K8s — How Does a Pod Acquire an IP Address?

Tony
6 min readApr 29, 2024

One of the fundamental requirements of the Kubernetes networking model is that each Pod must have its own IP address for communication. Many newcomers to Kubernetes are initially unclear on how IP addresses are assigned to each Pod.

They understand how various components function independently but may not grasp how these components work together. For instance, they might know what CNI…

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