<p>I am looking for help to troubleshoot this basic scenario that isn't working OK:</p>

<p>Three nodes installed with <strong>kubeadm</strong> on <strong>VirtualBox VMs</strong> running on a MacBook:</p>

<pre><code>sudo kubectl get nodes
NAME                STATUS    ROLES     AGE       VERSION
kubernetes-master   Ready     master    4h        v1.10.2
kubernetes-node1    Ready     &lt;none&gt;    4h        v1.10.2
kubernetes-node2    Ready     &lt;none&gt;    34m       v1.10.2
</code></pre>

<p>The Virtualbox VMs have 2 adapters: 1) Host-only 2) NAT. The node IP's from the guest computer are:</p>

<pre><code>kubernetes-master (192.168.56.3)
kubernetes-node1  (192.168.56.4)
kubernetes-node2  (192.168.56.5)
</code></pre>

<p>I am using flannel pod network (I also tried Calico previously with the same result).</p>

<p>When installing the master node I used this command:</p>

<pre><code>sudo kubeadm init --pod-network-cidr=10.244.0.0/16 --apiserver-advertise-address=192.168.56.3
</code></pre>

<p>I deployed an nginx application whose pods are up, one pod per node:</p>

<pre><code>nginx-deployment-64ff85b579-sk5zs   1/1       Running   0          14m       10.244.2.2   kubernetes-node2
nginx-deployment-64ff85b579-sqjgb   1/1       Running   0          14m       10.244.1.2   kubernetes-node1
</code></pre>

<p>I exposed them as a ClusterIP service:</p>

<pre><code>sudo kubectl get services 
NAME               TYPE        CLUSTER-IP      EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)   AGE
kubernetes         ClusterIP   10.96.0.1       &lt;none&gt;        443/TCP   22m
nginx-deployment   ClusterIP   10.98.206.211   &lt;none&gt;        80/TCP    14m
</code></pre>

<p>Now the problem:</p>

<p>I ssh into kubernetes-node1 and curl the service using the cluster IP:</p>

<pre><code>ssh 192.168.56.4
---
curl 10.98.206.211
</code></pre>

<p>Sometimes the request goes fine, returning the nginx welcome page. I can see in the logs that this requests are always answered by the pod in the same node (kubernetes-node1). Some other requests are stuck until they time out. I guess that this ones were sent to the pod in the other node (kubernetes-node2).</p>

<p>The same happens the other way around, when ssh'd into kubernetes-node2 the pod from this node logs the successful requests and the others time out.</p>

<p>I seems there is some kind of networking problem and nodes can't access pods from the other nodes. How can I fix this?</p>

<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong></p>

<p>I downscaled the number of replicas to 1, so now there is only one pod on kubernetes-node2</p>

<p>If I ssh into kubernetes-node2 all curls go fine. When in kubernetes-node1 all requests time out.</p>

<p><strong>UPDATE 2:</strong> </p>

<p><strong>kubernetes-master ifconfig</strong></p>

<pre><code>cni0: flags=4163&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt;  mtu 1450
        inet 10.244.0.1  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 0.0.0.0
        inet6 fe80::20a0:c7ff:fe6f:8271  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20&lt;link&gt;
        ether 0a:58:0a:f4:00:01  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 10478  bytes 2415081 (2.4 MB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 11523  bytes 2630866 (2.6 MB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

docker0: flags=4099&lt;UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST&gt;  mtu 1500
        inet 172.17.0.1  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 172.17.255.255
        ether 02:42:cd:ce:84:a9  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

enp0s3: flags=4163&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt;  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.56.3  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.56.255
        inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe2d:298f  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20&lt;link&gt;
        ether 08:00:27:2d:29:8f  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 20784  bytes 2149991 (2.1 MB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 26567  bytes 26397855 (26.3 MB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

enp0s8: flags=4163&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt;  mtu 1500
        inet 10.0.3.15  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 10.0.3.255
        inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe09:f08a  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20&lt;link&gt;
        ether 08:00:27:09:f0:8a  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 12662  bytes 12491693 (12.4 MB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 4507  bytes 297572 (297.5 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

flannel.1: flags=4163&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt;  mtu 1450
        inet 10.244.0.0  netmask 255.255.255.255  broadcast 0.0.0.0
        inet6 fe80::c078:65ff:feb9:e4ed  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20&lt;link&gt;
        ether c2:78:65:b9:e4:ed  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 6  bytes 444 (444.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 6  bytes 444 (444.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 15 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73&lt;UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING&gt;  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10&lt;host&gt;
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 464615  bytes 130013389 (130.0 MB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 464615  bytes 130013389 (130.0 MB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

tunl0: flags=193&lt;UP,RUNNING,NOARP&gt;  mtu 1440
        tunnel   txqueuelen 1000  (IPIP Tunnel)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

vethb1098eb3: flags=4163&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt;  mtu 1450
        inet6 fe80::d8a3:a2ff:fedf:4d1d  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20&lt;link&gt;
        ether da:a3:a2:df:4d:1d  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 10478  bytes 2561773 (2.5 MB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 11538  bytes 2631964 (2.6 MB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
</code></pre>

