Installing Cilium Cluster Mesh into Azure AKS Availability Zones

Welcome to this comprehensive tutorial on how to install and configure the Cilium CNI and enable its advanced cluster mesh feature across Kubernetes clusters in different Azure ASK availability zones!
What You Will Learn:
How to install the Cilium CNI
How to configure Azure Networks across AZs
Enabling cluster mesh between two Kubernetes clusters
Setting up clusters in different availability zones
What is Cilium CNI?
Cilium is an open-source networking and security project that provides a highly efficient CNI Plugin for Kubernetes. Leveraging eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter), Cilium offers robust networking capabilities, advanced load balancing, and enhanced security features for microservices.
What is Cluster Mesh?
Cluster Mesh is an incredible feature provided by Cilium that allows seamless connectivity between multiple Kubernetes clusters. With cluster mesh, you can extend your network policies, load balancing, and other networking features across different clusters, even if they are located in separate availability zones.
📚 Resources:
Cilium CNI Cluster Mesh Documentation - docs.cilium.io/en/latest/netw...
Cilium CNI Cluster Mesh Deep Dive (2019) - cilium.io/blog/2019/03/12/clu...
Cilium CLI Installation - docs.cilium.io/en/stable/gett...
Hubble CLI Installation - docs.cilium.io/en/stable/gett...

[@bsaikrishna7860]

Good Job !

[@virtualelephant]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@iposipos9342]

nice video, why didnt you use helm install cilium for the installation and enabling of the cluster mesh instead of the cilium cli command?

[@iDontFinishAnyt]

Nice video but it should be noted you’re using the term Availability Zone incorrectly. You’re deploying across two REGIONS. Each region has 3 AZs and AKS can already deploy a single cluster across multiple AZs in the same region.