diff --git a/collectd/files/plugin/collectd_k8s_kubectl_get.py b/collectd/files/plugin/collectd_k8s_kubectl_get.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright 2017 Mirantis, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import collectd_fake as collectd
+else:
+    import collectd
+import json
+import time
+
+import collectd_base as base
+
+NAME = 'k8s'
+KUBECTL_BINARY = '/usr/bin/kubectl'
+INTERVAL = 30
+
+
+class K8sPlugin(base.Base):
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(K8sPlugin, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.plugin = NAME
+        self._threads = {}
+        self.polling_interval = INTERVAL
+        self.resources = []
+        self._get_nodes = False
+
+    def shutdown_callback(self):
+        for tid, t in self._threads.items():
+            if t.is_alive():
+                self.logger.info('Waiting for {} thread to finish'.format(tid))
+                t.stop()
+                t.join()
+
+    def config_callback(self, config):
+        super(K8sPlugin, self).config_callback(config)
+        for node in config.children:
+            if node.key == 'PollingInterval':
+                self.polling_interval = int(node.values[0])
+            elif node.key == 'GetNodes':
+                if node.values[0].lower() == 'true':
+                    self._get_nodes = True
+
+    def kubectl_get(self, resource):
+
+        def kubectl_poller():
+            cmd = [KUBECTL_BINARY, 'get', '-o', 'json', resource]
+            data = self.execute_to_json(cmd, shell=False, log_error=True)
+            return data.get('items', [])
+
+        if resource not in self._threads:
+            t = base.AsyncPoller(self.collectd,
+                                 kubectl_poller,
+                                 self.polling_interval,
+                                 resource)
+            t.start()
+            self._threads[resource] = t
+
+        t = self._threads[resource]
+        if not t.is_alive():
+            self.logger.warning("Unexpected end of the thread {}".format(
+                t.name))
+            del self._threads[resource]
+            return []
+
+        return t.results
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _check_conditions(conditions, _type):
+        return all(
+            [cnd.get('status') == 'True' for cnd in conditions
+             if cnd.get('type') == _type]
+        )
+
+    def _iter_node_metrics(self, nodes):
+        if nodes:
+            total, total_ready = (0, 0)
+            for node in nodes:
+                self.logger.debug(node.get('metadata', {}).get('name'))
+                conditions = node.get(
+                    'status', {}).get('conditions', [])
+                if self._check_conditions(conditions, _type='Ready'):
+                    total_ready += 1
+                total += 1
+            yield {'values': total_ready,
+                   'plugin_instance': 'nodes',
+                   'meta': {'status': 'ready'},
+                   }
+            yield {'values': total - total_ready,
+                   'plugin_instance': 'nodes',
+                   'meta': {'status': 'not_ready'},
+                   }
+            yield {'values': total,
+                   'plugin_instance': 'nodes_total'
+                   }
+
+    def itermetrics(self):
+        if self._get_nodes:
+            items = self.kubectl_get('nodes')
+            return self._iter_node_metrics(items)
+
+
+plugin = K8sPlugin(collectd, disable_check_metric=True)
+
+
+def init_callback():
+    plugin.restore_sigchld()
+
+
+def config_callback(conf):
+    plugin.config_callback(conf)
+
+
+def read_callback():
+    plugin.read_callback()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    collectd.load_configuration(plugin)
+    plugin._get_nodes = True
+    plugin.read_callback()
+    collectd.info('Sleeping for {}s'.format(INTERVAL))
+    time.sleep(INTERVAL)
+    plugin.read_callback()
+    plugin.shutdown_callback()
+else:
+    collectd.register_init(init_callback)
+    collectd.register_config(config_callback)
+    collectd.register_read(read_callback, INTERVAL)
+
+
+