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IPv6-ready

Leading Cloud Native IPv6 Networking

IPv6-ready

Leading Cloud Native IPv6 Networking

IPv6 adoption is growing quickly on Kubernetes

  • Kubernetes’ own IPv6 support has improved in recent releases, with IPv4/IPv6 Dual Stack enabled by default in Kubernetes 1.23
  • The main impediments to IPv6 adoption are:
    • Lack of transition path from v4 to v6
    • Concerns around troubleshooting
  • IPv6 does not just provide an infinite number of IP addresses ranges but potential improvements in traffic management.
  • However, Kubernetes does not natively support IPv6 without a CNI capable of supporting it.

Cilium ❤️ IPv6

  • CNI fully supports single-stack IPv6 or dual-stack IPv4/IPv6
  • Hubble provides insight into IPv6 flows
  • NAT46/64 support provides a pathway from v4 to v6
  • IPv6 support with BGP lets users advertise their IPv6 Pod CIDRs.
  • Cilium’s IPv6 innovations include support for protocols such as BIG TCP and Segment Routing v6.
Ready for the IPv6 explosion

Ready for the IPv6 explosion

  • Cilium provides a high–performance platform for IPv6, with features such as NAT46/64 to enable co-existence between IPv4 and IPv6
  • Hubble provides the visibility required to operate and manage IPv6 networks
  • Support for features such as BIG TCP improves latency and performance, enhancing the user experience

IPv6 Networking and Observability with Cilium and Hubble

In this video, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer Nico Vibert will walk you through how to deploy a IPv4/IPv6 Dual Stack Kubernetes cluster and install Cilium and Hubble to benefit from their networking and observability capabilities.

BIG TCP Demo

With Cilium 1.13 comes a new exciting feature that enables faster performance and lower latency through the network stack: BIG TCP. BIG TCP is only available on IPv6.

Segment Routing v6 Demo

In this demo, Isovalent Staff Software Engineer Louis DeLosSantos walks through an introductory demo of SRv6 on Cilium, for a L3VPN use case. The demo was first shown live during eBPF Day North America 2022.

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