feat: add new flag to reconcile one specific Gateway only

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ Adding a new version? You'll need three changes:
   [#5384](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/pull/5384)
   [#5435](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/pull/5435)
   [#5412](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/pull/5412)
-
+- Added flag `--gateway-to-reconcile` to set KIC to only reconcile
+  the specified Gateway resource in Kubernetes.
+  [#5405](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/pull/5405)
 
 ### Fixed
 

docs/cli-arguments.md

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 | `--feature-gates` | `list of string=bool` | A set of comma separated key=value pairs that describe feature gates for alpha/beta/experimental features. See the Feature Gates documentation for information and available options: https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/blob/main/FEATURE_GATES.md. |  |
 | `--gateway-api-controller-name` | `string` | The controller name to match on Gateway API resources. | `konghq.com/kic-gateway-controller` |
 | `--gateway-discovery-dns-strategy` | `dns-strategy` | DNS strategy to use when creating Gateway's Admin API addresses. One of: ip, service, pod. | `"ip"` |
+| `--gateway-to-reconcile` | `namespaced-name` | Gateway namespaced name in "namespace/name" format. Makes KIC reconcile only the specified Gateway. |  |
 | `--health-probe-bind-address` | `string` | The address the probe endpoint binds to. | `:10254` |
 | `--ingress-class` | `string` | Name of the ingress class to route through this controller. | `kong` |
 | `--init-cache-sync-duration` | `duration` | The initial delay to wait for Kubernetes object caches to be synced before the initial configuration. | `5s` |

internal/controllers/controller.go

@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ package controllers
 
 import (
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
+	"github.com/samber/mo"
+	k8stypes "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 )
 
 type Reconciler interface {
 	SetupWithManager(ctrl.Manager) error
 	SetLogger(logr.Logger)
 }
+
+type OptionalNamespacedName = mo.Option[k8stypes.NamespacedName]

internal/controllers/gateway/gateway_controller.go

@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ type GatewayReconciler struct { //nolint:revive
 	// to invalidate or allow cross-namespace TLSConfigs in gateways.
 	// It's resolved on SetupWithManager call.
 	enableReferenceGrant bool
+
+	// If GatewayNN is set,
+	// only resources managed by the specified Gateway are reconciled.
+	GatewayNN controllers.OptionalNamespacedName
 }
 
 // SetupWithManager sets up the controller with the Manager.
@@ -173,6 +177,15 @@ func (r *GatewayReconciler) gatewayHasMatchingGatewayClass(obj client.Object) bo
 		)
 		return false
 	}
+
+	// If the flag `--gateway-to-reconcile` is set, KIC will only reconcile the specified gateway.
+	// https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/issues/5322
+	if gatewayToReconcile, ok := r.GatewayNN.Get(); ok {
+		if gatewayToReconcile.Namespace != gateway.Namespace || gatewayToReconcile.Name != gateway.Name {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
 	gatewayClass := &gatewayapi.GatewayClass{}
 	if err := r.Client.Get(context.Background(), client.ObjectKey{Name: string(gateway.Spec.GatewayClassName)}, gatewayClass); err != nil {
 		r.Log.Error(err, "Could not retrieve gatewayclass", "gatewayclass", gateway.Spec.GatewayClassName)
@@ -327,6 +340,13 @@ func referenceGrantHasGatewayFrom(obj client.Object) bool {
 func (r *GatewayReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
 	log := r.Log.WithValues("GatewayV1Gateway", req.NamespacedName)
 
+	if gatewayToReconcile, ok := r.GatewayNN.Get(); ok {
+		if req.Namespace != gatewayToReconcile.Namespace || req.Name != gatewayToReconcile.Name {
+			r.Log.V(util.DebugLevel).Info("The request does not match the specified Gateway and will be skipped.", "gateway", gatewayToReconcile.String())
+			return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+		}
+	}
+
 	// gather the gateway object based on the reconciliation trigger. It's possible for the object
 	// to be gone at this point in which case it will be ignored.
 	gateway := new(gatewayapi.Gateway)

internal/controllers/gateway/grpcroute_controller.go

@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ type GRPCRouteReconciler struct {
 	// If it is false, referencing backend in different namespace will be rejected.
 	EnableReferenceGrant bool
 	CacheSyncTimeout     time.Duration
+
+	// If GatewayNN is set,
+	// only resources managed by the specified Gateway are reconciled.
+	GatewayNN controllers.OptionalNamespacedName
 }
 
