MaGe Linux Operations

Oct 22, 2022 · Cloud Native

How Do Packets Flow Inside and Outside Kubernetes? A Deep Dive into Pod Networking

This article explains how Kubernetes forwards packets from the initial web request through container networking, covering the Kubernetes network model, Linux network namespaces, the role of the pause container, pod‑to‑pod communication on the same and different nodes, CNI plugins, and how services use Netfilter and iptables to rewrite traffic.