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Generic operator for cilium

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Run cilium-operator-generic

Usage:
  cilium-operator-generic [flags]
  cilium-operator-generic [command]

Available Commands:
  completion   Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  help         Help about any command
  hive         Inspect the hive
  metrics      Access metric status of the operator
  shell        Connect to the shell
  status       Display status of operator
  troubleshoot Run troubleshooting utilities to check control-plane connectivity

Flags:
      --auto-create-cilium-pod-ip-pools stringToString             Automatically create CiliumPodIPPool resources on startup. Specify pools in the form of <pool>=ipv4-cidrs:<cidr>,[<cidr>...];ipv4-mask-size:<size>[;allow-first-ip:<bool>][;allow-last-ip:<bool>] (multiple pools can also be passed by repeating the CLI flag) (default [])
      --ces-max-ciliumendpoints-per-ces int                        Maximum number of CiliumEndpoints allowed in a CES (default 100)
      --ces-rate-limits string                                     Configure rate limits for the CES controller. Accepts a list of rate limit configurations, must be a JSON formatted string. (default "[{\"nodes\":0,\"limit\":10,\"burst\":20}]")
      --cilium-endpoint-gc-interval duration                       GC interval for cilium endpoints (default 5m0s)
      --cilium-pod-labels string                                   Cilium Pod's labels selector. Used to detect if a Cilium pod is running to remove the node taints where its running and set NetworkUnavailable to false (default "k8s-app=cilium")
      --cilium-pod-namespace string                                Name of the Kubernetes namespace in which Cilium is deployed in. Defaults to the same namespace defined in k8s-namespace
      --cluster-id uint32                                          Unique identifier of the cluster
      --cluster-name string                                        Name of the cluster. It must consist of at most 32 lower case alphanumeric characters and '-', start and end with an alphanumeric character. (default "default")
      --cluster-pool-ipv4-cidr strings                             IPv4 CIDR Range for Pods in cluster. Requires 'ipam=cluster-pool' and 'enable-ipv4=true'
      --cluster-pool-ipv4-mask-size int                            Mask size for each IPv4 podCIDR per node. Requires 'ipam=cluster-pool' and 'enable-ipv4=true' (default 24)
      --cluster-pool-ipv6-cidr strings                             IPv6 CIDR Range for Pods in cluster. Requires 'ipam=cluster-pool' and 'enable-ipv6=true'
      --cluster-pool-ipv6-mask-size int                            Mask size for each IPv6 podCIDR per node. Requires 'ipam=cluster-pool' and 'enable-ipv6=true' (default 112)
      --clustermesh-cache-ttl duration                             The time to live for the cache of a remote cluster after connectivity is lost. If the connection is not re-established within this duration, the cached data is revoked to prevent stale state. If not specified or set to 0s, the cache is never revoked.
      --clustermesh-concurrent-service-endpoint-syncs int          The number of remote cluster service syncing operations that will be done concurrently. Larger number = faster endpoint slice updating, but more CPU (and network) load. (default 5)
      --clustermesh-config string                                  Path to the ClusterMesh configuration directory
      --clustermesh-default-global-namespace                       Mark all namespaces as global by default unless overridden by annotation (default true)
      --clustermesh-enable-endpoint-sync                           Whether or not the endpoint slice cluster mesh synchronization is enabled.
      --clustermesh-enable-mcs-api                                 Enable Cluster Mesh MCS-API support
      --clustermesh-endpoint-updates-batch-period duration         The length of endpoint slice updates batching period for remote cluster services. Processing of pod changes will be delayed by this duration to join them with potential upcoming updates and reduce the overall number of endpoints updates. Larger number = higher endpoint programming latency, but lower number of endpoints revision generated. (default 500ms)
      --clustermesh-endpoints-per-slice int                        The maximum number of endpoints that will be added to a remote cluster's EndpointSlice . More endpoints per slice will result in less endpoint slices, but larger resources. (default 100)
      --clustermesh-mcs-api-install-crds                           Install and manage the MCS API CRDs. Only applicable if MCS API support is enabled. (default true)
      --clustermesh-sync-timeout duration                          Timeout waiting for the initial synchronization of information from remote clusters (default 1m0s)
      --config string                                              Configuration file (default "$HOME/ciliumd.yaml")
      --config-dir string                                          Configuration directory that contains a file for each option
      --controller-group-metrics strings                           List of controller group names for which to enable metrics. Accepts 'all' and 'none'. The set of controller group names available is not guaranteed to be stable between Cilium versions.
