Cilium
More info
- Creator
- Isovalent (Thomas Graf et al.)
- Released
- Owner
- Isovalent / CNCF
- Type
- eBPF networking & security
- License
- Apache 2.0
- Website
- cilium.io
- Source
- github.com/cilium/cilium
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
Modern CNI for Kubernetes — based on eBPF, gives networking + observability + security.
Faster than iptables-based solutions. The Hubble component visualises the traffic. Also "ambient mesh" — service mesh without a sidecar. Adopted at Google, Adobe, Meta. CNCF graduated.