Restricting an SNAT IP Pool to Specific Kubernetes Namespaces or TAS Orgs
You can specify which Kubernetes namespace or TAS org can be allocated IPs from the SNAT IP pool by adding the following tags to the IP pool.
- For a Kubernetes namespace:
scope: ncp/owner, tag: ns:<namespace_UUID>
- For a TAS org:
scope: ncp/owner, tag: org:<org_UUID>
You can get the namespace or org UUID with one of the following commands:
kubectl get ns -o yaml cf org <org_name> --guid
Note the following:
- Each tag should specify one UUID. You can create multiple tags for the same pool.
- If you change the tags after some namespaces or orgs have been allocated IPs based on the old tags, those IPs will not be reclaimed until the SNAT configurations of the Kubernetes services or TAS apps change or NCP restarts..
- The namespace and TAS org owner tags are optional. Without these tags, any namespace or TAS org can have IPs allocated from the SNAT IP pool.
Configuring an SNAT IP Pool for a Service
You can configure an SNAT IP pool for a service by adding an annotation to the service. For example,
apiVersion: v1 kind: Service metadata: name: svc-example annotations: ncp/snat_pool: <external IP pool ID or name> selector: app: example ...
The IP pool specified by ncp/snat_pool must have the tag scope: ncp/owner, tag: cluster:<cluster_name>
.
NCP will configure the SNAT rule for this service. The rule's source IP is the set of backend pods. The destination IP is the SNAT IP allocated from the specified external IP pool. If an error occurs when NCP configures the SNAT rule, the service will be annotated with
ncp/error.snat:
<error>. The possible errors are:
- IP_POOL_NOT_FOUND - The SNAT IP pool is not found in NSX Manager.
- IP_POOL_EXHAUSTED - The SNAT IP pool is exhausted.
- IP_POOL_NOT_UNIQUE - The pool specified by ncp/snat_pool refers to multiple pools in NSX Manager.
- SNAT_RULE_OVERLAPPED - A new SNAT rule is created, but the SNAT service's pod also belongs to another SNAT service, that is, there are multiple SNAT rules for the same pod.
- POOL_ACCESS_DENIED - The IP pool specified by ncp/snat_pool does not have the tag
scope: ncp/owner, tag: cluster:<cluster_name>
, or the pool's owner tag does not match the namespace of the service that is sending the allocation request. After you fix the error, you must restart NCP, or remove the ncp/snat_pool annotation and add it again.
Note the following:
- The pool specified by ncp/snat_pool should already exist in NSX-T Data Center before the service is configured.
- In NSX-T Data Center, the priority of the SNAT rule for the service is higher than that for the project.
- If a pod is configured with multiple SNAT rules, only one will work.
- You can change to a different IP pool by changing the annotation and restarting NCP.
Configuring an SNAT IP Pool for a Namespace
You can configure an SNAT IP pool for a namespace by adding an annotation to the namespace. For example,
apiVersion: v1 kind: Namespace metadata: name: ns-sample annotations: ncp/snat_pool: <external IP pool ID or name> ...
NCP will configure the SNAT rule for this namespace. The rule's source IP is the set of backend pods. The destination IP is the SNAT IP allocated from the specified external IP pool. If an error occurs when NCP configures the SNAT rule, the namespace will be annotated with
ncp/error.snat:
<error>. The possible errors are:
- IP_POOL_NOT_FOUND - The SNAT IP pool is not found in NSX Manager.
- IP_POOL_EXHAUSTED - The SNAT IP pool is exhausted.
- IP_POOL_NOT_UNIQUE - The pool specified by ncp/snat_pool refers to multiple pools in NSX Manager.
- POOL_ACCESS_DENIED - The IP pool specified by ncp/snat_pool does not have the tag
scope: ncp/owner, tag: cluster:<cluster_name>
, or the pool's owner tag does not match the namespace that is sending the allocation request. After you fix the error, you must restart NCP, or remove the ncp/snat_pool annotation and add it again.
Note the following:
- You can specify only one SNAT IP pool in the annotation.
- The SNAT IP pool does not need to be configured in ncp.ini.
- The IP pool specified by ncp/snat_pool must have the tag
scope: ncp/owner, tag: cluster:<cluster_name>
. - The IP pool specified by ncp/snat_pool can also have a namespace tag
scope: ncp/owner, tag: ns:<namespace_UUID>
. - If the ncp/snat_pool annotation is missing, the namespace will use the SNAT IP pool for the cluster.
- You can change to a different IP pool by changing the annotation and restarting NCP.
Configuring an SNAT IP Address for a Service
You can configure an SNAT IP address for a service by adding an annotation to the service. For example,
apiVersion: v1 kind: Service metadata: name: svc-example annotations: ncp/static_snat_ip: "1.2.3.4" ...
If the annotation
ncp/snat_pool is also specified, the SNAT IP address must be in the specified SNAT address pool. Otherwise, it must be in the external IP pool specified in
ncp.ini. If there are no errors, NCP will create or update the SNAT rule by using the annotated SNAT IP address for this service. The status of configuring the SNAT rule will be annotated with
ncp/snat_ip_status in the service. The possible values are:
- IP_ALLOCATED_SUCCESSFULLY
- IP_ALREADY_ALLOCATED - The IP address has already been allocated.
