How does BIG-IP distribute IP addresses to individual pods?

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Hello. I consider to adopt BIG-IP to out project, but I have second thought because I don't know how does BIG-IP distribute IP addresses to pods.
When I use BIG-IP for cluster mode on kubernetes, are IP Addresses which are provided by BIG-IP External IP Address, or Internal IP Address? How does BIG-IP know available IP Address range?&nbsp;

amiles_377865 · Accepted Answer

Hello Shoko,&nbsp;
Currently, Big-IP does not allocate IP addresses to new pods in a Kubernetes cluster.  You need some other system for external IP address assignment, such as MetalLB.  
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But once you've assigned your external addresses to your services, either manually or using you can load balance to them with your F5.&nbsp;
Best of luck,&nbsp;
Austin&nbsp;

shoko_388305 · Answer

Austin, thanks for your reply.&nbsp;
Then, if I want to do load balancing with kubernetes cluster mode, should I reserve some external IP address for pods? I'm thinking of using BIG-IP with Calico BGP, but is it impossible to use only internal address?&nbsp;
Shoko&nbsp;

amiles_377865 · Answer

I believe Big-IP is limited to external addresses, yes.  &nbsp;

shoko_388305 · Answer

Your answer made what I have to consider next clear. Many thanks.&nbsp;

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