Cilium at Scale: Performance Optimization and Best Practices

Explore the intricacies of running Cilium at scale in this informative conference talk. Gain insights into optimizing Cilium's performance as your clusters grow, understanding its interactions with Linux, Kubernetes, and cloud provider network stacks. Discover challenges encountered in large clusters and learn strategies to address them, including rate limiting adjustments, IP address management planning, and operating system tuning. Delve into critical health metrics for monitoring Cilium's performance and explore best practices for deployment and rollout validation using built-in connectivity tests. Enhance your knowledge of Cilium's advanced features and configuration options to ensure optimal performance in large-scale environments.

Day 2 with Cilium - What to Expect Running at Scale - Hemanth Malla & Maxime Visonneau, Datadog