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Exploring Cilium Architecture

Hands-on exploration of Cilium components in a running cluster; inspect agent, operator, and CNI configuration.

45 minutes
networking/cilium
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Lab Overview

This hands-on lab guides you through exploring Cilium's architecture by examining its components in a running Kubernetes cluster.

You'll learn to:

  • Understand the role of the Cilium agent and how it runs on each node
  • Explore the Cilium operator and its cluster-wide responsibilities
  • Investigate the CNI configuration and how Cilium integrates with Kubernetes
  • Understand Cilium's IPAM (IP Address Management) approach
  • Examine how Cilium uses eBPF programs for networking

This lab provides essential knowledge about Cilium's architecture for the CCA certification exam.

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Prerequisites

cilium-installation-configuration

basic-kubernetes-knowledge

Technologies Covered

ciliumkubernetesarchitectureebpfcnicca-certification

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This lab is part of the Certified Cilium Associate (CCA) course

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