[target-allocator] Add a pre-hook to the allocator to filter out dropped targets

apis/v1alpha1/opentelemetrycollector_types.go

@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ type OpenTelemetryTargetAllocator struct {
 	// The current options are least-weighted and consistent-hashing. The default option is least-weighted
 	// +optional
 	AllocationStrategy string `json:"allocationStrategy,omitempty"`
+	// FilterStrategy determines how to filter targets before allocating them among the collectors.
+	// The only current option is relabel-config (drops targets based on prom relabel_config).
+	// Filtering is disabled by default.
+	// +optional
+	FilterStrategy string `json:"filterStrategy,omitempty"`
 	// ServiceAccount indicates the name of an existing service account to use with this instance.
 	// +optional
 	ServiceAccount string `json:"serviceAccount,omitempty"`

bundle/manifests/opentelemetry.io_opentelemetrycollectors.yaml

@@ -1701,6 +1701,12 @@ spec:
                     description: Enabled indicates whether to use a target allocation
                       mechanism for Prometheus targets or not.
                     type: boolean
+                  filterStrategy:
+                    description: FilterStrategy determines how to filter targets before
+                      allocating them among the collectors. The only current option
+                      is relabel-config (drops targets based on prom relabel_config).
+                      Filtering is disabled by default.
+                    type: string
                   image:
                     description: Image indicates the container image to use for the
                       OpenTelemetry TargetAllocator.

cmd/otel-allocator/allocation/consistent_hashing.go

@@ -49,22 +49,34 @@ type consistentHashingAllocator struct {
 	targetItems map[string]*target.Item
 
 	log logr.Logger
+
+	filter Filter
 }
 
-func newConsistentHashingAllocator(log logr.Logger) Allocator {
+func newConsistentHashingAllocator(log logr.Logger, opts ...AllocationOption) Allocator {
 	config := consistent.Config{
 		PartitionCount:    1061,
 		ReplicationFactor: 5,
 		Load:              1.1,
 		Hasher:            hasher{},
 	}
 	consistentHasher := consistent.New(nil, config)
-	return &consistentHashingAllocator{
+	chAllocator := &consistentHashingAllocator{
 		consistentHasher: consistentHasher,
 		collectors:       make(map[string]*Collector),
 		targetItems:      make(map[string]*target.Item),
 		log:              log,
 	}
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(chAllocator)
+	}
+
+	return chAllocator
+}
+
+// SetFilter sets the filtering hook to use.
+func (c *consistentHashingAllocator) SetFilter(filter Filter) {
+	c.filter = filter
 }
 
 // addTargetToTargetItems assigns a target to the collector based on its hash and adds it to the allocator's targetItems
@@ -140,6 +152,11 @@ func (c *consistentHashingAllocator) SetTargets(targets map[string]*target.Item)
 	timer := prometheus.NewTimer(TimeToAssign.WithLabelValues("SetTargets", consistentHashingStrategyName))
 	defer timer.ObserveDuration()
 
+	if c.filter != nil {
+		targets = c.filter.Apply(targets)
+	}
+	RecordTargetsKeptPerJob(targets)
+
 	c.m.Lock()
 	defer c.m.Unlock()
 

cmd/otel-allocator/allocation/least_weighted.go

@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ type leastWeightedAllocator struct {
 	targetItems map[string]*target.Item
 
 	log logr.Logger
+
+	filter Filter
+}
+
+// SetFilter sets the filtering hook to use.
+func (allocator *leastWeightedAllocator) SetFilter(filter Filter) {
+	allocator.filter = filter
 }
 
 // TargetItems returns a shallow copy of the targetItems map.
@@ -157,6 +164,11 @@ func (allocator *leastWeightedAllocator) SetTargets(targets map[string]*target.I
 	timer := prometheus.NewTimer(TimeToAssign.WithLabelValues("SetTargets", leastWeightedStrategyName))
 	defer timer.ObserveDuration()
 
+	if allocator.filter != nil {
+		targets = allocator.filter.Apply(targets)
+	}
+	RecordTargetsKeptPerJob(targets)
+
 	allocator.m.Lock()
 	defer allocator.m.Unlock()
 
@@ -195,10 +207,16 @@ func (allocator *leastWeightedAllocator) SetCollectors(collectors map[string]*Co
 	}
 }
 