  -D, --debug                                                      Enable debugging mode
      --default-lb-service-ipam string                             Indicates the default LoadBalancer Service IPAM when no LoadBalancer class is set.Applicable values: lbipam, nodeipam, none (default "lbipam")
      --double-write-metric-reporter-interval duration             Refresh interval for the Double Write Metric Reporter (default 1m0s)
      --enable-cilium-endpoint-slice                               If set to true, the CiliumEndpointSlice feature is enabled. If any CiliumEndpoints resources are created, updated, or deleted in the cluster, all those changes are broadcast as CiliumEndpointSlice updates to all of the Cilium agents.
      --enable-cilium-operator-server-access strings               List of cilium operator APIs which are administratively enabled. Supports '*'. (default [*])
      --enable-cluster-pool-to-multi-pool-migration                Enable the migration of all nodes from cluster-pool IPAM to multi-pool IPAM
      --enable-gateway-api-alpn                                    Enables exposing ALPN with HTTP2 and HTTP/1.1 support for Gateway API
      --enable-gateway-api-app-protocol                            Enables Backend Protocol selection (GEP-1911) for Gateway API via appProtocol
      --enable-gateway-api-proxy-protocol                          Enable proxy protocol for all GatewayAPI listeners. Note that _only_ Proxy protocol traffic will be accepted once this is enabled.
      --enable-gateway-api-secrets-sync                            Enables fan-in TLS secrets sync from multiple namespaces to singular namespace (specified by gateway-api-secrets-namespace flag) (default true)
      --enable-gops                                                Enable gops server (default true)
      --enable-ingress-controller                                  Enables cilium ingress controller. This must be enabled along with enable-envoy-config in cilium agent.
      --enable-ingress-proxy-protocol                              Enable proxy protocol for all Ingress listeners. Note that _only_ Proxy protocol traffic will be accepted once this is enabled.
      --enable-ingress-secrets-sync                                Enables fan-in TLS secrets from multiple namespaces to singular namespace (specified by ingress-secrets-namespace flag) (default true)
      --enable-ipsec                                               Enable IPsec
      --enable-ipv4                                                Enable IPv4 support (default true)
      --enable-ipv6                                                Enable IPv6 support (default true)
      --enable-k8s                                                 Enable the k8s clientset (default true)
      --enable-k8s-api-discovery                                   Enable discovery of Kubernetes API groups and resources with the discovery API
      --enable-l7-proxy                                            Enable L7 proxy for L7 policy enforcement (default true)
      --enable-lb-ipam                                             Enable LB IPAM (default true)
      --enable-metrics                                             Enable Prometheus metrics
      --enable-node-ipam                                           Enable Node IPAM
      --enable-node-selector-labels                                Enable use of node label based identity
      --enable-policy string                                       Enable policy enforcement (default "default")
      --enable-policy-secrets-sync                                 Enables fan-in TLS secrets sync from multiple namespaces to singular namespace (specified by policy-secrets-namespace flag)
      --enable-wireguard                                           Enable WireGuard
      --enable-ztunnel                                             Use zTunnel as Cilium's encryption infrastructure
      --enforce-ingress-https                                      Enforces https for host having matching TLS host in Ingress. Incoming traffic to http listener will return 308 http error code with respective location in header. (default true)
      --gateway-api-hostnetwork-enabled                            Exposes Gateway listeners on the host network.
      --gateway-api-hostnetwork-nodelabelselector string           Label selector that matches the nodes where the gateway listeners should be exposed. It's a list of comma-separated key-value label pairs. e.g. 'kubernetes.io/os=linux,kubernetes.io/hostname=kind-worker'
      --gateway-api-secrets-namespace string                       Namespace having tls secrets used by CEC for Gateway API (default "cilium-secrets")
      --gateway-api-service-externaltrafficpolicy string           Kubernetes LoadBalancer Service externalTrafficPolicy for all Gateway instances. (default "Cluster")
      --gateway-api-use-remote-address                             Use the immediate client's IP address as the origin client's IP address (default true)
      --gateway-api-xff-num-trusted-hops uint32                    The number of additional GatewayAPI proxy hops from the right side of the HTTP header to trust when determining the origin client's IP address.
