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Learn about VPC CNI modes and configuration

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The Amazon VPC CNI plugin for Kubernetes provides networking for Pods. Use the following table to learn more about the available networking features.

Networking feature Learn more

Configure your cluster to assign IPv6 addresses to clusters, Pods, and services

Learn about IPv6 addresses to clusters, Pods, and services

Use IPv4 Source Network Address Translation for Pods

Enable outbound internet access for Pods

Restrict network traffic to and from your Pods

Restrict Pod network traffic with Kubernetes network policies

Customize the secondary network interface in nodes

Deploy Pods in alternate subnets with custom networking

Increase IP addresses for your node

Assign more IP addresses to Amazon EKS nodes with prefixes

Use security groups for Pod network traffic

Assign security groups to individual Pods

Use multiple network interfaces for Pods

Attach multiple network interfaces to Pods with Multus

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