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GCP Kubernetes (GKE) SDN connector

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) SDN connectors support dynamic address groups based on GCP Kubernetes Engine (GKE) filters.

To filter out the Kubernetes IP addresses, the following address filters have been introduced:

k8s_cluster

Name of Kubernetes cluster.

k8s_nodepool

Name of node pool for a Kubernetes cluster.

k8s_namespace

Namespace of a Kubernetes service or pod.

k8s_servicename

Name of a Kubernetes service.

k8s_nodename

Name of a Kubernetes node.

k8s_zone

Zone of a Kubernetes node.

k8s_region

Region of a Kubernetes node.

k8s_podname

Name of a Kubernetes pod.

k8s_label.xxx

Name of label of a Kubernetes resource (cluster/service/node/Pod).

To enable a GCP SDN connector to fetch IP addresses from GKE:
  1. In Fabric Connectors, configure an SDN connector for GCP.

    Screenshot of SDN connector configuration for GCP

  2. Go to Policies & Objects > Addresses and create a dynamic firewall address for the configured SDN connector using the supported Kubernetes filter.
  3. To filter out the Kubernetes IP addresses, select the address filter or filters. In this example, the GCP SDN connector will automatically populate and update IP addresses only for instances that belong to the zhm-kc3 cluster:

    Screenshot of GCP Kubernetes setup displaying the creation of dynamic firewall address

  4. Configure the rest of the settings, then click OK.

    The dynamic firewall address IP is resolved by the SDN connector.

    Screenshot displaying the IP being resolved by the SDN connector.

To configure a GCP Kubernetes SDN connector through the CLI:
  1. Configure an SDN connector for Kubernetes:

    config system sdn-connector

    edit "gcp1"

    set type gcp

    set gcp-project "dev-project-001-166400"

    set service-account "966517025500-compute@developer.gserviceaccount.com"

    set update-interval 30

    next

    end

  2. Create a dynamic firewall address for the SDN connector with a supported Kubernetes filter:

    config firewall address

    edit "gcp-k8s-cluster"

    set type dynamic

    set sdn "gcp1"

    set filter "K8S_Cluster=zhm-kc3"

    next

    end

    The dynamic firewall address IP is resolved by the SDN connector:

    config firewall address

    edit "gcp-k8s-cluster"

    set uuid e4a1aa3c-25be-51e9-e9af-78ab2eebe6ee

    set type dynamic

    set sdn "gcp1"

    set filter "K8S_Cluster=zhm-kc3"

    config list

    edit "10.0.2.4"

    next

    edit "10.0.2.7"

    next

    edit "10.28.0.13"

    next

    end

    next

    end

GCP Kubernetes (GKE) SDN connector

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) SDN connectors support dynamic address groups based on GCP Kubernetes Engine (GKE) filters.

To filter out the Kubernetes IP addresses, the following address filters have been introduced:

k8s_cluster

Name of Kubernetes cluster.

k8s_nodepool

Name of node pool for a Kubernetes cluster.

k8s_namespace

Namespace of a Kubernetes service or pod.

k8s_servicename

Name of a Kubernetes service.

k8s_nodename

Name of a Kubernetes node.

k8s_zone

Zone of a Kubernetes node.

k8s_region

Region of a Kubernetes node.

k8s_podname

Name of a Kubernetes pod.

k8s_label.xxx

Name of label of a Kubernetes resource (cluster/service/node/Pod).

To enable a GCP SDN connector to fetch IP addresses from GKE:
  1. In Fabric Connectors, configure an SDN connector for GCP.

    Screenshot of SDN connector configuration for GCP

  2. Go to Policies & Objects > Addresses and create a dynamic firewall address for the configured SDN connector using the supported Kubernetes filter.
  3. To filter out the Kubernetes IP addresses, select the address filter or filters. In this example, the GCP SDN connector will automatically populate and update IP addresses only for instances that belong to the zhm-kc3 cluster:

    Screenshot of GCP Kubernetes setup displaying the creation of dynamic firewall address

  4. Configure the rest of the settings, then click OK.

    The dynamic firewall address IP is resolved by the SDN connector.

    Screenshot displaying the IP being resolved by the SDN connector.

To configure a GCP Kubernetes SDN connector through the CLI:
  1. Configure an SDN connector for Kubernetes:

    config system sdn-connector

    edit "gcp1"

    set type gcp

    set gcp-project "dev-project-001-166400"

    set service-account "966517025500-compute@developer.gserviceaccount.com"

    set update-interval 30

    next

    end

  2. Create a dynamic firewall address for the SDN connector with a supported Kubernetes filter:

    config firewall address

    edit "gcp-k8s-cluster"

    set type dynamic

    set sdn "gcp1"

    set filter "K8S_Cluster=zhm-kc3"

    next

    end

    The dynamic firewall address IP is resolved by the SDN connector:

    config firewall address

    edit "gcp-k8s-cluster"

    set uuid e4a1aa3c-25be-51e9-e9af-78ab2eebe6ee

    set type dynamic

    set sdn "gcp1"

    set filter "K8S_Cluster=zhm-kc3"

    config list

    edit "10.0.2.4"

    next

    edit "10.0.2.7"

    next

    edit "10.28.0.13"

    next

    end

    next

    end