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Cilium Envoy L7 Proxy

Envoy-based L7 Proxy in Cilium

Envoy is a powerful L7 proxy which can be used for many Service Mesh needs.

Cilium uses Envoy for L7 Network Policies, L7 observability,
L7 internal load-balancing, and even allows users to configure Envoy for their own needs.

• 🏛️ The Lab Environment

  Explore the lab's environment

• 🛡️ HTTP Network Policies

  Write HTTP-based Network Policies

• 👿 Envoy as a Separate DaemonSet

  Deploy Envoy separately from Cilium agents

• 🔭 HTTP Observability

  Observe L7 traffic with Envoy

• 🌐 Load Balancing for L7 Services

  Let's enable L7 Load-Balancing by simply applying an annotation.

• ⚡ Circuit Breaking

  Implement a circuit breaker with A Cilium Envoy Config

• 🎤 Network Policy L7 Listener

  Configure a L7 Network Policy Listener

• 💥 Debugging Envoy

  Explore the Envoy Logs and Admin UI

• 🥋 Exam Challenge

  Take the final challenge!