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Guía de pruebas de Cilium

Este documento proporciona métodos para probar y validar las funcionalidades de Cilium. Está escrito con base en Cilium versión 1.17 y verifica la compatibilidad con Kubernetes versión 1.30 y posteriores.

Requisitos previos

  • Clúster de Kubernetes (1.30 o posterior)
  • kubectl instalado y configurado
  • Cilium CLI instalado
  • Helm 3.12 o posterior (opcional)

1. Instalación de Cilium y pruebas básicas

1.1 Instalar Cilium CLI

bash
# Install Cilium CLI
curl -L --remote-name-all https://github.com/cilium/cilium-cli/releases/latest/download/cilium-linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar xzvfC cilium-linux-amd64.tar.gz /usr/local/bin
rm cilium-linux-amd64.tar.gz

# Verify version
cilium version

1.2 Instalar Cilium

bash
# Basic installation
cilium install --version 1.17.0

# Or installation using Helm
helm repo add cilium https://helm.cilium.io/
helm install cilium cilium/cilium --version 1.17.0 \
  --namespace kube-system

1.3 Comprobar el estado de la instalación

bash
# Check Cilium status
cilium status

# Verify all Cilium components are running properly
kubectl get pods -n kube-system -l k8s-app=cilium

1.4 Prueba básica de conectividad

bash
# Run Cilium connectivity test
cilium connectivity test

2. Pruebas de Network Policy

2.1 Implementar la aplicación de prueba

bash
# Create test namespace
kubectl create namespace cilium-test

# Deploy test application
kubectl -n cilium-test apply -f - <<EOF
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: frontend
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: frontend
  replicas: 2
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: frontend
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: nginx
        image: nginx:latest
        ports:
        - containerPort: 80
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: backend
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: backend
  replicas: 2
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: backend
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: nginx
        image: nginx:latest
        ports:
        - containerPort: 80
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: frontend
spec:
  type: ClusterIP
  selector:
    app: frontend
  ports:
  - port: 80
    targetPort: 80
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: backend
spec:
  type: ClusterIP
  selector:
    app: backend
  ports:
  - port: 80
    targetPort: 80
EOF

# Verify deployment
kubectl -n cilium-test get pods,svc

2.2 Verificar la conectividad básica

bash
# Test connectivity from frontend to backend
FRONTEND_POD=$(kubectl -n cilium-test get pods -l app=frontend -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
kubectl -n cilium-test exec $FRONTEND_POD -- curl -s backend

2.3 Aplicar Network Policy

bash
# Apply Cilium network policy
kubectl -n cilium-test apply -f - <<EOF
apiVersion: "cilium.io/v2"
kind: CiliumNetworkPolicy
metadata:
  name: "allow-frontend-to-backend"
spec:
  endpointSelector:
    matchLabels:
      app: backend
  ingress:
  - fromEndpoints:
    - matchLabels:
        app: frontend
    toPorts:
    - ports:
      - port: "80"
        protocol: TCP
EOF

# Verify policy
kubectl -n cilium-test get ciliumnetworkpolicies

2.4 Probar la conectividad después de aplicar la política

bash
# Test connectivity from frontend to backend (allowed)
FRONTEND_POD=$(kubectl -n cilium-test get pods -l app=frontend -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
kubectl -n cilium-test exec $FRONTEND_POD -- curl -s backend

# Test connectivity from other Pod to backend (blocked)
kubectl -n cilium-test run test-pod --image=curlimages/curl --rm -it -- curl -s --connect-timeout 5 backend

3. Pruebas de visibilidad de Hubble

3.1 Habilitar Hubble

bash
# Enable Hubble
cilium hubble enable

# Check status
cilium status

3.2 Instalar Hubble UI (opcional)

bash
# Install Hubble UI
cilium hubble enable --ui

# Set up port forwarding
cilium hubble ui

3.3 Observar flujos de Hubble

bash
# Install Hubble CLI
export HUBBLE_VERSION=$(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cilium/hubble/master/stable.txt)
curl -L --remote-name-all https://github.com/cilium/hubble/releases/download/$HUBBLE_VERSION/hubble-linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar xzvfC hubble-linux-amd64.tar.gz /usr/local/bin
rm hubble-linux-amd64.tar.gz

