SpiderMultusConfig

Introduction

Spiderpool introduces the SpiderMultusConfig CR to automate the management of Multus NetworkAttachmentDefinition CR and extend the capabilities of Multus CNI configurations.

SpiderMultusConfig Features

Multus is a CNI plugin project that enables Pods to access multiple network interfaces by leveraging third-party CNI plugins. While Multus allows management of CNI configurations through CRDs, manually writing JSON-formatted CNI configuration strings can lead to error:

Human errors in writing JSON format may cause troubleshooting difficulties and Pod startup failures.
There are numerous CNIs with various configuration options, making it difficult to remember them all, and users often need to refer to documentation, resulting in a poor user experience.

To address these issues, SpiderMultusConfig automatically generates the Multus CR based on its spec. It offers several features:

In case of accidental deletion of a Multus CR, SpiderMultusConfig will automatically recreate it, improving operational fault tolerance.
Support for various CNIs, such as Macvlan, IPvlan, Ovs, and SR-IOV.
The annotation multus.spidernet.io/cr-name allows users to define a custom name for Multus CR.
The annotation multus.spidernet.io/cni-version enables specifying a specific CNI version.
A robust webhook mechanism is involved to proactively detect and prevent human errors, reducing troubleshooting efforts.
Spiderpool's CNI plugins, including ifacer and coordinator are integrated, enhancing the overall configuration experience.

It is important to note that when creating a SpiderMultusConfig CR with the same name as an existing Multus CR, the Multus CR instance will be managed by SpiderMultusConfig, and its configuration will be overwritten. To avoid overwriting existing Multus CR instances, it is recommended to either refrain from creating SpiderMultusConfig CR instances with the same name or specify a different name for the generated Multus CR using the multus.spidernet.io/cr-name annotation in the SpiderMultusConfig CR.

Prerequisites

A ready Kubernetes cluster.
Helm has been installed.

Steps

Install Spiderpool

Refer to Installation to install Spiderpool.

Create CNI Configurations

SpiderMultusConfig CR supports various types of CNIs. The following sections explain how to create these configurations.

Create Macvlan Configurations

Here is an example of creating Macvlan SpiderMultusConfig configurations:

master: ens192 is used as the master interface parameter.

MACVLAN_MASTER_INTERFACE="ens192"
MACVLAN_MULTUS_NAME="macvlan-$MACVLAN_MASTER_INTERFACE"

cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: spiderpool.spidernet.io/v2beta1
kind: SpiderMultusConfig
metadata:
  name: ${MACVLAN_MULTUS_NAME}
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  cniType: macvlan
  enableCoordinator: true
  macvlan:
    master:
    - ${MACVLAN_MASTER_INTERFACE}
EOF

Create the Macvlan SpiderMultusConfig using the provided configuration. This will automatically generate the corresponding Multus NetworkAttachmentDefinition CR and manage its lifecycle.

~# kubectl get spidermultusconfigs.spiderpool.spidernet.io -n kube-system
NAME             AGE
macvlan-ens192   26m

~# kubectl get network-attachment-definitions.k8s.cni.cncf.io -n kube-system macvlan-ens192 -oyaml
apiVersion: k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1
kind: NetworkAttachmentDefinition
metadata:
  annotations:
    kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration: |
      {"apiVersion":"spiderpool.spidernet.io/v2beta1","kind":"SpiderMultusConfig","metadata":{"annotations":{},"name":"macvlan-ens192","namespace":"kube-system"},"spec":{"cniType":"macvlan","enableCoordinator":true,"macvlan":{"master":["ens192"]}}}
  creationTimestamp: "2023-09-11T09:02:43Z"
  generation: 1
  name: macvlan-ens192
  namespace: kube-system
  ownerReferences:
  - apiVersion: spiderpool.spidernet.io/v2beta1
    blockOwnerDeletion: true
    controller: true
    kind: SpiderMultusConfig
    name: macvlan-ens192
    uid: 94bbd704-ff9d-4318-8356-f4ae59856228
  resourceVersion: "5288986"
  uid: d8fa48c8-0877-440d-9b66-88edd7af5808
spec:
  config: '{"cniVersion":"0.3.1","name":"macvlan-ens192","plugins":[{"type":"macvlan","master":"ens192","mode":"bridge","ipam":{"type":"spiderpool"}},{"type":"coordinator"}]}'

Create IPvlan Configurations

Here is an example of creating IPvlan SpiderMultusConfig configurations:

master: ens192 is used as the master interface parameter.
When using IPVlan as the cluster's CNI, the kernel version must be higher than 4.2.
A single main interface cannot be used by both Macvlan and IPvlan simultaneously.

