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Overview
A CNCF Container Network Interface (CNI) plugin based on Open vSwitch (OVS) providing high-performance pod networking and security policies.
Key Features
Open vSwitch (OVS) data plane supporting Linux, Windows, and hardware offload.
Rich network policy enforcement with Antrea Tiering and ClusterNetworkPolicies.
WireGuard and IPsec pod-to-pod traffic encryption.
Built-in network observability (traceflow, flow aggregator).
Use Cases
Enterprise Kubernetes networking across heterogeneous Linux/Windows clusters with encrypted traffic.
Getting Started
Deploy Antrea on Kubernetes via official manifests: `kubectl apply -f https://github.com/antrea-io/antrea/releases/latest/download/antrea.yml`.
Recent Updates
Introduced advanced egress gateway enhancements and optimized Cilium service mesh interoperability.
Did You Know?
Antrea is widely utilized across the cloud native and open source ecosystem.