Use Network Attachment Definitions in a Container

Network attachment definitions can be referenced by name when creating a container. The extended resource name of the SR-IOV pool should also be referenced in the resource requests.

About this task

The following examples use network attachment definitions net2 and net3 created in Creating Network Attachment Definitions.

As shown in these examples, it is important that you request the same number of devices as you have network annotations.

Procedure

1. Create a container with one additional SR-IOV interface using the net2 network attachment definition.

   1. Populate the configuration file pod1.yaml with the following contents.

      apiVersion: v1
      kind: Pod
      metadata:
        name: pod1
        annotations:
          k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/networks: '[
              { "name": "net2" },
              { "name": "net2" }
          ]'
      spec:
        containers:
        - name: pod1
          image: centos/tools
          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
          command: [ "/bin/bash", "-c", "--" ]
          args: [ "while true; do sleep 300000; done;" ]
          resources:
            requests:
              intel.com/pci_sriov_net_datanet_b: '1'
            limits:
              intel.com/pci_sriov_net_datanet_b: '1'
      

   2. Apply the configuration to create the container.

      ~(keystone_admin)]$  kubectl create -f pod1.yaml
      pod/pod1 created
      

   After creating the container, an extra network device interface, net2, which uses one SR-IOV VF, will appear in the associated container(s).

2. Create a container with two additional SR-IOV interfaces using the net2 network attachment definition.

   1. Populate the configuration file pod2.yaml with the following contents.

      apiVersion: v1
      kind: Pod
      metadata:
        name: pod2
        annotations:
          k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/networks: '[
              { "name": "net2" }
          ]'
      spec:
        containers:
        - name: pod2
          image: centos/tools
          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
          command: [ "/bin/bash", "-c", "--" ]
          args: [ "while true; do sleep 300000; done;" ]
          resources:
            requests:
              intel.com/pci_sriov_net_datanet_b: '2'
            limits:
              intel.com/pci_sriov_net_datanet_b: '2'
      

   2. Apply the configuration to create the container.

      ~(keystone_admin)$ kubectl create -f pod2.yaml
      pod/pod2 created
      

   After creating the container, network device interfaces net2 and net3, which each use one SR-IOV VF, will appear in the associated container(s).

3. Create a container with two additional SR-IOV interfaces using the net2 and net3 network attachment definitions.

   1. Populate the configuration file pod3.yaml with the following contents.

      apiVersion: v1
      kind: Pod
      metadata:
         name: pod3
         annotations:
            k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/networks: '[
                  { "name": "net2" },
                  { "name": "net3" }
               ]'
      spec:
        containers:
        - name: pod3
          image: centos/tools
          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
          command: [ "/bin/bash", "-c", "--" ]
          args: [ "while true; do sleep 300000; done;" ]
          resources:
            requests:
               intel.com/pci_sriov_net_datanet_b: '2'
            limits:
               intel.com/pci_sriov_net_datanet_b: '2'
      

   2. Apply the configuration to create the container.

      ~(keystone_admin)$  kubectl create -f pod3.yaml
      

   net2 and net3 will each take a device from the pci_sriov_net_datanet_b pool and be configured on the container/host based on the their respective NetworkAttachmentDefinition specifications (see Creating Network Attachment Definitions).

   After creating the container, network device interfaces net2 and net3, which each use one SR-IOV VF, will appear in the associated container(s).

   Note

   In the above examples, the PCI addresses allocated to the container are exported via an environment variable. For example:

   ~(keystone_admin)$  kubectl exec -n default -it pod3 -- printenv
                       PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
                       HOSTNAME=pod3
                       TERM=xterm
                       PCIDEVICE_INTEL_COM_PCI_SRIOV_NET_DATANET_B=0000:81:0e.4,0000:81:0e.0
                       KUBERNETES_PORT_443_TCP_PROTO=tcp
                       KUBERNETES_PORT_443_TCP_PORT=443
                       KUBERNETES_PORT_443_TCP_ADDR=10.96.0.1
                       KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST=10.96.0.1
                       KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT=443
                       KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT_HTTPS=443
                       KUBERNETES_PORT=tcp://10.96.0.1:443
                       KUBERNETES_PORT_443_TCP=tcp://10.96.0.1:443
                       container=docker
                       HOME=/root
   

4. Create a container with two additional SR-IOV interfaces using the net1 network attachment definition for a DPDK based application.

   The configuration of the SR-IOV host interface to which the datanetwork is assigned determines whether the network attachment in the container will be kernel or dpdk-based. The SR-IOV host interface needs to be created with a vfio vf-driver for the network attachment in the container to be dpdk-based, otherwise it will be kernel-based.

   1. Populate the configuration file pod4.yaml with the following contents.

      apiVersion: v1
      kind: Pod
      metadata:
        name: testpmd
        annotations:
          k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/networks: '[
                  { "name": "net1" },
                  { "name": "net1" }
          ]'
      spec:
        restartPolicy: Never
        containers:
        - name: testpmd
          image: "amirzei/mlnx_docker_dpdk:ubuntu16.04"
          volumeMounts:
          - mountPath: /mnt/huge-1048576kB
            name: hugepage
          stdin: true
          tty: true
          securityContext:
            privileged: false
            capabilities:
              add: ["IPC_LOCK", "NET_ADMIN", "NET_RAW"]
          resources:
            requests:
              memory: 10Gi
              intel.com/pci_sriov_net_datanet_a: '2'
            limits:
              hugepages-1Gi: 4Gi
              memory: 10Gi
              intel.com/pci_sriov_net_datanet_a: '2'
        volumes:
        - name: hugepage
          emptyDir:
            medium: HugePages
      

      Note

      You must convert any dashes (-) in the datanetwork name used in the NetworkAttachmentDefinition to underscores (_).

   2. Apply the configuration to create the container.

      ~(keystone_admin)$  kubectl create -f pod4.yaml
      pod/testpmd created
      

Note

For applications backed by Mellanox NICs, privileged mode is required in the pod’s security context. For Intel i40e based NICs bound to vfio, privileged mode is not required.