IPB190: IPv6 in Kubernetes Deployments
From IPv6 Buzz by Packet Pushers
December 18, 2025 · 21 min · Episode 190
About this episode
This episode explores the benefits of using IPv6 in Kubernetes and discusses the challenges of adoption.
Kubernetes is a popular container orchestration platform. Today’s IPv6 Buzz episode explores the benefits of using IPv6 in Kubernetes, and how Kubernetes uses IP addresses in both the control plane and data plane.We also address why the adoption rate is estimated to be so low, from default configurations to issues with non-IPv6-aware applications inside containers. ... Read more »
Topics covered
- IPv6
- Kubernetes
- container orchestration
- networking
Keywords
- IP addresses
- control plane
- data plane
- adoption rate
- default configurations
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Kubernetes
Books & works: IPv6 Buzz
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