MULTUS CNI plugin

Multus is the latin word for “Multi”
As the name suggests, it acts as the Multi plugin in Kubernetes and provides the Multi interface support in a pod
Multus supports all reference plugins (eg. Flannel, DHCP, Macvlan) that implement the CNI specification and all 3rd party plugins (eg. Calico, Weave, Cilium, Contiv). In addition to it, Multus supports SRIOV, DPDK, OVS-DPDK & VPP workloads in Kubernetes with both cloud native and NFV based applications in Kubernetes.
It is a contact between the container runtime and other plugins, and it doesn't have any of its own net configuration, it calls other plugins like flannel/calico to do the real net conf job.
Multus reuses the concept of invoking the delegates in flannel, it groups the multi plugins into delegates and invoke each other in sequential order, according to the JSON scheme in the cni configuration.
No. of plugins supported is dependent upon the number of delegates in the conf file.
Master plugin invokes "eth0" interface in the pod, rest of plugins(Mininon plugins eg: sriov,ipam) invoke interfaces as "net0", "net1".. "netn"
The "masterplugin" is the only net conf option of multus cni, it identifies the primary network. The default route will point to the primary network

Please read CNI for more information on container networking.

Multus additional plugins

NFV based Networking in Kubernetes

Feature Brief -Multiple Network Interface Support in Kubernetes
White Paper - Enabling New Features with Kubernetes for NFV

Multi-Homed pod

Build

This plugin requires Go 1.8 to build.

Go 1.5 users will need to set GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT=1 to get vendored dependencies. This flag is set by default in 1.6.

#./build

Work flow

## Network configuration reference

name (string, required): the name of the network
type (string, required): "multus"
kubeconfig (string, optional): kubeconfig file for the out of cluster communication with kube-apiserver, Refer the doc
delegates (([]map,required): number of delegate details in the Multus, ignored in case kubeconfig is added.
masterplugin (bool,required): master plugin to report back the IP address and DNS to the container

Usage with Kubernetes CRD/TPR based Network Objects

Kubelet is responsible for establishing the network interfaces for each pod; it does this by invoking its configured CNI plugin. When Multus is invoked, it recovers pod annotations related to Multus, in turn, then it uses these annotations to recover a Kubernetes custom resource definition (CRD), which is an object that informs which plugins to invoke and the configuration needing to be passed to them. The order of plugin invocation is important as is the identity of the primary plugin.

Please refer the Kubernetes Network SIG - Multiple Network PoC proposal for more details refer the link - K8s Multiple Network proposal

Creating “Network” third party resource in kubernetes

Multus is compatible to work with both CRD/TPR. Both CRD/TPR based network object api self link is same.

CRD based Network objects

Create a Third party resource “crdnetwork.yaml” for the network object as shown below

apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
  # name must match the spec fields below, and be in the form: <plural>.<group>
  name: networks.kubernetes.com
spec:
  # group name to use for REST API: /apis/<group>/<version>
  group: kubernetes.com
  # version name to use for REST API: /apis/<group>/<version>
  version: v1
  # either Namespaced or Cluster
  scope: Namespaced
  names:
    # plural name to be used in the URL: /apis/<group>/<version>/<plural>
    plural: networks
    # singular name to be used as an alias on the CLI and for display
    singular: network
    # kind is normally the CamelCased singular type. Your resource manifests use this.
    kind: Network
    # shortNames allow shorter string to match your resource on the CLI
    shortNames:
    - net

kubectl create command for the Custom Resource Definition

# kubectl create -f ./crdnetwork.yaml
customresourcedefinition "network.kubernetes.com" created

kubectl get command to check the Network CRD creation

# kubectl get CustomResourceDefinition
NAME                      KIND
networks.kubernetes.com   CustomResourceDefinition.v1beta1.apiextensions.k8s.io

Save the below following YAML to flannel-network.yaml

apiVersion: "kubernetes.com/v1"
kind: Network
metadata:
  name: flannel-networkobj
plugin: flannel
args: '[
        {
                "delegate": {
                        "isDefaultGateway": true
                }
        }
]'

create the custom resource definition

# kubectl create -f customCRD/flannel-network.yaml
network "flannel-networkobj" created

# kubectl get network
NAME                 KIND                        ARGS                                               PLUGIN
flannel-networkobj   Network.v1.kubernetes.com   [ { "delegate": { "isDefaultGateway": true } } ]   flannel

