Flannel

Flannel is a simple overlay network that satisfies the Kubernetes networking requirements. It allocates subnet leases to each host and provides a layer 3 IPv4 network between multiple nodes in a cluster. It is configured via the Kubernetes API or etcd and exposes no REST API of its own.

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: flannel:flannel
name: Flannel
description: Flannel is a simple overlay network that satisfies the Kubernetes networking requirements.
  It allocates subnet leases to each host and provides a layer 3 IPv4 network between multiple nodes in
  a cluster. It is configured via the Kubernetes API or etcd and exposes no REST API of its own.
humanURL: https://github.com/flannel-io/flannel
tags:
- CNI
- Containers
- Kubernetes
- Networking
- Overlay Network
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/flannel-io/flannel/blob/master/Documentation/kubernetes.md
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://github.com/flannel-io/flannel/blob/master/Documentation/running.md
- type: Configuration
  url: https://github.com/flannel-io/flannel/blob/master/Documentation/configuration.md