      --gops-port uint16                                           Port for gops server to listen on (default 9891)
  -h, --help                                                       help for cilium-operator-generic
      --identity-allocation-mode string                            Method to use for identity allocation (default "kvstore")
      --identity-gc-interval duration                              GC interval for security identities (default 15m0s)
      --identity-gc-rate-interval duration                         Interval used for rate limiting the GC of security identities (default 1m0s)
      --identity-gc-rate-limit int                                 Maximum number of security identities that will be deleted within the identity-gc-rate-interval (default 2500)
      --identity-heartbeat-timeout duration                        Timeout after which identity expires on lack of heartbeat (default 30m0s)
      --identity-management-mode string                            Configure whether Cilium Identities are managed by cilium-agent, cilium-operator, or both (default "agent")
      --ingress-default-lb-mode string                             Default loadbalancer mode for Ingress. Applicable values: dedicated, shared (default "dedicated")
      --ingress-default-request-timeout duration                   Default request timeout for Ingress.
      --ingress-default-secret-name string                         Default secret name for Ingress.
      --ingress-default-secret-namespace string                    Default secret namespace for Ingress.
      --ingress-default-xff-num-trusted-hops uint32                The number of additional ingress proxy hops from the right side of the HTTP header to trust when determining the origin client's IP address.
      --ingress-hostnetwork-enabled                                Exposes ingress listeners on the host network.
      --ingress-hostnetwork-http-listener-port uint32              Port on the host network that gets used for the shared HTTP listener
      --ingress-hostnetwork-https-listener-port uint32             Port on the host network that gets used for the shared HTTPS listener
      --ingress-hostnetwork-nodelabelselector string               Label selector that matches the nodes where the ingress listeners should be exposed. It's a list of comma-separated key-value label pairs. e.g. 'kubernetes.io/os=linux,kubernetes.io/hostname=kind-worker'
      --ingress-hostnetwork-shared-listener-port uint32            Port on the host network that gets used for the shared listener (HTTP, HTTPS & TLS passthrough)
      --ingress-hostnetwork-tls-passthrough-listener-port uint32   Port on the host network that gets used for the shared TLS passthrough listener
      --ingress-lb-annotation-prefixes strings                     Annotations and labels which are needed to propagate from Ingress to the Load Balancer. (default [lbipam.cilium.io,service.beta.kubernetes.io,service.kubernetes.io,cloud.google.com])
      --ingress-secrets-namespace string                           Namespace having tls secrets used by Ingress and CEC. (default "cilium-secrets")
      --ingress-shared-lb-service-name string                      Name of shared LB service name for Ingress. (default "cilium-ingress")
      --ingress-use-remote-address                                 Use the immediate client's IP address as the origin client's IP address (default true)
      --instance-tags-filter map                                   EC2 Instance tags in the form of k1=v1,k2=v2 (multiple k/v pairs can also be passed by repeating the CLI flag
      --ipam string                                                Backend to use for IPAM (default "cluster-pool")
      --ipam-default-ip-pool string                                Name of the default IP Pool when using multi-pool (default "default")
      --k8s-api-server-urls strings                                Kubernetes API server URLs
      --k8s-client-connection-keep-alive duration                  Configures the keep alive duration of K8s client connections. K8 client is disabled if the value is set to 0 (default 30s)
      --k8s-client-connection-timeout duration                     Configures the timeout of K8s client connections. K8s client is disabled if the value is set to 0 (default 30s)
      --k8s-heartbeat-timeout duration                             Configures the timeout for api-server heartbeat, set to 0 to disable (default 30s)
      --k8s-kubeconfig-path string                                 Absolute path of the kubernetes kubeconfig file
      --k8s-namespace string                                       Name of the Kubernetes namespace in which Cilium Operator is deployed in
      --k8s-service-proxy-name string                              Value of K8s service-proxy-name label for which Cilium handles the services (empty = all services without service.kubernetes.io/service-proxy-name label)
      --kvstore string                                             Key-value store type
      --kvstore-lease-ttl duration                                 Time-to-live for the KVstore lease. (default 15m0s)
