Updating a Node Pool

Precautions

Updating a Node Pool

  1. Log in to the CCE console.
  2. Click the cluster name to access the cluster console. Choose Nodes in the navigation pane. In the right pane, click the Node Pools tab.
  3. Click Update next to the name of the node pool you will edit. Configure the parameters in the displayed Update Node Pool page.

    Basic Settings
    Table 1 Basic settings

    Parameter

    Description

    Node Pool Name

    Name of the node pool.
    Configurations
    Table 2 Node configuration parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Specifications

    Select node specifications that best fit your service needs.

    NOTE:
    • If a node pool is configured with multiple node flavors, only the flavors (which can be located in different AZs) of the same node type are supported. For example, a node pool consisting of general computing-plus nodes supports only general computing-plus node flavors, but not the flavors of general computing nodes.
    • A maximum of 10 node flavors can be added to a node pool (the flavors in different AZs are counted separately). When adding a node flavor, you can choose multiple AZs, but you need to specify them.
    • Nodes in a newly created node pool are created using the default flavor. If the resources for the default flavor are insufficient, node creation will fail.
    • After a node pool is created, the flavors of existing nodes cannot be deleted.

    Container Engine

    The container engines supported by CCE include Docker and containerd, which may vary depending on cluster types, cluster versions, and OSs. Select a container engine based on the information displayed on the CCE console. For details, see Mapping between Node OSs and Container Engines.

    NOTE:

    After the container engine is modified, the modification automatically takes effect on newly added nodes. For existing nodes, manually reset the nodes for the modification to take effect.

    OS
    Select an OS type. Different types of nodes support different OSs.
    • Public image: Select a public image for the node.
    NOTE:
    • Service container runtimes share the kernel and underlying calls of nodes. To ensure compatibility, select a Linux distribution version that is the same as or close to that of the final service container image for the node OS.
    • After the OS is modified, the modification automatically takes effect on newly added nodes. Manually reset existing nodes for the modification to take effect.
    Storage Settings
    Table 3 Configuration parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    System Disk

    System disk used by the node OS. The value ranges from 40 GiB to 1024 GiB. The default value is 50 GiB.

    NOTE:

    After the system disk configuration is modified, the modification takes effect only on newly added nodes. The configuration cannot be synchronized to existing nodes even if they are reset.

    System Disk Encryption: System disk encryption safeguards your data. Snapshots generated from encrypted disks and disks created using these snapshots automatically inherit the encryption setting. Only the nodes of the Elastic Cloud Server (VM) type in certain regions support system disk encryption. For details, see the console.
    • Not encrypted is selected by default.
    • After setting System Disk Encryption to Enabled (key), choose an existing key. If no key is available, click View Key List and create a key. After the key is created, click the refresh icon next to the key text box.
    NOTE:

    The modified system disk encryption automatically takes effect on new nodes. For existing nodes, manually reset the nodes for the modification to take effect.

    Data Disk

    At least one data disk is required for the container runtime and kubelet. The data disk cannot be deleted or uninstalled. Otherwise, the node will be unavailable.

    • First data disk: used for container runtime and kubelet components. The disk size ranges from 20 GiB to 32768 GiB. The default value is 100 GiB.
    • Other data disks: You can set the data disk size to a value ranging from 10 GiB to 32768 GiB. The default value is 100 GiB.
    NOTE:

    After the data disk configuration is modified, the modification takes effect only on newly added nodes. The configuration cannot be synchronized to existing nodes even if they are reset.

    Advanced Settings

    Expand the area and configure the following parameters:

    • Data Disk Space Allocation: allocates space for container engines, images, and ephemeral storage for them to run properly. For details about how to allocate data disk space, see Data Disk Space Allocation.
      NOTE:

      After the data disk space allocation configuration is modified, the modification takes effect only for new nodes. The configuration cannot take effect for the existing nodes even if they are reset.

    • Enabled: Data disk encryption safeguards your data. Snapshots generated from encrypted disks and disks created using these snapshots automatically inherit the encryption setting. BMS nodes do not support data disk encryption that is available only in certain regions. For details, see the console.
      • Not encrypted is selected by default.
      • After setting Data Disk Encryption to Enabled, choose an existing key. If no key is available, click View Key List and create a key. After the key is created, click the refresh icon next to the key text box.
      NOTE:

      After the Data Disk Encryption is modified, the modification takes effect only on newly added nodes. The configuration cannot be synchronized to existing nodes even if they are reset.

