Weekly Community Meeting

The Cilium contributors gather every Wednesday at 8am PDT, 17:00 CEST, for a Zoom call open to everyone. During that time, we discuss:

  • Status of the next releases for each supported Cilium release
  • Current state of our CI: flakes being investigated and upcoming changes
  • Development items for the next release
  • Any other community-relevant topics during the open session

If you want to discuss something during the next meeting’s open session, you can add it to the meeting’s Google doc. The Zoom link to the meeting is available in the #development Slack channel and in the meeting notes.

Slack

Our Cilium & eBPF Slack is the main discussion space for the Cilium community. Click here to request an invite.

Slack channels

NamePurpose
#generalGeneral user discussions & questions
#hubbleQuestions on Hubble
#kubernetesKubernetes-specific questions
#networkpolicyQuestions on network policies
#releaseRelease announcements only

You can join the following channels if you are looking to contribute to Cilium:

NamePurpose
#developmentDevelopment discussions around Cilium
#ebpf-go-devDevelopment discussion for the eBPF Go library
#gitGitHub notifications
#sig-*SIG-specific discussions (see below)
#testingTesting and CI discussions

If you are interested in eBPF, then the following channels are for you:

NamePurpose
#ebpfGeneral eBPF questions
#ebpf-goQuestions on the eBPF Go library
#ebpf-lsmQuestions on BPF Linux Security Modules (LSM)
#ebpf-newsContributions to the eBPF Updates

Special Interest Groups

All SIGs

The following is a list of special interest groups (SIG) that are meeting on a regular interval. See the respective slack channel for exact meeting cadence and meeting links.

SIGMeetingSlackDescription
DatapathThursdays, 08:00 PT#sig-datapathDevelopment discussions for Linux and eBPF code used in Cilium.
DocumentationNone#sig-docsDocumentation, Helm references, and translations.
EnvoyOn demand#sig-envoyEnvoy, Istio and maintenance of all L7 protocol parsers.
HubbleDuring community meeting#sig-hubbleAll Hubble-related code: Server, UI, CLI and Relay.
PolicyNone#sig-policyNetwork policy and enforcement.
Release ManagementNone#launchpadRelease management and backport coordination.

How to create a SIG

  1. Open a new GitHub issue
  2. Specify the title “SIG-Request: <Name>”
  3. Provide a description
  4. Find two Cilium committers to support the SIG.
  5. Ask on #development to get the Slack channel and Zoom meeting created
  6. Submit a PR to update the documentation to get your new SIG listed