Get the custom network object details

# kubectl get network flannel-networkobj -o yaml
apiVersion: kubernetes.com/v1
args: '[ { "delegate": { "isDefaultGateway": true } } ]'
kind: Network
metadata:
  clusterName: ""
  creationTimestamp: 2017-07-11T21:46:52Z
  deletionGracePeriodSeconds: null
  deletionTimestamp: null
  name: flannel-networkobj
  namespace: default
  resourceVersion: "6848829"
  selfLink: /apis/kubernetes.com/v1/namespaces/default/networks/flannel-networkobj
  uid: 7311c965-6682-11e7-b0b9-408d5c537d27
plugin: flannel

Both TPR and CRD will have same selfLink : /apis/kubernetes.com/v1/namespaces/default/networks/

if you are using 1.7 or planning to use 1.8 kubernetes, you can use CRD itself. There is no need to change any thing in Multus. For Kubernetes user < 1.7 use TPR based network objects as follows

TPR based Network objects

Create a Third party resource “tprnetwork.yaml” for the network object as shown below

apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: ThirdPartyResource
metadata:
  name: network.kubernetes.com
description: "A specification of a Network obj in the kubernetes"
versions:
- name: v1

Run kubectl create command for the Third Party Resource

# kubectl create -f ./tprnetwork.yaml
thirdpartyresource "network.kubernetes.com" created

Run kubectl get command to check the Network TPR creation

# kubectl get thirdpartyresource
NAME                     DESCRIPTION                                          VERSION(S)
network.kubernetes.com   A specification of a Network obj in the kubernetes   v1

Creating “Custom Network objects” third party resource in kubernetes

After the ThirdPartyResource object has been created you can create network objects. Network objects should contain network fields. These fields are in JSON format. In the following example, a plugin and args fields are set to the object of kind Network. The kind Network is derived from the metadata.name of the ThirdPartyResource object we created above.
Save the below following YAML to flannel-network.yaml

apiVersion: "kubernetes.com/v1"
kind: Network
metadata:
  name: flannel-conf
plugin: flannel
args: '[
        {
                "delegate": {
                        "isDefaultGateway": true
                }
        }
]'

Run kubectl create command for the TPR - Network object

# kubectl create -f ./flannel-network.yaml 
network "flannel-conf" created

Manage the Network objects using kubectl.

# kubectl get network
NAME                         KIND
flannel-conf                 Network.v1.kubernetes.com

You can also view the raw JSON data. Here you can see that it contains the custom plugin and args fields from the yaml you used to create it:

# kubectl get network flannel-conf -o yaml
apiVersion: kubernetes.com/v1
args: '[ { "delegate": { "isDefaultGateway": true } } ]'
kind: Network
metadata:
  creationTimestamp: 2017-06-28T14:20:52Z
  name: flannel-conf
  namespace: default
  resourceVersion: "5422876"
  selfLink: /apis/kubernetes.com/v1/namespaces/default/networks/flannel-conf
  uid: fdcb94a2-5c0c-11e7-bbeb-408d5c537d27
plugin: flannel

The plugin field should be the name of the CNI plugin and args should have the flannel args, it should be in the the JSON format as shown above. User can create network objects for Calico, Weave, Romana, & Cilium and test the multus.
Save the below following YAML to sriov-network.yaml. Refer Intel - SR-IOV CNI or contact @kural in Intel-Corp Slack for running the DPDK based workloads in Kubernetes

apiVersion: "kubernetes.com/v1"
kind: Network
metadata:
  name: sriov-conf
plugin: sriov
args: '[
       {
                "if0": "enp12s0f1",
                "ipam": {
                        "type": "host-local",
                        "subnet": "10.56.217.0/24",
                        "rangeStart": "10.56.217.171",
                        "rangeEnd": "10.56.217.181",
                        "routes": [
                                { "dst": "0.0.0.0/0" }
                        ],
                        "gateway": "10.56.217.1"
                }
        }
]'

Save the below following YAML to sriov-vlanid-l2enable-network.yaml

apiVersion: "kubernetes.com/v1"
kind: Network
metadata:
  name: sriov-vlanid-l2enable-conf
plugin: sriov
args: '[
       {
                "if0": "enp2s0",
                "vlan": 210,
                "if0name": "north",
                "l2enable": true
        }
]'

Follows the step 2 to create the network object “sriov-vlanid-l2enable-conf” and “sriov-conf”
Manage the Network objects using kubectl.