-func newLeastWeightedAllocator(log logr.Logger) Allocator {
-	return &leastWeightedAllocator{
+func newLeastWeightedAllocator(log logr.Logger, opts ...AllocationOption) Allocator {
+	lwAllocator := &leastWeightedAllocator{
 		log:         log,
 		collectors:  make(map[string]*Collector),
 		targetItems: make(map[string]*target.Item),
 	}
+
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(lwAllocator)
+	}
+
+	return lwAllocator
 }

cmd/otel-allocator/allocation/strategy.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/cmd/otel-allocator/target"
 )
 
-type AllocatorProvider func(log logr.Logger) Allocator
+type AllocatorProvider func(log logr.Logger, opts ...AllocationOption) Allocator
 
 var (
 	registry = map[string]AllocatorProvider{}
@@ -45,11 +45,41 @@ var (
 		Name: "opentelemetry_allocator_time_to_allocate",
 		Help: "The time it takes to allocate",
 	}, []string{"method", "strategy"})
+	targetsKeptPerJob = promauto.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+		Name: "opentelemetry_allocator_targets_kept",
+		Help: "Number of targets kept after filtering.",
+	}, []string{"job_name"})
 )
 
-func New(name string, log logr.Logger) (Allocator, error) {
+type AllocationOption func(Allocator)
+
+type Filter interface {
+	Apply(map[string]*target.Item) map[string]*target.Item
+}
+
+func WithFilter(filter Filter) AllocationOption {
+	return func(allocator Allocator) {
+		allocator.SetFilter(filter)
+	}
+}
+
+func RecordTargetsKeptPerJob(targets map[string]*target.Item) map[string]float64 {
+	targetsPerJob := make(map[string]float64)
+
+	for _, tItem := range targets {
+		targetsPerJob[tItem.JobName] += 1
+	}
+
+	for jName, numTargets := range targetsPerJob {
+		targetsKeptPerJob.WithLabelValues(jName).Set(numTargets)
+	}
+
+	return targetsPerJob
+}
+
+func New(name string, log logr.Logger, opts ...AllocationOption) (Allocator, error) {
 	if p, ok := registry[name]; ok {
-		return p(log), nil
+		return p(log, opts...), nil
 	}
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unregistered strategy: %s", name)
 }
@@ -67,6 +97,7 @@ type Allocator interface {
 	SetTargets(targets map[string]*target.Item)
 	TargetItems() map[string]*target.Item
 	Collectors() map[string]*Collector
+	SetFilter(filter Filter)
 }
 
 var _ consistent.Member = Collector{}

cmd/otel-allocator/config/config.go

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	LabelSelector      map[string]string  `yaml:"label_selector,omitempty"`
 	Config             *promconfig.Config `yaml:"config"`
 	AllocationStrategy *string            `yaml:"allocation_strategy,omitempty"`
+	FilterStrategy     *string            `yaml:"filter_strategy,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (c Config) GetAllocationStrategy() string {
@@ -51,6 +52,13 @@ func (c Config) GetAllocationStrategy() string {
 	return "least-weighted"
 }
 
+func (c Config) GetTargetsFilterStrategy() string {
+	if c.FilterStrategy != nil {
+		return *c.FilterStrategy
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 type PrometheusCRWatcherConfig struct {
 	Enabled *bool
 }

cmd/otel-allocator/discovery/discovery.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/config"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/discovery"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/relabel"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/cmd/otel-allocator/target"
 	allocatorWatcher "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/cmd/otel-allocator/watcher"
@@ -42,9 +43,14 @@ type Manager struct {
 	logger     log.Logger
 	close      chan struct{}
 	configsMap map[allocatorWatcher.EventSource]*config.Config
+	hook       discoveryHook
 }
 
-func NewManager(log logr.Logger, ctx context.Context, logger log.Logger, options ...func(*discovery.Manager)) *Manager {
+type discoveryHook interface {
+	SetConfig(map[string][]*relabel.Config)
+}
+
+func NewManager(log logr.Logger, ctx context.Context, logger log.Logger, hook discoveryHook, options ...func(*discovery.Manager)) *Manager {
 	manager := discovery.NewManager(ctx, logger, options...)
 
