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Test networking

In this lab we will test the Calico cluster to demonstrate networking is working correctly.

Pod to pod pings​

Create three busybox instances

kubectl create deployment pingtest --image=busybox --replicas=3 -- sleep infinity

Check their IP addresses

kubectl get pods --selector=app=pingtest --output=wide

Result

NAME                      READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE     IP               NODE               NOMINATED NODE   READINESS GATES
pingtest-b4b6f8cf-b5z78   1/1     Running   0          3m28s   192.168.38.128   ip-172-31-37-123   <none>           <none>
pingtest-b4b6f8cf-jmzq6   1/1     Running   0          3m28s   192.168.45.193   ip-172-31-40-217   <none>           <none>
pingtest-b4b6f8cf-rn9nm   1/1     Running   0          3m28s   192.168.60.64    ip-172-31-45-29    <none>           <none>

Note the IP addresses of the second two pods, then exec into the first one. For example

kubectl exec -ti pingtest-b4b6f8cf-b5z78 -- sh

From inside the pod, ping the other two pod IP addresses. For example

ping 192.168.45.193 -c 4

Result

PING 192.168.45.193 (192.168.45.193): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.45.193: seq=0 ttl=62 time=1.847 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.45.193: seq=1 ttl=62 time=0.684 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.45.193: seq=2 ttl=62 time=0.488 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.45.193: seq=3 ttl=62 time=0.442 ms

--- 192.168.45.193 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.442/0.865/1.847 ms

Check routes​

From one of the nodes, verify that routes exist to each of the pingtest pods' IP addresses. For example

ip route get 192.168.38.128

Result

192.168.38.128 via 172.31.37.123 dev eth0 src 172.31.42.47 uid 1000
    cache

The via 172.31.37.123 in this example indicates the next-hop for this pod IP, which matches the IP address of the node the pod is scheduled on, as expected.

IPAM allocations from different pools​

Recall that we created two IP pools, but left one disabled.

calicoctl get ippools -o wide

Result

NAME    CIDR               NAT    IPIPMODE   VXLANMODE   DISABLED   SELECTOR
pool1   192.168.0.0/18     true   Never      Never       false      all()
pool2   192.168.192.0/19   true   Never      Never       true       all()

Enable the second pool.

calicoctl apply -f - <<EOF
apiVersion: projectcalico.org/v3
kind: IPPool
metadata:
  name: pool2
spec:
  cidr: 192.168.192.0/19
  ipipMode: Never
  natOutgoing: true
  disabled: false
  nodeSelector: all()
EOF

Create a pod, explicitly requesting an address from pool2

kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: pingtest-pool2
  annotations:
    cni.projectcalico.org/ipv4pools: "[\"pool2\"]"
spec:
  containers:
  - args:
    - sleep
    - infinity
    image: busybox
    imagePullPolicy: Always
    name: pingtest
EOF

Verify it has an IP address from pool2

kubectl get pod pingtest-pool2 -o wide

Result

NAME             READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE   IP              NODE              NOMINATED NODE   READINESS GATES
pingtest-pool2   1/1     Running   0          75s   192.168.219.0   ip-172-31-45-29   <none>           <none>

From one of the original pingtest pods, ping the IP address.

ping 192.168.219.0 -c 4

Result

PING 192.168.219.0 (192.168.219.0): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.219.0: seq=0 ttl=62 time=0.524 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.219.0: seq=1 ttl=62 time=0.459 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.219.0: seq=2 ttl=62 time=0.505 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.219.0: seq=3 ttl=62 time=0.492 ms

--- 192.168.219.0 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0.459/0.495/0.524 ms

Clean up​

kubectl delete deployments.apps pingtest
kubectl delete pod pingtest-pool2

Next​

Test network policy