IPVLAN_MASTER_INTERFACE="ens192"
IPVLAN_MULTUS_NAME="ipvlan-$IPVLAN_MASTER_INTERFACE"

cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: spiderpool.spidernet.io/v2beta1
kind: SpiderMultusConfig
metadata:
  name: ${IPVLAN_MULTUS_NAME}
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  cniType: ipvlan
  enableCoordinator: true
  ipvlan:
    master:
    - ${IPVLAN_MASTER_INTERFACE}
EOF

Create the IPvlan SpiderMultusConfig using the provided configuration. This will automatically generate the corresponding Multus NetworkAttachmentDefinition CR and manage its lifecycle.

~# kubectl get spidermultusconfigs.spiderpool.spidernet.io -n kube-system
NAME             AGE
ipvlan-ens192    12s

~# kubectl get network-attachment-definitions.k8s.cni.cncf.io -n kube-system ipvlan-ens192 -oyaml
apiVersion: k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1
kind: NetworkAttachmentDefinition
metadata:
  annotations:
    kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration: |
      {"apiVersion":"spiderpool.spidernet.io/v2beta1","kind":"SpiderMultusConfig","metadata":{"annotations":{},"name":"ipvlan-ens192","namespace":"kube-system"},"spec":{"cniType":"ipvlan","enableCoordinator":true,"ipvlan":{"master":["ens192"]}}}
  creationTimestamp: "2023-09-14T10:21:26Z"
  generation: 1
  name: ipvlan-ens192
  namespace: kube-system
  ownerReferences:
  - apiVersion: spiderpool.spidernet.io/v2beta1
    blockOwnerDeletion: true
    controller: true
    kind: SpiderMultusConfig
    name: ipvlan-ens192
    uid: accac945-9296-440e-abe8-6f6938fdb895
  resourceVersion: "5950921"
  uid: e24afb76-e552-4f73-bab0-8fd345605c2a
spec:
  config: '{"cniVersion":"0.3.1","name":"ipvlan-ens192","plugins":[{"type":"ipvlan","master":"ens192","ipam":{"type":"spiderpool"}},{"type":"coordinator"}]}'

Create Sriov Configuration

Here is an example of creating Sriov SpiderMultusConfig configuration:

Basic example

cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: spiderpool.spidernet.io/v2beta1
kind: SpiderMultusConfig
metadata:
  name: sriov-demo
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  cniType: sriov
  enableCoordinator: true
  sriov:
    resourceName: spidernet.io/sriov_netdeivce
    vlanID: 100
EOF

After creation, check the corresponding Multus NetworkAttachmentDefinition CR:

~# kubectl get network-attachment-definitions.k8s.cni.cncf.io -n kube-system sriov-demo -o yaml
apiVersion: k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1
kind: NetworkAttachmentDefinition
metadata:
  name: sriov-demo
  namespace: kube-system
  annotations:
    k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/resourceName: spidernet.io/sriov_netdeivce 
  ownerReferences:
  - apiVersion: spiderpool.spidernet.io/v2beta1
    blockOwnerDeletion: true
    controller: true
    kind: SpiderMultusConfig
    name: sriov-demo
    uid: b08ce054-1ae8-414a-b37c-7fd6988b1b8e
  resourceVersion: "153002297"
  uid: 4413e1fa-ce15-4acf-bce8-48b5028c0568
spec:
  config: '{"cniVersion":"0.3.1","name":"sriov-demo","plugins":[{"vlan":100,"type":"sriov","ipam":{"type":"spiderpool"}},{"type":"coordinator"}]}'

For more information, refer to sriov-cni usage

Enable RDMA feature

cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: spiderpool.spidernet.io/v2beta1
kind: SpiderMultusConfig
metadata:
  name: sriov-rdma
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  cniType: sriov
  enableCoordinator: true
  sriov:
    enableRdma: true
    resourceName: spidernet.io/sriov_netdeivce
    vlanID: 100
EOF