- IP_NOT_IN_POOL - The IP address is not in the SNAT IP Pool.
- IP_POOL_EXHAUSTED - The SNAT IP Pool is exhausted.
- SNAT_PROCESS_FAILED - An unknown error occurred.
Configuring an SNAT IP Address for a Namespace
You can configure an SNAT IP address for a namespace by adding an annotation to the namespace. For example,
apiVersion: v1 kind: Namespace metadata: name: svc-example annotations: ncp/static_snat_ip: "1.2.3.4" ...
If the annotation
ncp/snat_pool is also specified, the SNAT IP address must be in the specified SNAT address pool. Otherwise, it must be in the external IP pool specified in
ncp.ini. If there are no errors, NCP will create or update the SNAT rule by using the annotated SNAT IP address for this namespace. The status of configuring the SNAT rule will be annotated with
ncp/snat_ip_status in the namespace. The possible values are:
- IP_ALLOCATED_SUCCESSFULLY
- IP_ALREADY_ALLOCATED - The IP address has already been allocated.
- IP_NOT_IN_POOL - The IP address is not in the SNAT IP Pool.
- IP_NOT_REALIZED - An error occurred in NSX-T.
- IP_POOL_EXHAUSTED - The SNAT IP Pool is exhausted.
- SNAT_PROCESS_FAILED - An unknown error occurred.
Configuring an SNAT Pool for a TAS App
By default, NCP configures SNAT IP for a TAS (Tanzu Application Service) org. You can configure an SNAT IP for an app by creating an app with a
manifest.xml that contains the SNAT IP pool information. For example,
applications: - name: frontend memory: 32M disk_quota: 32M buildpack: go_buildpack env: GOPACKAGENAME: example-apps/cats-and-dogs/frontend NCP_SNAT_POOL: <external IP pool ID or name> ...
NCP will configure the SNAT rule for this app. The rule's source IP is the set of instances' IPs and its destination IP is the SNAT IP allocated from an external IP pool. Note the following:
- The pool specified by NCP_SNAT_POOL should already exist in NSX-T Data Center before the app is pushed.
- The priority of SNAT rule for an app is higher than that for an org.
- An app can be configured with only one SNAT IP.
- You can change to a different IP pool by changing the configuration and pushing the app again.
Configuring SNAT for TAS version 3
With TAS version 3, you can configure SNAT in one of two ways:
- Configure NCP_SNAT_POOL in manifest.yml when creating the app.
For example, the app is called bread and the manifest.yml has the following information:
applications: - name: bread stack: cflinuxfs2 random-route: true env: NCP_SNAT_POOL: AppSnatExternalIppool processes: - type: web disk_quota: 1024M instances: 2 memory: 512M health-check-type: port - type: worker disk_quota: 1024M health-check-type: process instances: 2 memory: 256M timeout: 15
Run the following commands:cf v3-push bread cf v3-apply-manifest -f manifest.yml cf v3-apps cf v3-restart bread
- Configure NCP_SNAT_POOL using the cf v3-set-env command.
Run the following commands (assuming the app is called app3):
cf v3-set-env app3 NCP_SNAT_POOL AppSnatExternalIppool (optional) cf v3-stage app3 -package-guid <package-guid> (You can get package-guid with "cf v3-packages app3".) cf v3-restart app3
Configuring an SNAT IP Pool or IP Address for a TAS Org
You can configure an SNAT IP pool or IP address for a TAS Org using the following annotations:
- ncp_snat_pool - The pool must exist and have the tag
scope: ncp/owner, tag: cluster:<cluster_name>
. - ncp_snat_ip - A specific address in an IP pool.
Note the following:
- If both ncp_snat_pool and ncp_snat_ip are specified, the SNAT IP address must be in the specified SNAT IP pool.
- If only ncp_snat_ip is specified, the SNAT IP address must be in the external IP pool specified in ncp.ini.
- If only ncp_snat_pool is specified, the SNAT IP address will be allocated from the specified pool.
You can configure SNAT IP for an org with the
cf curl command. For example:
cf curl v3/organizations/<org-guid> -X PATCH -d '{"metadata": {"annotations": {"ncp_snat_pool": "ann-ip-pool", "ncp_snat_ip": "1.2.3.4"}}}'
You can get
org-guid with the following command:
cf org <org-name> --guid
You can remove the
ncp_snat_ip annotation with the following command:
cf curl v3/organizations/<org-guid> -X PATCH -d '{"metadata": {"annotations": {"ncp_snat_ip": null}}}'
You can go to the NSX Manager UI to check if the SNAT rule is successfully created. To check for errors, look at the NCP logs.
If you see the POOL_ACCESS_DENIED error in the NCP log, it means that the IP pool specified by ncp_snat_pool does not have the tag scope: ncp/owner, tag: cluster:<cluster_name>
, or the pool's owner tag does not match the org that is sending the allocation request. After you fix the error, you must restart NCP, or remove the ncp_snat_pool annotation and add it again.