      --kvstore-max-consecutive-quorum-errors uint                 Max acceptable kvstore consecutive quorum errors before recreating the etcd connection (default 2)
      --kvstore-opt stringToString                                 Key-value store options e.g. etcd.address=127.0.0.1:4001 (default [])
      --leader-election-lease-duration duration                    Duration that non-leader candidates will wait to force acquire leadership (default 15s)
      --leader-election-renew-deadline duration                    Duration that current acting master will retry refreshing leadership before giving up the lock (default 10s)
      --leader-election-resource-lock-timeout duration             Timeout for HTTP requests to acquire/renew the leader election resource lock. When 0, defaults to max(1s, renew-deadline/2)
      --leader-election-retry-period duration                      Duration the LeaderElector clients should wait between tries of actions (default 2s)
      --limit-ipam-api-burst int                                   Upper burst limit when accessing external APIs (default 20)
      --limit-ipam-api-qps float                                   Queries per second limit when accessing external IPAM APIs (default 4)
      --loadbalancer-l7 string                                     Enable L7 loadbalancer capabilities for services via L7 proxy. Applicable values: envoy
      --loadbalancer-l7-algorithm string                           Default LB algorithm for services that do not specify related annotation (default "round_robin")
      --loadbalancer-l7-ports strings                              List of service ports that will be automatically redirected to backend.
      --log-driver strings                                         Logging endpoints to use for example syslog
      --log-opt map                                                Log driver options for cilium-operator, configmap example for syslog driver: {"syslog.level":"info","syslog.facility":"local4"}
      --max-connected-clusters uint32                              Maximum number of clusters to be connected in a clustermesh. Increasing this value will reduce the maximum number of identities available. Valid configurations are [255, 511]. (default 255)
      --mesh-auth-spiffe-trust-domain string                       The trust domain for the SPIFFE identity. (default "spiffe.cilium")
      --mesh-auth-spire-agent-socket string                        The path for the SPIRE admin agent Unix socket. (default "/run/spire/sockets/agent/agent.sock")
      --mesh-auth-spire-server-address string                      SPIRE server endpoint. (default "spire-server.spire.svc:8081")
      --mesh-auth-spire-server-connection-timeout duration         SPIRE server connection timeout. (default 10s)
      --metrics-sampling-interval duration                         Set the internal metrics sampling interval (default 5m0s)
      --multi-pool-migration-workers int                           Number of workers to use for migrating nodes from cluster-pool IPAM to multi-pool IPAM (default 16)
      --nodes-gc-interval duration                                 GC interval for CiliumNodes (default 5m0s)
      --operator-api-serve-addr string                             Address to serve API requests (default "localhost:9234")
      --operator-k8s-client-burst int                              Burst value allowed for the K8s client (default 200)
      --operator-k8s-client-qps float32                            Queries per second limit for the K8s client (default 100)
      --operator-pprof                                             Enable serving pprof debugging API
      --operator-pprof-address string                              Address that pprof listens on (default "localhost")
      --operator-pprof-block-profile-rate int                      Enable goroutine blocking profiling and set the rate of sampled events in nanoseconds (set to 1 to sample all events [warning: performance overhead])
      --operator-pprof-mutex-profile-fraction int                  Enable mutex contention profiling and set the fraction of sampled events (set to 1 to sample all events)
      --operator-pprof-port uint16                                 Port that pprof listens on (default 6061)
      --operator-prometheus-enable-tls                             Enable TLS for prometheus server
      --operator-prometheus-serve-addr string                      Address to serve Prometheus metrics (default ":9963")
      --operator-prometheus-tls-cert-file string                   Path to TLS certificate file for prometheus server. The file must contain PEM encoded data
      --operator-prometheus-tls-client-ca-files strings            Path to one or more TLS client CA certificates files to use for TLS with mutual authentication (mTLS) for prometheus server. The files must contain PEM encoded data. When provided, this option effectively enables mTLS.
      --operator-prometheus-tls-key-file string                    Path to TLS private key file for prometheus server. The file must contain PEM encoded data.