 // SetupWithManager sets up the controller with the Manager.
@@ -143,6 +147,14 @@ func (r *GRPCRouteReconciler) listGRPCRoutesForGatewayClass(ctx context.Context,
 	gateways := make(map[string]map[string]struct{})
 	for _, gateway := range gatewayList.Items {
 		if string(gateway.Spec.GatewayClassName) == gwc.Name {
+			// If the flag `--gateway-to-reconcile` is set, KIC will only reconcile the specified gateway.
+			// https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/issues/5322
+			if gatewayToReconcile, ok := r.GatewayNN.Get(); ok {
+				if gatewayToReconcile.Namespace != gateway.Namespace || gatewayToReconcile.Name != gateway.Name {
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+
 			_, ok := gateways[gateway.Namespace]
 			if !ok {
 				gateways[gateway.Namespace] = make(map[string]struct{})
@@ -217,6 +229,14 @@ func (r *GRPCRouteReconciler) listGRPCRoutesForGateway(ctx context.Context, obj
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	// If the flag `--gateway-to-reconcile` is set, KIC will only reconcile the specified gateway.
+	// https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/issues/5322
+	if gatewayToReconcile, ok := r.GatewayNN.Get(); ok {
+		if gatewayToReconcile.Namespace != gw.Namespace || gatewayToReconcile.Name != gw.Name {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
 	// map all GRPCRoute objects
 	grpcrouteList := gatewayapi.GRPCRouteList{}
 	if err := r.Client.List(ctx, &grpcrouteList); err != nil {
@@ -293,7 +313,7 @@ func (r *GRPCRouteReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (
 	// we need to pull the Gateway parent objects for the grpcroute to verify
 	// routing behavior and ensure compatibility with Gateway configurations.
 	debug(log, grpcroute, "Retrieving GatewayClass and Gateway for route")
-	gateways, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(ctx, log, r.Client, grpcroute)
+	gateways, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(ctx, log, r.Client, grpcroute, r.GatewayNN)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err.Error() == unsupportedGW {
 			debug(log, grpcroute, "Unsupported route found, processing to verify whether it was ever supported")

internal/controllers/gateway/httproute_controller.go

@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ type HTTPRouteReconciler struct {
 	// If it is false, referencing backend in different namespace will be rejected.
 	// It's resolved on SetupWithManager call.
 	enableReferenceGrant bool
+
+	// If GatewayNN is set,
+	// only resources managed by the specified Gateway are reconciled.
+	GatewayNN controllers.OptionalNamespacedName
 }
 
 // SetupWithManager sets up the controller with the Manager.
@@ -217,6 +221,14 @@ func (r *HTTPRouteReconciler) listHTTPRoutesForGatewayClass(ctx context.Context,
 	gateways := make(map[string]map[string]struct{})
 	for _, gateway := range gatewayList.Items {
 		if string(gateway.Spec.GatewayClassName) == gwc.Name {
+			// If the flag `--gateway-to-reconcile` is set, KIC will only reconcile the specified gateway.
+			// https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/issues/5322
+			if gatewayToReconcile, ok := r.GatewayNN.Get(); ok {
+				if gatewayToReconcile.Namespace != gateway.Namespace || gatewayToReconcile.Name != gateway.Name {
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+
 			_, ok := gateways[gateway.Namespace]
 			if !ok {
 				gateways[gateway.Namespace] = make(map[string]struct{})
@@ -291,6 +303,14 @@ func (r *HTTPRouteReconciler) listHTTPRoutesForGateway(ctx context.Context, obj
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	// If the flag `--gateway-to-reconcile` is set, KIC will only reconcile the specified gateway.
+	// https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/issues/5322
+	if gatewayToReconcile, ok := r.GatewayNN.Get(); ok {
+		if gatewayToReconcile.Namespace != gw.Namespace || gatewayToReconcile.Name != gw.Name {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
 	// map all HTTPRoute objects
 	httprouteList := gatewayapi.HTTPRouteList{}
 	if err := r.Client.List(ctx, &httprouteList); err != nil {
@@ -368,7 +388,7 @@ func (r *HTTPRouteReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (
 	// we need to pull the Gateway parent objects for the HTTPRoute to verify
 	// routing behavior and ensure compatibility with Gateway configurations.
 	debug(log, httproute, "Retrieving GatewayClass and Gateway for route")
-	gateways, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(ctx, log, r.Client, httproute)
+	gateways, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(ctx, log, r.Client, httproute, r.GatewayNN)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err.Error() == unsupportedGW {
 			debug(log, httproute, "Unsupported route found, processing to verify whether it was ever supported")

internal/controllers/gateway/route_utils.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	gatewayv1 "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1"
 
