diff --git a/content/en/docs/concepts/services-networking/dual-stack.md b/content/en/docs/concepts/services-networking/dual-stack.md index 20cbcb5f33..1fcaea4219 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/concepts/services-networking/dual-stack.md +++ b/content/en/docs/concepts/services-networking/dual-stack.md @@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ weight: 70 -{{< feature-state for_k8s_version="v1.16" state="alpha" >}} +{{< feature-state for_k8s_version="v1.21" state="beta" >}} - IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack enables the allocation of both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pods" term_id="pod" >}} and {{< glossary_tooltip text="Services" term_id="service" >}}. +IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack networking enables the allocation of both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pods" term_id="pod" >}} and {{< glossary_tooltip text="Services" term_id="service" >}}. -If you enable IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack networking for your Kubernetes cluster, the cluster will support the simultaneous assignment of both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. +IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack networking is enabled by default for your Kubernetes cluster starting in 1.21, allowing the simultaneous assignment of both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ If you enable IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack networking for your Kubernetes cluster, the c ## Supported Features -Enabling IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack on your Kubernetes cluster provides the following features: +IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack on your Kubernetes cluster provides the following features: * Dual-stack Pod networking (a single IPv4 and IPv6 address assignment per Pod) * IPv4 and IPv6 enabled Services @@ -45,34 +45,34 @@ The following prerequisites are needed in order to utilize IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack * Provider support for dual-stack networking (Cloud provider or otherwise must be able to provide Kubernetes nodes with routable IPv4/IPv6 network interfaces) * A network plugin that supports dual-stack (such as Kubenet or Calico) -## Enable IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack +## Configure IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack -To enable IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack, enable the `IPv6DualStack` [feature gate](/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates/) for the relevant components of your cluster, and set dual-stack cluster network assignments: +To use IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack, ensure the `IPv6DualStack` [feature gate](/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates/) is enabled for the relevant components of your cluster. (Starting in 1.21, IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack defaults to enabled.) + +To configure IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack, set dual-stack cluster network assignments: * kube-apiserver: - * `--feature-gates="IPv6DualStack=true"` * `--service-cluster-ip-range=,` * kube-controller-manager: - * `--feature-gates="IPv6DualStack=true"` * `--cluster-cidr=,` * `--service-cluster-ip-range=,` * `--node-cidr-mask-size-ipv4|--node-cidr-mask-size-ipv6` defaults to /24 for IPv4 and /64 for IPv6 - * kubelet: - * `--feature-gates="IPv6DualStack=true"` * kube-proxy: * `--cluster-cidr=,` - * `--feature-gates="IPv6DualStack=true"` {{< note >}} An example of an IPv4 CIDR: `10.244.0.0/16` (though you would supply your own address range) An example of an IPv6 CIDR: `fdXY:IJKL:MNOP:15::/64` (this shows the format but is not a valid address - see [RFC 4193](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4193)) +Starting in 1.21, IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack defaults to enabled. +You can disable it when necessary by specifying `--feature-gates="IPv6DualStack=false"` +on the kube-apiserver, kube-controller-manager, kubelet, and kube-proxy command line. {{< /note >}} ## Services -If your cluster has dual-stack enabled, you can create {{< glossary_tooltip text="Services" term_id="service" >}} which can use IPv4, IPv6, or both. +You can create {{< glossary_tooltip text="Services" term_id="service" >}} which can use IPv4, IPv6, or both. The address family of a Service defaults to the address family of the first service cluster IP range (configured via the `--service-cluster-ip-range` flag to the kube-apiserver). @@ -81,11 +81,9 @@ set the `.spec.ipFamilyPolicy` field to one of the following values: * `SingleStack`: Single-stack service. The control plane allocates a cluster IP for the Service, using the first configured service cluster IP range. * `PreferDualStack`: - * Only used if the cluster has dual-stack enabled. Allocates IPv4 and IPv6 cluster IPs for the Service - * If the cluster does not have dual-stack enabled, this setting follows the same behavior as `SingleStack`. + * Allocates IPv4 and IPv6 cluster IPs for the Service. (If the cluster has `--feature-gates="IPv6DualStack=false"`, this setting follows the same behavior as `SingleStack`.) * `RequireDualStack`: Allocates Service `.spec.ClusterIPs` from both IPv4 and IPv6 address ranges. * Selects the `.spec.ClusterIP` from the list of `.spec.ClusterIPs` based on the address family of the first element in the `.spec.ipFamilies` array. - * The cluster must have dual-stack networking configured. If you would like to define which IP family to use for single stack or define the order of IP families for dual-stack, you can choose the address families by setting an optional field, `.spec.ipFamilies`, on the Service. @@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ These examples demonstrate the behavior of various dual-stack Service configurat #### Dual-stack defaults on existing Services -These examples demonstrate the default behavior when dual-stack is newly enabled on a cluster where Services already exist. +These examples demonstrate the default behavior when dual-stack is newly enabled on a cluster where Services already exist. (Upgrading an existing cluster to 1.21 will enable dual-stack unless `--feature-gates="IPv6DualStack=false"` is set.) 1. When dual-stack is enabled on a cluster, existing Services (whether `IPv4` or `IPv6`) are configured by the control plane to set `.spec.ipFamilyPolicy` to `SingleStack` and set `.spec.ipFamilies` to the address family of the existing Service. The existing Service cluster IP will be stored in `.spec.ClusterIPs`. diff --git a/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates.md b/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates.md index 2cae7be4a0..415c5a57b5 100644 --- a/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates.md +++ b/content/en/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates.md @@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ different Kubernetes components. | `HPAScaleToZero` | `false` | Alpha | 1.16 | | | `HugePageStorageMediumSize` | `false` | Alpha | 1.18 | 1.18 | | `HugePageStorageMediumSize` | `true` | Beta | 1.19 | | -| `IPv6DualStack` | `false` | Alpha | 1.15 | | +| `IPv6DualStack` | `false` | Alpha | 1.15 | 1.20 | +| `IPv6DualStack` | `true` | Beta | 1.21 | | | `KubeletCredentialProviders` | `false` | Alpha | 1.20 | | | `KubeletPodResources` | `true` | Alpha | 1.13 | 1.14 | | `KubeletPodResources` | `true` | Beta | 1.15 | |