README.md

Kube-OVN

Kube-OVN integrates the OVN-based Network Virtualization with Kubernetes. It offers an advanced Container Network Fabric for Enterprises.

Features

• Namespaced Subnets: Each Namespace can have a unique Subnet (backed by a Logical Switch). Pods within the Namespace will have IP addresses allocated from the Subnet. It's also possible for multiple Namespaces to share a Subnet.
• Subnet Isolation: Can configure a Subnet to deny any traffic from source IP addresses not within the same Subnet. Can whitelist specific IP addresses and IP ranges.
• Static IP Addresses for Workloads: Allocate random or static IP addresses to workloads.
• Dynamic QoS: Configure Pod Ingress/Egress traffic rate limits on the fly.
• Embedded Load Balancers: Replace kube-proxy with the OVN embedded distributed L2 Load Balancer.
• Distributed Gateways: Every Node can act as a Gateway to provide external network connectivity.
• Namespaced Gateways: Every Namespace can have a dedicated Gateway for Egress traffic.

Planned Future Work

• Hardware Offloading and DPDK Support
• Direct External Connectivity
• ACL-based Network Policy
• Policy-based QoS
• More Metrics and Traffic Graph
• More Diagnosis and Tracing Tools

Quick Start

Kube-OVN is easy to install with all necessary components/dependencies included. Please refer to the Installation Guide.

Documents

• Namespaced Subnets
• Subnet Isolation
• Static IP
• Dynamic QoS
• Gateway

!!Cautions!!

Kube-OVN is still at an early stage and undergoing rapid development. Please DO NOT use it in production.

Contact

Mail: mengxin#alauda.io

WeChat: liumengxinfly