      --parallel-alloc-workers int                                 Maximum number of parallel IPAM workers (default 50)
      --pod-restart-selector string                                cilium-operator will delete/restart any pods with these labels if the pod is not managed by Cilium. If this option is empty, then all pods may be restarted (default "k8s-app=kube-dns")
      --policy-default-local-cluster                               Control whether policy rules assume by default the local cluster if not explicitly selected (default true)
      --policy-external-group-sync-interval duration               Period between refreshing the CIDRs for a given policy external group. (default 10m0s)
      --policy-secrets-namespace string                            Namespace where secrets used in TLS Interception will be synced to. (default "cilium-secrets")
      --proxy-idle-timeout-seconds int                             Set Envoy upstream HTTP idle connection timeout in seconds. Does not apply to connections with pending requests. (default 60)
      --proxy-stream-idle-timeout-seconds int                      Set Envoy HTTP stream idle timeout in seconds. A stream is considered idle when there is no upstream or downstream activity. (default 300)
      --remove-cilium-node-taints                                  Remove node taint "node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready" from Kubernetes nodes once Cilium is up and running (default true)
      --set-cilium-is-up-condition                                 Set CiliumIsUp Node condition to mark a Kubernetes Node that a Cilium pod is up and running in that node (default true)
      --set-cilium-node-taints                                     Set node taint "node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready" on Kubernetes nodes if Cilium is scheduled but not up and running
      --shell-sock-path string                                     Path to the shell UNIX socket (default "/var/run/cilium/shell.sock")
      --skip-crd-creation                                          When true, Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions will not be created
      --synchronize-k8s-nodes                                      Perform GC of stale node entries from the KVStore (default true)
      --synchronize-k8s-services                                   Synchronize Kubernetes services to kvstore (default true)
      --taint-sync-workers int                                     Number of workers used to synchronize node taints and conditions (default 10)
      --unmanaged-pod-watcher-interval duration                    Interval to check for unmanaged kube-dns pods (0 to disable) (default 15s)
      --validate-network-policy                                    Whether to enable or disable the informational network policy validator (default true)
      --version                                                    Print version information
      --ztunnel-ca-type string                                     CA backend used by ztunnel: 'spire' (external SPIRE server) or 'internal' (Cilium-managed CA) (default "internal")

Use "cilium-operator-generic [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Options (148)
OptionDescriptionSource
--auto-create-cilium-pod-ip-pools stringToStringAutomatically create CiliumPodIPPool resources on startup.help
--ces-max-ciliumendpoints-per-ces intMaximum number of CiliumEndpoints allowed in a CES (default 100)help
--ces-rate-limits stringConfigure rate limits for the CES controller.help
--cilium-endpoint-gc-interval durationGC interval for cilium endpoints (default 5m0s)help
--cilium-pod-labels stringCilium Pod's labels selector.help
--cilium-pod-namespace stringName of the Kubernetes namespace in which Cilium is deployed in.help
--cluster-id uint32Unique identifier of the clusterhelp
--cluster-name stringName of the cluster.help
--cluster-pool-ipv4-cidr stringsIPv4 CIDR Range for Pods in cluster.help
--cluster-pool-ipv4-mask-size intMask size for each IPv4 podCIDR per node.help
--cluster-pool-ipv6-cidr stringsIPv6 CIDR Range for Pods in cluster.help
--cluster-pool-ipv6-mask-size intMask size for each IPv6 podCIDR per node.help
--clustermesh-cache-ttl durationThe time to live for the cache of a remote cluster after connectivity is lost.help
--clustermesh-concurrent-service-endpoint-syncs intThe number of remote cluster service syncing operations that will be done concurrently.help
--clustermesh-config stringPath to the ClusterMesh configuration directoryhelp
--clustermesh-default-global-namespaceMark all namespaces as global by default unless overridden by annotation (default true)help
