Handle the case when listing namespaces is forbidden (#42)

* Handle the case when listing namespaces is forbidden

Ignore a forbidden error as that means we can connect to the api server
Do not try to watch at cluster level when we only need one namespace

Fixes #12

* Use the namespace if set for deployments, daemonsets,...

* If we can't get the namespace then revert to watch all

to keep existing behavior
if the namespace does not exist we watch namespaces to wait for it

cmd/kail/main.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/boz/kcache/nsname"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	kingpin "gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2"
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
@@ -194,7 +195,9 @@ func createKubeClient() (kubernetes.Interface, *rest.Config) {
 	kingpin.FatalIfError(err, "Error building kubernetes config")
 
 	_, err = cs.CoreV1().Namespaces().List(metav1.ListOptions{})
-	kingpin.FatalIfError(err, "Can't connnect to kubernetes")
+	if err != nil && !apierrors.IsForbidden(err) {
+		kingpin.FatalIfError(err, "Can't connnect to kubernetes")
+	}
 
 	return cs, rc
 }

ds_builder.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/boz/kcache/types/replicaset"
 	"github.com/boz/kcache/types/replicationcontroller"
 	"github.com/boz/kcache/types/service"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 )
@@ -125,7 +126,19 @@ func (b *dsBuilder) Create(ctx context.Context, cs kubernetes.Interface) (DS, er
 
 	log = log.WithComponent("kail.ds.builder")
 
-	base, err := pod.NewController(ctx, log, cs, "")
+	namespace := ""
+	// if we only ask for one namespace do not try to get resources at cluster level
+	// we may not have permissions
+	// but if the namespace does not exist (or any other problem) we watch namespaces to wait for it
+	if len(b.namespaces) == 1 {
+		namespace = b.namespaces[0]
+		_, err := cs.CoreV1().Namespaces().Get(namespace, metav1.GetOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warnf("could not tail the namespace %s: %v", namespace, err)
+			namespace = ""
+		}
+	}
+	base, err := pod.NewController(ctx, log, cs, namespace)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, log.Err(err, "base pod controller")
 	}
@@ -209,7 +222,7 @@ func (b *dsBuilder) Create(ctx context.Context, cs kubernetes.Interface) (DS, er
 	}
 
 	if len(b.services) != 0 {
-		ds.servicesBase, err = service.NewController(ctx, log, cs, "")
+		ds.servicesBase, err = service.NewController(ctx, log, cs, namespace)
 		if err != nil {
 			ds.closeAll()
 			return nil, log.Err(err, "service base controller")
@@ -229,7 +242,7 @@ func (b *dsBuilder) Create(ctx context.Context, cs kubernetes.Interface) (DS, er
 	}
 
 	if len(b.rcs) != 0 {
-		ds.rcsBase, err = replicationcontroller.NewController(ctx, log, cs, "")
+		ds.rcsBase, err = replicationcontroller.NewController(ctx, log, cs, namespace)
 		if err != nil {
 			ds.closeAll()
 			return nil, log.Err(err, "rc base controller")
@@ -249,7 +262,7 @@ func (b *dsBuilder) Create(ctx context.Context, cs kubernetes.Interface) (DS, er
 	}
 
 	if len(b.rss) != 0 {
-		ds.rssBase, err = replicaset.NewController(ctx, log, cs, "")
+		ds.rssBase, err = replicaset.NewController(ctx, log, cs, namespace)
 		if err != nil {
 			ds.closeAll()
 			return nil, log.Err(err, "rs base controller")
@@ -269,7 +282,7 @@ func (b *dsBuilder) Create(ctx context.Context, cs kubernetes.Interface) (DS, er
 	}
 
 	if len(b.dss) != 0 {
-		ds.dssBase, err = daemonset.NewController(ctx, log, cs, "")
+		ds.dssBase, err = daemonset.NewController(ctx, log, cs, namespace)
 		if err != nil {
 			ds.closeAll()
 			return nil, log.Err(err, "ds base controller")
@@ -289,7 +302,7 @@ func (b *dsBuilder) Create(ctx context.Context, cs kubernetes.Interface) (DS, er
 	}
 
 	if len(b.deployments) != 0 {
-		ds.deploymentsBase, err = deployment.NewController(ctx, log, cs, "")
+		ds.deploymentsBase, err = deployment.NewController(ctx, log, cs, namespace)
 		if err != nil {
 			ds.closeAll()
 			return nil, log.Err(err, "deployment base controller")
@@ -309,14 +322,14 @@ func (b *dsBuilder) Create(ctx context.Context, cs kubernetes.Interface) (DS, er
 	}
 
 	if len(b.ingresses) != 0 {
-		ds.ingressesBase, err = ingress.NewController(ctx, log, cs, "")
+		ds.ingressesBase, err = ingress.NewController(ctx, log, cs, namespace)
 		if err != nil {
 			ds.closeAll()
 			return nil, log.Err(err, "ingress base controller")
 		}
 
 		if ds.servicesBase == nil {
-			ds.servicesBase, err = service.NewController(ctx, log, cs, "")
+			ds.servicesBase, err = service.NewController(ctx, log, cs, namespace)
 			if err != nil {
 				ds.closeAll()
 				return nil, log.Err(err, "service base controller")