diff --git a/collectd/files/plugin/collectd_k8s_get.py b/collectd/files/plugin/collectd_k8s_get.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d8742a
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+++ b/collectd/files/plugin/collectd_k8s_get.py
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# Copyright 2016 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 collectd_base as base
+import requests
+
+NAME = 'k8s'
+INTERVAL = 30
+
+
+class K8sGetPlugin(base.Base):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(K8sGetPlugin, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self._threads = {}
+        self.session = None
+        self.plugin = NAME
+        self.endpoint = None
+        self.verify = False
+        self.client_key = None
+        self.client_certs = None
+
+        self.interval = INTERVAL
+        self.polling_interval = INTERVAL
+
+        self.timeout = 3
+        self.max_retries = 2
+
+    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(K8sGetPlugin, self).config_callback(config)
+        for node in config.children:
+            if node.key == "Endpoint":
+                self.endpoint = node.values[0]
+            elif node.key == 'Verify':
+                if node.values[0].lower() == 'false':
+                    self.verify = False
+            elif node.key == 'ClientCert':
+                self.client_cert = node.values[0]
+            elif node.key == 'ClientKey':
+                self.client_key = node.values[0]
+
+        session = requests.Session()
+        if self.endpoint.startswith('https'):
+            session.mount(
+                'https://',
+                requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(max_retries=self.max_retries)
+            )
+        else:
+            session.mount(
+                'http://',
+                requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(max_retries=self.max_retries)
+            )
+
+        session.verify = self.verify
+        if self.client_cert and self.client_key:
+            session.cert = (self.client_cert, self.client_key)
+        elif self.client_cert:
+            session.cert = self.client_cert
+
+        self.session = session
+
+    def get(self, url):
+
+        def get():
+            try:
+                r = self.session.get(url, timeout=self.timeout)
+                data = r.json()
+            except Exception as e:
+                self.logger.warning("Got exception for '{}': {}".format(
+                    url, e)
+                )
+                raise base.CheckException('Fail to get {}'.self(url))
+
+            else:
+
+                if r.status_code != 200:
+                    msg = ("{} responded with code {} "
+                           "while 200 is expected").format(url, r.status_code)
+                    self.logger.warning(msg)
+                    raise base.CheckException(msg)
+            return data.get('items', [])
+
+        if url not in self._threads:
+            t = base.AsyncPoller(self.collectd,
+                                 get,
+                                 self.polling_interval,
+                                 url)
+            t.start()
+            self._threads[url] = t
+
+        t = self._threads[url]
+        if not t.is_alive():
+            self.logger.warning("Unexpected end of the thread {}".format(
+                t.name))
+            del self._threads[url]
+            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 itermetrics(self):
+        nodes = self.get('{}/api/v1/nodes'.format(self.endpoint))
+        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
+        if total > 0:
+            yield {'values': (100.0 * (total - total_ready)) / total,
+                   'plugin_instance': 'nodes_percent',
+                   'meta': {'status': 'not_ready',
+                            'discard_hostname': True},
+                   }
+
+        yield {'values': total_ready,
+               'plugin_instance': 'nodes',
+               'meta': {'status': 'ready', 'discard_hostname': True},
+               }
+        yield {'values': total - total_ready,
+               'plugin_instance': 'nodes',
+               'meta': {'status': 'not_ready', 'discard_hostname': True},
+               }
+        yield {'values': total,
+               'plugin_instance': 'nodes_total',
+               'meta': {'discard_hostname': True}
+               }
+
+
+plugin = K8sGetPlugin(collectd, disable_check_metric=True)
+
+
+def config_callback(conf):
+    plugin.config_callback(conf)
+
+
+def notification_callback(notification):
+    plugin.notification_callback(notification)
+
+
+def read_callback():
+    plugin.conditional_read_callback()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    plugin.endpoint = 'https://172.16.10.253:443'
+    plugin.verify = False
+    plugin.client_key = '/etc/kubernetes/ssl/kubelet-client.key'
+    plugin.client_cert = '/etc/kubernetes/ssl/kubelet-client.crt'
+
+    collectd.load_configuration(plugin)
+    plugin.read_callback()
+    import time
+    time.sleep(base.INTERVAL)
+    plugin.read_callback()
+    plugin.shutdown_callback()
+else:
+    collectd.register_config(config_callback)
+    collectd.register_notification(notification_callback)
+    collectd.register_read(read_callback, base.INTERVAL)
+
diff --git a/collectd/files/plugin/collectd_k8s_kubectl_get.py b/collectd/files/plugin/collectd_k8s_kubectl_get.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d91b5e..0000000
--- a/collectd/files/plugin/collectd_k8s_kubectl_get.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,152 +0,0 @@
-#!/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
-        self.timeout = 10
-
-    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)
-            if data:
-                return data.get('items', [])
-            return []
-
-        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
-            if total > 0:
-                yield {'values': (100.0 * (total - total_ready)) / total,
-                       'plugin_instance': 'nodes_percent',
-                       'meta': {'status': 'not_ready'},
-                       }
-
-            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)
-
-
-