gke/WARN/2021_006

GKE nodes aren’t reporting conntrack issues.

Product: Google Kubernetes Engine
Rule class: WARN - Something that is possibly wrong

Description

The following string was found in the serial logs: nf_conntrack: table full. This indicates that the Linux Kernel connection tracking table is full.

Remediation

See the GKE Troubleshooting guide linked below.

To find the matching log lines, use the following filter in Cloud Logging:

resource.type="gce_instance"
log_id("serialconsole.googleapis.com/serial_port_1_output")
textPayload:"nf_conntrack: table full"

Further information