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MetalLB Configuration

MetalLB is a load-balancer implementation for on-premises Kubernetes clusters, using standard routing protocols.

Best Practice

Any supported EKS Anywhere curated package should be modified through package yaml files (with kind: Package) and applied through the command kubectl apply -f packageFileName. Modifying objects outside of package yaml files may lead to unpredictable behaviors.

For automatic namespace (targetNamespace) creation, see createNamespace field: PackagebundleController.spec

Configuration options for MetalLB

1 - MetalLB

Install/upgrade/uninstall MetalLB

If you have not already done so, make sure your cluster meets the package prerequisites. Be sure to refer to the troubleshooting guide in the event of a problem.

Install

  1. Generate the package configuration

    eksctl anywhere generate package metallb --cluster <cluster-name> > metallb.yaml

  2. Add the desired configuration to metallb.yaml

    Please see complete configuration options for all configuration options and their default values.

    Example package file with bgp configuration:

    apiVersion: packages.eks.amazonaws.com/v1alpha1
kind: Package
metadata:
  name: mylb
  namespace: eksa-packages-<cluster-name>
spec:
  packageName: metallb
  config: |
    IPAddressPools:
      - name: default
        addresses:
          - 10.220.0.93/32
          - 10.220.0.97-10.220.0.120
    BGPAdvertisements:
      - ipAddressPools:
        - default
    BGPPeers:
      - peerAddress: 10.220.0.2
        peerASN: 65000
        myASN: 65002

    Example package file with ARP configuration:

    apiVersion: packages.eks.amazonaws.com/v1alpha1
kind: Package
metadata:
  name: mylb
  namespace: eksa-packages
spec:
  packageName: metallb
  config: |
    IPAddressPools:
      - name: default
        addresses:
          - 10.220.0.93/32
          - 10.220.0.97-10.220.0.120
    L2Advertisements:
      - ipAddressPools:
        - default

  3. Create the namespace (If overriding targetNamespace, change metallb-system to the value of targetNamespace)

    kubectl create namespace metallb-system

  4. Install MetalLB

    eksctl anywhere create packages -f metallb.yaml

  5. Validate the installation

    eksctl anywhere get packages --cluster <cluster-name>

    Example command output

    NAME   PACKAGE   AGE   STATE       CURRENTVERSION                                    TARGETVERSION                                              DETAIL
mylb   metallb   22h   installed   0.13.5-ce5b5de19014202cebd4ab4c091830a3b6dfea06   0.13.5-ce5b5de19014202cebd4ab4c091830a3b6dfea06 (latest)

Update

To update package configuration, update metallb.yaml file, and run the following command:

eksctl anywhere apply package -f metallb.yaml

Upgrade

MetalLB will automatically be upgraded when a new bundle is activated.

Uninstall

To uninstall MetalLB, simply delete the package

eksctl anywhere delete package --cluster <cluster-name> mylb

2 - v0.12.1

FRRouting is currently not supported for MetalLB.