+	"github.com/kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/v3/internal/controllers"
 	"github.com/kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/v3/internal/gatewayapi"
 	"github.com/kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/v3/internal/util"
 )
@@ -125,7 +126,9 @@ func parentRefsForRoute[T gatewayapi.RouteT](route T) ([]gatewayapi.ParentRefere
 // Gateway APIs route object (e.g. HTTPRoute, TCPRoute, e.t.c.) from the provided cached
 // client if they match this controller. If there are no gateways present for this route
 // OR the present gateways are references to missing objects, this will return a unsupportedGW error.
-func getSupportedGatewayForRoute[T gatewayapi.RouteT](ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logger, mgrc client.Client, route T) ([]supportedGatewayWithCondition, error) {
+//
+// There is a parameter `specifiedGW` here, which is used to specific the gateway.
+func getSupportedGatewayForRoute[T gatewayapi.RouteT](ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logger, mgrc client.Client, route T, specifiedGW controllers.OptionalNamespacedName) ([]supportedGatewayWithCondition, error) {
 	// gather the parentrefs for this route object
 	parentRefs, err := parentRefsForRoute(route)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -145,6 +148,14 @@ func getSupportedGatewayForRoute[T gatewayapi.RouteT](ctx context.Context, logge
 		}
 		name := string(parentRef.Name)
 
+		// If the flag `--gateway-to-reconcile` is set, KIC will only reconcile the specified gateway.
+		// https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/issues/5322
+		if gatewayToReconcile, ok := specifiedGW.Get(); ok {
+			namespace = gatewayToReconcile.Namespace
+			name = gatewayToReconcile.Name
+
+		}
+
 		// pull the Gateway object from the cached client
 		gateway := gatewayapi.Gateway{}
 		if err := mgrc.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKey{

internal/controllers/gateway/route_utils_test.go

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	fakeclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/fake"
 	gatewayv1 "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1"
 
+	"github.com/kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/v3/internal/controllers"
 	"github.com/kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/v3/internal/gatewayapi"
 	"github.com/kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/v3/internal/util"
 	"github.com/kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/v3/internal/util/builder"
@@ -542,7 +543,7 @@ func TestGetSupportedGatewayForRoute(t *testing.T) {
 					WithObjects(tt.objects...).
 					Build()
 
-				got, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(context.Background(), logr.Discard(), fakeClient, tt.route)
+				got, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(context.Background(), logr.Discard(), fakeClient, tt.route, controllers.OptionalNamespacedName{})
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				require.Len(t, got, len(tt.expected))
 
@@ -813,7 +814,7 @@ func TestGetSupportedGatewayForRoute(t *testing.T) {
 					WithObjects(tt.objects...).
 					Build()
 
-				got, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(context.Background(), logr.Discard(), fakeClient, tt.route)
+				got, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(context.Background(), logr.Discard(), fakeClient, tt.route, controllers.OptionalNamespacedName{})
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				require.Len(t, got, 1)
 				match := got[0]
@@ -1048,7 +1049,7 @@ func TestGetSupportedGatewayForRoute(t *testing.T) {
 					WithObjects(tt.objects...).
 					Build()
 
-				got, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(context.Background(), logr.Discard(), fakeClient, tt.route)
+				got, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(context.Background(), logr.Discard(), fakeClient, tt.route, controllers.OptionalNamespacedName{})
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				require.Len(t, got, 1)
 				match := got[0]
@@ -1270,7 +1271,7 @@ func TestGetSupportedGatewayForRoute(t *testing.T) {
 					WithObjects(tt.objects...).
 					Build()
 
-				got, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(context.Background(), logr.Discard(), fakeClient, tt.route)
+				got, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(context.Background(), logr.Discard(), fakeClient, tt.route, controllers.OptionalNamespacedName{})
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				require.Len(t, got, len(tt.expected))
 
@@ -1300,7 +1301,7 @@ func TestGetSupportedGatewayForRoute(t *testing.T) {
 			WithScheme(scheme.Scheme).
 			Build()
 
-		_, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(context.Background(), logr.Discard(), fakeClient, bustedParentHTTPRoute)
+		_, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(context.Background(), logr.Discard(), fakeClient, bustedParentHTTPRoute, controllers.OptionalNamespacedName{})
 		require.Equal(t, fmt.Errorf("unsupported parent kind %s/%s", string(badGroup), string(badKind)), err)
 	})
 }

internal/controllers/gateway/tcproute_controller.go

@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ type TCPRouteReconciler struct {
 	DataplaneClient  controllers.DataPlane
 	CacheSyncTimeout time.Duration
 	StatusQueue      *status.Queue
+
+	// If GatewayNN is set,
+	// only resources managed by the specified Gateway are reconciled.
+	GatewayNN controllers.OptionalNamespacedName
 }
 
