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.