Configuring Add-on Resource Requests and Limits

PMK allows the users to set the request and limits of an add-on. This guide walks through the steps involved in setting these resources, as well as, describes the available resource fields per add-on.

How to use this feature

On the workload cluster, list the add-ons to ensure that the add-on you are looking to modify is available.
Pick the add-on you wish to add resource specifications to. In this example, we will use metalLB. Edit the metalLB add-on object, and add the following fields to it under the override.params section:
Save and exit.

YAML
    
 
kubectl get addons -n pf9-addonsNAME                                                        AGE700213ef-3a4b-4777-8d42-ca4017494b52-coredns                20d700213ef-3a4b-4777-8d42-ca4017494b52-kubernetes-dashboard   20d700213ef-3a4b-4777-8d42-ca4017494b52-metallb                20d700213ef-3a4b-4777-8d42-ca4017494b52-metrics-server         20d700213ef-3a4b-4777-8d42-ca4017494b52-monitoring             20d
Copy

YAML
    
 
apiVersion: agent.pf9.io/v1kind: Addonmetadata:  creationTimestamp: "2024-04-15T20:46:04Z"  finalizers:  - addons.pf9.io  generation: 2  name: 700213ef-3a4b-4777-8d42-ca4017494b52-metallb  namespace: pf9-addons  resourceVersion: "2657929"  uid: 5aa4a33f-1869-4ae2-a606-c04143272988spec:  clusterID: 700213ef-3a4b-4777-8d42-ca4017494b52  override:    params:    - name: MetallbIpRange      value: 192.168.78.79-192.168.78.99    - name: controllerCPULimit      #<----------      value: 534m                   #<----------    - name: controllerMemoryLimit   #<----------      value: 525Mi                  #<----------    - name: speakerCPULimit         #<----------      value: 546m                   #<----------    - name: speakerMemoryLimit      #<----------      value: 533Mi                  #<----------    - name: controllerCPURequest    #<----------      value: 34m                    #<----------    - name: controllerMemoryRequest #<----------       value: 25Mi                   #<----------    - name: speakerCPURequest       #<----------      value: 46m                    #<----------    - name: speakerMemoryRequest    #<----------      value: 33Mi                   #<----------    - name: localOverride           #<----------      value: "true"                 #<----------  type: metallb  version: 0.13.11  watch: truestatus:  healthy: true  observedGeneration: 2  phase: Installed
Copy

It is important to set the localOverride field in the addon object. Without this set, the default behavior of sunpike being the source of truth will continue.

If there is a key in the override list that the addon operator does not recognize, it will simply ignore it.

Once these fields are set, you will see the values showing up on the actual addon objects.

YAML
    
 
kubectl get ds -n metallb-system speaker -o yaml | yq .spec.template.spec.containers[0].resourceslimits:  cpu: 546m  memory: 533Mirequests:  cpu: 46m  memory: 33Mikubectl get deploy -n metallb-system controller -o yaml | yq .spec.template.spec.containers[0].resourceslimits:  cpu: 534m  memory: 525Mirequests:  cpu: 34m  memory: 25Mi
Copy

Reference

The list of supported resource field names per addon is as follows:

Cluster Autoscaler (AWS)

YAML
    
 
limit:        cpuLimit | default "200m"        memoryLimit | default "600Mi"requests:          cpuRequest | default "100m"          memoryRequest | default "300Mi"
Copy

CoreDNS

YAML
    
 
limits:        dnsCPULimit | default "1"        dnsMemoryLimit (this is a required field; left as is to maintain backward compatibility)        dnsAutoscalerCPULimit | default "200m"        dnsAutoscalerMemoryLimit | default "600Mi"requests:          dnsCPURequest | default "100m"          dnsMemoryRequest | default "70Mi"          dnsAutoscalerCPURequest | default "20m"          dnsAutoscalerMemoryRequest | default "10Mi"
Copy

Kubernetes Dashboard

YAML
    
 
limits:        metricsScraperCPULimit | default "100m"        metricsScraperMemoryLimit | default "300Mi"        dashboardCPULimit | default "2000m"        dashboardMemoryLimit | default "2Gi"requests:        metricsScraperCPURequest | default "10m"        metricsScraperMemoryRequest | default "50Mi"        dashboardCPURequest | default "200m"        dashboardMemoryRequest | default "100Mi"
Copy

Kubevirt

YAML
    
 
limits:        CDIOperatorCPULimit | default "100m"        CDIOperatorMemoryLimit | default "300Mi"        virtOperatorCPULimit | default "100m"        virtOperatorMemoryLimit | default "1Gi"        vncCPULimit | default "500m"        vncMemoryLimit | default "500Mi"requests:            CDIOperatorCPURequest | default "10m"            CDIOperatorMemoryRequest | default "150Mi"            virtOperatorCPURequest | default "10m"            virtOperatorMemoryRequest | default "450Mi"            vncCPURequest | default "10m"            vncMemoryRequest | default "10Mi"
Copy

Luigi (Advanced Networking Operator)

YAML
    
 
limits:        luigiCPULimit | default "100m"        luigiMemoryLimit | default "128Mi"requests:          luigiCPURequest | default "50m"          luigiMemoryRequest | default "64Mi"
Copy

MetalLB

YAML
    
 
limits:        controllerCPULimit | default "500m"        controllerMemoryLimit | default "500Mi"        speakerCPULimit | default "500m"        speakerMemoryLimit | default "500Mi"requests:          controllerCPURequest | default "100m"          controllerMemoryRequest | default "100Mi"          speakerCPURequest | default "100m"          speakerMemoryRequest | default "100Mi"
Copy

Metrics Server

YAML
    
 
limits:        metricsCpuLimit | default "100m"        metricsMemoryLimit | default "300Mi"requests:          metricsCpuRequest | default "5m"          metricsMemoryRequest | default "50Mi"
Copy

Monitoring

YAML
    
 
limits:        grafanaCPULimit | default "1000m"        grafanaMemoryLimit | default "512Mi"        ksmCPULimit | default "300m"        ksmMemoryLimit | default "300Mi"        monhelperCPULimit | default "200m"        monhelperMemoryLimit | default "100Mi        nodeExporterCPULimit | default "250m"        nodeExporterMemoryLimit | default "180Mi"        prometheusOperatorCPULimit | default "200m"        prometheusOperatorMemoryLimit | default "200Mi"requests:          grafanaCPURequest | default "100m"          grafanaMemoryRequest | default "256Mi"          ksmCPURequest | default "100m"          ksmMemoryRequest | default "150Mi"          monhelperCPURequest | default "25m"          monhelperMemoryRequest | default "25Mi"          nodeExporterCPURequest | default "100m"          nodeExporterMemoryRequest | default "100Mi"          prometheusOperatorCPURequest | default "100m"          prometheusOperatorMemoryRequest | default "100Mi"
Copy

Last updated on Jan 23, 2026

Was this page helpful?