Use nftablesMode=Auto in FelixConfiguration#4389
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Description
Built on top of projectcalico/calico#11629
felix can now auto-detect whether the local kube-proxy is using iptables or nftables, and act accordingly.
This tells the operator to defer that decision to Felix - allowing for easier rolling upgrades to nftables mode.
We don't do this for BPF, instead keeping an explicit "Enabled", since kube-proxy isn't used in BPF mode.
Release Note
For PR author
make gen-filesmake gen-versionsFor PR reviewers
A note for code reviewers - all pull requests must have the following:
kind/bugif this is a bugfix.kind/enhancementif this is a a new feature.enterpriseif this PR applies to Calico Enterprise only.