--clustermesh-enable-endpoint-syncWhether or not the endpoint slice cluster mesh synchronization is enabled.help
--clustermesh-enable-mcs-apiEnable Cluster Mesh MCS-API supporthelp
--clustermesh-endpoint-updates-batch-period durationThe length of endpoint slice updates batching period for remote cluster services.help
--clustermesh-endpoints-per-slice intThe maximum number of endpoints that will be added to a remote cluster's EndpointSlice .help
--clustermesh-mcs-api-install-crdsInstall and manage the MCS API CRDs.help
--clustermesh-sync-timeout durationTimeout waiting for the initial synchronization of information from remote clusters (default 1m0s)help
--config stringConfiguration file (default "$HOME/ciliumd.yaml")help
--config-dir stringConfiguration directory that contains a file for each optionhelp
--controller-group-metrics stringsList of controller group names for which to enable metrics.help
-D, --debugEnable debugging modehelp
--default-lb-service-ipam stringIndicates the default LoadBalancer Service IPAM when no LoadBalancer class is set.Applicable values: lbipam, nodeipam, none (default "lbipam")help
--double-write-metric-reporter-interval durationRefresh interval for the Double Write Metric Reporter (default 1m0s)help
--enable-cilium-endpoint-sliceIf set to true, the CiliumEndpointSlice feature is enabled.help
--enable-cilium-operator-server-access stringsList of cilium operator APIs which are administratively enabled.help
--enable-cluster-pool-to-multi-pool-migrationEnable the migration of all nodes from cluster-pool IPAM to multi-pool IPAMhelp
--enable-gateway-api-alpnEnables exposing ALPN with HTTP2 and HTTP/1.1 support for Gateway APIhelp
--enable-gateway-api-app-protocolEnables Backend Protocol selection (GEP-1911) for Gateway API via appProtocolhelp
--enable-gateway-api-proxy-protocolEnable proxy protocol for all GatewayAPI listeners.help
--enable-gateway-api-secrets-syncEnables fan-in TLS secrets sync from multiple namespaces to singular namespace (specified by gateway-api-secrets-namespace flag) (default true)help
--enable-gopsEnable gops server (default true)help
--enable-ingress-controllerEnables cilium ingress controller.help
--enable-ingress-proxy-protocolEnable proxy protocol for all Ingress listeners.help
--enable-ingress-secrets-syncEnables fan-in TLS secrets from multiple namespaces to singular namespace (specified by ingress-secrets-namespace flag) (default true)help
--enable-ipsecEnable IPsechelp
--enable-ipv4Enable IPv4 support (default true)help
--enable-ipv6Enable IPv6 support (default true)help
--enable-k8sEnable the k8s clientset (default true)help
--enable-k8s-api-discoveryEnable discovery of Kubernetes API groups and resources with the discovery APIhelp
--enable-l7-proxyEnable L7 proxy for L7 policy enforcement (default true)help
--enable-lb-ipamEnable LB IPAM (default true)help
--enable-metricsEnable Prometheus metricshelp
--enable-node-ipamEnable Node IPAMhelp
--enable-node-selector-labelsEnable use of node label based identityhelp
--enable-policy stringEnable policy enforcement (default "default")help
--enable-policy-secrets-syncEnables fan-in TLS secrets sync from multiple namespaces to singular namespace (specified by policy-secrets-namespace flag)help
--enable-wireguardEnable WireGuardhelp
--enable-ztunnelUse zTunnel as Cilium's encryption infrastructurehelp
--enforce-ingress-httpsEnforces https for host having matching TLS host in Ingress.help
--gateway-api-hostnetwork-enabledExposes Gateway listeners on the host network.help
--gateway-api-hostnetwork-nodelabelselector stringLabel selector that matches the nodes where the gateway listeners should be exposed.help
--gateway-api-secrets-namespace stringNamespace having tls secrets used by CEC for Gateway API (default "cilium-secrets")help
--gateway-api-service-externaltrafficpolicy stringKubernetes LoadBalancer Service externalTrafficPolicy for all Gateway instances.help
--gateway-api-use-remote-addressUse the immediate client's IP address as the origin client's IP address (default true)help
--gateway-api-xff-num-trusted-hops uint32The number of additional GatewayAPI proxy hops from the right side of the HTTP header to trust when determining the origin client's IP address.help
--gops-port uint16Port for gops server to listen on (default 9891)help
-h, --helphelp for cilium-operator-generichelp
--identity-allocation-mode stringMethod to use for identity allocation (default "kvstore")help
--identity-gc-interval durationGC interval for security identities (default 15m0s)help
