install

Connect a Google GKE cluster

A Standard cluster with open-source Cilium.

Requirements

Cilium: The cluster CNI, with Hubble and Hubble Relay enabled.
Network: Outbound HTTPS (443) from the cluster to api.cilera.io and ingest.cilera.io.
Tools: kubectl and Helm 3.8+ with access to create a namespace.
Footprint: One pod. No privileged access, no host mounts, read-only RBAC.

Run Cilium with Hubble enabled. Create the cluster without Dataplane V2, then install Cilium. If Cilium is already installed, check that cilium status shows "Hubble Relay: OK" and continue to step 2.
gke
```
gcloud container clusters create my-cluster \
  --node-taints node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready=true:NoExecute
cilium install        # detects GKE
cilium hubble enable
cilium status --wait
```
Add the cluster in the Cilera console. Open Clusters → Add cluster, name the cluster, and copy the install command. The command includes a one-time onboarding token that expires.
Run the command. It installs the operator with Helm into the cilera-system namespace. The cluster appears in the Cilera console within about a minute.
verify
```
$ kubectl -n cilera-system get pods
NAME                               READY   STATUS
cilera-operator-7c9d8b6f5d-x2kqp   1/1     Running
```

For platform-specific Cilium options, see the Cilium installation guide.