Configure Egress IP to a Namespace in OpenShift 4

Configure Egress IP to a Namespace in OpenShift 4 with the OVN Kubernetes CNI plugin

Overview OpenShift’s Egress IPs feature allows you to assign an IP address to a namespace or pod. In this way, all outbound traffic from that namespace or pod appears to originate from that IP address. In networking terms, it is known as a NATed IP address. In this article, I’ll explain how to configure the Egress IPs feature in the OpenShfit project (Namespace). This mechanism is commonly used for security controls in enterprise-grade clusters....

February 8, 2024 · 5 min