From 225f29799be38e5d6326a4d98bfdbab96b5c54d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alena Prokharchyk Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:19:34 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update _index.md --- .../v2.x/en/faq/networking/cni-providers/_index.md | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/faq/networking/cni-providers/_index.md b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/faq/networking/cni-providers/_index.md index 523ab60c56e..11a6154d972 100644 --- a/content/rancher/v2.x/en/faq/networking/cni-providers/_index.md +++ b/content/rancher/v2.x/en/faq/networking/cni-providers/_index.md @@ -95,13 +95,20 @@ For more information, see the following pages: ![Weave Logo]({{< baseurl >}}/img/rancher/weave-logo.png) -Weave Net creates a virtual network that connects Docker containers across multiple hosts and enables their automatic discovery. With Weave Net, portable microservices-based applications consisting of multiple containers can run anywhere, Weave works as a cni plugin to Kubernetes to connect pods across Kubernetes nodes. +Weave enables networking and network policy in Kubernetes clusters across the cloud. Additionally, it support encrypting traffic between the peers. -Weave support encrypting traffic between peers by assigning a password as a config option or `WEAVE_PASSWORD` environment variable to the weave Kubernetes YAML, Rancher UI automatically generates this password when weave plugin is selected, you can still change this password by editing the cluster YAML from the UI. +To enable encryption, `WEAVE_PASSWORD` has to be set as a network plugin parameter. Rancher UI automatically generates the password when weave CNI plugin is selected. You can change the default password by editing the cluster YAML from the UI: + +```yaml +network: + plugin: "weave" +weave_network_provider: + password: "Q]SZOQ5wp@n$oijz" +``` Kubernetes workers should open TCP port 6783 and UDP 6783/6784. -Weave is available as a cni-plugin in Rancher as of version 2.2, For more information, see the following pages: +Weave is available as a CNI plugin in Rancher as of version 2.2, For more information, see the following pages: - [Weave Net Official Site](https://www.weave.works/)