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Version: 3.27 (latest)

Global network set

A global network set resource (GlobalNetworkSet) represents an arbitrary set of IP subnetworks/CIDRs, allowing it to be matched by Calico policy. Network sets are useful for applying policy to traffic coming from (or going to) external, non-Calico, networks.

The metadata for each network set includes a set of labels. When Calico is calculating the set of IPs that should match a source/destination selector within a global network policy rule, or within a network policy rule whose namespaceSelector includes global(), it includes the CIDRs from any network sets that match the selector.

note

Since Calico matches packets based on their source/destination IP addresses, Calico rules may not behave as expected if there is NAT between the Calico-enabled node and the networks listed in a network set. For example, in Kubernetes, incoming traffic via a service IP is typically SNATed by the kube-proxy before reaching the destination host so Calico's workload policy will see the kube-proxy's host's IP as the source instead of the real source.

Sample YAML

apiVersion: projectcalico.org/v3
kind: GlobalNetworkSet
metadata:
name: a-name-for-the-set
labels:
role: external-database
spec:
nets:
- 198.51.100.0/28
- 203.0.113.0/24

Global network set definition

Metadata

FieldDescriptionAccepted ValuesSchema
nameThe name of this network set.Lower-case alphanumeric with optional - or -.string
labelsA set of labels to apply to this endpoint.map

Spec

FieldDescriptionAccepted ValuesSchemaDefault
netsThe IP networks/CIDRs to include in the set.Valid IPv4 or IPv6 CIDRs, for example "192.0.2.128/25"list