#!/usr/bin/env python3 # "Have-A-Port" | ephemeral port picker for LoadBalancer-type Kubernetes services in clusters with a single-address external address pool from kubernetes import client, config import random SVC_TYPE = 'LoadBalancer' # load client configuration (kubeconfig) config.load_kube_config() # establish API connection connection = client.CoreV1Api() # query service objects all_services = connection.list_service_for_all_namespaces(watch=False) # determine ports in use ports_per_svc = [ svc.spec.ports for svc in all_services.items if svc.spec.type == SVC_TYPE] used_ports = [svc_port.port for svc_ports in ports_per_svc for svc_port in svc_ports] # determine available ports full_port_range = (range(49152, 65536)) # https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6335#section-8.1.2 available_ports = list(set(full_port_range) - set(used_ports)) # pick an available port print(random.choice(available_ports))