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Service Plan Defaults

Service Plan Defaults is a new feature in Service Catalog that gives operators the ability to configure default provision parameters on classes and plans. When a new instance of that class or plan is created, the default provision parameters defined are merged with parameters defined on the instance before it is provisioned.

For example, the operator could define a default set of IP addresses allowed to connect to databases, or require TLS by default.

The precedence order for parameters is: class defaults < plan defaults < instance parameters.

Enable Service Plan Defaults

Service Plan Defaults is an alpha-feature of Service Catalog that is off by default. To enable this feature, you will need to pass an argument to the Webhook Server when you install Service Catalog: --feature-gates ServicePlanDefaults=true.

If you are using Helm, you can use the servicePlanDefaultsEnabled setting to control that flag:

helm install svc-cat/catalog --name catalog --set servicePlanDefaultsEnabled=true

Define Default Provision Parameters

Copy an existing class or plan and then define defaultProvisionParameters. Directly modifying the original resource managed by the service broker is not recommended because your changes may be lost the next time the catalog syncs.

Create and modify a copy of an existing plan

1. Using an existing plan as a template, save its definition to a yaml file.

    kubectl get clusterserviceplan -o yaml PLAN > custom-plan.yaml
   

2. Edit the yaml file and remove the ownerReferences node from the metadata. This indicates to Service Catalog that it is a user-managed plan.
3. Change the name and externalName of the plan to a unique value.

4. Add a defaultProvisionParameters node to the spec and define the default parameters:

    apiVersion: servicecatalog.k8s.io/v1beta1
    kind: ClusterServicePlan
    metadata:
      name: custom-mysql
    spec:
      clusterServiceBrokerName: helmbroker
      externalID: mysql-5-7-14
      externalName: custom-mysql
      defaultProvisionParameters:
        port: 5000
   

5. Save the yaml file and apply it using kubectl:

    kubectl apply -f custom-plan.yaml
   

Create and modify a copy of an existing class

1. Create a copy of an existing class and give it a new name:

    svcat create class custom-mysql --from mysql --scope cluster
   

2. Use kubectl to modify the spec of the new class:

   kubectl edit clusterserviceclass custom-mysql
   

3. Add a defaultProvisionParameters node to the spec and define the default parameters:

    apiVersion: servicecatalog.k8s.io/v1beta1
    kind: ClusterServiceClass
    metadata:
      name: custom-mysql
    spec:
      clusterServiceBrokerName: helmbroker
      externalID: mysql-5-7-14
      externalName: custom-mysql
      defaultProvisionParameters:
        port: 5000
   

4. Save the class after editing it.
5. Create and modify a copy of an existing plan.

6. Use kubectl to edit the new plan and modify the class reference (clusterServiceClassRef or serviceClassRef) to use the name of the new class.

    kubectl edit clusterserviceplan tiny-plan
   

    kind: ClusterServicePlan
    metadata:
      name: tiny-plan
    spec:
      clusterServiceBrokerName: helmbroker
      clusterServiceClassRef:
        name: custom-mysql
      externalID: mysql-5-7-14
      externalName: tiny-plan
   

7. Run svcat get plans --class custom-mysql and verify that the new custom plan is properly associated with the new class.

    $ svcat get plans --class custom-mysql
         NAME      NAMESPACE      CLASS                   DESCRIPTION
    +------------+-----------+--------------+-------------------------------------+
      tiny-plan                custom-mysql   Fast, reliable, scalable, and
                                              easy to use open-source relational
                                              database system.
   

Provision a service instance with default parameters

Once you have a class or plan with default provision parameters set, provision an instance:

$ svcat provision mydb --class mysql --plan custom-mysql
  Name:        mydb
  Namespace:   default
  Status:
  Class:       mysql
  Plan:        custom-mysql

Parameters:
  No parameters defined

$ svcat describe instance mydb
  Name:        mydb
  Namespace:   default
  Status:      Ready - The instance was provisioned successfully @ 2018-09-11 20:26:58 +0000 UTC
  Class:       mysql
  Plan:        custom-mysql

Parameters:
  port: 5000

Note that the service instance initially did not have any parameters defined, but after it was provisioned it has the parameters defined on the custom service plan that we created above.