[](https://travis-ci.org/containernetworking/plugins) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/cni-bot/plugins/branch/master) # plugins Some CNI network plugins, maintained by the containernetworking team. For more information, see the individual READMEs. ## Plugins supplied: ### Main: interface-creating * `bridge`: Creates a bridge, adds the host and the container to it. * `ipvlan`: Adds an [ipvlan](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/ipvlan.txt) interface in the container * `loopback`: Creates a loopback interface * `macvlan`: Creates a new MAC address, forwards all traffic to that to the container * `ptp`: Creates a veth pair. * `vlan`: Allocates a vlan device. ### IPAM: IP address allocation * `dhcp`: Runs a daemon on the host to make DHCP requests on behalf of the container * `host-local`: maintains a local database of allocated IPs ### Meta: other plugins * `flannel`: generates an interface corresponding to a flannel config file * `tuning`: Tweaks sysctl parameters of an existing interface * `portmap`: An iptables-based portmapping plugin. Maps ports from the host's address space to the container. ### Sample The sample plugin provides an example for building your own plugin.