# Set up Hubble connection
cilium hubble port-forward &

# Observe network flows
hubble observe --namespace cilium-test

4. Pruebas de rendimiento

4.1 Prueba básica de rendimiento

bash
# Create performance test namespace
kubectl create namespace perf-test

# Deploy performance test application
kubectl -n perf-test apply -f - <<EOF
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: perf-client
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: perf-client
  replicas: 1
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: perf-client
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: netperf
        image: networkstatic/iperf3
        command: ["sleep", "infinity"]
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: perf-server
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: perf-server
  replicas: 1
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: perf-server
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: netperf
        image: networkstatic/iperf3
        command: ["iperf3", "-s"]
        ports:
        - containerPort: 5201
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: perf-server
spec:
  type: ClusterIP
  selector:
    app: perf-server
  ports:
  - port: 5201
    targetPort: 5201
EOF

# Verify deployment
kubectl -n perf-test get pods

4.2 Ejecutar la prueba de rendimiento de iperf3

bash
# Get client Pod name
CLIENT_POD=$(kubectl -n perf-test get pods -l app=perf-client -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')

# Get server service IP
SERVER_IP=$(kubectl -n perf-test get svc perf-server -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}')

# TCP performance test
kubectl -n perf-test exec $CLIENT_POD -- iperf3 -c $SERVER_IP -t 30

# UDP performance test
kubectl -n perf-test exec $CLIENT_POD -- iperf3 -c $SERVER_IP -u -b 1G -t 30

5. Pruebas de funcionalidades avanzadas

5.1 Prueba del modo de reemplazo de kube-proxy

bash
# Reinstall Cilium with kube-proxy replacement mode
cilium uninstall
cilium install --kube-proxy-replacement=strict

# Check status
cilium status

# Test service connectivity
cilium connectivity test

5.2 Prueba de cifrado

bash
# Reinstall Cilium with IPsec encryption
cilium uninstall
cilium install --encryption=ipsec

# Or install with WireGuard encryption
cilium uninstall
cilium install --encryption=wireguard

# Check status
cilium status

# Check encryption status
kubectl -n kube-system exec -ti ds/cilium -- cilium encrypt status

5.3 Prueba de BGP (avanzada)

bash
# Install Cilium with BGP configuration
helm install cilium cilium/cilium --version 1.17.0 \
  --namespace kube-system \
  --set bgp.enabled=true \
  --set bgp.announce.loadbalancerIP=true

# Check BGP peering status
kubectl -n kube-system exec -ti ds/cilium -- cilium bgp peers

6. Pruebas de compatibilidad

6.1 Comprobar la compatibilidad de la versión de Kubernetes

bash
# Check Kubernetes version
kubectl version --short

# Check Cilium version
cilium version

6.2 Comprobar la compatibilidad de la versión del kernel

bash
# Check node kernel version
kubectl get nodes -o wide
kubectl debug node/<node-name> -it --image=ubuntu -- uname -r

6.3 Comprobar la compatibilidad de CNI

bash
# Check CNI configuration
kubectl -n kube-system exec -ti ds/cilium -- ls -la /etc/cni/net.d/
kubectl -n kube-system exec -ti ds/cilium -- cat /etc/cni/net.d/05-cilium.conf

7. Pruebas de solución de problemas

7.1 Recopilar información de diagnóstico de Cilium

bash
# Collect Cilium diagnostic information
cilium status --verbose
cilium clustermesh status
cilium hubble status

# Collect system information
cilium sysdump

7.2 Análisis de logs

bash
# Check Cilium agent logs
kubectl -n kube-system logs -l k8s-app=cilium

# Check Cilium operator logs
kubectl -n kube-system logs -l name=cilium-operator

# Check Hubble relay logs
kubectl -n kube-system logs -l k8s-app=hubble-relay

7.3 Solución de problemas de conectividad

bash
# Check specific endpoint information
kubectl -n kube-system exec -ti ds/cilium -- cilium endpoint list

# Get detailed endpoint information
ENDPOINT_ID=$(kubectl -n kube-system exec -ti ds/cilium -- cilium endpoint list | grep <pod-name> | awk '{print $1}')
kubectl -n kube-system exec -ti ds/cilium -- cilium endpoint get $ENDPOINT_ID

# Policy tracing
kubectl -n kube-system exec -ti ds/cilium -- cilium policy trace --src-k8s-pod=<namespace>:<pod-name> --dst-k8s-pod=<namespace>:<pod-name> -d TCP/<port>

8. Limpieza

bash
# Delete test namespaces
kubectl delete namespace cilium-test
kubectl delete namespace perf-test

# Remove Cilium (if needed)
cilium uninstall

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