Chapter 11. Secondary networks

Procedure

1. In the web console, navigate to Operators Installed Operators.
2. Under the Provided APIs heading for the NetObserv Operator, select Flow Collector.
3. Select cluster and then select the YAML tab.

4. Configure the FlowCollector custom resource. A sample configuration is as follows:

   Configure FlowCollector for SR-IOV monitoring

   apiVersion: flows.netobserv.io/v1beta2
   kind: FlowCollector
   metadata:
     name: cluster
   spec:
     namespace: netobserv
     deploymentModel: Direct
     agent:
       type: eBPF
       ebpf:
         privileged: true   1

   1

   The spec.agent.ebpf.privileged field value must be set to true to enable SR-IOV monitoring.

Procedure

1. Get information about the virtual machine launcher pod by running the following command. This information is used in Step 5:

   $ oc get pod virt-launcher-<vm_name>-<suffix> -n <namespace> -o yaml

   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Pod
   metadata:
     annotations:
       k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/network-status: |-
         [{
           "name": "ovn-kubernetes",
           "interface": "eth0",
           "ips": [
             "10.129.2.39"
           ],
           "mac": "0a:58:0a:81:02:27",
           "default": true,
           "dns": {}
         },
         {
           "name": "my-vms/l2-network",   1
           "interface": "podc0f69e19ba2", 2
           "ips": [                       3
             "10.10.10.15"
           ],
           "mac": "02:fb:f8:00:00:12",    4
           "dns": {}
         }]
     name: virt-launcher-fedora-aqua-fowl-13-zr2x9
     namespace: my-vms
   spec:
   #  ...
   status:
   #  ...

   1

   The name of the secondary network.

   2

   The network interface name of the secondary network.

   3

   The list of IPs used by the secondary network.

   4

   The MAC address used for secondary network.

2. In the web console, navigate to Operators Installed Operators.
3. Under the Provided APIs heading for the NetObserv Operator, select Flow Collector.
4. Select cluster and then select the YAML tab.

5. Configure FlowCollector based on the information you found from the additional network investigation:

   apiVersion: flows.netobserv.io/v1beta2
   kind: FlowCollector
   metadata:
     name: cluster
   spec:
     agent:
       ebpf:
         privileged: true            1
     processor:
       advanced:
         secondaryNetworks:
         - index:                    2
           - MAC                     3
           name: my-vms/l2-network   4
   # ...

   <.> Ensure that the eBPF agent is in privileged mode so that flows are collected for secondary interfaces. <.> Define the fields to use for indexing the virtual machine launcher pods. It is recommended to use the MAC address as the indexing field to get network flows enrichment for secondary interfaces. If you have overlapping MAC address between pods, then additional indexing fields, such as IP and Interface, could be added to have accurate enrichment. <.> If your additional network information has a MAC address, add MAC to the field list. <.> Specify the name of the network found in the k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/network-status annotation. Usually <namespace>/<network_attachement_definition_name>.

6. Observe VM traffic:

   1. Navigate to the Network Traffic page.
   2. Filter by Source IP using your virtual machine IP found in k8s.v1.cni.cncf.io/network-status annotation.
   3. View both Source and Destination fields, which should be enriched, and identify the VM launcher pods and the VM instance as owners.