Calico the hard way

📄️Calico the hard way

A tutorial for installing Calico the hard way.

📄️Stand up Kubernetes

Get a Kubernetes cluster up and running.

📄️The Calico datastore

The central datastore for your clusters' operational and configuration state.

📄️Configure IP pools

Quick review of defining IP pools (IP address ranges) in clusters.

📄️Install CNI plugin

Steps to install the Calico Container Network Interface (CNI)

📄️Install Typha

Learn about Typha for scaling deployment.

📄️Install calico/node

Configure and install calico/node as a daemon set.

📄️Configure BGP peering

Quick review of BGP peering options.

📄️Test networking

Test that networking works correctly.

📄️Test network policy

Verify that network policy works correctly.

📄️End user RBAC

Quick review of common roles and access controls for running clusters in production.

📄️Istio integration

Enforce Calico network policy for Istio service mesh applications.