After creation, check the corresponding Multus NetworkAttachmentDefinition CR:

~# kubectl get network-attachment-definitions.k8s.cni.cncf.io -n kube-system sriov-rdma -o yaml
apiVersion: k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1
kind: NetworkAttachmentDefinition
metadata:
  name: sriov-rdma
  namespace: kube-system
  annotations:
    k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/resourceName: spidernet.io/sriov_netdeivce 
  ownerReferences:
  - apiVersion: spiderpool.spidernet.io/v2beta1
    blockOwnerDeletion: true
    controller: true
    kind: SpiderMultusConfig
    name: sriov-rdma
    uid: b08ce054-1ae8-414a-b37c-7fd6988b1b8e
  resourceVersion: "153002297"
  uid: 4413e1fa-ce15-4acf-bce8-48b5028c0568
spec:
  config: '{"cniVersion":"0.3.1","name":"sriov-rdma","plugins":[{"vlan":100,"type":"sriov","ipam":{"type":"spiderpool"}},{"type":"rdma"},{"type":"coordinator"}]}'

Configure Sriov-CNI Network Bandwidth

We can configure the network bandwidth of Sriov through SpiderMultusConfig:

cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: spiderpool.spidernet.io/v2beta1
kind: SpiderMultusConfig
metadata:
  name: sriov-bandwidth
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  cniType: sriov
  enableCoordinator: true
  sriov:
    resourceName: spidernet.io/sriov_netdeivce
    vlanID: 100
    minTxRateMbps: 100
    MaxTxRateMbps: 1000
EOF

minTxRateMbps and MaxTxRateMbps configure the transmission bandwidth range for pods created with this configuration: [100,1000].

After creation, check the corresponding Multus NetworkAttachmentDefinition CR:

~# kubectl get network-attachment-definitions.k8s.cni.cncf.io -n kube-system sriov-rdma -o yaml
apiVersion: k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1
kind: NetworkAttachmentDefinition
metadata:
  name: sriov-bandwidth
  namespace: kube-system
  annotations:
    k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/resourceName: spidernet.io/sriov_netdeivce 
  ownerReferences:
  - apiVersion: spiderpool.spidernet.io/v2beta1
    blockOwnerDeletion: true
    controller: true
    kind: SpiderMultusConfig
    name: sriov-bandwidth
    uid: b08ce054-1ae8-414a-b37c-7fd6988b1b8e
spec:
  config: '{"cniVersion":"0.3.1","name":"sriov-bandwidth","plugins":[{"vlan":100,"type":"sriov","minTxRate": 100, "maxTxRate": 1000,"ipam":{"type":"spiderpool"}},{"type":"rdma"},{"type":"coordinator"}]}'

Ifacer Configurations

The Ifacer plug-in can help us automatically create a Bond NIC or VLAN NIC when creating a pod to undertake the pod's underlying network. For more information, refer to Ifacer.

Ifacer create vlan interface

If we need a VLAN sub-interface to take over the underlying network of the pod, and the interface has not yet been created on the node. We can inject the configuration of the vlanID in Spidermultusconfig so that when the corresponding Multus NetworkAttachmentDefinition CR is generated, it will be injected The ifacer plug-in will dynamically create a VLAN interface on the host when the pod is created, which is used to undertake the pod's underlay network.

The following is an example of CNI as IPVlan, IPVLAN_MASTER_INTERFACE as ens192, and vlanID as 100.

~# IPVLAN_MASTER_INTERFACE="ens192"
~# IPVLAN_MULTUS_NAME="ipvlan-$IPVLAN_MASTER_INTERFACE"
~# cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: spiderpool.spidernet.io/v2beta1
kind: SpiderMultusConfig
metadata:
  name: ipvlan-ens192-vlan100
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  cniType: ipvlan
  enableCoordinator: true
  ipvlan:
    master:
    - ${IPVLAN_MASTER_INTERFACE}
    vlanID: 100
EOF

When the Spidermultuconfig object is created, view the corresponding Multus network-attachment-definition object:

~# kubectl get network-attachment-definitions.k8s.cni.cncf.io -n kube-system macvlan-conf -o=jsonpath='{.spec.config}' | jq
{
  "cniVersion": "0.3.1",
  "name": "ipvlan-ens192-vlan100",
  "plugins": [
    {
      "type": "ifacer",
      "interfaces": [
        "ens192"
      ],
      "vlanID": 100
    },
    {
      "type": "ipvlan",
      "ipam": {
        "type": "spiderpool"
      },
      "master": "ens192.100",
      "mode": "bridge"
    },
    {
      "type": "coordinator",
    }
  ]
}

ifacer is called first in the CNI chaining sequence. Depending on the configuration, ifacer will create a sub-interface with a VLAN tag of 100 named ens192.100 based on ens192.

main CNI: The value of the master field of IPVlan is: ens192.100, which is the VLAN sub-interface created by 'ifacer': ens192.100.