Configuring MetalLB in EKS Anywhere package spec

Example

apiVersion: packages.eks.amazonaws.com/v1alpha1
kind: Package
metadata:
  name: mylb
  namespace: eksa-packages-<cluster-name>
spec:
  packageName: metallb
  targetNamespace: metallb-system
  config: |
    IPAddressPools:
      - name: default
        addresses:
          - 10.220.0.93/32
          - 10.220.0.94/32
          - 10.220.0.95/32
      - name: bgp
        addresses:
          - 10.220.0.97-10.220.0.99
    L2Advertisements:
      - IPAddressPools:
          - default
    BGPAdvertisements:
      - IPAddressPools:
          - bgp 
    BGPPeers:
      - myASN: 123
        peerASN: 55001
        peerAddress: 1.2.3.4
        keepaliveTime: 30s
Parameter Description Default
IPAddressPools[] A list of IPAddressPool. None
L2Advertisements[] A list of L2Advertisement. None
BGPAdvertisements[] A list of BGPAdvertisement. None
BGPPeers[] A list of BGPPeer. None
— — —
IPAddressPool A list of IP address ranges over which MetalLB has authority. You can list multiple ranges in a single pool and they will all share the same settings. Each range can be either a CIDR prefix, or an explicit start-end range of IPs.
name Name for the address pool. None
addresses[] A list of string representing CIRD or IP ranges. None
autoAssign AutoAssign flag used to prevent MetalLB from automatic allocation for a pool. true
— — —
L2Advertisement L2Advertisement allows MetalLB to advertise the LoadBalancer IPs provided by the selected pools via L2.
IPAddressPools[] The list of IPAddressPools to advertise via this advertisement, selected by name. None
— — —
BGPAdvertisement BGPAdvertisement allows MetalLB to advertise the IPs coming from the selected IPAddressPools via BGP, setting the parameters of the BGP Advertisement.
aggregationLength The aggregation-length advertisement option lets you “roll up” the /32s into a larger prefix. Defaults to 32. Works for IPv4 addresses. 32
aggregationLengthV6 The aggregation-length advertisement option lets you “roll up” the /128s into a larger prefix. Defaults to 128. Works for IPv6 addresses. 128
communities[] The BGP communities to be associated with the announcement. Each item can be a community of the form 1234:1234 or the name of an alias defined in the Community CRD. None
IPAddressPools[] The list of IPAddressPools to advertise via this advertisement, selected by name. None
localPref The BGP LOCAL_PREF attribute which is used by BGP best path algorithm, Path with higher localpref is preferred over one with lower localpref. None
— — —
BGPPeer Peers for the BGP protocol.
bfdProfile The name of the BFD Profile to be used for the BFD session associated to the BGP session. If not set, the BFD session won’t be set up. None
holdTime Requested BGP hold time, per RFC4271. None
keepaliveTime Requested BGP keepalive time, per RFC4271. None
myASN AS number to use for the local end of the session. None
password Authentication password for routers enforcing TCP MD5 authenticated sessions. None
peerASN AS number to expect from the remote end of the session. None
peerAddress Address to dial when establishing the session. None
peerPort Port to dial when establishing the session. 179
routerID BGP router ID to advertise to the peer. None
sourceAddress Source address to use when establishing the session. None

3 - v0.13.5

FRRouting is currently not supported for MetalLB.

Configuring MetalLB in EKS Anywhere package spec

Starting at v0.13.5, keys within each config section start with lowercase. For example:

L2Advertisements:
    - IPAddressPools:
        - default

Becomes:

L2Advertisements:
    - ipAddressPools:
        - default

Top-level section names remain capitalized as they represent CRDs:

config: |
    IPAddressPools:
    ...

Example

apiVersion: packages.eks.amazonaws.com/v1alpha1
kind: Package
metadata:
  name: mylb
  namespace: eksa-packages-<cluster-name>
spec:
  packageName: metallb
  targetNamespace: metallb-system
  config: |
    IPAddressPools:
      - name: default
        addresses:
          - 10.220.0.93/32
          - 10.220.0.94/32
          - 10.220.0.95/32
      - name: bgp
        addresses:
          - 10.220.0.97-10.220.0.99
    L2Advertisements:
      - ipAddressPools:
          - default
    BGPAdvertisements:
      - ipAddressPools:
          - bgp 
        autoAssign: false
    BGPPeers:
      - myASN: 123
        peerASN: 55001
        peerAddress: 1.2.3.4
        keepaliveTime: 30s
Parameter Description Default Required
IPAddressPools[] A list of ip address pools. See IPAddressPool. None False
L2Advertisements[] A list of Layer 2 advertisements. See L2Advertisement. None False
BGPAdvertisements[] A list of BGP advertisements. See BGPAdvertisement. None False
BGPPeers[] A list of BGP peers. See BGPPeer. None False
— — — —
IPAddressPool A list of IP address ranges over which MetalLB has authority. You can list multiple ranges in a single pool and they will all share the same settings. Each range can be either a CIDR prefix, or an explicit start-end range of IPs.
name Name for the address pool. None True
addresses[] A list of string representing CIRD or IP ranges. None True
autoAssign AutoAssign flag used to prevent MetalLB from automatic allocation for a pool. true False
— — — —
L2Advertisement L2Advertisement allows MetalLB to advertise the LoadBalancer IPs provided by the selected pools via L2.
ipAddressPools[] The list of IPAddressPool names to advertise. None True
name Name for the L2Advertisement. None False
— — — —
BGPAdvertisement BGPAdvertisement allows MetalLB to advertise the IPs coming from the selected ipAddressPools via BGP, setting the parameters of the BGP Advertisement.
aggregationLength The aggregation-length advertisement option lets you “roll up” the /32s into a larger prefix. Defaults to 32. Works for IPv4 addresses. 32 False
aggregationLengthV6 The aggregation-length advertisement option lets you “roll up” the /128s into a larger prefix. Defaults to 128. Works for IPv6 addresses. 128 False
communities[] The BGP communities to be associated with the announcement. Each item can be a community of the form 1234:1234 or the name of an alias defined in the Community CRD. None False
ipAddressPools[] The list of IPAddressPool names to be advertised via BGP. None True
localPref The BGP LOCAL_PREF attribute which is used by BGP best path algorithm, Path with higher localpref is preferred over one with lower localpref. None False
peers[] List of peer names. Limits the bgppeer to advertise the ips of the selected pools to. When empty, the loadbalancer IP is announced to all the BGPPeers configured. None False
— — — —
BGPPeer Peers for the BGP protocol.
holdTime Requested BGP hold time, per RFC4271. None False
keepaliveTime Requested BGP keepalive time, per RFC4271. None False
myASN AS number to use for the local end of the session. None True
password Authentication password for routers enforcing TCP MD5 authenticated sessions. None False
peerASN AS number to expect from the remote end of the session. None True
peerAddress Address to dial when establishing the session. None True
peerPort Port to dial when establishing the session. 179 False
routerID BGP router ID to advertise to the peer. None False
sourceAddress Source address to use when establishing the session. None False

