Pred8tor

Pred8tor is a simple tool to clean up K8s objects that were tagged for expiration.

Description

Pred8tor is an innovative open-source Python based tool designed for maintaining clean and tidy Kubernetes environments. To trigger Pred8tor's action simply add similar label to a Kubernetes object:

kubectl label pods ubuntu expiration_time=1706255118

This will set the expiration time for the labeled object to the mentioned epoch time which is: Saturday, January 27, 2024 11:29:50 AM.

When that time arrives, Pred8tor will terminate this specific pod object.

At the moment, Pred8tor allows termination of the following objects: deployment, pod, namespace, service and more to come!

Features

Pred8tor identifies and removes expired Kubernetes objects using "expiration_time" label with a corresponding timestamp value. it ensures the safe deletion of identified objects.

Installation

To install Pred8tor, you can clone the repository and run the following command from project's root:

kubectl apply -f deployment/pred8tor_deployment.yaml

Developing

Pred8tor is free for use and contribution. In order to contribute please do the following:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-branch).
3. Make your changes.
4. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature').
5. Push to the branch (git push origin feature-branch).
6. Create a new Pull Request and tag me for a review

Running locally

Running Pred8tor locally is very simple!

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-branch).
3. Create a new Python virtual env:

python3 -m venv pred8tor_venv

4. Step into the created directory and install the requirements:

pip3 install -r Pred8tor/app/requirements.txt

5. Start working!

License This project is licensed under the Apache 2 License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.