Creating a DaemonSet

A DaemonSet is a Kubernetes workload type that ensures a pod runs on all or selected nodes in a cluster. When a new node is added to the cluster, the DaemonSet controller automatically creates a pod on the node. Conversely, when a node is removed, its pods are deleted.

DaemonSets are ideal for maintaining consistent services across a cluster. Common application scenarios include:

Cluster storage process: It needs to be deployed on each node in a cluster to ensure that all nodes can access the storage backend. Such processes include GlusterFS and Ceph.

Log collection process: It needs to be deployed on each node in a cluster to collect node logs and forward the logs to a unified log system. Such processes include Fluentd and Logstash.
Monitoring process: It needs to be deployed on each node in a cluster to collect node performance data. Such processes include Prometheus node exporter.

Prerequisites

A cluster is available. For details about how to create a cluster, see Buying a CCE Standard/Turbo Cluster.
There are some available nodes in the cluster. If no node is available, create one by referring to Creating a Node.

Using the CCE Console

Log in to the CCE console.
Click the cluster name to go to the cluster console, choose Workloads in the navigation pane, and click the Create Workload in the upper right corner.

Configure basic information about the workload.

Parameter	Description
Workload Type	Select DaemonSet. For details about different workload types, see Workload Overview.
Workload Name	Enter a name for the workload. Enter 1 to 63 characters starting with a lowercase letter and ending with a lowercase letter or digit. Only lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens (-) are allowed.
Namespace	Select a namespace for the workload. The default value is default. You can also click Create Namespace to create one. For details, see Creating a Namespace.
Container Runtime	A CCE standard cluster uses a common runtime by default, whereas a CCE Turbo cluster supports both common and secure runtimes. For details about their differences, see Secure Runtime and Common Runtime.
Time Zone Synchronization	Configure whether to enable time zone synchronization. After this function is enabled, the container and node will share the same time zone. Time zone synchronization relies on the local disk mounted to the container. Do not modify or delete the local disk. For details, see Configuring Time Zone Synchronization.

Configure container settings for the workload.

Container Information: Click Add Container on the right to configure multiple containers for the pod.

If you configured multiple containers for a pod, ensure that the ports used by each container do not conflict with each other, or the workload cannot be deployed.

Basic Info: Configure basic information about the container.

Parameter	Description
Container Name	Enter a name for the container.
Pull Policy	Image update or pull policy. If you select Always, the image is pulled from the image repository each time. If you do not select Always, the existing image of the node is preferentially used. If the image does not exist, the image is pulled from the image repository.
Image Name	Click Select Image and select the image used by the container. SWR Shared Edition: easy-to-use, secure, and reliable image management My Images: You can select a private image that you have uploaded. For details about how to upload images, see Pushing an Image Through a Container Engine Client. Open Source Images: Select a public image provided by SWR. For details, see Image Center. Shared Images: You can select an image shared by another account. For details, see Sharing Private Images. To use a third-party image, directly enter image path. Ensure that the image access credential can be used to access the image repository. For details, see Using Third-Party Images.
Image Tag	Select the image tag to be deployed.
CPU Quota	Request: minimum number of CPU cores required by a container. The default value is 0.25 cores. Limit: maximum number of CPU cores that can be used by a container. This prevents containers from using excessive resources. If Request and Limit are not specified, the quota is not limited. For more information and suggestions about Request and Limit, see Configuring Container Specifications.
Memory Quota	Request: minimum amount of memory required by a container. The default value is 512 MiB. Limit: maximum amount of memory available for a container. When memory usage exceeds the specified memory limit, the container will be terminated. If Request and Limit are not specified, the quota is not limited. For more information and suggestions about Request and Limit, see Configuring Container Specifications.
(Optional) GPU Quota	Configurable only when the cluster contains GPU nodes and the CCE AI Suite (NVIDIA GPU) add-on has been installed. Do not use: No GPU will be used. GPU card: The GPU is dedicated for the container. GPU Virtualization: percentage of GPU resources used by the container. For example, if this parameter is set to 10%, the container will use 10% of GPU resources. For details about how to use GPUs in a cluster, see Default GPU Scheduling in Kubernetes.
(Optional) NPU Quota	Number of required NPU chips. The value must be an integer and the CCE AI Suite (Ascend NPU) add-on must be installed. For details about how to use NPUs in a cluster, see Complete NPU Allocation.
(Optional) Privileged Container	Programs in a privileged container have certain privileges. If this option is enabled, the container will be assigned privileges. For example, privileged containers can manipulate network devices on the host machine, modify kernel parameters, access all devices on the node. For more information, see Pod Security Standards.
(Optional) Init Container	Whether to use the container as an init container. An init container does not support health check. An init container is a special container that runs before other app containers in a pod are started. Each pod can contain multiple containers. In addition, a pod can contain one or more init containers. Application containers in a pod are started and run only after the running of all init containers completes. For details, see Init Containers.

