--- title: Improve your EKS cluster with Istio and Cilium | daily.dev description: Learn how to improve your EKS cluster with Istio and Cilium, two popular open-source projects that provide networking and security features for Kubernetes... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/improve-your-eks-cluster-with-istio-and-cilium-a7srtmtcd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Improve your EKS cluster with Istio and Cilium | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to improve your EKS cluster with Istio and Cilium, two popular open-source projects that provide networking and security features for Kubernetes... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/improve-your-eks-cluster-with-istio-and-cilium-a7srtmtcd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/A7SrTMTCD.png og:image:alt: Improve your EKS cluster with Istio and Cilium og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Improve your EKS cluster with Istio and Cilium **[cilium](https://daily.dev/sources/cilium)** · 9 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to improve your EKS cluster with Istio and Cilium, two popular open-source projects that provide networking and security features for Kubernetes environments. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#cilium](https://daily.dev/tags/cilium), [#istio](https://daily.dev/tags/istio), [#kubernetes](https://daily.dev/tags/kubernetes), [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/improve-your-eks-cluster-with-istio-and-cilium-a7srtmtcd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Improve your EKS cluster with Istio and Cilium","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/improve-your-eks-cluster-with-istio-and-cilium-a7srtmtcd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/improve-your-eks-cluster-with-istio-and-cilium-a7srtmtcd"},"datePublished":"2024-04-15T19:36:49.012Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T03:42:19.294Z","description":"Learn how to improve your EKS cluster with Istio and Cilium, two popular open-source projects that provide networking and security features for Kubernetes...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/fb5d780a49f336c661760d4dcbc0c1db?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/fb5d780a49f336c661760d4dcbc0c1db?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"cilium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"cilium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/95777db1b3254a14a54686a789654d5a","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/cilium"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/improve-your-eks-cluster-with-istio-and-cilium-a7srtmtcd","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"aws,cilium,istio,kubernetes,networking","timeRequired":"PT9M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"cilium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/cilium"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Improve your EKS cluster with Istio and Cilium"}]} ```