From 178de1b0195e3ad2b4f9896e700b02fbac5f1b14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LeonoreM <55842339+LeonoreMangold@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 11:34:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add priorityClassName configuration to deployment

---
 charts/metrics-agent/templates/deployment.yaml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/charts/metrics-agent/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/metrics-agent/templates/deployment.yaml
index 45e60488..afb1db01 100644
--- a/charts/metrics-agent/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/metrics-agent/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ spec:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
     {{- end }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ include "metrics-agent.serviceAccountName" . }}
+      {{- with .Values.priorityClassName }}
+      priorityClassName: {{ . }}
+      {{- end }}
       securityContext: {{- if not .Values.openShift }} {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 8 }} {{- end }}
       containers:
         - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}

From 1f288bd9bbe266e72da8856856a39b3ae4a616c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LeonoreM <55842339+LeonoreMangold@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 11:38:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update values.yaml

---
 charts/metrics-agent/values.yaml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/charts/metrics-agent/values.yaml b/charts/metrics-agent/values.yaml
index eef1dfbe..e85a971b 100644
--- a/charts/metrics-agent/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/metrics-agent/values.yaml
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ rbac:
 # For agent configuration options, see https://github.com/cloudability/metrics-agent/blob/master/README.md
 extraEnv: []
 
+# Leverage a PriorityClass to ensure the pod survive resource shortages
+# ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/pod-priority-preemption/
+priorityClassName: ""
+
 securityContext:
   runAsUser: 10000