add timeout for unabailable kubernetes server

pkg/lint/rules/template.go

@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ package rules
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/version"
@@ -81,6 +84,8 @@ func Templates(linter *support.Linter) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	serverAvailable := true
+
 	/* Iterate over all the templates to check:
 	- It is a .yaml file
 	- All the values in the template file is defined
@@ -88,6 +93,7 @@ func Templates(linter *support.Linter) {
 	- Generated content is a valid Yaml file
 	- Metadata.Namespace is not set
 	*/
+
 	for _, template := range chart.Templates {
 		fileName, _ := template.Name, template.Data
 		path = fileName
@@ -118,8 +124,24 @@ func Templates(linter *support.Linter) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		// access kubectl client
+		if serverAvailable {
-		kubeClient := kube.New(kube.GetConfig(""))
+			// access kubernetes URL from the kubectl client
+			kubeConfig := kube.GetConfig("")
+			clientConfig, _ := kubeConfig.ClientConfig()
+			u, _ := url.Parse(clientConfig.Host)
+
+			// if kubernetes server is unavailable print a warning
+			// and don't try again this run.
+			timeout := time.Duration(5 * time.Second)
+			_, err = net.DialTimeout("tcp" , u.Host , timeout)
+			if err != nil {
+				e := fmt.Errorf("%s, skipping schema validation\n", err)
+				linter.RunLinterRule(support.WarningSev, path, e)
+				serverAvailable = false
+				continue
+			}
+
+			kubeClient := kube.New(kubeConfig)
 			f := kubeClient.Factory
 
 			// get the schema validator
@@ -132,9 +154,8 @@ func Templates(linter *support.Linter) {
 
 			// convert to YAML to JSON, validated above so should be ok
 			j, _ := yaml.YAMLToJSON([]byte(renderedContent))
-
-		//
 			err = schema.ValidateBytes(j)
+
 			validSchema := linter.RunLinterRule(support.ErrorSev, path, validateSchema(err))
 
 			if !validSchema {
@@ -142,6 +163,7 @@ func Templates(linter *support.Linter) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+}
 
 // Validation functions
 func validateTemplatesDir(templatesPath string) error {