Add option to preload workspace image via DaemonSet

charts/codefreak/Chart.yaml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.1.1
+version: 0.2.0
 
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to

charts/codefreak/templates/preload-daemonset.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{{- if .Values.workspaces.imagePreloading.enabled -}}
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "codefreak.fullname" . }}-image-preload
+  labels:
+    {{- include "codefreak.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      {{- include "codefreak.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        {{- include "codefreak.selectorLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
+    spec:
+      initContainers:
+      - name: preload-container
+        image: {{ .Values.workspaces.companionImage }}
+        command:
+        - "/usr/bin/true"
+      containers:
+      - name: pause
+        image: {{ .Values.workspaces.imagePreloading.idleImage }}
+{{- end }}

charts/codefreak/values.yaml

@@ -103,6 +103,13 @@ database:
     passwordSecretKey:
 
 workspaces:
+  # Image preloading ensures all workspace nodes have the needed image available and do not have to pull them when
+  # a workspaces starts up
+  imagePreloading:
+    # Enable preloading of workspaces images to all nodes by creating a DaemonSet with the workspace image
+    enabled: true
+    # Image that will be used for idling
+    idleImage: gcr.io/google_containers/pause
   # Namespace where workspaces should be started in. If blank workspaces will be deployed in the same namespace as
   # the Code FREAK server (which is not recommended)
   namespace: