fix(pgbouncer): PgBouncer cannot run in a namespace with restricted Pod Security enforced - #573
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PgBouncer would not start in namespaces that enforce Kubernetes'
restrictedsecurity level. Kubernetes rejected the pod, and there was no way to fix it fromvalues.yaml.The chart told Kubernetes to remove all Linux capabilities from the container, but spelled the value
allinstead ofALL. Container runtimes accept either spelling, so the container did run with no capabilities. The Kubernetes security check only acceptsALL, so it rejected the pod anyway.alltoALLfor the pgbouncer container.Nothing changes at runtime — the container already ran with no capabilities. This only makes the security check pass. PgBouncer was the only component using the lowercase spelling.
How did you test this code?
restrictedlevel:Before this change Kubernetes replies:
After this change the pod is accepted.
Also ran
helm lint. In a live install withpgbouncer.enabled=true, the PgBouncer pod ran1/1 Readywithcapabilities.drop: [ALL]on the container, confirming the container still starts with the corrected spelling.Tested on Kubernetes v1.35.1.
Review effort: 1/5