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Island 8 · Networking · Port 8.7

Pod networking model

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A pod on node 1 calls a pod on node 2, by its IP, without NAT.
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state the 3 rules: every pod an IP, pod↔pod without NAT

Recap

  1. 1Every pod gets its own IP
  2. 2Pods reach each other directly, on any node
  3. 3The CNI builds it: routes (Calico BGP) or an overlay (Flannel VXLAN)
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A pod on node 1 calls a pod on node 2. Which IP does the receiving pod see?

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