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## The Kubernetes network model ## The Kubernetes network model
Every [`Pod`](/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/) gets its own IP address. Every [`Pod`](/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/) in a cluster gets its own unique cluster-wide IP address.
This means you do not need to explicitly create links between `Pods` and you This means you do not need to explicitly create links between `Pods` and you
almost never need to deal with mapping container ports to host ports. almost never need to deal with mapping container ports to host ports.
This creates a clean, backwards-compatible model where `Pods` can be treated This creates a clean, backwards-compatible model where `Pods` can be treated
much like VMs or physical hosts from the perspectives of port allocation, much like VMs or physical hosts from the perspectives of port allocation,
naming, service discovery, [load balancing](/docs/concepts/services-networking/ingress/#load-balancing), application configuration, naming, service discovery, [load balancing](/docs/concepts/services-networking/ingress/#load-balancing),
and migration. application configuration, and migration.
Kubernetes imposes the following fundamental requirements on any networking Kubernetes imposes the following fundamental requirements on any networking
implementation (barring any intentional network segmentation policies): implementation (barring any intentional network segmentation policies):
* pods on a [node](/docs/concepts/architecture/nodes/) can communicate with all pods on all nodes without NAT * pods can communicate with all other pods on any other [node](/docs/concepts/architecture/nodes/)
without NAT
* agents on a node (e.g. system daemons, kubelet) can communicate with all * agents on a node (e.g. system daemons, kubelet) can communicate with all
pods on that node pods on that node
Note: For those platforms that support `Pods` running in the host network (e.g. Note: For those platforms that support `Pods` running in the host network (e.g.
Linux): Linux), when pods are attached to the host network of a node they can still communicate
with all pods on all nodes without NAT.
* pods in the host network of a node can communicate with all pods on all
nodes without NAT
This model is not only less complex overall, but it is principally compatible This model is not only less complex overall, but it is principally compatible
with the desire for Kubernetes to enable low-friction porting of apps from VMs with the desire for Kubernetes to enable low-friction porting of apps from VMs