--identity-gc-rate-interval durationInterval used for rate limiting the GC of security identities (default 1m0s)help
--identity-gc-rate-limit intMaximum number of security identities that will be deleted within the identity-gc-rate-interval (default 2500)help
--identity-heartbeat-timeout durationTimeout after which identity expires on lack of heartbeat (default 30m0s)help
--identity-management-mode stringConfigure whether Cilium Identities are managed by cilium-agent, cilium-operator, or both (default "agent")help
--ingress-default-lb-mode stringDefault loadbalancer mode for Ingress.help
--ingress-default-request-timeout durationDefault request timeout for Ingress.help
--ingress-default-secret-name stringDefault secret name for Ingress.help
--ingress-default-secret-namespace stringDefault secret namespace for Ingress.help
--ingress-default-xff-num-trusted-hops uint32The number of additional ingress proxy hops from the right side of the HTTP header to trust when determining the origin client's IP address.help
--ingress-hostnetwork-enabledExposes ingress listeners on the host network.help
--ingress-hostnetwork-http-listener-port uint32Port on the host network that gets used for the shared HTTP listenerhelp
--ingress-hostnetwork-https-listener-port uint32Port on the host network that gets used for the shared HTTPS listenerhelp
--ingress-hostnetwork-nodelabelselector stringLabel selector that matches the nodes where the ingress listeners should be exposed.help
--ingress-hostnetwork-shared-listener-port uint32Port on the host network that gets used for the shared listener (HTTP, HTTPS & TLS passthrough)help
--ingress-hostnetwork-tls-passthrough-listener-port uint32Port on the host network that gets used for the shared TLS passthrough listenerhelp
--ingress-lb-annotation-prefixes stringsAnnotations and labels which are needed to propagate from Ingress to the Load Balancer.help
--ingress-secrets-namespace stringNamespace having tls secrets used by Ingress and CEC.help
--ingress-shared-lb-service-name stringName of shared LB service name for Ingress.help
--ingress-use-remote-addressUse the immediate client's IP address as the origin client's IP address (default true)help
--instance-tags-filter mapEC2 Instance tags in the form of k1=v1,k2=v2 (multiple k/v pairs can also be passed by repeating the CLI flaghelp
--ipam stringBackend to use for IPAM (default "cluster-pool")help
--ipam-default-ip-pool stringName of the default IP Pool when using multi-pool (default "default")help
--k8s-api-server-urls stringsKubernetes API server URLshelp
--k8s-client-connection-keep-alive durationConfigures the keep alive duration of K8s client connections.help
--k8s-client-connection-timeout durationConfigures the timeout of K8s client connections.help
--k8s-heartbeat-timeout durationConfigures the timeout for api-server heartbeat, set to 0 to disable (default 30s)help
--k8s-kubeconfig-path stringAbsolute path of the kubernetes kubeconfig filehelp
--k8s-namespace stringName of the Kubernetes namespace in which Cilium Operator is deployed inhelp
--k8s-service-proxy-name stringValue of K8s service-proxy-name label for which Cilium handles the services (empty = all services without service.kubernetes.io/service-proxy-name label)help
--kvstore stringKey-value store typehelp
--kvstore-lease-ttl durationTime-to-live for the KVstore lease.help
--kvstore-max-consecutive-quorum-errors uintMax acceptable kvstore consecutive quorum errors before recreating the etcd connection (default 2)help
--kvstore-opt stringToStringKey-value store options e.g. etcd.address=127.0.0.1:4001 (default [])help
--leader-election-lease-duration durationDuration that non-leader candidates will wait to force acquire leadership (default 15s)help
--leader-election-renew-deadline durationDuration that current acting master will retry refreshing leadership before giving up the lock (default 10s)help
--leader-election-resource-lock-timeout durationTimeout for HTTP requests to acquire/renew the leader election resource lock.help
--leader-election-retry-period durationDuration the LeaderElector clients should wait between tries of actions (default 2s)help
--limit-ipam-api-burst intUpper burst limit when accessing external APIs (default 20)help
--limit-ipam-api-qps floatQueries per second limit when accessing external IPAM APIs (default 4)help
--loadbalancer-l7 stringEnable L7 loadbalancer capabilities for services via L7 proxy.help
--loadbalancer-l7-algorithm stringDefault LB algorithm for services that do not specify related annotation (default "round_robin")help
