Node Resource (Node)

A node resource (Node) represents a node running Calico. When adding a host to a Calico cluster, a Node resource needs to be created which contains the configuration for the calico/node instance running on the host.

When starting a calico/node instance, the name supplied to the instance should match the name configured in the Node resource.

By default, starting a calico/node instance will automatically create a node resource using the hostname of the compute host.

For calicoctl commands that specify a resource type on the CLI, the following aliases are supported (all case insensitive): node, nodes, no, nos.

Sample YAML

apiVersion: projectcalico.org/v3
kind: Node
metadata:
  name: node-hostname
spec:
  bgp:
    asNumber: 64512
    ipv4Address: 10.244.0.1/24
    ipv6Address: 2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334/120
    ipv4IPIPTunnelAddr: 192.168.0.1

Definition

Metadata

Field Description Accepted Values Schema
name The name of this node. Required. Alphanumeric string with optional ., _, or -. string

Spec

Field Description Accepted Values Schema Default
bgp BGP configuration for this node. Omit if using Calico for policy only.   BGP  
orchRefs Correlates this node to a node in another orchestrator.   list of OrchRefs  

OrchRef

Field Description Accepted Values Schema Default
nodeName Name of this node according to the orchestrator.   string  
orchestrator Name of the orchestrator. k8s string  

BGP

Field Description Accepted Values Schema Default
asNumber The AS Number of your calico/node. Optional. If omitted the global value is used (see example modifying Global BGP settings for details about modifying the asNumber setting). integer  
ipv4Address The IPv4 address and subnet exported as the next-hop for the Calico endpoints on the host The IPv4 address must be specified if BGP is enabled. string  
ipv6Address The IPv6 address and subnet exported as the next-hop for the Calico endpoints on the host Optional string  
ipv4IPIPTunnelAddr IPv4 address of the IP-in-IP tunnel Optional IPv4 address string  

Supported operations

Datastore type Create/Delete Update Get/List Notes
etcdv3 Yes Yes Yes  
Kubernetes API server No Yes Yes calico/node data is directly tied to the Kubernetes nodes.