From 93f2ed681f62c3d7958ac449415f1bab09c94195 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Praveen M <m.praveen@ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2023 11:30:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] util: added RunsOnKubernetes() function

Signed-off-by: Praveen M <m.praveen@ibm.com>
---
 internal/util/k8s/client.go | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/internal/util/k8s/client.go b/internal/util/k8s/client.go
index 29db2ce3ab8..d5629fee54d 100644
--- a/internal/util/k8s/client.go
+++ b/internal/util/k8s/client.go
@@ -56,3 +56,11 @@ func NewK8sClient() (*kubernetes.Clientset, error) {
 
 	return client, nil
 }
+
+// RunsOnKubernetes checks if the application is running within a Kubernetes cluster
+// by inspecting the presence of the KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST environment variable.
+func RunsOnKubernetes() bool {
+	kubernetesServiceHost := os.Getenv("KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST")
+
+	return kubernetesServiceHost != ""
+}