<p><strong>kubernetes-node1 ifconfig</strong></p>

<pre><code>cni0: flags=4163&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt;  mtu 1450
        inet 10.244.1.1  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 0.0.0.0
        inet6 fe80::5cab:32ff:fe04:5b89  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20&lt;link&gt;
        ether 0a:58:0a:f4:01:01  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 199  bytes 41004 (41.0 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 331  bytes 56438 (56.4 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

docker0: flags=4099&lt;UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST&gt;  mtu 1500
        inet 172.17.0.1  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 172.17.255.255
        ether 02:42:0f:02:bb:ff  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

enp0s3: flags=4163&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt;  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.56.4  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.56.255
        inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe36:741a  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20&lt;link&gt;
        ether 08:00:27:36:74:1a  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 12834  bytes 9685221 (9.6 MB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 9114  bytes 1014758 (1.0 MB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

enp0s8: flags=4163&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt;  mtu 1500
        inet 10.0.3.15  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 10.0.3.255
        inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:feb2:23a3  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20&lt;link&gt;
        ether 08:00:27:b2:23:a3  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 13263  bytes 12557808 (12.5 MB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 5065  bytes 341321 (341.3 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

flannel.1: flags=4163&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt;  mtu 1450
        inet 10.244.1.0  netmask 255.255.255.255  broadcast 0.0.0.0
        inet6 fe80::7815:efff:fed6:1423  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20&lt;link&gt;
        ether 7a:15:ef:d6:14:23  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 483  bytes 37506 (37.5 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 483  bytes 37506 (37.5 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 15 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73&lt;UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING&gt;  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10&lt;host&gt;
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 3072  bytes 269588 (269.5 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 3072  bytes 269588 (269.5 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

veth153293ec: flags=4163&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt;  mtu 1450
        inet6 fe80::70b6:beff:fe94:9942  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20&lt;link&gt;
        ether 72:b6:be:94:99:42  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 81  bytes 19066 (19.0 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 129  bytes 10066 (10.0 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
</code></pre>

<p><strong>kubernetes-node2 ifconfig</strong></p>

<pre><code>cni0: flags=4099&lt;UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST&gt;  mtu 1500
        inet 10.244.2.1  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 0.0.0.0
        inet6 fe80::4428:f5ff:fe8b:a76b  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20&lt;link&gt;
        ether 0a:58:0a:f4:02:01  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 184  bytes 36782 (36.7 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 284  bytes 36940 (36.9 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

docker0: flags=4099&lt;UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST&gt;  mtu 1500
        inet 172.17.0.1  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 172.17.255.255
        ether 02:42:7f:e9:79:cd  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 0  bytes 0 (0.0 B)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

enp0s3: flags=4163&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt;  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.56.5  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.56.255
        inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:feb7:ff54  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20&lt;link&gt;
        ether 08:00:27:b7:ff:54  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 12634  bytes 9466460 (9.4 MB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 8961  bytes 979807 (979.8 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

enp0s8: flags=4163&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt;  mtu 1500
        inet 10.0.3.15  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 10.0.3.255
        inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fed8:9210  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20&lt;link&gt;
        ether 08:00:27:d8:92:10  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 12658  bytes 12491919 (12.4 MB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 4544  bytes 297215 (297.2 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

flannel.1: flags=4163&lt;UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST&gt;  mtu 1450
        inet 10.244.2.0  netmask 255.255.255.255  broadcast 0.0.0.0
        inet6 fe80::c832:e4ff:fe3e:f616  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20&lt;link&gt;
        ether ca:32:e4:3e:f6:16  txqueuelen 0  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 111  bytes 8466 (8.4 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 111  bytes 8466 (8.4 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 15 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

lo: flags=73&lt;UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING&gt;  mtu 65536
        inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
        inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10&lt;host&gt;
        loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)
        RX packets 2940  bytes 258968 (258.9 KB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 2940  bytes 258968 (258.9 KB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
</code></pre>

