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shoko_388305
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Apr 11, 2019
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How does BIG-IP distribute IP addresses to individual pods?

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...
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  • AMiles_377865's avatar
    AMiles_377865
    Apr 11, 2019

    Hello Shoko,

     

    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.

     

    But once you've assigned your external addresses to your services, either manually or using you can load balance to them with your F5.

     

    Best of luck,

     

    Austin

     

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AMiles_377865
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Hello Shoko,

 

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.

 

But once you've assigned your external addresses to your services, either manually or using you can load balance to them with your F5.

 

Best of luck,

 

Austin

 

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AMiles_377865
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Apr 12, 2019

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