 	go func() {
@@ -58,6 +64,7 @@ func NewManager(log logr.Logger, ctx context.Context, logger log.Logger, options
 		logger:     logger,
 		close:      make(chan struct{}),
 		configsMap: make(map[allocatorWatcher.EventSource]*config.Config),
+		hook:       hook,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -75,12 +82,18 @@ func (m *Manager) ApplyConfig(source allocatorWatcher.EventSource, cfg *config.C
 	m.configsMap[source] = cfg
 
 	discoveryCfg := make(map[string]discovery.Configs)
+	relabelCfg := make(map[string][]*relabel.Config)
 
 	for _, value := range m.configsMap {
 		for _, scrapeConfig := range value.ScrapeConfigs {
 			discoveryCfg[scrapeConfig.JobName] = scrapeConfig.ServiceDiscoveryConfigs
+			relabelCfg[scrapeConfig.JobName] = scrapeConfig.RelabelConfigs
 		}
 	}
+
+	if m.hook != nil {
+		m.hook.SetConfig(relabelCfg)
+	}
 	return m.manager.ApplyConfig(discoveryCfg)
 }
 

cmd/otel-allocator/discovery/discovery_test.go

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 		fmt.Printf("failed to load config file: %v", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	manager = NewManager(ctrl.Log.WithName("test"), context.Background(), gokitlog.NewNopLogger())
+	manager = NewManager(ctrl.Log.WithName("test"), context.Background(), gokitlog.NewNopLogger(), nil)
 
 	results = make(chan []string)
 	manager.Watch(func(targets map[string]*target.Item) {

cmd/otel-allocator/main.go

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/cmd/otel-allocator/collector"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/cmd/otel-allocator/config"
 	lbdiscovery "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/cmd/otel-allocator/discovery"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/cmd/otel-allocator/prehook"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/cmd/otel-allocator/target"
 	allocatorWatcher "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/cmd/otel-allocator/watcher"
 )
@@ -72,11 +73,16 @@ func main() {
 
 	log := ctrl.Log.WithName("allocator")
 
-	allocator, err := allocation.New(cfg.GetAllocationStrategy(), log)
+	// allocatorPrehook will be nil if filterStrategy is not set or
+	// unrecognized. No filtering will be used in this case.
+	allocatorPrehook := prehook.New(cfg.GetTargetsFilterStrategy(), log)
+
+	allocator, err := allocation.New(cfg.GetAllocationStrategy(), log, allocation.WithFilter(allocatorPrehook))
 	if err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "Unable to initialize allocation strategy")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
+
 	watcher, err := allocatorWatcher.NewWatcher(setupLog, cliConf, allocator)
 	if err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "Can't start the watchers")
@@ -90,8 +96,9 @@ func main() {
 	}()
 
 	// creates a new discovery manager
-	discoveryManager := lbdiscovery.NewManager(log, ctx, gokitlog.NewNopLogger())
+	discoveryManager := lbdiscovery.NewManager(log, ctx, gokitlog.NewNopLogger(), allocatorPrehook)
 	defer discoveryManager.Close()
+
 	discoveryManager.Watch(allocator.SetTargets)
 
 	k8sclient, err := configureFileDiscovery(log, allocator, discoveryManager, context.Background(), cliConf)

cmd/otel-allocator/prehook/prehook.go

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package prehook
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/relabel"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/cmd/otel-allocator/target"
+)
+
+const (
+	relabelConfigTargetFilterName = "relabel-config"
+)
+
+type Hook interface {
+	Apply(map[string]*target.Item) map[string]*target.Item
+	SetConfig(map[string][]*relabel.Config)
+	GetConfig() map[string][]*relabel.Config
+}
+
+type HookProvider func(log logr.Logger) Hook
+
+var (
+	registry = map[string]HookProvider{}
+)
+
+func New(name string, log logr.Logger) Hook {
+	if p, ok := registry[name]; ok {
+		return p(log.WithName("Prehook").WithName(name))
+	}
+
+	log.Info("Unrecognized filter strategy; filtering disabled")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func Register(name string, provider HookProvider) error {
+	if _, ok := registry[name]; ok {
+		return errors.New("already registered")
+	}
+	registry[name] = provider
+	return nil
+}