docs/content/v1.20/concepts/usages.md

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---
title: Usages
weight: 95
state: beta
alphaVersion: "1.14"
betaVersion: "1.19"
description: "Usage defines a usage relationship for Managed Resources or Composites"
---
A `Usage` is a Crossplane resource that defines a usage relationship for a
Managed Resource or a Composite Resource. Two main use cases for the Usages are
as follows:
1. Protecting a resource from accidental deletion.
2. Deletion ordering by ensuring that a resource isn't deleted before the
deletion of its dependent resources.
See the section [Usage for Deletion Protection](#usage-for-deletion-protection) for the
first use case and the section [Usage for Deletion Ordering](#usage-for-deletion-ordering)
for the second one.
## Enable usages
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Usages are a beta feature. Beta features are enabled by default.
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Disable `Usage` support by
[changing the Crossplane pod setting]({{<ref "./pods#change-pod-settings">}})
and setting
{{<hover label="deployment" line="12">}}--enable-usages=false{{</hover>}}
argument.
```yaml {label="deployment",copy-lines="12"}
$ kubectl edit deployment crossplane --namespace crossplane-system
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
spec:
# Removed for brevity
template:
spec:
containers:
- args:
- core
- start
- --enable-usages=false
```
{{<hint "tip" >}}
The [Crossplane install guide]({{<ref "../software/install#feature-flags">}})
describes enabling feature flags like
{{<hover label="deployment" line="12">}}\-\-enable-usages{{</hover>}}
with Helm.
{{< /hint >}}
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## Create a usage
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A {{<hover label="protect" line="2">}}Usage{{</hover>}}
{{<hover label="protect" line="5">}}spec{{</hover>}} has a mandatory
{{<hover label="protect" line="6">}}of{{</hover>}} field for defining the resource
in use or protected. The
{{<hover label="protect" line="11">}}reason{{</hover>}} field defines the reason
for protection and the {{<hover label="order" line="11">}}by{{</hover>}} field
defines the using resource. Both fields are optional, but at least one of them
must be provided.
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{{<hint "important" >}}
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Usage relationships can be defined between `Managed Resources` and `Composites`.
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However, a `Composite` as the using resource (`spec.by`) would be ineffective
unless the `compositeDeletePolicy` `Foreground` is used because it wouldn't block
deletion of its child resources before its own deletion with the default deletion
policy `Background`.
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{{< /hint >}}
### Usage for deletion protection
The following example prevents the deletion of the
{{<hover label="protect" line="10">}}my-database{{</hover>}} resource by rejecting
any deletion request with the
{{<hover label="protect" line="11">}}reason{{</hover>}} defined.
```yaml {label="protect"}
apiVersion: apiextensions.crossplane.io/v1beta1
kind: Usage
metadata:
name: protect-production-database
spec:
of:
apiVersion: rds.aws.upbound.io/v1beta1
kind: Instance
resourceRef:
name: my-database
reason: "Production Database - should never be deleted!"
```
### Usage for deletion ordering
The following example prevents the deletion of
{{<hover label="order" line="10">}}my-cluster{{</hover>}} resource by rejecting
any deletion request before the deletion of
{{<hover label="order" line="15">}}my-prometheus-chart{{</hover>}} resource.
```yaml {label="order"}
apiVersion: apiextensions.crossplane.io/v1beta1
kind: Usage
metadata:
name: release-uses-cluster
spec:
of:
apiVersion: eks.upbound.io/v1beta1
kind: Cluster
resourceRef:
name: my-cluster
by:
apiVersion: helm.crossplane.io/v1beta1
kind: Release
resourceRef:
name: my-prometheus-chart
```
### Using selectors with usages
Usages can use {{<hover label="selectors" line="9">}}selectors{{</hover>}}
to define the resource in use or the using one.
This enables using {{<hover label="selectors" line="12">}}labels{{</hover>}} or
{{<hover label="selectors" line="10">}}matching controller references{{</hover>}}
to define resource instead of providing the resource name.