    Adding data disks

    A maximum of 16 data disks can be attached to an ECS and 10 to a BMS. By default, a raw disk is created without any processing. You can also click Expand and select any of the following options:

    • Default: By default, a raw disk is created without any processing.
    • Mount Disk: The data disk is attached to a specified directory.
    • Use as PV: applicable when there is a high performance requirement on PVs. The node.kubernetes.io/local-storage-persistent label is added to the node with PV configured. The value is linear or striped.
    • Use as ephemeral volume: applicable when there is a high performance requirement on emptyDir.
    NOTE:
    • Local PVs are supported only when the cluster version is v1.21.2-r0 or later and the Everest add-on version is 2.1.23 or later. Version 2.1.23 or later is recommended.
    • Local EVs are supported only when the cluster version is v1.21.2-r0 or later and the Everest add-on version is 1.2.29 or later.
    Local PVs and local EVs can be written in the following modes:
    • Linear: A linear logical volume integrates one or more physical volumes. Data is written to the next physical volume when the previous one is used up.
    • Striped: A striped logical volume stripes data into blocks of the same size and stores them in multiple physical volumes in sequence. This allows data to be concurrently read and written. A storage pool consisting of striped volumes cannot be scaled-out. This option can be selected only when multiple volumes exist.

    Local Disk Description

    If the node flavor is disk-intensive or ultra-high I/O, one data disk can be a local disk.

    Local disks may break down and do not ensure data reliability. Store your service data in EVS disks, which are more reliable than local disks.
    Advanced Settings
    Table 4 Advanced settings

    Parameter

    Description

    Resource Tag

    You can add resource tags to classify resources.

    You can create predefined tags on the TMS console. The predefined tags are available to all resources that support tags. You can use predefined tags to improve the tag creation and resource migration efficiency.

    CCE will automatically create the "CCE-Dynamic-Provisioning-Node=node id" tag.

    NOTE:

    Modified resource tags automatically take effect on new nodes.

    Kubernetes Label

    A key-value pair added to a Kubernetes object (such as a pod). After specifying a label, click Add Label for more. A maximum of 20 labels can be added.

    Labels can be used to distinguish nodes. With workload affinity settings, container pods can be scheduled to a specified node. For more information, see Labels and Selectors.

    NOTE:

    Modified Kubernetes labels automatically take effect on new nodes as well as existing nodes if Kubernetes labels is selected in Synchronization for Existing Nodes.

    Taint
    This parameter is left blank by default. You can add taints to configure anti-affinity for the node. A maximum of 20 taints are allowed for each node. Each taint contains the following parameters:
    • Key: A key must contain 1 to 63 characters, starting with a letter or digit. Only letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods (.) are allowed. A DNS subdomain name can be used as the prefix of a key.
    • Value: A value must contain 1 to 63 characters, starting with a letter or digit. Only letters, digits, hyphens (-), underscores (_), and periods (.) are allowed.
    • Effect: Available options are NoSchedule, PreferNoSchedule, and NoExecute.

    For details, see Managing Node Taints.

    NOTE:

    Modified taints automatically take effect on new nodes as well as existing nodes if Taints is selected in Synchronization for Existing Nodes.

    Synchronization for Existing Nodes

    After the options are selected, changes to resource tags and Kubernetes labels/taints in a node pool will be synchronized to existing nodes in the node pool.

    NOTE:

    When you update a node pool, pay attention to the following if you change the state of Resource tags synchronized:

    • After the option is selected:
      • CCE will synchronize the resource tags configured in the node pool to existing nodes. If a resource tag with the same key of a resource tag in the node pool already exists on an ECS, the value of the tag on the ECS will be changed to that of the resource tag in the node pool.
      • Typically, it takes less than 10 minutes to synchronize resource tags onto existing nodes, depending on the number of nodes in the node pool.
      • Issue a resource tag synchronization request only after the previous synchronization is complete. Otherwise, the resource tags may be inconsistent between existing nodes.