Note: The NIC created by ifacer is not persistent, and will be lost if the node is restarted or manually deleted. Restarting the pod is automatically added back.

Sometimes the network administrator has already created the VLAN sub-interface, and we don't need to use ifacer to create the VLAN sub-interface. We can directly configure the master field as: ens192.100 and not configure the VLAN ID, as follows:

apiVersion: spiderpool.spidernet.io/v2beta1
kind: SpiderMultusConfig
metadata:
  name: macvlan-conf
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  cniType: macvlan
  macvlan:
    master:
    - ens192.100
    ippools:
      ipv4: 
        - vlan100

Ifacer create bond interface

If we need a bond interface to take over the underlying network of the pod, and the bond interface has not yet been created on the node. We can configure multiple master interfaces in Spidermultusconfig so that the corresponding Multus NetworkAttachmentDefinition CR is generated and injected The ifacer' plug-in will dynamically create a bond interface on the host when the pod is created, which is used to undertake the underlying network of the pod.

The following is an example of CNI as IPVlan, host interface ens192, and ens224 as slave to create a bond interface:

~# cat << EOF | kubectl apply -f - 
apiVersion: spiderpool.spidernet.io/v2beta1
kind: SpiderMultusConfig
metadata:
  name: ipvlan-conf
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  cniType: ipvlan
  macvlan:
    master:
    - ens192
    - ens224
    bond:
      name: bond0
      mode: 1
      options: ""
EOF

When the Spidermultuconfig object is created, view the corresponding Multus network-attachment-definition object:

~# kubectl get network-attachment-definitions.k8s.cni.cncf.io -n kube-system ipvlan-conf -o jsonpath='{.spec.config}' | jq
{
  "cniVersion": "0.3.1",
  "name": "ipvlan-conf",
  "plugins": [
    {
      "type": "ifacer",
      "interfaces": [
        "ens192"
        "ens224"
      ],
      "bond": {
        "name": "bond0",
        "mode": 1
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "ipvlan",
      "ipam": {
        "type": "spiderpool"
      },
      "master": "bond0",
      "mode": "bridge"
    },
    {
      "type": "coordinator",
    }
  ]
}

Configuration description:

ifacer is called first in the CNI chaining sequence. Depending on the configuration, ifacer will create a bond interface named 'bond0' based on ["ens192","ens224"] with mode 1 (active-backup).

main CNI: The value of the master field of IPvlan is: bond0, bond0 takes over the network traffic of the pod.

Create a Bond If you need a more advanced configuration, you can do so by configuring SpiderMultusConfig: macvlan-conf.spec.macvlan.bond.options. The input format is: "primary=ens160; arp_interval=1", use ";" for multiple parameters.

If we need to create a VLAN sub-interface based on the created BOND NIC: bond0, so that the VLAN sub-interface undertakes the underlying network of the pod, we can refer to the following configuration:

~# cat << EOF | kubectl apply -f - 
apiVersion: spiderpool.spidernet.io/v2beta1
kind: SpiderMultusConfig
metadata:
  name: ipvlan-conf
  namespace: kube-system
spec:
  cniType: ipvlan
  macvlan:
    master:
    - ens192
    - ens224
    vlanID: 100
    bond:
      name: bond0
      mode: 1
      options: ""
EOF

When creating a pod with the above configuration, ifacer will create a bond NIC bond0 and a VLAN NIC bond0.100 on the host.

Other CNI Configurationsi

To create other types of CNI configurations, such OVS, refer to Ovs.

Conclusion

SpiderMultusConfig CR automates the management of Multus NetworkAttachmentDefinition CRs, improving the experience of creating configurations and reducing operational costs.

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