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| # plugins |
| Some CNI network plugins, maintained by the containernetworking team. For more information, see the individual READMEs. |
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| ## Plugins supplied: |
| ### Main: interface-creating |
| * `bridge`: Creates a bridge, adds the host and the container to it. |
| * `ipvlan`: Adds an [ipvlan](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/ipvlan.txt) interface in the container |
| * `loopback`: Creates a loopback interface |
| * `macvlan`: Creates a new MAC address, forwards all traffic to that to the container |
| * `ptp`: Creates a veth pair. |
| * `vlan`: Allocates a vlan device. |
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| ### IPAM: IP address allocation |
| * `dhcp`: Runs a daemon on the host to make DHCP requests on behalf of the container |
| * `host-local`: maintains a local database of allocated IPs |
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| ### Meta: other plugins |
| * `flannel`: generates an interface corresponding to a flannel config file |
| * `tuning`: Tweaks sysctl parameters of an existing interface |
| * `portmap`: An iptables-based portmapping plugin. Maps ports from the host's address space to the container. |
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| ### Sample |
| The sample plugin provides an example for building your own plugin. |