(Optional) Lifecycle: Configure operations to be performed in a specific phase of the container lifecycle, such as Startup Command, Post-Start, and Pre-Stop. For details, see Configuring the Container Lifecycle.
(Optional) Health Check: Set the liveness probe, ready probe, and startup probe as required. For details, see Configuring Container Health Check.
(Optional) Environment Variables: Configure variables for the container running environment using key-value pairs. These variables transfer external information to containers running in pods and can be flexibly modified after application deployment. For details, see Configuring Environment Variables.
(Optional) Data Storage: Mount local storage or cloud storage to the container. The application scenarios and mounting modes vary with the StorageClass. For details, see Storage.
(Optional) Security Context: Assign container permissions to protect the system and other containers from being affected. Enter the user ID to assign container permissions and prevent systems and other containers from being affected.
(Optional) Logging: Report standard container output logs to AOM by default, without requiring manual settings. You can manually configure the log collection path. For details, see Collecting Container Logs Using ICAgent (Not Recommended).
To disable the collection of the standard output logs of the current workload, add the annotation kubernetes.AOM.log.stdout: [] in Labels and Annotations in the Advanced Settings area. For details about how to use this annotation, see Table 1.

Image Access Credential: Select the credential used for accessing the image repository. The default value is default-secret. You can use default-secret to access images in SWR Shared Edition. For details about default-secret, see default-secret.
(Optional) GPU: All is selected by default. The workload instance will be scheduled to the node of the specified GPU type.

(Optional) Configure the settings of the Service associated with the workload.

A Service provides external access for pods. With a static IP address, a Service forwards access traffic to pods and automatically balances load for these pods.

You can also create a Service after creating a workload. For details about Services of different types, see Service Overview.

(Optional) Configure advanced settings for the workload.

Parameter	Description
Upgrade	Specify the upgrade mode and parameters of the workload. Rolling upgrade and Replace upgrade are available. For details, see Upgrading and Rolling Back a Workload.
Scheduling	Configure affinity and anti-affinity policies for flexible workload scheduling. Node affinity is provided. Node Affinity: Common load affinity policies are offered for quick load affinity deployment. Not configured: No node affinity policy is configured. Specify node: Workload pods can be deployed on specified nodes through node affinity (nodeAffinity). If no node is specified, the pods will be randomly scheduled based on the default scheduling policy of the cluster. Specify node pool: Workload pods can be deployed in a specified node pool through node affinity (nodeAffinity). If no node pool is specified, the pods will be randomly scheduled based on the default scheduling policy of the cluster. Customize affinity: Affinity and anti-affinity policies can be customized. For details, see Configuring Node Affinity Scheduling (nodeAffinity).
Toleration	Using both taints and tolerations allows (not forcibly) the pod to be scheduled to a node with the matching taints, and controls the pod eviction policies after the node where the pod is located is tainted. For details, see Configuring Tolerance Policies.
Labels and Annotations	Add labels or annotations for pods using key-value pairs. After the setting, click Confirm. For details about labels and annotations, see Configuring Labels and Annotations.
DNS	Configure a separate DNS policy for the workload. For details, see DNS Configuration.
Network Configuration	Pod ingress/egress bandwidth limit: You can set ingress and egress bandwidth limits for pods. For details, see Configuring QoS for a Pod. Whether to enable a specified container network configuration: available only for clusters that support this function. After you enable a specified container network configuration, the workload will be created using the container subnet and security group in the configuration. For details, see Binding a Subnet and Security Group to a Namespace or Workload Using a Container Network Configuration. Specify the container network configuration name: Only the custom container network configuration whose associated resource type is workload can be selected.

Click Create Workload in the lower right corner. After a period of time, the workload enters the Running state.

Using kubectl

The following procedure uses Nginx as an example to describe how to create a workload using kubectl.

Use kubectl to access the cluster. For details, see Accessing a Cluster Using kubectl.

Create and edit the nginx-daemonset.yaml file. nginx-daemonset.yaml is an example file name, and you can change it as required.

vi nginx-daemonset.yaml

Below shows the content of the description file. It is only an example. For details about DaemonSets, see the Kubernetes official documentation.

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: DaemonSet
metadata:
  name: nginx-daemonset
  labels:
    app: nginx-daemonset
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: nginx-daemonset
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: nginx-daemonset
    spec:
      nodeSelector:                 # Node selection. A pod is created on a node only when the node meets daemon=need.
        daemon: need
      containers:
      - name: nginx-daemonset
        image: nginx:alpine
        resources:
          limits:
            cpu: 250m
            memory: 512Mi
          requests:
            cpu: 250m
            memory: 512Mi
      imagePullSecrets:
      - name: default-secret

The replicas parameter used in defining a Deployment or StatefulSet does not exist in the above configuration for a DaemonSet, because each node has only one replica. It is fixed.

The nodeSelector in the preceding pod template specifies that a pod is created only on the nodes that meet daemon=need. If you want to create a pod on each node, delete the label.

Create a DaemonSet.
```
kubectl create -f nginx-daemonset.yaml
```
If the following information is displayed, the DaemonSet is being created.
```
daemonset.apps/nginx-daemonset created
```

Obtain the DaemonSet status.

kubectl get ds

Command output:

NAME              DESIRED   CURRENT   READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   NODE SELECTOR   AGE
nginx-daemonset   1         1         0       1            0           daemon=need     116s