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+# Enabling host networking for controller plugin pods
+
+By default, the Ceph-CSI controller plugins operate on the pod network
+but under some circumstances, like setups with a dedicated storage network, 
+where the pod network cannot connect to the ceph cluster,
+it is necessary to run the Ceph-CSI controller plugin pods on the host network.
+
+This document describes how the ceph-csi-operator can be configured to enforce the use of host network
+in the Ceph-CSI controller plugin pods
+
+The use of host networking can be enabled for a driver's controller plugin by setting `hostNetwork` to `true`in the `ControllerPlugin` section of the corresponding Driver CR.
+
+The `hostNetwork` setting is also available in the `driverSpecDefaults.controllerPlugin` section
+of the `OperatorConfig` CR. As this is a default for all Ceph-CSI controller plugins created by the operator, the setting
+in concrete Driver CRs will take precedence.
+
+There is currently no means of enforcing the use of host networking on all controller plugins against `Driver` CR settings.
+
+Example:
+
+## OperatorConfig CR
+
+```yaml
+kind: OperatorConfig 
+apiVersion: csi.ceph.io/v1alpha1
+metadata:
+  name: ceph-csi-operator-config
+  namespace: <operator-namespace>
+spec:
+   driverSpecDefaults:
+     controllerPlugin:
+       hostNetwork: true
+```
+## Driver CR
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: csi.ceph.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Driver
+metadata:
+  name: rbd.csi.ceph.com
+  namespace: <operator-namespace> 
+spec:
+   controllerPlugin:
+     hostNetwork: false
+```