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Flannel serves as a specialized virtual networking layer tailored for containers. In the context of the OpenShift Container Platform, it can be utilized for container networking as an alternative to the standard software-defined networking (SDN) components. This approach is particularly advantageous when deploying OpenShift within a cloud environment that also employs SDN solutions, like OpenStack, allowing for the avoidance of double packet encapsulation across both systems. Each flanneld agent transmits this information to a centralized etcd store, enabling other agents on different hosts to effectively route packets to various containers within the flannel network. Additionally, the accompanying diagram showcases the architecture and the data flow involved in facilitating communication between containers over a flannel network. This setup enhances overall network efficiency and simplifies container management in complex environments.

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Company:
Red Hat
Year Founded:
1993
Headquarters:
United States
Website:
docs.openshift.com/container-platform/3.4/architecture/additional_concepts/flannel.html

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