<p><strong>UPDATE 3:</strong> </p>

<p><strong>Kubelet logs:</strong></p>

<p><a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codependent/kubernetes-cluster-logs/master/kubernetes-master-kubelet-log" rel="noreferrer">kubernetes-master kubelet logs</a></p>

<p><a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codependent/kubernetes-cluster-logs/master/kubernetes-node1-kubelet-log" rel="noreferrer">kubernetes-node1 kubelet logs</a></p>

<p><a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codependent/kubernetes-cluster-logs/master/kubernetes-node2-kubelet-log" rel="noreferrer">kubernetes-node2 kubelet logs</a></p>

<p><strong>IP Routes</strong></p>

<p><strong>Master</strong></p>

<pre><code>kubernetes-master:~$ ip route
default via 10.0.3.2 dev enp0s8 proto dhcp src 10.0.3.15 metric 100 
10.0.3.0/24 dev enp0s8 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.3.15 
10.0.3.2 dev enp0s8 proto dhcp scope link src 10.0.3.15 metric 100 
10.244.0.0/24 dev cni0 proto kernel scope link src 10.244.0.1 
10.244.1.0/24 via 10.244.1.0 dev flannel.1 onlink 
10.244.2.0/24 via 10.244.2.0 dev flannel.1 onlink 
172.17.0.0/16 dev docker0 proto kernel scope link src 172.17.0.1 linkdown 
192.168.56.0/24 dev enp0s3 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.56.3 
</code></pre>

<p><strong>Node1</strong></p>

<pre><code>kubernetes-node1:~$ ip route
default via 10.0.3.2 dev enp0s8 proto dhcp src 10.0.3.15 metric 100 
10.0.3.0/24 dev enp0s8 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.3.15 
10.0.3.2 dev enp0s8 proto dhcp scope link src 10.0.3.15 metric 100 
10.244.0.0/24 via 10.244.0.0 dev flannel.1 onlink 
10.244.1.0/24 dev cni0 proto kernel scope link src 10.244.1.1 
10.244.2.0/24 via 10.244.2.0 dev flannel.1 onlink 
172.17.0.0/16 dev docker0 proto kernel scope link src 172.17.0.1 linkdown 
192.168.56.0/24 dev enp0s3 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.56.4 
</code></pre>

<p><strong>Node2</strong></p>

<pre><code>kubernetes-node2:~$ ip route
default via 10.0.3.2 dev enp0s8 proto dhcp src 10.0.3.15 metric 100 
10.0.3.0/24 dev enp0s8 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.3.15 
10.0.3.2 dev enp0s8 proto dhcp scope link src 10.0.3.15 metric 100 
10.244.0.0/24 via 10.244.0.0 dev flannel.1 onlink 
10.244.1.0/24 via 10.244.1.0 dev flannel.1 onlink 
172.17.0.0/16 dev docker0 proto kernel scope link src 172.17.0.1 linkdown 
192.168.56.0/24 dev enp0s3 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.56.5
</code></pre>

<p><strong>iptables-save:</strong></p>

<p><a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codependent/kubernetes-cluster-logs/master/kubernetes-master-iptables-save" rel="noreferrer">kubernetes-master iptables-save</a></p>

<p><a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codependent/kubernetes-cluster-logs/master/kubernetes-node1-iptables-save" rel="noreferrer">kubernetes-node1 iptables-save</a></p>

<p><a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codependent/kubernetes-cluster-logs/master/kubernetes-node2-iptables-save" rel="noreferrer">kubernetes-node2 iptables-save</a></p>

codependent
<p>I was running into a similar problem with my K8s cluster with Flannel.  I had set up the vms with a NAT nic for internet connectivity and a Host-Only nic for node to node communication.  Flannel was choosing the NAT nic by default for node to node communication which obviously won't work in this scenario.  </p>

<p>I modified the flannel manifest before deploying to set the <strong><em>--iface=enp0s8</em></strong> 
argument to the Host-Only nic that should have been chosen (<strong><em>enp0s8</em></strong> in my case).  In your case it looks like <strong><em>enp0s3</em></strong> would be the correct NIC.  Node to node communication worked fine after that.</p>

<p>I failed to note that I also modified the <strong><em>kube-proxy</em></strong> manifest to include the <strong><em>--cluster-cidr=10.244.0.0/16</em></strong> and <strong><em>--proxy-mode=iptables</em></strong> which appears to be required as well.</p>