4 - v0.13.7

FRRouting is currently not supported for MetalLB.

Configuring MetalLB in EKS Anywhere package spec

Starting at v0.13.5, keys within each config section start with lowercase. See v0.13.5 for details.

Example

apiVersion: packages.eks.amazonaws.com/v1alpha1
kind: Package
metadata:
  name: mylb
  namespace: eksa-packages-<cluster-name>
spec:
  packageName: metallb
  targetNamespace: metallb-system
  config: |
    IPAddressPools:
      - name: default
        addresses:
          - 10.220.0.93/32
          - 10.220.0.94/32
          - 10.220.0.95/32
      - name: bgp
        addresses:
          - 10.220.0.97-10.220.0.99
    L2Advertisements:
      - ipAddressPools:
          - default
    BGPAdvertisements:
      - ipAddressPools:
          - bgp 
        autoAssign: false
    BGPPeers:
      - myASN: 123
        peerASN: 55001
        peerAddress: 1.2.3.4
        keepaliveTime: 30s
Parameter Description Default Required
IPAddressPools[] A list of ip address pools. See IPAddressPool. None False
L2Advertisements[] A list of Layer 2 advertisements. See L2Advertisement. None False
BGPAdvertisements[] A list of BGP advertisements. See BGPAdvertisement. None False
BGPPeers[] A list of BGP peers. See BGPPeer. None False
— — — —
IPAddressPool A list of IP address ranges over which MetalLB has authority. You can list multiple ranges in a single pool and they will all share the same settings. Each range can be either a CIDR prefix, or an explicit start-end range of IPs.
name Name for the address pool. None True
addresses[] A list of string representing CIRD or IP ranges. None True
autoAssign AutoAssign flag used to prevent MetalLB from automatic allocation for a pool. true False
— — — —
L2Advertisement L2Advertisement allows MetalLB to advertise the LoadBalancer IPs provided by the selected pools via L2.
ipAddressPools[] The list of IPAddressPool names to advertise. None True
name Name for the L2Advertisement. None False
— — — —
BGPAdvertisement BGPAdvertisement allows MetalLB to advertise the IPs coming from the selected ipAddressPools via BGP, setting the parameters of the BGP Advertisement.
aggregationLength The aggregation-length advertisement option lets you “roll up” the /32s into a larger prefix. Defaults to 32. Works for IPv4 addresses. 32 False
aggregationLengthV6 The aggregation-length advertisement option lets you “roll up” the /128s into a larger prefix. Defaults to 128. Works for IPv6 addresses. 128 False
communities[] The BGP communities to be associated with the announcement. Each item can be a community of the form 1234:1234 or the name of an alias defined in the Community CRD. None False
ipAddressPools[] The list of IPAddressPool names to be advertised via BGP. None True
localPref The BGP LOCAL_PREF attribute which is used by BGP best path algorithm, Path with higher localpref is preferred over one with lower localpref. None False
peers[] List of peer names. Limits the bgppeer to advertise the ips of the selected pools to. When empty, the loadbalancer IP is announced to all the BGPPeers configured. None False
— — — —
BGPPeer Peers for the BGP protocol.
holdTime Requested BGP hold time, per RFC4271. None False
keepaliveTime Requested BGP keepalive time, per RFC4271. None False
myASN AS number to use for the local end of the session. None True
password Authentication password for routers enforcing TCP MD5 authenticated sessions. None False
peerASN AS number to expect from the remote end of the session. None True
peerAddress Address to dial when establishing the session. None True
peerPort Port to dial when establishing the session. 179 False
routerID BGP router ID to advertise to the peer. None False
sourceAddress Source address to use when establishing the session. None False
password Authentication password for routers enforcing TCP MD5 authenticated sessions. None False
passwordSecret passwordSecret is a reference to the authentication secret for BGP Peer. The secret must be of type ‘kubernetes.io/basic-auth’ and the password stored under the “password” key. Example: 
passwordSecret:
  name: mySecret
  namespace: metallb-system
 None False

