CNI plugins
Some CNI network plugins, maintained by the containernetworking team. For
more information, see the individual READMEs.
Read CONTRIBUTING for build and test instructions.
Plugins supplied:
Main: interface-creating
bridge: Creates a bridge, adds the host and the container to it.
ipvlan: Adds an ipvlan interface in the container.
loopback: Set the state of loopback interface to up.
macvlan: Creates a new MAC address, forwards all traffic to that to
the container.
ptp: Creates a veth pair.
vlan: Allocates a vlan device.
host-device: Move an already-existing device into a container.
Windows: windows specific
win-bridge: Creates a bridge, adds the host and the container to it.
win-overlay: Creates an overlay interface to the container.
IPAM: IP address allocation
dhcp: Runs a daemon on the host to make DHCP requests on behalf of
the container
host-local: Maintains a local database of allocated IPs
static: Allocate a static IPv4/IPv6 addresses to container and it's
useful in debugging purpose.
Meta: other plugins
flannel: Generates an interface corresponding to a flannel config file
tuning: Tweaks sysctl parameters of an existing interface
portmap: An iptables-based portmapping plugin. Maps ports from the
host's address space to the container.
bandwidth: Allows bandwidth-limiting through use of traffic control
tbf (ingress/egress).
sbr: A plugin that configures source based routing for an interface
(from which it is chained).
firewall: A firewall plugin which uses iptables or firewalld to add
rules to allow traffic to/from the container.
Sample
The sample plugin provides an example for building your own plugin.
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