Windows K8s 节点应该有 aws-node 和 kube-proxy pod 吗？

Question

I have this mixed cluster which shows all the nodes as Ready (both Windows & Linux ones). However, only the Linux nodes have aws-node & kube-proxy pods. I RDPed into a Windows node and can see a kube-proxy service.

My question remains: do the Windows nodes need aws-node & kube-proxy pods in the kube-system namespace or do they work differently than Linux ones?

Answer 1

kube-proxy pods are part of default installation of Kube.netes. They are automaticaly created, and are needed on both Linux and Windows.

kube-proxy is a.network proxy that runs on each node in your cluster, implementing part of the Kube.netes Service concept.

kube-proxy maintains.network rules on nodes. These.network rules allow.network communication to your Pods from.network sessions inside or outside of your cluster. ^{[ source ]}

aws-node pod is a part of AWS CNI plugin for Kube.netes

The Amazon VPC Container Network Interface (CNI) plugin for Kube.netes is deployed with each of your Amazon EC2 nodes in a Daemonset with the name aws-node . The plugin consists of two primary components:
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It is currently only supported on Linux. Windows nodes are using a different CNI plugin - vpc-shared-eni