5 - v0.14.5

FRRouting is currently not supported for MetalLB.

Configuring MetalLB in EKS Anywhere package spec

Example

apiVersion: packages.eks.amazonaws.com/v1alpha1
kind: Package
metadata:
  name: mylb
  namespace: eksa-packages-<cluster-name>
spec:
  packageName: metallb
  targetNamespace: metallb-system
  config: |
    IPAddressPools:
      - name: default
        addresses:
          - 10.220.0.93/32
          - 10.220.0.94/32
          - 10.220.0.95/32
      - name: bgp
        addresses:
          - 10.220.0.97-10.220.0.99
    L2Advertisements:
      - ipAddressPools:
          - default
    BGPAdvertisements:
      - ipAddressPools:
          - bgp 
        autoAssign: false
    BGPPeers:
      - myASN: 123
        peerASN: 55001
        peerAddress: 1.2.3.4
        keepaliveTime: 30s
Parameter Description Default Required
IPAddressPools[] A list of ip address pools. See IPAddressPool. None False
L2Advertisements[] A list of Layer 2 advertisements. See L2Advertisement. None False
BGPAdvertisements[] A list of BGP advertisements. See BGPAdvertisement. None False
BGPPeers[] A list of BGP peers. See BGPPeer. None False
— — — —
IPAddressPool A list of IP address ranges over which MetalLB has authority. You can list multiple ranges in a single pool and they will all share the same settings. Each range can be either a CIDR prefix, or an explicit start-end range of IPs.
name Name for the address pool. None True
addresses[] A list of string representing CIRD or IP ranges. None True
autoAssign AutoAssign flag used to prevent MetalLB from automatic allocation for a pool. true False
— — — —
L2Advertisement L2Advertisement allows MetalLB to advertise the LoadBalancer IPs provided by the selected pools via L2.
ipAddressPools[] The list of IPAddressPool names to advertise. None True
name Name for the L2Advertisement. None False
— — — —
BGPAdvertisement BGPAdvertisement allows MetalLB to advertise the IPs coming from the selected ipAddressPools via BGP, setting the parameters of the BGP Advertisement.
aggregationLength The aggregation-length advertisement option lets you “roll up” the /32s into a larger prefix. Defaults to 32. Works for IPv4 addresses. 32 False
aggregationLengthV6 The aggregation-length advertisement option lets you “roll up” the /128s into a larger prefix. Defaults to 128. Works for IPv6 addresses. 128 False
communities[] The BGP communities to be associated with the announcement. Each item can be a community of the form 1234:1234 or the name of an alias defined in the Community CRD. None False
ipAddressPools[] The list of IPAddressPool names to be advertised via BGP. None True
localPref The BGP LOCAL_PREF attribute which is used by BGP best path algorithm, Path with higher localpref is preferred over one with lower localpref. None False
peers[] List of peer names. Limits the bgppeer to advertise the ips of the selected pools to. When empty, the loadbalancer IP is announced to all the BGPPeers configured. None False
— — — —
BGPPeer Peers for the BGP protocol.
holdTime Requested BGP hold time, per RFC4271. None False
keepaliveTime Requested BGP keepalive time, per RFC4271. None False
myASN AS number to use for the local end of the session. None True
password Authentication password for routers enforcing TCP MD5 authenticated sessions. None False
peerASN AS number to expect from the remote end of the session. None True
peerAddress Address to dial when establishing the session. None True
peerPort Port to dial when establishing the session. 179 False
routerID BGP router ID to advertise to the peer. None False
sourceAddress Source address to use when establishing the session. None False
password Authentication password for routers enforcing TCP MD5 authenticated sessions. None False
passwordSecret passwordSecret is a reference to the authentication secret for BGP Peer. The secret must be of type ‘kubernetes.io/basic-auth’ and the password stored under the “password” key. Example: 
passwordSecret:
  name: mySecret
  namespace: metallb-system
 None False

6 - v0.14.8

FRRouting is currently not supported for MetalLB.

