feat(source): use EndpointSlices instead of Endpoints for Service

charts/external-dns/templates/clusterrole.yaml

@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ rules:
 {{- end }}
 {{- if or (has "service" .Values.sources) (has "contour-httpproxy" .Values.sources) (has "gloo-proxy" .Values.sources) (has "istio-gateway" .Values.sources) (has "istio-virtualservice" .Values.sources) (has "openshift-route" .Values.sources) (has "skipper-routegroup" .Values.sources) }}
   - apiGroups: [""]
-    resources: ["services","endpoints"]
+    resources: ["services"]
+    verbs: ["get","watch","list"]
+  - apiGroups: ["discovery.k8s.io"]
+    resources: ["endpointslices"]
     verbs: ["get","watch","list"]
 {{- end }}
 {{- if or (has "ingress" .Values.sources) (has "istio-gateway" .Values.sources) (has "istio-virtualservice" .Values.sources) (has "contour-httpproxy" .Values.sources) (has "openshift-route" .Values.sources) (has "skipper-routegroup" .Values.sources) }}

charts/external-dns/tests/rbac_test.yaml

@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ tests:
               resources: ["pods"]
               verbs: ["get", "watch", "list"]
             - apiGroups: [""]
-              resources: ["services","endpoints"]
+              resources: ["services"]
+              verbs: ["get","watch","list"]
+            - apiGroups: ["discovery.k8s.io"]
+              resources: ["endpointslices"]
               verbs: ["get","watch","list"]
             - apiGroups: ["extensions","networking.k8s.io"]
               resources: ["ingresses"]

docs/flags.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 | `--kubeconfig=""` | Retrieve target cluster configuration from a Kubernetes configuration file (default: auto-detect) |
 | `--request-timeout=30s` | Request timeout when calling Kubernetes APIs. 0s means no timeout |
 | `--[no-]resolve-service-load-balancer-hostname` | Resolve the hostname of LoadBalancer-type Service object to IP addresses in order to create DNS A/AAAA records instead of CNAMEs |
-| `--[no-]listen-endpoint-events` | Trigger a reconcile on changes to Endpoints, for Service source (default: false) |
+| `--[no-]listen-endpoint-events` | Trigger a reconcile on changes to EndpointSlices, for Service source (default: false) |
 | `--cf-api-endpoint=""` | The fully-qualified domain name of the cloud foundry instance you are targeting |
 | `--cf-username=""` | The username to log into the cloud foundry API |
 | `--cf-password=""` | The password to log into the cloud foundry API |

pkg/apis/externaldns/types.go

@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ func App(cfg *Config) *kingpin.Application {
 	app.Flag("kubeconfig", "Retrieve target cluster configuration from a Kubernetes configuration file (default: auto-detect)").Default(defaultConfig.KubeConfig).StringVar(&cfg.KubeConfig)
 	app.Flag("request-timeout", "Request timeout when calling Kubernetes APIs. 0s means no timeout").Default(defaultConfig.RequestTimeout.String()).DurationVar(&cfg.RequestTimeout)
 	app.Flag("resolve-service-load-balancer-hostname", "Resolve the hostname of LoadBalancer-type Service object to IP addresses in order to create DNS A/AAAA records instead of CNAMEs").BoolVar(&cfg.ResolveServiceLoadBalancerHostname)
-	app.Flag("listen-endpoint-events", "Trigger a reconcile on changes to Endpoints, for Service source (default: false)").BoolVar(&cfg.ListenEndpointEvents)
+	app.Flag("listen-endpoint-events", "Trigger a reconcile on changes to EndpointSlices, for Service source (default: false)").BoolVar(&cfg.ListenEndpointEvents)
 
 	// Flags related to cloud foundry
 	app.Flag("cf-api-endpoint", "The fully-qualified domain name of the cloud foundry instance you are targeting").Default(defaultConfig.CFAPIEndpoint).StringVar(&cfg.CFAPIEndpoint)

source/service.go

@@ -28,10 +28,13 @@ import (
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	discoveryv1 "k8s.io/api/discovery/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	kubeinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers"
 	coreinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/core/v1"
+	discoveryinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/discovery/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ var (
 		v1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer: {}, // Exposes the service externally using a cloud provider's load balancer.
 		v1.ServiceTypeExternalName: {}, // Maps the service to an external DNS name.
 	}
+	serviceNameIndexKey = "serviceName"
 )
 
