config.",
  }

These alerts can be sent to Slack, for example:

compare-images

To quickly see how two sets of configurations differ, purely in terms of images:

$ ./compare-images ../service-conf/k8s/dev/ ../service-conf/k8s/prod/
Image                          dev                   prod
-----------------------------  --------------------  --------------------
quay.io/weaveworks/grafana     master-0fc7cc2        master-08fd09d
quay.io/weaveworks/prometheus  master-0fc7cc2        master-4fb2aed
quay.io/weaveworks/ui-server   master-2899c36        master-45d67b3
tomwilkie/prometheus           frankenstein-8a5ec1b  frankenstein-ebe5808
weaveworks/scope               master-1a1021c        master-14d0e4e

Build

mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/prometheus && cd "$_"
git clone git@github.com:prometheus/client_golang.git
mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/weaveworks && cd "$_"
git clone git@github.com:weaveworks/kubediff.git
cd kubediff
make

Getting Help

If you have any questions about, feedback for or problems with kubediff:

• Invite yourself to the Weave Users Slack.
• Ask a question on the #general slack channel.
• File an issue.

Your feedback is always welcome!