Container Network Interface (CNI)

Supported CNI by kli

Cilium and Flannel for self managed clusters

For Cloud managed cluster it varies based on the provider.

Pre-requisites

You get to choose kli CNI when you choose none from the main provider :

  • Cloud Managed Cluster Provider (aks, eks, kind) Or
  • Kubernetes Bootstrap Provider (k3s, kubeadm)

For example,


Cilium

Cilium CNI

Flannel

Flannel CNI


Last modified February 3, 2026: updated the docs (3776d04)