Project Calico is an open-source project with an active development and user community. Calico Open Source was born out of this project and has grown to be the most widely adopted solution for container networking and security, powering 2M+ nodes daily across 166 countries.
We deploy Calico Opensource in all our managed Kubernetes and Openshift clusters for both policy and for pod networking.
We (SIGHUP) use Calico as the default CNI for the open-source Kubernetes Fury Distribution.
We integrate Calico with the FD.io/VPP data plane to provide optimal performance for Containerized Networking Functions.
Tanzu Kubernetes Grid supports Calico open-source as a CNI option, where it provides reliable pod network connectivity and security.
We have been using Calico in our Openstack clusters. By peering directly with the network infrastructure using BGP, our customers can benefit from ECMP load balancing, path redundancy, and in the future, advanced features like gslb/ IP anycast.
We are currently developing our Release-2 roadmap, and are focused on integrating Project Calico into our Managed Elastic Kubernetes Service (mEKS) product.
We recommend Calico as the default networking and security solution for customers using the Rafay Kubernetes Operations Platform. No one should run Kubernetes without Calico networking and security.
It’s extremely helpful to know what endpoints your services are talking to. We have a much-improved security posture.
We were able to achieve EU GDPR compliance and securely deploy 20 new cloud-native applications.
We are using Calico as a consumer in our K8s.
We are using Calico for managed AKS clusters.
We are using Calico for Kubernetes network policies.
eBPF, standard Linux, and Windows data planes
Work with non-Kubernetes workloads
Built to go faster with lower CPU consumption, to help you get the best possible performance from your investments in clusters
Lock in step scalability with Kubernetes clusters without sacrificing performance
Rich network and security policy model for secure communication and WireGuard encryption
Work with the original reference implementation of Kubernetes network policy
Leverage the innovation provided by 200+ contributors from a broad range of companies
Here are some recommendations for getting involved with Project Calico. There are many paths though—the only hard rule on getting involved is that we all aim to be excellent to each other and you need to read and follow our Code of Conduct. You can and should expect to see others following it, too.
Sign up to become a member of our ambassador program, Calico Big Cats, and get a chance to share your experience with other users in the community.
Come along to our next Calico Community Meeting! It’s a great way to get involved and be productive.
We label some GitHub issues as good first issues if you want to get familiar and productive quickly. Why not give one a look?
Is there something that’s always bothered you? Chat with us, raise an issue, and then get your hands dirty.
The Calico Users Slack group is a great place to connect with other contributors and Calico developers.
We’re in the usual places! Get yourself plugged in and start filling your tanks with knowledge.
Come along to our next Calico Community Meeting! It’s fine to just listen in.
If you know of a bug or have an idea, browse the open issues and consider opening a new one. Who knows, you might end up helping to fix it!
We’re pretty proud of our docs, but nothing’s perfect. Reporting docs issues is a great way to help and gain understanding.
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