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shoko_388305
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7 years ago
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How does BIG-IP distribute IP addresses to individual pods?

Hello. I consider to adopt BIG-IP to out project, but I have second thought because I don't know how does BIG-IP distribute IP addresses to pods. When I use BIG-IP for cluster mode on kubernetes, are...
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    AMiles_377865
    7 years ago

    Hello Shoko,

     

    Currently, Big-IP does not allocate IP addresses to new pods in a Kubernetes cluster. You need some other system for external IP address assignment, such as MetalLB.

     

    But once you've assigned your external addresses to your services, either manually or using you can load balance to them with your F5.

     

    Best of luck,

     

    Austin

     

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7 years ago

Hello Shoko,

 

Currently, Big-IP does not allocate IP addresses to new pods in a Kubernetes cluster. You need some other system for external IP address assignment, such as MetalLB.

 

But once you've assigned your external addresses to your services, either manually or using you can load balance to them with your F5.

 

Best of luck,

 

Austin

 

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shoko_388305
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7 years ago

Austin, thanks for your reply.

 

Then, if I want to do load balancing with kubernetes cluster mode, should I reserve some external IP address for pods? I'm thinking of using BIG-IP with Calico BGP, but is it impossible to use only internal address?

 

Shoko