# kubectl get network
NAME                         KIND
flannel-conf                 Network.v1.kubernetes.com
sriov-vlanid-l2enable-conf   Network.v1.kubernetes.com
sriov-conf                   Network.v1.kubernetes.com

Configuring Multus to use the kubeconfig

Create Multus CNI configuration file /etc/cni/net.d/multus-cni.conf with below content in minions. Use only the absolute path to point to the kubeconfig file (it may change depending upon your cluster env) and make sure all CNI binary files are in \opt\cni\bin dir

{
    "name": "minion-cni-network",
    "type": "multus",
    "kubeconfig": "/etc/kubernetes/node-kubeconfig.yaml"
}

Restart kubelet service

# systemctl restart kubelet

Configuring Multus to use the kubeconfig and also default networks

Many user want default networking feature along with Network object. Refer #14 & #17 issues for more information. In this following config, Weave act as the default network in the absence of network field in the pod metadata annotation.

{
    "name": "minion-cni-network",
    "type": "multus",
    "kubeconfig": "/etc/kubernetes/node-kubeconfig.yaml",
    "delegates": [{
        "type": "weave-net",
        "hairpinMode": true,
        "masterplugin": true
    }]
}

Restart kubelet service

# systemctl restart kubelet

Configuring Pod to use the TPR Network objects

Save the below following YAML to pod-multi-network.yaml. In this case flannel-conf network object act as the primary network.

# cat pod-multi-network.yaml 
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: multus-multi-net-poc
  annotations:
    networks: '[  
        { "name": "flannel-conf" },
        { "name": "sriov-conf"},
        { "name": "sriov-vlanid-l2enable-conf" } 
    ]'
spec:  # specification of the pod's contents
  containers:
  - name: multus-multi-net-poc
    image: "busybox"
    command: ["top"]
    stdin: true
    tty: true

Create Multiple network based pod from the master node

# kubectl create -f ./pod-multi-network.yaml
pod "multus-multi-net-poc" created

Get the details of the running pod from the master

# kubectl get pods
NAME                   READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
multus-multi-net-poc   1/1       Running   0          30s

Verifying Pod network

Run “ifconfig” command inside the container:

# kubectl exec -it multus-multi-net-poc -- ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 06:21:91:2D:74:B9  
          inet addr:192.168.42.3  Bcast:0.0.0.0  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::421:91ff:fe2d:74b9/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1450  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:648 (648.0 B)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

net0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr D2:94:98:82:00:00  
          inet addr:10.56.217.171  Bcast:0.0.0.0  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::d094:98ff:fe82:0/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:120 (120.0 B)  TX bytes:648 (648.0 B)

north     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr BE:F2:48:42:83:12  
          inet6 addr: fe80::bcf2:48ff:fe42:8312/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1420 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1276 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:95956 (93.7 KiB)  TX bytes:82200 (80.2 KiB)

Interface name	Description
lo	loopback
eth0@if41	Flannel network tap interface
net0	VF0 of NIC 1 assigned to the container by Intel - SR-IOV CNI plugin
north	VF0 of NIC 2 assigned with VLAN ID 210 to the container by SR-IOV CNI plugin

Check the vlan ID of the NIC 2 VFs

# ip link show enp2s0
20: enp2s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 24:8a:07:e8:7d:40 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    vf 0 MAC 00:00:00:00:00:00, vlan 210, spoof checking off, link-state auto
    vf 1 MAC 00:00:00:00:00:00, vlan 4095, spoof checking off, link-state auto
    vf 2 MAC 00:00:00:00:00:00, vlan 4095, spoof checking off, link-state auto
    vf 3 MAC 00:00:00:00:00:00, vlan 4095, spoof checking off, link-state auto

Using Multus Conf file

Given the following network configuration:

