calicoctl node run
This sections describes the calicoctl node run command.
Read the calicoctl Overview for a full list of calicoctl commands.
Displaying the help text for 'calicoctl node run' command
Run calicoctl node run --help to display the following help menu for the
command.
Usage:
calicoctl node run [--ip=<IP>] [--ip6=<IP6>] [--as=<AS_NUM>]
[--name=<NAME>]
[--ip-autodetection-method=<IP_AUTODETECTION_METHOD>]
[--ip6-autodetection-method=<IP6_AUTODETECTION_METHOD>]
[--log-dir=<LOG_DIR>]
[--node-image=<DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME>]
[--backend=(bird|none)]
[--config=<CONFIG>]
[--felix-config=<CONFIG>]
[--no-default-ippools]
[--dryrun]
[--init-system]
[--disable-docker-networking]
[--docker-networking-ifprefix=<IFPREFIX>]
[--use-docker-networking-container-labels]
Options:
-h --help Show this screen.
--name=<NAME> The name of the Calico node. If this is not
supplied it defaults to the host name.
--as=<AS_NUM> Set the AS number for this node. If omitted, it
will use the value configured on the node resource.
If there is no configured value and --as option is
omitted, the node will inherit the global AS number
(see 'calicoctl config' for details).
--ip=<IP> Set the local IPv4 routing address for this node.
If omitted, it will use the value configured on the
node resource. If there is no configured value
and the --ip option is omitted, the node will
attempt to autodetect an IP address to use. Use a
value of 'autodetect' to always force autodetection
of the IP each time the node starts.
--ip6=<IP6> Set the local IPv6 routing address for this node.
If omitted, it will use the value configured on the
node resource. If there is no configured value
and the --ip6 option is omitted, the node will not
route IPv6. Use a value of 'autodetect' to force
autodetection of the IP each time the node starts.
--ip-autodetection-method=<IP_AUTODETECTION_METHOD>
Specify the autodetection method for detecting the
local IPv4 routing address for this node. The valid
options are:
> first-found
Use the first valid IP address on the first
enumerated interface (common known exceptions are
filtered out, e.g. the docker bridge). It is not
recommended to use this if you have multiple
external interfaces on your host.
> can-reach=<IP OR DOMAINNAME>
Use the interface determined by your host routing
tables that will be used to reach the supplied
destination IP or domain name.
> interface=<IFACE NAME REGEX LIST>
Use the first valid IP address found on interfaces
named as per the first matching supplied interface
name regex. Regexes are separated by commas
(e.g. eth.*,enp0s.*).
> skip-interface=<IFACE NAME REGEX LIST>
Use the first valid IP address on the first
enumerated interface (same logic as first-found
above) that does NOT match with any of the
specified interface name regexes. Regexes are
separated by commas (e.g. eth.*,enp0s.*).
[default: first-found]
--ip6-autodetection-method=<IP6_AUTODETECTION_METHOD>
Specify the autodetection method for detecting the
local IPv6 routing address for this node. See
ip-autodetection-method flag for valid options.
[default: first-found]
--log-dir=<LOG_DIR> The directory containing Calico logs.
[default: /var/log/calico]
--node-image=<DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME>
Docker image to use for Calico's per-node container.
[default: calico/node:latest]
--backend=(bird|none)
Specify which networking backend to use. When set
to "none", Calico node runs in policy only mode.
[default: bird]
--dryrun Output the appropriate command, without starting the
container.
--init-system Run the appropriate command to use with an init
system.
--no-default-ippools Do not create default pools upon startup.
Default IP pools will be created if this is not set
and there are no pre-existing Calico IP pools.
--disable-docker-networking
Disable Docker networking.
--docker-networking-ifprefix=<IFPREFIX>
Interface prefix to use for the network interface
within the Docker containers that have been networked
by the Calico driver.
[default: cali]
--use-docker-networking-container-labels
Extract the Calico-namespaced Docker container labels
(org.projectcalico.label.*) and apply them to the
container endpoints for use with Calico policy.
This option is only valid when using Calico Docker
networking, and when enabled traffic must be
explicitly allowed by configuring Calico policies.
-c --config=<CONFIG> Path to the file containing connection
configuration in YAML or JSON format.
