Use the host network

If a pod runs in the host network of the node where the pod is deployed, the pod can use the network namespace and network resources of the node. In this case, the pod can access loopback devices, listen to addresses, and monitor the traffic of other pods on the node.

1. Open the YAML file host-network.yaml and set hostNetwork to true under spec.
   The following example shows the YAML file:

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Pod
   metadata:
     name: nginx
   spec:
     hostNetwork: true
     containers:
     - name: nginx
       image: nginx

2. Run the following command to create a pod:

   kubectl apply -f host-network.yaml

3. Run the following command to check whether the pod runs in the host network of the node where the pod is deployed:

   kubectl get pod -o wide

   The command output shows that the IP address of the pod is the same as that of the node. This indicates that the pod runs in the host network of the node.

   NAME    READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE   IP              NODE                           NOMINATED NODE
   nginx   1/1     Running   0          29s   192.168.XX.XX   cn-zhangjiakou.192.168.XX.XX   <none>