Configuring MetalLB in EKS Anywhere package spec

Example

apiVersion: packages.eks.amazonaws.com/v1alpha1
kind: Package
metadata:
  name: mylb
  namespace: eksa-packages-<cluster-name>
spec:
  packageName: metallb
  targetNamespace: metallb-system
  config: |
    IPAddressPools:
      - name: default
        addresses:
          - 10.220.0.93/32
          - 10.220.0.94/32
          - 10.220.0.95/32
      - name: bgp
        addresses:
          - 10.220.0.97-10.220.0.99
    L2Advertisements:
      - ipAddressPools:
          - default
    BGPAdvertisements:
      - ipAddressPools:
          - bgp
        autoAssign: false
    BGPPeers:
      - myASN: 123
        peerASN: 55001
        peerAddress: 1.2.3.4
        keepaliveTime: 30s
Parameter Description Default Required
IPAddressPools[] A list of ip address pools. See IPAddressPool. None False
L2Advertisements[] A list of Layer 2 advertisements. See L2Advertisement. None False
BGPAdvertisements[] A list of BGP advertisements. See BGPAdvertisement. None False
BGPPeers[] A list of BGP peers. See BGPPeer. None False
— — — —
IPAddressPool A list of IP address ranges over which MetalLB has authority. You can list multiple ranges in a single pool and they will all share the same settings. Each range can be either a CIDR prefix, or an explicit start-end range of IPs.
name Name for the address pool. None True
addresses[] A list of string representing CIRD or IP ranges. None True
autoAssign AutoAssign flag used to prevent MetalLB from automatic allocation for a pool. true False
— — — —
L2Advertisement L2Advertisement allows MetalLB to advertise the LoadBalancer IPs provided by the selected pools via L2.
ipAddressPools[] The list of IPAddressPool names to advertise. None True
name Name for the L2Advertisement. None False
— — — —
BGPAdvertisement BGPAdvertisement allows MetalLB to advertise the IPs coming from the selected ipAddressPools via BGP, setting the parameters of the BGP Advertisement.
aggregationLength The aggregation-length advertisement option lets you “roll up” the /32s into a larger prefix. Defaults to 32. Works for IPv4 addresses. 32 False
aggregationLengthV6 The aggregation-length advertisement option lets you “roll up” the /128s into a larger prefix. Defaults to 128. Works for IPv6 addresses. 128 False
communities[] The BGP communities to be associated with the announcement. Each item can be a community of the form 1234:1234 or the name of an alias defined in the Community CRD. None False
ipAddressPools[] The list of IPAddressPool names to be advertised via BGP. None True
localPref The BGP LOCAL_PREF attribute which is used by BGP best path algorithm, Path with higher localpref is preferred over one with lower localpref. None False
peers[] List of peer names. Limits the bgppeer to advertise the ips of the selected pools to. When empty, the loadbalancer IP is announced to all the BGPPeers configured. None False
— — — —
BGPPeer Peers for the BGP protocol.
holdTime Requested BGP hold time, per RFC4271. None False
keepaliveTime Requested BGP keepalive time, per RFC4271. None False
myASN AS number to use for the local end of the session. None True
password Authentication password for routers enforcing TCP MD5 authenticated sessions. None False
peerASN AS number to expect from the remote end of the session. None True
peerAddress Address to dial when establishing the session. None True
peerPort Port to dial when establishing the session. 179 False
routerID BGP router ID to advertise to the peer. None False
sourceAddress Source address to use when establishing the session. None False
password Authentication password for routers enforcing TCP MD5 authenticated sessions. None False
passwordSecret passwordSecret is a reference to the authentication secret for BGP Peer. The secret must be of type ‘kubernetes.io/basic-auth’ and the password stored under the “password” key. Example: 
passwordSecret:
  name: mySecret
  namespace: metallb-system
 None False