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add e2e tests for NEG
This PR includes tests:
- ingress conformance test
- scaling up and down backends
- switching backend between IG and NEG
- rolling update backend should not cause service disruption
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NONE
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Enable alpha GCE disk API
This PR builds on top of #50467 to allow the GCE disk API to use either the alpha or stable APIs.
CC @freehan
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Move the sig-instrumentation test to a dedicated folder
Move the last remaining test to sig-instrumentation folder, also move "metrics" package to the "framework" folder
Related issue: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/49161
/cc @xiangpengzhao @piosz
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Move metrics_grabbert to test/e2e
cc @aleksandra-malinowska
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Add ApiEndpoint support to GCE config.
**What this PR does / why we need it**:
Add the ability to change ApiEndpoint for GCE.
**Which issue this PR fixes** *(optional, in `fixes #<issue number>(, fixes #<issue_number>, ...)` format, will close that issue when PR gets merged)*: fixes #
**Special notes for your reviewer**:
**Release note**:
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Update the "interesting" controller-manager metrics to match the
current names for the garbage collector, and add namespace controller
metrics to the list.
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Allow for not-ready pods in large clusters
This is to workaround issues with non-starting pods in large clusters in roughly 1/3rd of runs.