[default: /etc/calico/calicoctl.cfg]
--felix-config=<CONFIG>
Path to the file containing Felix
configuration in YAML or JSON format.
Description:
This command is used to start a calico/node container instance which provides
Calico networking and network policy on your compute host.
Kubernetes as the datastore
When Calico is configured to use the Kubernetes API as the datastore, BGP routing is currently not supported. Many of the command line options related to BGP routing will have no effect. These include:
--ip,--ip6,--ip-autodetection-method,--ip6-autodetection-method--as--backend
Examples
Start the calico/node with a pre-configured IPv4 address for BGP.
sudo calicoctl node run
An example response follows.
Running command to load modules: modprobe -a xt_set ip6_tables
Enabling IPv4 forwarding
Enabling IPv6 forwarding
Increasing conntrack limit
Running the following command:
docker run --net=host --privileged --name=calico-node -d --restart=always -e ETCD_SCHEME=http -e HOSTNAME=calico -e ETCD_AUTHORITY=127.0.0.1:2379 -e AS= -e NO_DEFAULT_POOLS= -e ETCD_ENDPOINTS= -e IP= -e IP6= -e CALICO_NETWORKING_BACKEND=bird -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v /var/run/calico:/var/run/calico -v /lib/modules:/lib/modules -v /var/log/calico:/var/log/calico -v /run/docker/plugins:/run/docker/plugins calico/node:v3.29.1
Waiting for etcd connection...
Using configured IPv4 address: 192.0.2.0
No IPv6 address configured
Using global AS number
WARNING: Could not confirm that the provided IPv4 address is assigned to this host.
Calico node name: calico
Calico node started successfully
IP Autodetection method examples
The node resource includes IPv4 and IPv6 routing IP addresses that should
match those on one of the host interfaces. These IP addresses may be
configured in advance by configuring the node resource prior to starting the
calico/node service, alternatively, the addresses may either be explicitly
specified or autodetected through options on the calicoctl run command.
There are different autodetection methods available and you should use the one best suited to your deployment. If you are able to explicitly specify the IP addresses, that is always preferred over autodetection. This section describes the available methods for autodetecting the hosts IP addresses.
An IPv4 address is always required, and so if no address was previously configured in the node resource, and no address was specified on the CLI, then we will attempt to autodetect an IPv4 address. An IPv6 address, however, will only be autodetected when explicitly requested.
To force autodetection of an IPv4 address, use the option --ip=autodetect. To
force autodetection of an IPv6 address, use the option --ip6=autodetect.
To set the autodetection method for IPv4, use the --ip-autodetection-method option.
To set the autodetection method for IPv6, use the --ip6-autodetection-method option.
If you are starting the calico/node container directly (and not using the
calicoctl run helper command), the options are passed in environment
variables. These are described in
Configuring calico/node.
first-found
The first-found option enumerates all interface IP addresses and returns the
first valid IP address (based on IP version and type of address) on
the first valid interface. Certain known "local" interfaces
are omitted, such as the docker bridge. The order that both the interfaces
and the IP addresses are listed is system dependent.
This is the default detection method. However, since this method only makes a very simplified guess, it is recommended to either configure the node with a specific IP address, or to use one of the other detection methods.
An example with first-found auto detection method explicitly specified follows
sudo calicoctl node run --ip autodetect --ip-autodetection-method first-found
can-reach=DESTINATION
The can-reach method uses your local routing to determine which IP address
will be used to reach the supplied destination. Both IP addresses and domain
names may be used.
An example with IP detection using a can-reach IP address:
sudo calicoctl node run --ip autodetect --ip-autodetection-method can-reach=8.8.8.8
An example with IP detection using a can-reach domain name:
sudo calicoctl node run --ip autodetect --ip-autodetection-method can-reach=www.google.com
interface=INTERFACE-REGEX,INTERFACE-REGEX,...
The interface method uses the supplied interface regular expressions (golang
syntax) to enumerate matching interfaces and to return the first IP address on
the first interface that matches any of the interface regexes provided. The
order that both the interfaces and the IP addresses are listed is system
dependent.
