ztunnel Role

ztunnel Role An architecture diagram generated by Archify. Application Pod · Architecture component Application Pod ztunnel · DaemonSet · Architecture component ztunnel DaemonSet mTLS · Encryption · ztunnel Features mTLS Encryption L4 Telemetry · Metrics collection · ztunnel Features L4 Telemetry Metrics collection Identity · Service Account · ztunnel Features Identity Service Account L4 Load Balancing · ztunnel Features L4 Load Balancing Target Service · Architecture component Target Service TCP connection Transmit ztunnel Features Legend Backend Security

ztunnel Characteristics

  • • Written in Rust (performance optimized)
  • • Deployed as a DaemonSet on every node
  • • Integrated with the CNI plugin, eBPF-based traffic redirection