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Overview

The container network assigns IP addresses to pods in a cluster and provides networking services. In CCE, you can select the following network models for your cluster:

Network Model Comparison

Table 1 describes the differences of network models supported by CCE.

After a cluster is created, the network model cannot be changed.

Table 1 Network model comparison

Dimension

Tunnel Network

VPC Network

Application scenarios
  • Common container service scenarios
  • Scenarios that do not have high requirements on network latency and bandwidth
  • Scenarios that have high requirements on network latency and bandwidth
  • Containers can communicate with VMs using a microservice registration framework, such as Dubbo and CSE.

Core technology

OVS

IPvlan and VPC route

Applicable clusters

CCE cluster

CCE cluster

Network isolation

Kubernetes native NetworkPolicy for pods

No

Passthrough networking

No

No

IP address management
  • The container CIDR block is allocated separately.
  • CIDR blocks are divided by node and can be dynamically allocated (CIDR blocks can be dynamically added after being allocated.)
  • The container CIDR block is allocated separately.
  • CIDR blocks are divided by node and statically allocated (the CIDR block cannot be changed after a node is created).

Network performance

Performance loss due to VXLAN encapsulation

No tunnel encapsulation. Cross-node packets are forwarded through VPC routers, delivering performance equivalent to that of the host network.

Networking scale

A maximum of 2,000 nodes are supported.

A maximum of 2000 nodes are supported, which is restricted by the VPC routing capability.

Each time a node is added to the cluster, a route is added to the VPC route tables. Therefore, the cluster scale is limited by the VPC route tables.
  1. The scale of a cluster that uses the VPC network model is limited by the custom routes of the VPC. Therefore, estimate the number of required nodes before creating a cluster.
  2. By default, VPC routing network supports direct communication between containers and hosts in the same VPC. If a peering connection policy is configured between the VPC and another VPC, the containers can directly communicate with hosts on the peer VPC. In addition, in hybrid networking scenarios such as Direct Connect and VPN, communication between containers and hosts on the peer end can also be achieved with proper planning.
  3. Do not change the mask of the primary CIDR block on the VPC after a cluster is created. Otherwise, the network will be abnormal.
Parent topic: Container Network Models