kube-flannel-ds-windows is the container network plugin used by ACK managed clusters to build an l2bridge cluster network for Windows containers to communicate. This page covers deployment requirements and release history for kube-flannel-ds-windows.
Prerequisites
kube-flannel-ds-windows deploys automatically as a DaemonSet when you select Flannel as the network plugin during ACK managed cluster creation.
Before using kube-flannel-ds-windows, note the following requirements:
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Node label: kube-flannel-ds-windows runs only on Windows nodes with the windows.alibabacloud.com/deployment-topology=2.0 label. This label is applied to Windows nodes by default at creation time.
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Privileged process dependency: kube-flannel-ds-windows depends on privileged processes hosted on Windows nodes.
Supported network modes
kube-flannel-ds-windows supports two network modes. By default, Alibaba Cloud uses l2bridge networks.
| Network mode |
Default |
| l2bridge |
Yes (Alibaba Cloud default) |
| overlay |
No |
Release notes
May 2024
| Version |
Image address |
Release date |
Description |
Impact |
| v0.15.2-aliyun |
registry-${region}.ack.aliyuncs.com/acs/flannel-windows:v0.15.2-aliyun |
2024-05-08 |
Flannel is updated. Windows Server version 1809 (10.0.17763.2114) and Windows Server version 2022 (10.0.20348.2322) are supported. |
No impact on workloads. |
January 2022
| Version |
Image address |
Release date |
Description |
Impact |
| v0.15.1.1-6e1a57c8-aliyun |
registry-vpc.${region}.aliyuncs.com/acs/flannel-windows:v0.15.1.1-6e1a57c8-aliyun |
2022-01-21 |
Flannel is updated. Windows Server version 1809 (10.0.17763.2114), version 1909 (10.0.18363.1556), and version 2004 (10.0.19041.1165) are supported. |
No impact on workloads. |
August 2021
| Version |
Image address |
Release date |
Description |
Impact |
| v0.13.1-aliyun.3 |
registry-vpc.${region}.aliyuncs.com/acs/flannel-windows:v0.13.1-aliyun.3 |
2021-08-22 |
Base images are updated. The original version number is overwritten. Windows Server version 1809 (10.0.17763.2114), version 1909 (10.0.18363.1556), and version 2004 (10.0.19041.1165) are supported. |
No impact on workloads. |
July 2021
| Version |
Image address |
Release date |
Description |
Impact |
| v0.13.1-aliyun.3 |
registry-vpc.${region}.aliyuncs.com/acs/flannel-windows:v0.13.1-aliyun.3 |
2021-07-05 |
Base images are updated. The original version number is overwritten. Windows Server version 1809 (10.0.17763.1999), version 1909 (10.0.18363.1556), and version 2004 (10.0.19041.1052) are supported. |
No impact on workloads. |
June 2021
| Version |
Image address |
Release date |
Description |
Impact |
| v0.13.1-aliyun.3 |
registry-vpc.${region}.aliyuncs.com/acs/flannel-windows:v0.13.1-aliyun.3 |
2021-06-17 |
Base images are updated. Windows Server version 1809 (10.0.17763.1935), version 1909 (10.0.18363.1556), and version 2004 (10.0.19041.985) are supported. |
No impact on workloads. |
May 2021
| Version |
Image address |
Release date |
Description |
Impact |
| v0.13.1-aliyun.2 |
registry-vpc.${region}.aliyuncs.com/acs/flannel-windows:v0.13.1-aliyun.2 |
2021-05-13 |
Container Network Interface (CNI) configurations can be automatically shifted when containerd is used as the container runtime. Windows Server version 1809 (10.0.17763.1879), version 1909 (10.0.18363.1500), and version 2004 (10.0.19041.928) are supported. |
No impact on workloads. |
April 2021
| Version |
Image address |
Release date |
Description |
Impact |
| v0.13.1-aliyun.1 |
registry-vpc.${region}.aliyuncs.com/acs/flannel-windows:v0.13.1-aliyun.1 |
2021-04-22 |
Rancher Wins is automatically installed on Windows nodes with the windows.alibabacloud.com/deployment-topology=2.0 label, enabling Flannel deployment on Windows nodes. Both l2bridge and overlay networks are supported; by default, Alibaba Cloud uses l2bridge networks. Windows Server version 1809 (10.0.17763.1879), version 1909 (10.0.18363.1500), and version 2004 (10.0.19041.928) are supported. |
No impact on workloads. |