Dynamic network address management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12101292-B2
Application number	US-202217820351-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 17, 2022
Priority date	Jul 15, 2022
Publication date	Sep 24, 2024
Grant date	Sep 24, 2024

Abstract

A method for network address management is provided. Embodiments include determining a creation of a namespace associated with a cluster of computing devices, wherein a subset of computing resources of the cluster of computing devices is allocated to the namespace. Embodiments include assigning, to the namespace, a network address pool comprising a plurality of network addresses in a subnet, wherein the assigning causes the plurality of network addresses to be reserved exclusively for the namespace. Embodiments include receiving an indication that a pod is added to the namespace. Embodiments include, in response to the receiving of the indication, assigning a network address from the network address pool to the pod.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method for network address management, comprising:
determining a creation of a namespace associated with a cluster of virtual computing instances (VCIs), each of the VCIs comprising a pod, each pod comprising one or more containers, the namespace having associated therewith a subset of computing resources of the cluster of VCIs;
determining, by a network container plugin (NCP), a size of a first network address pool to allocate to the namespace based on a first specified subset prefix length the network address pool comprising a plurality of network addresses in a subnet;
reserving, by the NCP, the plurality of network addresses in the subnet exclusively for the namespace by allocating the first network address pool to the first namespace;
receiving an indication that a pod is added to the namespace;
in response to the receiving of the indication, assigning a network address from the first network address pool to the pod;
determining that an addition of a new pod to the namespace causes a required number of network addresses for the namespace to exceed a number of available network addresses in the first network address pool; and
dynamically allocating a second network address pool to the namespace based on the addition of the new pod to the namespace, the second network address pool comprising a second plurality of network addresses in a second subnet, a size of the additional network address pool being determined based on a second specified subset prefix length, the second specified subset prefix length being different from the first specified subset prefix length.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a creation of a new namespace associated with the cluster of computing devices, wherein a different subset of the computing resources of the cluster of computing devices is allocated to the new namespace; and
assigning a third network address pool to the new namespace, wherein the third network address pool comprises a third plurality of network addresses in a third subnet.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising releasing the third network address pool from the new namespace based on determining that the new namespace has been deleted.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, based on a removal of a given pod from the namespace, that no network addresses in the second network address pool are in use by the namespace; and
releasing the second network address pool from the namespace.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subnet is determined based on the first subnet prefix length.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pod added to the namespace comprises one or more containers supported by a container engine.

7. A system for network address management, the system comprising:
at least one memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory, the at least one processor and the at least one memory configured to:
determine a creation of a namespace associated with a cluster of virtual computing instances (VCIs), each of the VCIs comprising a pod, each pod comprising one or more containers, the namespace having associated therewith a subset of computing resources of the cluster of VCIs;
determine, by a network container plugin (NCP), a size of a first network address pool to allocate to the namespace based on a first specified subset prefix length the network address pool comprising a plurality of network addresses in a subnet;
reserve, by the NCP, the plurality of network addresses in the subnet exclusively for the namespace by allocating the first network address pool to the namespace;
receive an indication that a pod is added to the namespace;
in response to the receiving of the indication, assign a network address from first the network address pool to the pod;
determine that an addition of a new pod to the namespace causes a required number of network addresses for the namespace to exceed a number of available network addresses in the first network address pool; and
dynamically allocate a second network address pool to the namespace based on the addition of the new pod to the namespace, the second network address pool comprising a second plurality of network addresses in a second subnet, a size of the additional network address pool being determined based on a second specified subset prefix length, the second specified subset prefix length being different from the first specified subset prefix length.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor and the at least one memory are further configured to:
determine a creation of a new namespace associated with the cluster of computing devices, wherein a different subset of the computing resources of the cluster of computing devices is allocated to the new namespace; and
assign a third network address pool to the new namespace, wherein the third network address pool comprises a third plurality of network addresses in a third subnet.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor and the at least one memory are further configured to release the third network address pool from the new namespace based on determining that the new namespace has been deleted.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor and the at least one memory are further configured to:
determine, based on a removal of a given pod from the namespace, that no network addresses in the second network address pool are in use by the namespace; and
release the second network address pool from the namespace.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the subnet is determined based the first subnet prefix length.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the pod added to the namespace comprises one or more containers supported by a container engine.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
determine a creation of a namespace associated with a cluster of virtual computing instances (VCIs), each of the VCIs comprising a pod, each pod comprising one or more containers, the namespace having associated therewith a subset of computing resources of the cluster of VCIs;
determine, by a network container plugin (NCP), a size of a first network address pool to allocate to the namespace based on a first specified subset prefix length the network address pool comprising a plurality of network addresses in a subnet;
reserve by the NCP, the plurality of network addresses in the subnet exclusively for the namespace by allocating the first network address pool to the namespace;
receive an indication that a pod is added to the namespace;
in response to the receiving of the indication, assign a network address from the first network address pool to the pod;
determine that an addition of a new pod to the namespace causes a required number of network addresses for the namespace to exceed a number of available network addresses in the first network address pool; and
dynamically allocate a second network address pool to the namespace based on the addition of the new pod to the namespace, the second network address pool comprising a second plurality of network addresses in a second subnet, a size of the additional network address pool being determined based on a second specified subset prefix length, the second specified subset prefix length being different from the first specified subset prefix length.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
determine a creation

Assignees

• VMware LLC

Inventors

• Liu Xiaopei
• Shen Jianjun
• Han Donghai
• Liu Wenfeng
• Liu Danting

Classifications

• H04L61/5061 Primary

  Pools of addresses · CPC title

• H04L2101/668

  Internet protocol [IP] address subnets · CPC title

• H04L61/5007 Primary

  Internet protocol [IP] addresses · CPC title