ack-extend-network-controller enables fine-grained network configuration for pods in an ACK cluster. It uses Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) products—including VPCs, vSwitches, and elastic IP addresses (EIPs)—to provide pod-level public access services.
Install ack-extend-network-controller
Install ack-extend-network-controller from Marketplace.
Supported controllers
ACK Extend Network Controller supports the following controllers.
| Controller | What it does | Configuration guide |
|---|---|---|
| NAT Gateway | Configures DNAT rules for pod IP addresses. | Directly access pods using gateway DNAT rules |
| IPv6 Gateway | Configures bandwidth plans and outbound-only rules for pod IP addresses. | Configure IPv6 Internet bandwidth for a pod |
| EIP | Configures bandwidth plans and outbound-only rules for pod IP addresses. | Attach an independent public EIP to a pod |
Change log
2025
| Version | Changes | Release date | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| v0.12.8 | Bug fix: Fixed a potential out-of-bounds issue with DNAT. Improvement: Optimized processing logic for EIP and IPv6. | December 16, 2025 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.12.7 | Bug fix: Fixed a potential conflict when updating pod annotations. | November 19, 2025 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.12.6 | Improvement: Improved how the EIP controller handles expired orders. Improvement: Improved the flow for detaching EIPs. | October 09, 2025 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.12.4 | Improvement: Improved the condition check for container exits. Improvement: Improved how the EIP controller handles pods with the same name. | September 11, 2025 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.12.2 | Feature: Added support for Kubernetes client queries per second (QPS) configuration. | June 10, 2025 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.12.1 | Bug fix: Fixed a potential EIP address leak. | May 09, 2025 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.12.0 | Feature: Added support for configuring EIPs for multiple network interface cards in ACS clusters. Feature: Added support for arm64. | April 30, 2025 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.11.0 | Feature: Added support for setting tags on new EIPs using an annotation. |
February 10, 2025 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
2024
| Version | Changes | Release date | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| v0.10.2 | Bug fix: Fixed an issue where the pod condition status was overwritten during updates. | December 06, 2024 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.10.1 | Feature: Added support for the network.alibabacloud.com/eip-internet-charge-type annotation. |
November 21, 2024 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.10.0 | Feature: Added support for RRSA authentication. | September 23, 2024 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.9.5 | Feature: Added support for using ACS computing power in ACK clusters. | September 03, 2024 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.9.2 | Feature: Added support for annotation configurations with the network.alibabacloud.com prefix. |
June 14, 2024 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.9.1 | Feature: Added support for managing pods on Elastic Container Instance (ECI) instances. | June 07, 2024 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.9.0 | Feature: Added support for configuring EIPs with Anti-DDoS Proxy Enabled. Note
Starting from this version, only clusters of Kubernetes version 1.22 or later are supported. |
April 16, 2024 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.8.2 | Feature: Added support for EIP tag configuration. | March 28, 2024 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
2023
| Version | Changes | Release date | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| v0.8.1 | Bug fix: Fixed an issue where EIP resources might not be cleaned up. | December 04, 2023 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.8.0 | Feature: Added support for migrating EIP features from Terway. | October 10, 2023 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.7.0 | Bug fix: Fixed an issue where the public NAT controller selected the wrong EIP when using multiple EIPs. | September 12, 2023 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.6.0 | Feature: Added support for configuring the name and description of EIPs. | August 02, 2023 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.5.0 | Bug fix: Fixed an incompatibility issue when using ECI. | July 07, 2023 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.4.0 | Feature: Added support for EIP resource group configuration. | April 17, 2023 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.3.0 | Bug fix: Fixed an issue that might prevent EIPs from being attached. | March 09, 2023 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
2022
| Version | Changes | Release date | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| v0.2.0 | Feature: Added support for EIPs. | November 20, 2022 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |
| v0.1.0 | Feature: Added support for NAT Gateway and IPv6 Gateway. | September 20, 2022 | This upgrade does not affect your services. |