The metallb controller pod is not created if the YAML has weight to be zero (valid values 1-100). The error message is logged in metallb-operator-controller-manager


1.6649185044360003e+09    ERROR    Reconciler error    {"controller": "metallb", "controllerGroup": "metallb.io", "controllerKind": "MetalLB", "metalLB": {"name":"metallb","namespace":"metallb-system"}, "namespace": "metallb-system", "name": "metallb", "reconcileID": "1577360a-b53c-45e9-a67a-c8dba8c2a251", "error": "FailedToSyncMetalLBResources: could not apply (apps/v1, Kind=Deployment) metallb-system/controller: Deployment.apps \"controller\" is invalid: spec.template.spec.affinity.nodeAffinity.preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution[0].weight: Invalid value: 0: must be in the range 1-100", "errorVerbose": "Deployment.apps \"controller\" is invalid: spec.template.spec.affinity.nodeAffinity.preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution[0].weight: Invalid value: 0: must be in the range 1-100\ncould not apply (apps/v1, Kind=Deployment) metallb-system/controller\ngithub.com/metallb/metallb-operator/controllers.(*MetalLBReconciler).syncMetalLBResources\n\t/workspace/controllers/metallb_controller.go:169\ngithub.com/metallb/metallb-operator/controllers.(*MetalLBReconciler).reconcileResource\n\t/workspace/controllers/metallb_controller.go:116\ngithub.com/metallb/metallb-operator/controllers.(*MetalLBReconciler).Reconcile\n\t/workspace/controllers/metallb_controller.go:100\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Reconcile\n\t/workspace/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:121\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).reconcileHandler\n\t/workspace/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:320\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).processNextWorkItem\n\t/workspace/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:273\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Start.func2.2\n\t/workspace/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:234\nruntime.goexit\n\t/usr/lib/golang/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1571\nFailedToSyncMetalLBResources\ngithub.com/metallb/metallb-operator/controllers.(*MetalLBReconciler).reconcileResource\n\t/workspace/controllers/metallb_controller.go:118\ngithub.com/metallb/metallb-operator/controllers.(*MetalLBReconciler).Reconcile\n\t/workspace/controllers/metallb_controller.go:100\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Reconcile\n\t/workspace/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:121\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).reconcileHandler\n\t/workspace/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:320\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).processNextWorkItem\n\t/workspace/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:273\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Start.func2.2\n\t/workspace/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:234\nruntime.goexit\n\t/usr/lib/golang/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1571"}
sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).processNextWorkItem
    /workspace/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:273
sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Start.func2.2
    /workspace/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:234


As the controller pod is not created at all the speakers are stuck as below:-
oc get pods -n metallb-system
NAME                                                   READY   STATUS                       RESTARTS   AGE
metallb-operator-controller-manager-6bddfc4fd8-zk2cb   1/1     Running                      0          7h2m
metallb-operator-webhook-server-65dd5ddb94-qc4gm       1/1     Running                      0          7h2m
speaker-fq7zx                                          5/6     CreateContainerConfigError   0          36m
speaker-qdrj8                                          5/6     CreateContainerConfigError   0          36m
speaker-w858k                                          5/6     CreateContainerConfigError   0          36m
speaker-wmq6m                                          5/6     CreateContainerConfigError   0          36m
speaker-xjxgf                                          5/6     CreateContainerConfigError   0          36m

4.12

Always

1.Install metallb operator 
2. Create a metallb CR with YAML below to see the issue. apiVersion: metallb.io/v1beta1
kind: MetalLB
metadata:
  name: metallb
  namespace: metallb-system
spec:
  controllerConfig:
    affinity:
      nodeAffinity:
        preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
          - preference:
              matchExpressions:
                - values:
                    - east
                  key: zone
                  operator: In
            weight: 0
  speakerConfig:
    affinity:
      nodeAffinity:
        preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
          - preference:
              matchExpressions:
                - values:
                    - west
                  key: zone
                  operator: In
            weight: 1
  logLevel: debug 

Controller pod and speaker pods not created

User be warned about invalid value.
User provides valid values and the pods are created successfully.