Introduction to CNI, the Container Network Interface Project

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CNI defines a small JSON-based spec and an executable plugin model that Kubernetes and other runtimes call via add/del/check/version; kubelet actually invokes add twice (loopback then pod). The project ships libcni and reference plugins (bridge, vlan, host-local IPAM, Windows bridge/overlay, bandwidth, firewall), supports chaining plugins linearly, and introduces a new check verb for periodic health validation. The spec exists in about four or five versions and aims for 1.0 stability.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:10Presentation Outline
3. 2:19Overview
4. 6:42Specification
5. 8:06Configuration Format
6. 13:26Plugins
7. 16:08CNI maintainers
8. 17:18Lib CNI
9. 20:38How the project works
10. 23:10Whats next
11. 24:38Get involved
12. 25:38Questions
13. 30:03Check

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