 // serviceSource is an implementation of Source for Kubernetes service objects.
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ type serviceSource struct {
 	resolveLoadBalancerHostname    bool
 	listenEndpointEvents           bool
 	serviceInformer                coreinformers.ServiceInformer
-	endpointsInformer              coreinformers.EndpointsInformer
+	endpointSlicesInformer         discoveryinformers.EndpointSliceInformer
 	podInformer                    coreinformers.PodInformer
 	nodeInformer                   coreinformers.NodeInformer
 	serviceTypeFilter              *serviceTypes
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ func NewServiceSource(ctx context.Context, kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, name
 	// Set the resync period to 0 to prevent processing when nothing has changed
 	informerFactory := kubeinformers.NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(kubeClient, 0, kubeinformers.WithNamespace(namespace))
 	serviceInformer := informerFactory.Core().V1().Services()
-	endpointsInformer := informerFactory.Core().V1().Endpoints()
+	endpointSlicesInformer := informerFactory.Discovery().V1().EndpointSlices()
 	podInformer := informerFactory.Core().V1().Pods()
 	nodeInformer := informerFactory.Core().V1().Nodes()
 
@@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ func NewServiceSource(ctx context.Context, kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, name
 			},
 		},
 	)
-	endpointsInformer.Informer().AddEventHandler(
+	endpointSlicesInformer.Informer().AddEventHandler(
 		cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 			AddFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
 			},
@@ -123,6 +127,26 @@ func NewServiceSource(ctx context.Context, kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, name
 		},
 	)
 
+	// Add an indexer to the EndpointSlice informer to index by the service name label
+	err = endpointSlicesInformer.Informer().AddIndexers(cache.Indexers{
+		serviceNameIndexKey: func(obj any) ([]string, error) {
+			endpointSlice, ok := obj.(*discoveryv1.EndpointSlice)
+			if !ok {
+				// This should never happen because the Informer should only contain EndpointSlice objects
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("expected %T but got %T instead", endpointSlice, obj)
+			}
+			serviceName := endpointSlice.Labels[discoveryv1.LabelServiceName]
+			if serviceName == "" {
+				return nil, nil
+			}
+			key := types.NamespacedName{Namespace: endpointSlice.Namespace, Name: serviceName}.String()
+			return []string{key}, nil
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	informerFactory.Start(ctx.Done())
 
 	// wait for the local cache to be populated.
@@ -148,7 +172,7 @@ func NewServiceSource(ctx context.Context, kubeClient kubernetes.Interface, name
 		publishHostIP:                  publishHostIP,
 		alwaysPublishNotReadyAddresses: alwaysPublishNotReadyAddresses,
 		serviceInformer:                serviceInformer,
-		endpointsInformer:              endpointsInformer,
+		endpointSlicesInformer:         endpointSlicesInformer,
 		podInformer:                    podInformer,
 		nodeInformer:                   nodeInformer,
 		serviceTypeFilter:              sTypesFilter,
@@ -278,42 +302,63 @@ func (sc *serviceSource) extractHeadlessEndpoints(svc *v1.Service, hostname stri
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	endpointsObject, err := sc.endpointsInformer.Lister().Endpoints(svc.Namespace).Get(svc.GetName())
+	serviceKey := cache.ObjectName{Namespace: svc.Namespace, Name: svc.Name}.String()
+	rawEndpointSlices, err := sc.endpointSlicesInformer.Informer().GetIndexer().ByIndex(serviceNameIndexKey, serviceKey)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("Get endpoints of service[%s] error:%v", svc.GetName(), err)
-		return endpoints
+		// Should never happen as long as the index exists
+		log.Errorf("Get EndpointSlices of service[%s] error:%v", svc.GetName(), err)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	endpointSlices := make([]*discoveryv1.EndpointSlice, 0, len(rawEndpointSlices))
+	for _, obj := range rawEndpointSlices {
+		endpointSlice, ok := obj.(*discoveryv1.EndpointSlice)
+		if !ok {
+			// Should never happen as the indexer can only contain EndpointSlice objects
+			log.Errorf("Expected %T but got %T instead, skipping", endpointSlice, obj)
+			continue
+		}
+		endpointSlices = append(endpointSlices, endpointSlice)
 	}
 
 	pods, err := sc.podInformer.Lister().Pods(svc.Namespace).List(selector)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Errorf("List pods of service[%s] error: %v", svc.GetName(), err)
+		log.Errorf("List Pods of service[%s] error:%v", svc.GetName(), err)
 		return endpoints
 	}
 