```yaml {label="selectors"}
apiVersion: apiextensions.crossplane.io/v1beta1
kind: Usage
metadata:
name: release-uses-cluster
spec:
of:
apiVersion: eks.upbound.io/v1beta1
kind: Cluster
resourceSelector:
matchControllerRef: false # default, and could be omitted
matchLabels:
foo: bar
by:
apiVersion: helm.crossplane.io/v1beta1
kind: Release
resourceSelector:
matchLabels:
baz: qux
```
After the `Usage` controller resolves the selectors, it persists the resource
name in the
{{<hover label="selectors-resolved" line="10">}}resourceRef.name{{</hover>}}
field. The following example shows the `Usage` resource after the resolution of
selectors.
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The selectors are resolved only once. If there are more than one matches, a
random resource is selected from the list of matched resources.
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{{< /hint >}}
```yaml {label="selectors-resolved"}
apiVersion: apiextensions.crossplane.io/v1beta1
kind: Usage
metadata:
name: release-uses-cluster
spec:
of:
apiVersion: eks.upbound.io/v1beta1
kind: Cluster
resourceRef:
name: my-cluster
resourceSelector:
matchLabels:
foo: bar
by:
apiVersion: helm.crossplane.io/v1beta1
kind: Release
resourceRef:
name: my-cluster
resourceSelector:
matchLabels:
baz: qux
```
### Replay blocked deletion attempt
By default, the deletion of a `Usage` resource doesn't trigger the deletion of
the resource in use even if there were deletion attempts blocked by the `Usage`.
Replaying the blocked deletion is possible by setting the
{{<hover label="replay" line="6">}}replayDeletion{{</hover>}} field to `true`.
```yaml {label="replay"}
apiVersion: apiextensions.crossplane.io/v1beta1
kind: Usage
metadata:
name: release-uses-cluster
spec:
replayDeletion: true
of:
apiVersion: eks.upbound.io/v1beta1
kind: Cluster
resourceRef:
name: my-cluster
by:
apiVersion: helm.crossplane.io/v1beta1
kind: Release
resourceRef:
name: my-prometheus-chart
```
{{<hint "tip" >}}
Replay deletion is useful when the used resource is part of a composition.
This configuration radically decreases time for the deletion of the used
resource, hence the composite owning it, by replaying the deletion of the
used resource right after the using resource disappears instead of waiting
for the long exponential backoff durations of the Kubernetes garbage collector.
{{< /hint >}}
## Usage in a Composition
A typical use case for Usages is to define a deletion ordering between the
resources in a Composition. The Usages support
[matching controller reference]({{<ref "./managed-resources#matching-by-controller-reference" >}})
in selectors to ensures that the matching resource is in the same composite
resource in the same way as [cross-resource referencing]({{<ref "./managed-resources#referencing-other-resources" >}}).
The following example shows a Composition that defines a deletion ordering
between a `Cluster` and a `Release` resource. The `Usage` blocks deletion of
the `Cluster` resource until the `Release` resource is successfully deleted.
```yaml {label="composition"}
apiVersion: apiextensions.crossplane.io/v1
kind: Composition
spec:
mode: Pipeline
pipeline:
- step: patch-and-transform
functionRef:
name: function-patch-and-transform
input:
apiVersion: pt.fn.crossplane.io/v1beta1
kind: Resources
resources:
- name: cluster
base:
apiVersion: container.gcp.upbound.io/v1beta1
kind: Cluster
# Removed for brevity
- name: release
base:
apiVersion: helm.crossplane.io/v1beta1
kind: Release
# Removed for brevity
- name: release-uses-cluster
base:
apiVersion: apiextensions.crossplane.io/v1beta1
kind: Usage
spec:
replayDeletion: true
of:
apiVersion: container.gcp.upbound.io/v1beta1
kind: Cluster
resourceSelector:
matchControllerRef: true
by:
apiVersion: helm.crossplane.io/v1beta1
kind: Release
resourceSelector:
matchControllerRef: true
```
{{<hint "tip" >}}
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When there are multiple resources of same type in a Composition, the
{{<hover label="composition" line="18">}}Usage{{</hover>}} resource must
uniquely identify the resource in use or the using one. This could be
accomplished by using extra labels and combining
{{<hover label="composition" line="24">}}matchControllerRef{{</hover>}}
with a `matchLabels` selector. Another alternative is patching `resourceRef.name`
directly with the help of `ToCompositeFieldPath` and `FromCompositeFieldPath`
or `ToEnvironmentFieldPath` and `FromEnvironmentFieldPath` type patches.
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{{< /hint >}}