From 6a8313068549c739d21e3f6ed06b086265886d89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bryan Boreham Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 18:14:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document multicast behaviour of weave-npc --- site/kube-addon.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/site/kube-addon.md b/site/kube-addon.md index 7dc08df4..284270b7 100644 --- a/site/kube-addon.md +++ b/site/kube-addon.md @@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ Kubernetes see the and the [NetworkPolicy API object definition](http://kubernetes.io/docs/api-reference/extensions/v1beta1/definitions/#_v1beta1_networkpolicy). +**Note:** as of version 1.9 of Weave Net, the Network Policy + Controller allows all multicast traffic. Since a single multicast + address may be used by multiple pods, we cannot implement rules to + isolate them individually. You can turn this behaviour off (block + all multicast traffic) by adding `--allow-mcast` as an argument to + `weave-npc` in the YAML configuration. + ### Troubleshooting Blocked Connections If you suspect that legitimate traffic is being blocked by the Weave Network Policy Controller, the first thing to do is check the `weave-npc` container's logs.