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Clarifying dual-stack as default in 1.21.
Signed-off-by: Bridget Kromhout <[email protected]>
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content/en/docs/concepts/services-networking/dual-stack.md

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{{< feature-state for_k8s_version="v1.21" state="beta" >}}
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IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack enables the allocation of both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pods" term_id="pod" >}} and {{< glossary_tooltip text="Services" term_id="service" >}}.
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IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack networking enables the allocation of both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pods" term_id="pod" >}} and {{< glossary_tooltip text="Services" term_id="service" >}}.
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If you enable IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack networking for your Kubernetes cluster, the cluster will support the simultaneous assignment of both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
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IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack networking is enabled by default for your Kubernetes cluster starting in 1.21, allowing the simultaneous assignment of both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
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## Supported Features
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Enabling IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack on your Kubernetes cluster provides the following features:
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IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack on your Kubernetes cluster provides the following features:
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* Dual-stack Pod networking (a single IPv4 and IPv6 address assignment per Pod)
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* IPv4 and IPv6 enabled Services
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## Configure IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack
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To use IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack, ensure the `IPv6DualStack` [feature gate](/docs/reference/command-line-tools-reference/feature-gates/) is enabled for the relevant components of your cluster. (Starting in 1.21, IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack defaults to enabled.)
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To configure IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack, set dual-stack cluster network assignments:
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An example of an IPv6 CIDR: `fdXY:IJKL:MNOP:15::/64` (this shows the format but is not a valid address - see [RFC 4193](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4193))
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Starting in 1.21, IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack defaults to true.
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Starting in 1.21, IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack defaults to enabled.
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You can disable it when necessary by specifying `--feature-gates="IPv6DualStack=false"`
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on the kube-apiserver, kube-controller-manager, kubelet, and kube-proxy command line.
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{{< /note >}}

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