KIND Kubernetes in Docker

Running KIND on AWS EC2

Kind lets you run a full Kubernetes cluster inside Docker containers, making it perfect for lightweight labs and CI environments on a single VM. In this article, I show how to use Kind to create a multi-node Kubernetes cluster ready for further experiments like installing Cilium.

Cilium Hubble

End‑to‑End L7 Visibility with Cilium Hubble

Cilium and Hubble bring application‑aware network observability to Kubernetes, showing exactly which HTTP requests flow between your services at Layer 7. In this article I walk through enabling L7 visibility and using Hubble to inspect real traffic.

Azure AKS BYO Cilium

Azure AKS – BYO CNI with Cilium

This article walks through deploying an Azure AKS cluster in BYO CNI mode and installing Cilium as the networking dataplane step by step. It also shows how to verify pod connectivity and basic NetworkPolicy enforcement so you can be confident Cilium is actually in control of your cluster’s network.