 	endpointsType := getEndpointsTypeFromAnnotations(svc.Annotations)
+	publishPodIPs := endpointsType != EndpointsTypeNodeExternalIP && endpointsType != EndpointsTypeHostIP && !sc.publishHostIP
+	publishNotReadyAddresses := svc.Spec.PublishNotReadyAddresses || sc.alwaysPublishNotReadyAddresses
 
 	targetsByHeadlessDomainAndType := make(map[endpoint.EndpointKey]endpoint.Targets)
-	for _, subset := range endpointsObject.Subsets {
-		addresses := subset.Addresses
-		if svc.Spec.PublishNotReadyAddresses || sc.alwaysPublishNotReadyAddresses {
-			addresses = append(addresses, subset.NotReadyAddresses...)
-		}
+	for _, endpointSlice := range endpointSlices {
+		for _, ep := range endpointSlice.Endpoints {
+			if !conditionToBool(ep.Conditions.Ready) && !publishNotReadyAddresses {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if publishPodIPs &&
+				endpointSlice.AddressType != discoveryv1.AddressTypeIPv4 &&
+				endpointSlice.AddressType != discoveryv1.AddressTypeIPv6 {
+				log.Debugf("Skipping EndpointSlice %s/%s because its address type is unsupported: %s", endpointSlice.Namespace, endpointSlice.Name, endpointSlice.AddressType)
+				continue
+			}
 
-		for _, address := range addresses {
 			// find pod for this address
-			if address.TargetRef == nil || address.TargetRef.APIVersion != "" || address.TargetRef.Kind != "Pod" {
-				log.Debugf("Skipping address because its target is not a pod: %v", address)
+			if ep.TargetRef == nil || ep.TargetRef.APIVersion != "" || ep.TargetRef.Kind != "Pod" {
+				log.Debugf("Skipping address because its target is not a pod: %v", ep)
 				continue
 			}
 			var pod *v1.Pod
 			for _, v := range pods {
-				if v.Name == address.TargetRef.Name {
+				if v.Name == ep.TargetRef.Name {
 					pod = v
 					break
 				}
 			}
 			if pod == nil {
-				log.Errorf("Pod %s not found for address %v", address.TargetRef.Name, address)
+				log.Errorf("Pod %s not found for address %v", ep.TargetRef.Name, ep)
 				continue
 			}
 
@@ -341,8 +386,13 @@ func (sc *serviceSource) extractHeadlessEndpoints(svc *v1.Service, hostname stri
 						targets = endpoint.Targets{pod.Status.HostIP}
 						log.Debugf("Generating matching endpoint %s with HostIP %s", headlessDomain, pod.Status.HostIP)
 					} else {
-						targets = endpoint.Targets{address.IP}
-						log.Debugf("Generating matching endpoint %s with EndpointAddress IP %s", headlessDomain, address.IP)
+						if len(ep.Addresses) == 0 {
+							log.Warnf("EndpointSlice %s/%s has no addresses for endpoint %v", endpointSlice.Namespace, endpointSlice.Name, ep)
+							continue
+						}
+						address := ep.Addresses[0] // Only use the first address, as additional addresses have no semantic defined
+						targets = endpoint.Targets{address}
+						log.Debugf("Generating matching endpoint %s with EndpointSliceAddress IP %s", headlessDomain, address)
 					}
 				}
 				for _, target := range targets {
@@ -758,7 +808,7 @@ func (sc *serviceSource) AddEventHandler(_ context.Context, handler func()) {
 	// https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/79610
 	sc.serviceInformer.Informer().AddEventHandler(eventHandlerFunc(handler))
 	if sc.listenEndpointEvents {
-		sc.endpointsInformer.Informer().AddEventHandler(eventHandlerFunc(handler))
+		sc.endpointSlicesInformer.Informer().AddEventHandler(eventHandlerFunc(handler))
 	}
 }
 
@@ -789,3 +839,11 @@ func newServiceTypesFilter(filter []string) (*serviceTypes, error) {
 		types:   types,
 	}, nil
 }
+
+// conditionToBool converts an EndpointConditions condition to a bool value.
+func conditionToBool(v *bool) bool {
+	if v == nil {
+		return true // nil should be interpreted as "true" as per EndpointConditions spec
+	}
+	return *v
+}