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calicoctl ipam show

This section describes the calicoctl ipam show command.

Read the calicoctl Overview for a full list of calicoctl commands.

Displaying the help text for 'calicoctl ipam show' command​

Run calicoctl ipam show --help to display the following help menu for the command.

Show details of Calico IP address usage. With no flags it summarizes pool
usage; the flags drill into a specific address, individual blocks, borrowed
addresses, or the current IPAM configuration.

Usage:
calicoctl ipam show [flags]

Examples:
# Summarize IP pool usage.
calicoctl ipam show

# Check whether a specific IP is in use.
calicoctl ipam show --ip 10.0.0.1

Flags:
-c, --config string Path to the file containing connection configuration in YAML or JSON format. (default "/etc/calico/calicoctl.cfg")
-h, --help help for show
--ip string Report whether this specific IP address is in use.
--show-blocks Show detailed information for IP blocks as well as pools.
--show-borrowed Show detailed information for borrowed IP addresses.
--show-configuration Show current Calico IPAM configuration.

Global Flags:
--allow-version-mismatch Allow client and cluster versions mismatch
--context string The name of the kubeconfig context to use
-l, --log-level string Set the log level (panic, fatal, error, warn, info, debug) (default "panic")

Examples​

  1. Print the information associated with an IP address.

    calicoctl ipam show --ip=192.168.1.2

    The following result indicates that the IP is not assigned to an endpoint.

    IP 192.168.1.2 is not currently assigned
  2. Print the information associated with a different IP address.

    calicoctl ipam show --ip=10.244.118.70

    For a Kubernetes pod IP, the output shows the handle ID and owner attributes:

    IP 10.244.118.70 is in use
    Handle ID: k8s-pod-network.abc123
    Active Owner Attributes:
    pod: nano-66d4c99f8b-jm5s9
    namespace: default
    node: ip-172-16-101-160.us-west-2.compute.internal

    For a KubeVirt VM IP, alternate owner attributes may also be shown (for example, during a live migration):

    IP 10.244.118.80 is in use
    Handle ID: k8s-pod-network.def456
    Active Owner Attributes:
    namespace: default
    node: worker-node-1
    vmi: my-vm
    pod: virt-launcher-my-vm-abc12
    Alternate Owner Attributes:
    namespace: default
    node: worker-node-2
    vmi: my-vm
    pod: virt-launcher-my-vm-def34
  3. Print a summary of IP usage.

    calicoctl ipam show

    The table shows usage for each IP Pool:

    +----------+-------------------+------------+------------+-------------------+
    | GROUPING | CIDR | IPS TOTAL | IPS IN USE | IPS FREE |
    +----------+-------------------+------------+------------+-------------------+
    | IP Pool | 10.65.0.0/16 | 65536 | 5 (0%) | 65531 (100%) |
    | IP Pool | fd5f:abcd:64::/48 | 1.2089e+24 | 7 (0%) | 1.2089e+24 (100%) |
    +----------+-------------------+------------+------------+-------------------+
  4. Print more detailed IP usage by blocks.

    calicoctl ipam show --show-blocks

    As well as the total usage per IP Pool, the table shows usage for block that has been allocated from those pools:

    +----------+-------------------------------------------+------------+------------+-------------------+
    | GROUPING | CIDR | IPS TOTAL | IPS IN USE | IPS FREE |
    +----------+-------------------------------------------+------------+------------+-------------------+
    | IP Pool | 10.65.0.0/16 | 65536 | 5 (0%) | 65531 (100%) |
    | Block | 10.65.79.0/26 | 64 | 5 (8%) | 59 (92%) |
    | IP Pool | fd5f:abcd:64::/48 | 1.2089e+24 | 7 (0%) | 1.2089e+24 (100%) |
    | Block | fd5f:abcd:64:4f2c:ec1b:27b9:1989:77c0/122 | 64 | 7 (11%) | 57 (89%) |
    +----------+-------------------------------------------+------------+------------+-------------------+
  5. Print more detailed information about borrowed IP addresses.

    calicoctl ipam show --show-borrowed

    Table shows which IP addresses have been borrowed by which node out of which block and the entity consuming it:

    +------------+-----------------+---------------+---------------+------+------------------------------------+
    | IP | BORROWING-NODE | BLOCK | BLOCK OWNER | TYPE | ALLOCATED-TO |
    +------------+-----------------+---------------+---------------+------+------------------------------------+
    | 172.16.0.1 | worker-node-1 | 172.16.0.0/29 | worker-node-2 | pod | external-ns/nginx-6db489d4b7-gln7h |
    | 172.16.0.2 | worker-node-3 | 172.16.0.0/29 | worker-node-2 | pod | external-ns/nginx-6db489d4b7-kzkbv |
    +------------+-----------------+---------------+---------------+------+------------------------------------+
  6. Print current IPAM configuration.

    calicoctl ipam show --show-configuration

    Table shows current IPAM configuration:

    +--------------------+-------+
    | PROPERTY | VALUE |
    +--------------------+-------+
    | StrictAffinity | false |
    | AutoAllocateBlocks | true |
    +--------------------+-------+

Options​

--ip string Report whether this specific IP address is in use.
--show-blocks Show detailed information for IP blocks as well as pools.
--show-borrowed Show detailed information for borrowed IP addresses.
--show-configuration Show current Calico IPAM configuration.

General options​

-c, --config string Path to the file containing connection configuration in YAML or JSON format. (default "/etc/calico/calicoctl.cfg")

See also​