IKEA Private Cloud - eBPF-Based Networking, Load Balancing, and Observability with Cilium

Explore IKEA's journey in setting up a large-scale, multi-cluster distributed Kubernetes environment across data centers in this informative conference talk. Discover how IKEA leverages Cilium and its eBPF features to improve scaling, enhance observability, and replace proprietary load balancers in their digital systems spanning public cloud and private data centers worldwide. Learn about connecting Kubernetes workloads across BGP networks, protecting multi-tenant workloads with multi-cluster network policies, and utilizing Cilium's support for multi-homed pods. Gain insights into mimicking availability zones with Cilium ClusterMesh and implementing Cilium with XDP, ServiceType LoadBalancer, and Ingress as a replacement for proprietary load balancers. By the end of this talk, understand how to harness Cilium and eBPF capabilities to build and instrument networks while achieving superior observability in large-scale Kubernetes environments.

IKEA Private Cloud, eBPF Based Networking, Load Balancing, and Observability with... Karsten Nielsen