Example with IP detection on interface eth0:
sudo calicoctl node run --ip autodetect --ip-autodetection-method interface=eth0
Example with IP detection on interfaces eth0, eth1, eth2 etc.:
sudo calicoctl node run --ip autodetect --ip-autodetection-method interface=eth.*
An example with IP detection on interfaces eth0, eth1, eth2 etc. and wlp2s0:
sudo calicoctl node run --ip-autodetect --ip-autodetection-method interface=eth.*,wlp2s0
skip-interface=INTERFACE-REGEX,INTERFACE-REGEX,...
The skip-interface method uses the supplied interface regular expressions (golang
syntax) to enumerate all interface IP addresses and returns the first valid IP address
(based on IP version and type of address) that does not match the listed regular
expressions. Like the first-found option, it also skips by default certain known
"local" interfaces such as the docker bridge. The order that both the interfaces
and the IP addresses are listed is system dependent.
This method has the ability to take in multiple regular expressions separated by ,.
Specifying only one regular expression for interfaces to skip will also work and a
terminating , character does not need to be specified for those cases.
Options
--name=<NAME> The name of the Calico node. If this is not
supplied it defaults to the host name.
--as=<AS_NUM> Set the AS number for this node. If omitted, it
will use the value configured on the node resource.
If there is no configured value and --as option is
omitted, the node will inherit the global AS number
(see 'calicoctl config' for details).
--ip=<IP> Set the local IPv4 routing address for this node.
If omitted, it will use the value configured on the
node resource. If there is no configured value
and the --ip option is omitted, the node will
attempt to autodetect an IP address to use. Use a
value of 'autodetect' to always force autodetection
of the IP each time the node starts.
--ip6=<IP6> Set the local IPv6 routing address for this node.
If omitted, it will use the value configured on the
node resource. If there is no configured value
and the --ip6 option is omitted, the node will not
route IPv6. Use a value of 'autodetect' to force
autodetection of the IP each time the node starts.
--ip-autodetection-method=<IP_AUTODETECTION_METHOD>
Specify the autodetection method for detecting the
local IPv4 routing address for this node. The valid
options are:
> first-found
Use the first valid IP address on the first
enumerated interface (common known exceptions are
filtered out, e.g. the docker bridge). It is not
recommended to use this if you have multiple
external interfaces on your host.
> can-reach=<IP OR DOMAINNAME>
Use the interface determined by your host routing
tables that will be used to reach the supplied
destination IP or domain name.
> interface=<IFACE NAME REGEX LIST>
Use the first valid IP address found on interfaces
named as per the first matching supplied interface
name regex. Regexes are separated by commas
(e.g. eth.*,enp0s.*).
> skip-interface=<IFACE NAME REGEX LIST>
Use the first valid IP address on the first
enumerated interface (same logic as first-found
above) that does NOT match with any of the
specified interface name regexes. Regexes are
separated by commas (e.g. eth.*,enp0s.*).
[default: first-found]
--ip6-autodetection-method=<IP6_AUTODETECTION_METHOD>
Specify the autodetection method for detecting the
local IPv6 routing address for this node. See
ip-autodetection-method flag for valid options.
[default: first-found]
--log-dir=<LOG_DIR> The directory containing Calico logs.
[default: /var/log/calico]
--node-image=<DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME>
Docker image to use for Calico's per-node container.
[default: calico/node:latest]
--backend=(bird|none)
Specify which networking backend to use. When set
to "none", Calico node runs in policy only mode.
[default: bird]
--dryrun Output the appropriate command, without starting the
container.
--init-system Run the appropriate command to use with an init
system.
--no-default-ippools Do not create default pools upon startup.
Default IP pools will be created if this is not set
and there are no pre-existing Calico IP pools.
--disable-docker-networking
Disable Docker networking.
--docker-networking-ifprefix=<IFPREFIX>
Interface prefix to use for the network interface
within the Docker containers that have been networked
by the Calico driver.
[default: cali]
--use-docker-networking-container-labels
Extract the Calico-namespaced Docker container labels
(org.projectcalico.label.*) and apply them to the
container endpoints for use with Calico policy.
This option is only valid when using Calico Docker
networking, and when enabled traffic must be
explicitly allowed by configuring Calico policies.
General options
-c --config=<CONFIG> Path to the file containing connection
configuration in YAML or JSON format.
[default: /etc/calico/calicoctl.cfg]
See also
- Installing calicoctl
- Resources for details on all valid resources, including file format and schema
- Policy for details on the Calico selector-based policy model