Introduction to CNI, the Container Network Interface Project

Explore the Container Network Interface (CNI) project in this informative conference talk. Gain a broad overview of CNI, its relationship with Kubernetes, and the CNCF-hosted project's deliverables. Learn about the CNI specification, plugin chaining, and configuration formats. Discover recent changes, future developments, and frequently asked questions about CNI. Understand topics such as multiple interfaces, CNI deployment, IPv6 support, and binary execution. Ideal for users and developers with limited container networking knowledge, this presentation provides valuable insights into this critical infrastructure component linking runtimes like Kubernetes and CloudFoundry to various container network implementations.

Introduction
Introductions
What is CNI
CNI Project
CNI Specification
What isnt CNI
How does it work
Calling a plugin
Configuration format
Plugin chaining
CNI as open source
CNI maintainers
Recent changes
Whats next
Frequently Asked Questions
Multiple Interfaces
Deploy CNI
ipv6 support
Why execute binaries
Tuning
Links
Wrap up