Cilium Proxy
A customized Envoy proxy with Cilium filters for enforcing L7 network policies in Kubernetes clusters.
What is Cilium Proxy?
Cilium Proxy is a customized version of the Envoy proxy that includes Cilium-specific filters for enforcing Layer 7 network policies in Kubernetes clusters. It solves the problem of applying fine-grained security rules—such as those based on HTTP methods, paths, or headers—to traffic between pods, going beyond traditional IP/port-based policies.
Platform engineers, SREs, and DevOps professionals managing Kubernetes clusters with Cilium who need advanced L7 traffic control and security policy enforcement.
Developers choose Cilium Proxy because it integrates seamlessly with Cilium's networking and security layer, providing a production-ready, performant proxy tailored for Kubernetes environments without the overhead of maintaining a fully custom proxy solution.
Overview
Envoy with Cilium filters
Use Cases
Best For
- Enforcing HTTP-based security policies in Kubernetes
- Implementing CiliumNetworkPolicy with L7 rules
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