install

Connect a local kind cluster

Docker, kind and the Cilium CLI.

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. For evaluation on a local machine. Create the cluster without the default CNI, then install Cilium. If Cilium is already installed, check that cilium status shows "Hubble Relay: OK" and continue to step 2.
kind
```
cat <<EOF | kind create cluster --config -
kind: Cluster
apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
networking:
  disableDefaultCNI: true
EOF
cilium install
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.