defaults: built-in baseline is dual-stack (IPv6 + IPv4), not IPv6-only
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BuiltinFamilyDefaults() now returns {WantV6: true, WantV4: true}. Pods
that want a single family explicitly opt out via the
flock.fritzlab.net/ipv4 (or ipv6) annotation, or the operator narrows
the default at the node level via NodeConfig.Spec.Defaults.
Annotation precedence is unchanged: pod annotation > NodeConfig defaults
> built-in baseline. Tests updated to reflect the new baseline; the
"opt out of v4" path now has explicit coverage.
Docs updated:
- NodeConfig.Spec.Defaults Go doc + CRD descriptions reflect the new
baseline and its overrides
- README opening framing softened from "IPv6-first" to "dual-stack,
IPv6-friendly"; example pods + spec.defaults table flipped to
treat dual-stack as the default and v6/v4-only as overrides
- README NetworkPolicy line in the comparison table flipped to
"yes (nftables)" since v1 enforcement shipped
- Limitations note about IPv4-only destinations rewritten — every
pod has v4 by default now, so the question is whether your IPv4
pool is routable beyond your network
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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A small, opinionated Kubernetes CNI built around three ideas:
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1. **IPv6-first.** Every pod gets a globally routable IPv6 address. IPv4 is
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per-pod opt-in for legacy clients.
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1. **Dual-stack, IPv6-friendly.** Every pod gets a globally routable IPv6
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address by default. IPv4 is also enabled by default; either family can
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be turned off per-node or per-pod when you really mean to.
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2. **No tunnels, no NAT.** Pod addresses are the real packets on the wire.
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Each node speaks BGP to its upstream router and advertises its own
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per-node prefix. The pod network is just the LAN, plus host routes.
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- 192.0.2.0/24 # IPv4 pool, used only when a pod opts in.
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defaults:
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ipv6: true # Optional. Built-in baseline if omitted.
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ipv4: false # Optional. Built-in baseline if omitted.
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ipv4: true # Optional. Built-in baseline if omitted.
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bgp:
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asn: 65101 # This node's local ASN.
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peers:
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on this node — i.e. when the pod has no explicit `flock.fritzlab.net/ipv6`
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or `flock.fritzlab.net/ipv4` annotation. Pod annotations always override.
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If you omit `spec.defaults` (or any individual field inside it) flock
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falls back to its built-in baseline of **IPv6 on, IPv4 off**.
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falls back to its built-in baseline of **dual-stack (IPv6 on, IPv4 on)**.
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| Goal | `spec.defaults` |
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|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
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| IPv6-only (the default) | omit, or `{ ipv6: true, ipv4: false }`|
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| Dual-stack by default | `{ ipv6: true, ipv4: true }` |
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| IPv4-only (legacy node) | `{ ipv6: false, ipv4: true }` |
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| Goal | `spec.defaults` |
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|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
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| Dual-stack (the default) | omit, or `{ ipv6: true, ipv4: true }` |
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| IPv6-only node | `{ ipv6: true, ipv4: false }` |
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| IPv4-only (legacy node) | `{ ipv6: false, ipv4: true }` |
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A NodeConfig that resolves to "neither family" is rejected at allocation
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time, so misconfiguring both to false will surface as an error on the
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### Example pods
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Default IPv6-only — no annotations needed:
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Default dual-stack — no annotations needed:
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```yaml
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apiVersion: v1
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name: minimal
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```
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Dual-stack on a node whose default is IPv6-only:
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IPv6 only — opt out of the default v4 allocation:
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```yaml
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apiVersion: v1
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kind: Pod
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metadata:
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name: legacy-client
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name: v6-only
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annotations:
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flock.fritzlab.net/ipv4: "true"
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flock.fritzlab.net/ipv4: "false"
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```
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Operator-friendly addressing — `fnv(namespace) | fnv(pod) | random`
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template:
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metadata:
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annotations:
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flock.fritzlab.net/ipv4: "true"
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flock.fritzlab.net/anycast: "2001:db8:a::53, 192.0.2.53"
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spec:
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containers:
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| | flock | Calico | Cilium |
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|--------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
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| Default address family | IPv6 | IPv4 | dual |
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| Default address family | dual (IPv6+IPv4) | IPv4 | dual |
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| BGP | yes (BIRD) | yes | optional |
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| Overlay (VXLAN/IPIP) | never | optional | yes (geneve) or native |
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| NAT in datapath | never | masquerade by default | masquerade by default |
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| Anycast pod addressing | first-class | manual | optional, via service mesh |
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| eBPF datapath | no | optional | yes |
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| NetworkPolicy | not yet | yes (Felix) | yes (eBPF) |
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| NetworkPolicy | yes (nftables) | yes (Felix) | yes (eBPF) |
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| Cluster size target | small (< 100 nodes) | thousands | thousands |
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| Operational surface area | low (1 DaemonSet, 1 CRD) | medium | high |
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| Production-ready | alpha | yes | yes |
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flock is not trying to compete with Calico or Cilium. The right answer
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for most clusters is one of those two — flock exists for clusters where
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every node already speaks BGP, the operator wants to think in IPv6-first
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terms, and per-pod anycast is something they actually want to use rather
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than work around.
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every node already speaks BGP, the operator wants real (no NAT) IPv6
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addressing on every pod, and per-pod anycast is something they actually
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want to use rather than work around.
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## Limitations and non-goals
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- No NetworkPolicy enforcement yet (planned).
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- No NAT, no masquerade, no SNAT-egress. If your pods need to reach a
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legacy IPv4-only destination, give them an IPv4 address explicitly.
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- NetworkPolicy supports `networking.k8s.io/v1` (ingress + egress, all
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three peer types, numeric ports + port ranges). Named ports and
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AdminNetworkPolicy are not yet implemented.
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- No NAT, no masquerade, no SNAT-egress. Pods reach the wider internet
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using their real cluster-routable addresses; if your IPv4 pool isn't
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routable beyond your network, those pods can't reach v4-only hosts on
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the public internet without help from your border router.
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- No multi-cluster, no peering across clusters.
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- Linux-only datapath.
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- IPAM is per-node — there's no global allocator and no IP mobility.
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