linkerd / linkerd/linkerd2

Controller auto-update

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Description

In order to closely track a release train (especially edge), it would be nice to have an auto-update operator that is responsible for watching the version-check api and replacing linkerd controller pods (possibly after some user ack).

Furthermore, this may motivate changing the `inject` flow to make the controller process the YAML. With auto-inject, and the general desire to have cluster-wide policy, like skip-port whitelists, profile domain policy, etc. This would also reduce the logic related to auto-inject.

It would ideally also update itself in a way that allowed it to ensure the new updater is healthy before closing gracefully (i.e., not bluntly overwriting its own kubernetes resource).

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start by tracing the version-check API, controller pods, and the inject flow described in the issue. Define the updater's responsibilities, acknowledgment behavior, policy handling, and graceful handoff, with completion requiring a healthy replacement updater before the old one exits.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
go, kubernetes
Domain
devops, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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