Q6 AKS Domain 1 · 20–25% of exam

Which AKS network plugin assigns each pod a real VNet IP address from a subnet, supporting advanced network policies?

  1. A kubenet
  2. B Azure CNI (correct answer)
  3. C Azure CNI Overlay
  4. D Flannel

Shortcut: Azure CNI allocates VNet IPs directly to pods. This enables pods to be routable within the VNet, required for features like AKS network policies and some load balancer configurations. It consumes more IPs than kubenet.