    When you update a node pool, pay attention to the following if you change the state of Kubernetes labels or Taints:

    • When these options are deselected, the Kubernetes labels/taints of the existing and new nodes in the node pool may be inconsistent. If service scheduling relies on node labels or taints, the scheduling may fail or the node pool may fail to scale.
    • When these options are selected:
      • If you have modified or added labels or taints in the node pool, the modifications will be automatically synchronized to existing nodes typically in 10 minutes after Kubernetes labels or Taints is selected.
      • If you have deleted a label or taint in the node pool, you must manually delete the label or taint on the node list page after Kubernetes labels or Taints is selected.
      • If you have manually changed the key or effect of a taint on an existing node, a new taint will be added to the existing node after Kubernetes labels or Taints is selected. In the new taint, its key is different from the manually changed key but its value and effect are the same as those manually changed ones, or its effect is different from the manually changed effect but its key and value are the same as those manually changed ones. This is because a Kubernetes taint natively uses a key and effect as a key-value pair. The taints with different keys or effects are considered as two taints.

    New Node Scheduling

    Default scheduling policy for the nodes newly added to a node pool. If you select Unschedulable, newly created nodes in the node pool will be labeled as unschedulable. In this way, you can perform some operations on the nodes before pods are scheduled to these nodes.

    Scheduled Scheduling: After scheduled scheduling is enabled, new nodes will be automatically scheduled after the custom time expires.

    • Disabled: By default, scheduled scheduling is not enabled for new nodes. To manually enable this function, go to the node list. For details, see Configuring a Node Scheduling Policy in One-Click Mode.
    • Custom: the default timeout for unschedulable nodes. The value ranges from 0 to 99 in the unit of minutes.
    NOTE:
    • If auto scaling of node pools is also required, ensure the scheduled scheduling is less than 15 minutes. If a node added through Autoscaler cannot be scheduled for more than 15 minutes, Autoscaler determines that the scale-out failed and triggers another scale-out. Additionally, if the node cannot be scheduled for more than 20 minutes, the node will be scaled in by Autoscaler.
    • After this function is enabled, nodes will be tainted with node.cloudprovider.kubernetes.io/uninitialized during a node pool creation or update.

    Edit key pair

    Only node pools that use key pairs for login support key pair editing. You can select another key pair.

    NOTE:

    The edited key pair automatically takes effect on newly added nodes. For existing nodes, manually reset the nodes for the modification to take effect.

    Pre-installation Command

    Pre-installation script command, in which Chinese characters are not allowed. The script command will be Base64-transcoded. The characters of both the pre-installation and post-installation scripts are centrally calculated, and the total number of characters after transcoding cannot exceed 10240.

    The script will be executed before Kubernetes software is installed. Note that if the script is incorrect, Kubernetes software may fail to be installed.

    NOTE:

    The modified pre-installation command automatically takes effect on newly added nodes. For existing nodes, manually reset the nodes for the modification to take effect.

    Post-installation Command

    Pre-installation script command, in which Chinese characters are not allowed. The script command will be Base64-transcoded. The characters of both the pre-installation and post-installation scripts are centrally calculated, and the total number of characters after transcoding cannot exceed 10240.

    The script will be executed after Kubernetes software is installed, which does not affect the installation.

    NOTE:

    The modified post-installation command automatically takes effect on newly added nodes. For existing nodes, manually reset the nodes for the modification to take effect.

    Agency

    An agency is created by the account administrator on the IAM console. Using an agency, you can share your cloud server resources with another account, or entrust a more professional person or team to manage your resources.

    If no agency is available, click Create Agency on the right to create one.

    NOTE:

    After an agency is modified, the modification will only apply to new nodes and not to existing ones, even if they are reset.

    User-defined node name prefix and suffix

    Custom name prefix and suffix of a node in a node pool. After the configuration, the nodes in the node pool will be named with the configured prefix and suffix. For example, if the prefix is prefix- and the suffix is -suffix, the nodes in the node pool will be named in the format of "prefix-Node pool name with five-digit random characters-suffix".

    • A prefix and suffix can be customized only when a node pool is created, and they cannot be modified after the node pool is created.
    • A prefix can end with a special character, and a suffix can start with a special character.
    • A node name consists of a maximum of 56 characters in the format of "Prefix-Node pool name with five-digit random characters-Suffix".
    • A node name does not support the combination of a period (.) and special characters (such as .., .-, or -.).
    • This function is available only in clusters of v1.28.1, v1.27.3, v1.25.6, v1.23.11, v1.21.12, or later.
    NOTE:

    After the custom name prefix and suffix are modified, the modification will only apply to new nodes and not to existing ones, even if they are reset.

  4. After the configuration, click OK.

    After node pool parameters are modified, you can find the update on the Nodes page. Reset the nodes in the target node pool to synchronize the configuration update.

Parent topic: Managing a Node Pool