 // SetupWithManager sets up the controller with the Manager.
@@ -140,6 +144,14 @@ func (r *TCPRouteReconciler) listTCPRoutesForGatewayClass(ctx context.Context, o
 	gateways := make(map[string]map[string]struct{})
 	for _, gateway := range gatewayList.Items {
 		if string(gateway.Spec.GatewayClassName) == gwc.Name {
+			// If the flag `--gateway-to-reconcile` is set, KIC will only reconcile the specified gateway.
+			// https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/issues/5322
+			if gatewayToReconcile, ok := r.GatewayNN.Get(); ok {
+				if gatewayToReconcile.Namespace != gateway.Namespace || gatewayToReconcile.Name != gateway.Name {
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+
 			_, ok := gateways[gateway.Namespace]
 			if !ok {
 				gateways[gateway.Namespace] = make(map[string]struct{})
@@ -214,6 +226,14 @@ func (r *TCPRouteReconciler) listTCPRoutesForGateway(ctx context.Context, obj cl
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	// If the flag `--gateway-to-reconcile` is set, KIC will only reconcile the specified gateway.
+	// https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/issues/5322
+	if gatewayToReconcile, ok := r.GatewayNN.Get(); ok {
+		if gatewayToReconcile.Namespace != gw.Namespace || gatewayToReconcile.Name != gw.Name {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
 	// map all TCPRoute objects
 	tcprouteList := gatewayapi.TCPRouteList{}
 	if err := r.Client.List(ctx, &tcprouteList); err != nil {
@@ -290,7 +310,7 @@ func (r *TCPRouteReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (c
 	// we need to pull the Gateway parent objects for the TCPRoute to verify
 	// routing behavior and ensure compatibility with Gateway configurations.
 	debug(log, tcproute, "Retrieving GatewayClass and Gateway for route")
-	gateways, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(ctx, log, r.Client, tcproute)
+	gateways, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(ctx, log, r.Client, tcproute, r.GatewayNN)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err.Error() == unsupportedGW {
 			debug(log, tcproute, "Unsupported route found, processing to verify whether it was ever supported")

internal/controllers/gateway/tlsroute_controller.go

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ type TLSRouteReconciler struct {
 	DataplaneClient  controllers.DataPlane
 	CacheSyncTimeout time.Duration
 	StatusQueue      *status.Queue
+
+	// If GatewayNN is set,
+	// only resources managed by the specified Gateway are reconciled.
+	GatewayNN controllers.OptionalNamespacedName
 }
 
 // SetupWithManager sets up the controller with the Manager.
@@ -139,6 +143,14 @@ func (r *TLSRouteReconciler) listTLSRoutesForGatewayClass(ctx context.Context, o
 	gateways := make(map[string]map[string]struct{})
 	for _, gateway := range gatewayList.Items {
 		if string(gateway.Spec.GatewayClassName) == gwc.Name {
+			// If the flag `--gateway-to-reconcile` is set, KIC will only reconcile the specified gateway.
+			// https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/issues/5322
+			if gatewayToReconcile, ok := r.GatewayNN.Get(); ok {
+				if gatewayToReconcile.Namespace != gateway.Namespace || gatewayToReconcile.Name != gateway.Name {
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+
 			_, ok := gateways[gateway.Namespace]
 			if !ok {
 				gateways[gateway.Namespace] = make(map[string]struct{})
@@ -213,6 +225,14 @@ func (r *TLSRouteReconciler) listTLSRoutesForGateway(ctx context.Context, obj cl
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	// If the flag `--gateway-to-reconcile` is set, KIC will only reconcile the specified gateway.
+	// https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/issues/5322
+	if gatewayToReconcile, ok := r.GatewayNN.Get(); ok {
+		if gatewayToReconcile.Namespace != gw.Namespace || gatewayToReconcile.Name != gw.Name {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
 	// map all TLSRoute objects
 	tlsrouteList := gatewayapi.TLSRouteList{}
 	if err := r.Client.List(ctx, &tlsrouteList); err != nil {
@@ -289,7 +309,7 @@ func (r *TLSRouteReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (c
 	// we need to pull the Gateway parent objects for the TLSRoute to verify
 	// routing behavior and ensure compatibility with Gateway configurations.
 	debug(log, tlsroute, "Retrieving GatewayClass and Gateway for route")
-	gateways, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(ctx, log, r.Client, tlsroute)
+	gateways, err := getSupportedGatewayForRoute(ctx, log, r.Client, tlsroute, r.GatewayNN)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err.Error() == unsupportedGW {
 			debug(log, tlsroute, "Unsupported route found, processing to verify whether it was ever supported")