Welcome to Cilium’s documentation!

The documentation is divided into the following sections:

  • Cilium Quick Installation: Provides a simple tutorial for running a small Cilium setup on your laptop. Intended as an easy way to get your hands dirty applying Cilium security policies between containers.

  • Getting Started : Details instructions for installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Cilium in different deployment modes.

  • Overview of Network Policy : Detailed walkthrough of the policy language structure and the supported formats.

  • Monitoring & Metrics : Instructions for configuring metrics collection from Cilium.

  • Troubleshooting : Describes how to troubleshoot Cilium in different deployment modes.

  • BPF and XDP Reference Guide : Provides a technical deep dive of eBPF and XDP technology, primarily focused at developers.

  • API Reference : Details the Cilium agent API for interacting with a local Cilium instance.

  • Development : Gives background to those looking to develop and contribute modifications to the Cilium code or documentation.

  • Securing Networks with Cilium : Provides a one-page resource of best practices for securing Cilium.

A hands-on tutorial in a live environment is also available for users looking for a way to quickly get started and experiment with Cilium.