Remove all CPU limits cluster-wide to eliminate CFS throttling

CPU limits cause CFS throttling even when nodes have idle capacity.
Move to a request-only CPU model: keep CPU requests for scheduling
fairness but remove all CPU limits. Memory limits stay (incompressible).

Changes across 108 files:
- Kyverno LimitRange policy: remove cpu from default/max in all 6 tiers
- Kyverno ResourceQuota policy: remove limits.cpu from all 5 tiers
- Custom ResourceQuotas: remove limits.cpu from 8 namespace quotas
- Custom LimitRanges: remove cpu from default/max (nextcloud, onlyoffice)
- RBAC module: remove cpu_limits variable and quota reference
- Freedify factory: remove cpu_limit variable and limits reference
- 86 deployment files: remove cpu from all limits blocks
- 6 Helm values files: remove cpu under limits sections
This commit is contained in:
Viktor Barzin 2026-03-14 08:51:45 +00:00
parent 120f83ce93
commit b00f810d3d
108 changed files with 609 additions and 435 deletions

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@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "generate_limitrange_by_tier" {
{
type = "Container"
default = {
cpu = "500m"
memory = "512Mi"
}
defaultRequest = {
@ -138,7 +137,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "generate_limitrange_by_tier" {
memory = "256Mi"
}
max = {
cpu = "4"
memory = "8Gi"
}
}
@ -189,7 +187,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "generate_limitrange_by_tier" {
{
type = "Container"
default = {
cpu = "500m"
memory = "512Mi"
}
defaultRequest = {
@ -197,7 +194,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "generate_limitrange_by_tier" {
memory = "256Mi"
}
max = {
cpu = "2"
memory = "4Gi"
}
}
@ -248,7 +244,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "generate_limitrange_by_tier" {
{
type = "Container"
default = {
cpu = "1"
memory = "2Gi"
}
defaultRequest = {
@ -256,7 +251,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "generate_limitrange_by_tier" {
memory = "1Gi"
}
max = {
cpu = "8"
memory = "16Gi"
}
}
@ -307,7 +301,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "generate_limitrange_by_tier" {
{
type = "Container"
default = {
cpu = "250m"
memory = "256Mi"
}
defaultRequest = {
@ -315,7 +308,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "generate_limitrange_by_tier" {
memory = "128Mi"
}
max = {
cpu = "2"
memory = "4Gi"
}
}
@ -366,7 +358,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "generate_limitrange_by_tier" {
{
type = "Container"
default = {
cpu = "250m"
memory = "256Mi"
}
defaultRequest = {
@ -374,7 +365,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "generate_limitrange_by_tier" {
memory = "128Mi"
}
max = {
cpu = "2"
memory = "4Gi"
}
}
@ -428,7 +418,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "generate_limitrange_by_tier" {
{
type = "Container"
default = {
cpu = "250m"
memory = "256Mi"
}
defaultRequest = {
@ -436,7 +425,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "generate_limitrange_by_tier" {
memory = "128Mi"
}
max = {
cpu = "1"
memory = "2Gi"
}
}
@ -517,7 +505,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "generate_resourcequota_by_tier" {
hard = {
"requests.cpu" = "8"
"requests.memory" = "8Gi"
"limits.cpu" = "32"
"limits.memory" = "64Gi"
pods = "100"
}
@ -566,7 +553,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "generate_resourcequota_by_tier" {
hard = {
"requests.cpu" = "4"
"requests.memory" = "4Gi"
"limits.cpu" = "16"
"limits.memory" = "32Gi"
pods = "30"
}
@ -615,7 +601,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "generate_resourcequota_by_tier" {
hard = {
"requests.cpu" = "8"
"requests.memory" = "8Gi"
"limits.cpu" = "16"
"limits.memory" = "32Gi"
pods = "40"
}
@ -664,7 +649,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "generate_resourcequota_by_tier" {
hard = {
"requests.cpu" = "4"
"requests.memory" = "4Gi"
"limits.cpu" = "16"
"limits.memory" = "32Gi"
pods = "30"
}
@ -713,7 +697,6 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "generate_resourcequota_by_tier" {
hard = {
"requests.cpu" = "2"
"requests.memory" = "2Gi"
"limits.cpu" = "8"
"limits.memory" = "16Gi"
pods = "20"
}
@ -920,3 +903,91 @@ resource "kubernetes_manifest" "mutate_ndots" {
}
}
}
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Layer 5: GPU Node Toleration for Critical Services (Kyverno Mutate)
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Adds nvidia.com/gpu toleration to pods in tier-0 and tier-1 namespaces.
# This allows critical infrastructure to overflow onto the GPU node (k8s-node1)
# during N-1 scenarios, giving the scheduler ~14 GiB extra capacity.
# GPU workloads won't be preempted this just makes the node eligible.
resource "kubernetes_manifest" "mutate_gpu_toleration_critical" {
manifest = {
apiVersion = "kyverno.io/v1"
kind = "ClusterPolicy"
metadata = {
name = "gpu-toleration-critical-tiers"
annotations = {
"policies.kyverno.io/title" = "GPU Toleration for Critical Tiers"
"policies.kyverno.io/description" = "Adds nvidia.com/gpu toleration to pods in tier-0-core and tier-1-cluster namespaces so they can overflow onto the GPU node during N-1 failures."
}
}
spec = {
rules = [
{
name = "add-gpu-toleration-tier-0"
match = {
any = [
{
resources = {
kinds = ["Pod"]
operations = ["CREATE"]
namespaceSelector = {
matchLabels = {
tier = "0-core"
}
}
}
}
]
}
mutate = {
patchStrategicMerge = {
spec = {
tolerations = [
{
key = "nvidia.com/gpu"
operator = "Exists"
effect = "NoSchedule"
}
]
}
}
}
},
{
name = "add-gpu-toleration-tier-1"
match = {
any = [
{
resources = {
kinds = ["Pod"]
operations = ["CREATE"]
namespaceSelector = {
matchLabels = {
tier = "1-cluster"
}
}
}
}
]
}
mutate = {
patchStrategicMerge = {
spec = {
tolerations = [
{
key = "nvidia.com/gpu"
operator = "Exists"
effect = "NoSchedule"
}
]
}
}
}
},
]
}
}
}