--loadbalancer-l7-ports stringsList of service ports that will be automatically redirected to backend.help
--log-driver stringsLogging endpoints to use for example sysloghelp
--log-opt mapLog driver options for cilium-operator, configmap example for syslog driver: {"syslog.level":"info","syslog.facility":"local4"}help
--max-connected-clusters uint32Maximum number of clusters to be connected in a clustermesh.help
--mesh-auth-spiffe-trust-domain stringThe trust domain for the SPIFFE identity.help
--mesh-auth-spire-agent-socket stringThe path for the SPIRE admin agent Unix socket.help
--mesh-auth-spire-server-address stringSPIRE server endpoint.help
--mesh-auth-spire-server-connection-timeout durationSPIRE server connection timeout.help
--metrics-sampling-interval durationSet the internal metrics sampling interval (default 5m0s)help
--multi-pool-migration-workers intNumber of workers to use for migrating nodes from cluster-pool IPAM to multi-pool IPAM (default 16)help
--nodes-gc-interval durationGC interval for CiliumNodes (default 5m0s)help
--operator-api-serve-addr stringAddress to serve API requests (default "localhost:9234")help
--operator-k8s-client-burst intBurst value allowed for the K8s client (default 200)help
--operator-k8s-client-qps float32Queries per second limit for the K8s client (default 100)help
--operator-pprofEnable serving pprof debugging APIhelp
--operator-pprof-address stringAddress that pprof listens on (default "localhost")help
--operator-pprof-block-profile-rate intEnable goroutine blocking profiling and set the rate of sampled events in nanoseconds (set to 1 to sample all events [warning: performance overhead])help
--operator-pprof-mutex-profile-fraction intEnable mutex contention profiling and set the fraction of sampled events (set to 1 to sample all events)help
--operator-pprof-port uint16Port that pprof listens on (default 6061)help
--operator-prometheus-enable-tlsEnable TLS for prometheus serverhelp
--operator-prometheus-serve-addr stringAddress to serve Prometheus metrics (default ":9963")help
--operator-prometheus-tls-cert-file stringPath to TLS certificate file for prometheus server.help
--operator-prometheus-tls-client-ca-files stringsPath to one or more TLS client CA certificates files to use for TLS with mutual authentication (mTLS) for prometheus server.help
--operator-prometheus-tls-key-file stringPath to TLS private key file for prometheus server.help
--parallel-alloc-workers intMaximum number of parallel IPAM workers (default 50)help
--pod-restart-selector stringcilium-operator will delete/restart any pods with these labels if the pod is not managed by Cilium.help
--policy-default-local-clusterControl whether policy rules assume by default the local cluster if not explicitly selected (default true)help
--policy-external-group-sync-interval durationPeriod between refreshing the CIDRs for a given policy external group.help
--policy-secrets-namespace stringNamespace where secrets used in TLS Interception will be synced to.help
--proxy-idle-timeout-seconds intSet Envoy upstream HTTP idle connection timeout in seconds.help
--proxy-stream-idle-timeout-seconds intSet Envoy HTTP stream idle timeout in seconds.help
--remove-cilium-node-taintsRemove node taint "node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready" from Kubernetes nodes once Cilium is up and running (default true)help
--set-cilium-is-up-conditionSet CiliumIsUp Node condition to mark a Kubernetes Node that a Cilium pod is up and running in that node (default true)help
--set-cilium-node-taintsSet node taint "node.cilium.io/agent-not-ready" on Kubernetes nodes if Cilium is scheduled but not up and runninghelp
--shell-sock-path stringPath to the shell UNIX socket (default "/var/run/cilium/shell.sock")help
--skip-crd-creationWhen true, Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions will not be createdhelp
--synchronize-k8s-nodesPerform GC of stale node entries from the KVStore (default true)help
--synchronize-k8s-servicesSynchronize Kubernetes services to kvstore (default true)help
--taint-sync-workers intNumber of workers used to synchronize node taints and conditions (default 10)help
--unmanaged-pod-watcher-interval durationInterval to check for unmanaged kube-dns pods (0 to disable) (default 15s)help
--validate-network-policyWhether to enable or disable the informational network policy validator (default true)help
--versionPrint version informationhelp
--ztunnel-ca-type stringCA backend used by ztunnel: 'spire' (external SPIRE server) or 'internal' (Cilium-managed CA) (default "internal")help

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