IPAM allocation by block

Show per-block IP utilization; find pod-IP exhaustion before scheduling fails

calicoctl ipam show --show-blocks
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More calico commands

  • BGP peer status per node
    calicoctl node status

    Show BGP session states and peer IPs from a node; Established means routes exchanged

  • Inspect IP pools
    calicoctl get ippool -o wide

    List pools with CIDR, IPIP/VXLAN mode, NAT-outgoing; verify encapsulation settings

  • Dump Felix configuration
    calicoctl get felixconfiguration default -o yaml

    Read live Felix dataplane config: BPF mode, log level, MTU, iptables backend

all 4 calico commands