Update function for naming loadbalacer

Author: adamginna-akamai

cloud/linode/loadbalancers.go

@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func (l *loadbalancers) cleanupOldNodeBalancer(ctx context.Context, service *v1.
 // GetLoadBalancer will not modify service.
 func (l *loadbalancers) GetLoadBalancerName(_ context.Context, _ string, _ *v1.Service) string {
 	unixNano := strconv.FormatInt(time.Now().UnixNano(), 16)
-	return fmt.Sprintf("ccm-%s", unixNano[len(unixNano)-12:])
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", Options.LoadBalancerPrefix, unixNano[len(unixNano)-12:])
 }
 
 // GetLoadBalancer returns the *v1.LoadBalancerStatus of service.

main.go

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func main() {
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&linode.Options.NodeBalancerBackendIPv4SubnetID, "nodebalancer-backend-ipv4-subnet-id", 0, "ipv4 subnet id to use for NodeBalancer backends")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&linode.Options.NodeBalancerBackendIPv4SubnetName, "nodebalancer-backend-ipv4-subnet-name", "", "ipv4 subnet name to use for NodeBalancer backends")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&linode.Options.DisableNodeBalancerVPCBackends, "disable-nodebalancer-vpc-backends", false, "disables nodebalancer backends in VPCs (when enabled, nodebalancers will only have private IPs as backends for backward compatibility)")
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&linode.Options.LoadBalancerPrefix, "load-balancer-prefix", "ccm-", "Name prefix for LoadBalancers")
+	command.Flags().StringVar(&linode.Options.LoadBalancerPrefix, "load-balancer-prefix", "ccm-", "Name prefix for LoadBalancers. (Max 20 char.)")
 
 	// Set static flags
 	command.Flags().VisitAll(func(fl *pflag.Flag) {