## [Turnkey Integration with Cilium CNI](https://docs.rafay.co/blog/2025/03/04/turnkey-integration-with-cilium-cni/)

In the [**first blog**](https://docs.rafay.co/blog/2025/03/03/supercharge-kubernetes-networking-observability-using-hubble-and-cilium/), we discussed how organizations can use Hubble for Cilium for observability. In this **blog**, we will look at how the Rafay Platform provides a tight, turnkey integration with **Cilium** making life easy for platform teams. In the next [blog](https://docs.rafay.co/blog/2025/03/06/using-hubble-and-cilium-with-rafay-mks-based-kubernetes-cluster-for-data-centers/), my colleague will describe and showcase how an administrator can configure and enable Hubble on a Rafay MKS based Kubernetes cluster with the Cilium CNI.

## [The Kube-OVN CNI: A Powerful Networking Solution for Kubernetes](https://docs.rafay.co/blog/2024/11/07/the-kube-ovn-cni-a-powerful-networking-solution-for-kubernetes/)

Kubernetes has become the de facto standard for orchestrating containerized applications, but efficient networking remains one of the biggest challenges. For Kubernetes networking, [Container Network Interface (CNI)](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/extend-kubernetes/compute-storage-net/network-plugins/) plugins handle the essential task of managing the network configuration between pods, nodes, and external systems. Among these CNI plugins, [Kube-OVN](https://www.kube-ovn.io/) stands out as a feature-rich and enterprise-ready solution, designed for cloud-native applications requiring robust networking features.

In this blog, we will discuss how it is different from popular CNI plugins such as [Calico](https://www.tigera.io/project-calico/) and [Cilium](https://cilium.io/) and use cases where it is particularly useful.