Kubernetes-as-a-Service network requirements

To be able to deploy Kubernetes clusters in the compute cluster and work with them, make sure your network configuration allows the compute and Kubernetes services to send the following network requests:

  1. The request to bootstrap the etcd cluster in the public discovery service - from all management nodes to https://discovery.etcd.io via the public network.
  2. The request to obtain the “kubeconfig” file - from all management nodes via the public network:
    • If high availability (HA) for the master VM is enabled, the request is sent to the public or floating IP address of the load balancer VM associated with Kubernetes API on port 6443.
    • If HA for the master VM is disabled, the request is sent to the public or floating IP address of the Kubernetes master VM on port 6443.
  3. Requests from Kubernetes master VMs to the compute APIs (the Compute API traffic type) via the network with the VM public traffic type (via a publicly available VM network interface or a virtual router with enabled SNAT). By default, the compute API is exposed via the IP address of the management node (or to its virtual IP address if high availability is enabled). But you can also access the compute API via a DNS name.
  4. The request to update the etcd cluster member state in the public discovery service - from Kubernetes master VMs to https://discovery.etcd.io via the network with the VM public traffic type (via a publicly available VM network interface or a virtual router with enabled SNAT).
  5. The request to download container images from the public Docker Hub repository - from Kubernetes master VMs to https://registry-1.docker.io via the network with the VM public traffic type (via a publicly available VM network interface or a virtual router with enabled SNAT).

It is also required that the network where you create a Kubernetes cluster does not overlap with these default networks:

  • 10.100.0.0/16—Used for pod-level networking
  • 10.254.0.0/16—Used for allocating Kubernetes cluster IP addresses