# tee /etc/cni/net.d/multus-cni.conf <<-'EOF'
{
    "name": "multus-demo-network",
    "type": "multus",
    "delegates": [
        {
                "type": "sriov",
                #part of sriov plugin conf
                "if0": "enp12s0f0", 
                "ipam": {
                        "type": "host-local",
                        "subnet": "10.56.217.0/24",
                        "rangeStart": "10.56.217.131",
                        "rangeEnd": "10.56.217.190",
                        "routes": [
                                { "dst": "0.0.0.0/0" }
                        ],
                        "gateway": "10.56.217.1"
                }
        },
        {
                "type": "ptp",
                "ipam": {
                        "type": "host-local",
                        "subnet": "10.168.1.0/24",
                        "rangeStart": "10.168.1.11",
                        "rangeEnd": "10.168.1.20",
                        "routes": [
                                { "dst": "0.0.0.0/0" }
                        ],
                        "gateway": "10.168.1.1"
                }
        },
        {
                "type": "flannel",
                "masterplugin": true,
                "delegate": {
                        "isDefaultGateway": true
                }
        }
    ]
}
EOF

Testing the Multus CNI

Multiple Flannel Network

Github user YYGCui has used Multiple flannel network to work with Multus CNI plugin. Please refer this closed issue for Multiple overlay network support with Multus CNI.

docker

Make sure that the multus, sriov, flannel, and ptp binaries are in the /opt/cni/bin directories and follow the steps as mention in the CNI

Kubernetes

Refer the Kubernetes User Guide and network plugin

Kubelet must be configured to run with the CNI --network-plugin, with the following configuration information. Edit /etc/default/kubelet file and add KUBELET_OPTS:

KUBELET_OPTS="...
--network-plugin-dir=/etc/cni/net.d
--network-plugin=cni
"

Restart the kubelet

# systemctl restart kubelet.service

Launching workloads in Kubernetes

Launch the workload using yaml file in the kubernetes master, with above configuration in the multus CNI, each pod should have multiple interfaces.

Note: To verify whether Multus CNI plugin is working fine create a pod containing one “busybox” container and execute “ip link” command to check if interfaces management follows configuration.

Create “multus-test.yaml” file containing below configuration. Created pod will consist of one “busybox” container running “top” command.

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: multus-test
spec:  # specification of the pod's contents
  restartPolicy: Never
  containers:
  - name: test1
    image: "busybox"
    command: ["top"]
    stdin: true
    tty: true

Create pod using command:

# kubectl create -f multus-test.yaml
pod "multus-test" created

Run “ip link” command inside the container:

# 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue qlen 1
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
3: eth0@if41: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP,M-DOWN> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue
    link/ether 26:52:6b:d8:44:2d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
20: net0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq qlen 1000
    link/ether f6:fb:21:4f:1d:63 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
21: net1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq qlen 1000
    link/ether 76:13:b1:60:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Interface name	Description
lo	loopback
eth0@if41	Flannel network tap interface
net0	VF assigned to the container by SR-IOV CNI plugin
net1	ptp localhost interface

Contacts

For any questions about Multus CNI, please reach out on github issue or feel free to contact the developer @kural in our Intel-Corp Slack

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Table of Contents

For more info on Multus - Sign In for KubeCon 2017 Salon: Enabling NFV Features in Kubernetes.

MULTUS CNI plugin

Multus additional plugins

NFV based Networking in Kubernetes

Multi-Homed pod

Build

Work flow

Usage with Kubernetes CRD/TPR based Network Objects

Creating “Network” third party resource in kubernetes

CRD based Network objects

TPR based Network objects

Creating “Custom Network objects” third party resource in kubernetes

Configuring Multus to use the kubeconfig

Configuring Multus to use the kubeconfig and also default networks

Configuring Pod to use the TPR Network objects

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Using Multus Conf file

Testing the Multus CNI

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NFV based Networking in Kubernetes

Multi-Homed pod

Build

Work flow

Usage with Kubernetes CRD/TPR based Network Objects

Creating “Network” third party resource in kubernetes

CRD based Network objects

TPR based Network objects

Creating “Custom Network objects” third party resource in kubernetes

Configuring Multus to use the kubeconfig

Configuring Multus to use the kubeconfig and also default networks

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