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Add documentation for ClusterNetworkPolicy (#724)
Add a general overview of the ClusterNetworkPolicy feature and its usage along with the key differences between CNP and K8s NP.
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# Cluster Network Policy | ||
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ClusterNetworkPolicy is a specification of how workloads within a cluster | ||
communicate with each other and other external endpoints. | ||
The ClusterNetworkPolicy is supposed to aid cluster admins to configure | ||
the security policy for the cluster, unlike K8s NetworkPolicy, which is | ||
aimed towards developers to secure their apps and affects Pods within the | ||
Namespace in which the K8s NetworkPolicy is created. | ||
Rules belonging to ClusterNetworkPolicies are evaluated before any rule | ||
belonging to a K8s NetworkPolicy. | ||
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**Note**: ClusterNetworkPolicy is currently in "Alpha" stage. In order to | ||
enable them, edit the Controller configuration in the `antrea` ConfigMap | ||
as follows: | ||
```yaml | ||
antrea-controller.conf: | | ||
featureGates: | ||
# Enable ClusterNetworkPolicy feature to complement K8s NetworkPolicy | ||
# for cluster admins to define security policies which apply to the | ||
# entire cluster. | ||
ClusterNetworkPolicy: true | ||
``` | ||
## The ClusterNetworkPolicy resource | ||
An example ClusterNetworkPolicy might look like this: | ||
``` | ||
apiVersion: security.antrea.tanzu.vmware.com/v1alpha1 | ||
kind: ClusterNetworkPolicy | ||
metadata: | ||
name: test-cnp | ||
spec: | ||
priority: 5 | ||
appliedTo: | ||
- podSelector: | ||
matchLabels: | ||
role: db | ||
- namespaceSelector: | ||
matchLabels: | ||
env: prod | ||
ingress: | ||
- action: Allow | ||
from: | ||
- podSelector: | ||
matchLabels: | ||
role: frontend | ||
- podSelector: | ||
matchLabels: | ||
role: nondb | ||
namespaceSelector: | ||
matchLabels: | ||
role: db | ||
ports: | ||
- protocol: TCP | ||
port: 8080 | ||
egress: | ||
- action: Drop | ||
to: | ||
- ipBlock: | ||
cidr: 10.0.10.0/24 | ||
ports: | ||
- protocol: TCP | ||
port: 5978 | ||
``` | ||
**spec**: The ClusterNetworkPolicy `spec` has all the information needed to | ||
define a cluster-wide security policy. | ||
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**appliedTo**: The `appliedTo` field specifies the grouping criteria of Pods to | ||
which the policy applies to. Pods can be selected cluster-wide using | ||
`podSelector`. If set with a `namespaceSelector`, all Pods from Namespaces | ||
selected by the namespaceSelector will be selected. Specific Pods from | ||
specific Namespaces can be selected by providing both a `podSelector` and a | ||
`namespaceSelector` in the same `appliedTo` entry. | ||
IPBlock is not allowed to be set in the `appliedTo` field. | ||
In the example, the policy applies to Pods, which either match the labels | ||
"role=db" in all the Namespaces, or are from Namespaces which match the | ||
labels "env=prod". | ||
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**priority**: The `priority` field determines the relative priority of the policy | ||
among all ClusterNetworkPolicies in the given cluster. This field is mandatory. | ||
A lower priority value indicates higher precedence. Priority values can range | ||
from 1.0 to 10000.0. | ||
**Note**: Policies with the same priorities will be evaluated | ||
indeterministically. Users should therefore take care to use priorities to | ||
ensure the behavior they expect. | ||
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**ingress**: Each ClusterNetworkPolicy may consist of zero or more ordered | ||
set of ingress rules. Each rule, depending on the `action` field of the rule, | ||
allows or drops traffic which matches both the `from` and `ports` sections. | ||
The example policy contains a single rule, which allows matched traffic on a | ||
single port, from one of two sources: the first specified by a `podSelector` | ||
and the second specified by a combination of a `podSelector` and a | ||
`namespaceSelector`. | ||
**Note**: The order in which the ingress rules are set matter, i.e. rules will be | ||
evaluated in the order in which they are written. | ||
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**egress**: Each ClusterNetworkPolicy may consist of zero or more ordered set of | ||
egress rules. Each rule, depending on the `action` field of the rule, allows | ||
or drops traffic which matches both the `to` and `ports` sections. The example | ||
policy contains a single rule, which drops matched traffic on a single port, | ||
to the 10.0.10.0/24 subnet specified by the `ipBlock` field. | ||
**Note**: The order in which the egress rules are set matter, i.e. rules will be | ||
evaluated in the order in which they are written. | ||
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## Rule evaluation based on priorities | ||
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Rules belonging to Cluster NetworkPolicy CRDs are associated with various | ||
priorities, such as the `priority` at the CNP level and the priority at rule | ||
level. Overall, Cluster Policy with highest precedence (lowest priority number | ||
value) is evaluated first. Within this policy, rules are evaluated in the order | ||
in which they are set. For example, consider the following: | ||
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- CNP1{priority: 10, ingressRules: [ir1.1, ir1.2], egressRules: [er1.1, er1.2]} | ||
- CNP2{priority: 15, ingressRules: [ir2.1, ir2.2], egressRules: [er2.1, er2.2]} | ||
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This translates to the following order: | ||
- Ingress rules: ir1.1 -> ir1.2 -> ir2.1 -> ir2.2 | ||
- Egress rules: er1.1 -> er1.2 -> er2.1 -> er2.2 | ||
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Once a rule is matched, it is executed based on the action set. If none of the | ||
CNP rules match, the packet is then evaluated for rules created for K8s NP. | ||
Hence, CNP take precedence over K8s NP. | ||
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## Behavior of `to` and `from` selectors | ||
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There are four kinds of selectors that can be specified in an ingress `from` | ||
section or egress `to` section: | ||
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**podSelector**: This selects particular Pods from all Namespaces as "sources", | ||
if set in `ingress` section, or as "destinations", if set in `egress` section. | ||
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**namespaceSelector**: This selects particular Namespaces for which all Pods are | ||
grouped as `ingress` "sources" or `egress` "destinations". | ||
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**podSelector** and **namespaceSelector**: A single to/from entry that specifies | ||
both namespaceSelector and podSelector selects particular Pods within | ||
particular Namespaces. | ||
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**ipBlock**: This selects particular IP CIDR ranges to allow as `ingress` "sources" | ||
or `egress` "destinations". These should be cluster-external IPs, since Pod IPs are | ||
ephemeral and unpredictable. | ||
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## Key differences from K8s NetworkPolicy | ||
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- ClusterNetworkPolicy is at the cluster scope, hence a `podSelector` without any | ||
`namespaceSelector` selects Pods from all Namespaces. | ||
- There is no automatic isolation of Pods on being selected in appliedTo. | ||
- Ingress/Egress rules in ClusterNetworkPolicy has an `action` field which | ||
specifies whether the matched rule allows or drops the traffic. | ||
- IPBlock field in the ClusterNetworkPolicy rules do not have the `except` | ||
field. A higher priority rule can be written to deny the specific CIDR range | ||
to simulate the behavior of IPBlock field with `cidr` and `except` set. | ||
- Rules assume the priority in which they are written. i.e. rule set at top | ||
takes precedence over a rule set below it. | ||
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## Notes | ||
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- The v1alpha1 CNP CRD supports up to 10000 unique priority at policy level. In | ||
order to reduce churn in the agent, it is recommended to set the priority | ||
within the range 1.0 to 100.0. |