Helm tips

cluster name

Give a name to your cluster

cluster:
  name: hyperv-testing

upgradeCompatibility

Give the deployment the same upgradeCompatibility of the initial cilium deployed release "To minimize datapath disruption during the upgrade"

upgradeCompatibility: "1.16"

https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/operations/upgrade/

Hubble certs refresh

Enable automatic refresh method of the hubble certificates. For example

hubble:
  tls:
    auto:
      method: cronJob

Other

• Configure the proper resources (requests and limits) to all the cilium pods
• Enable the metrics https://docs.cilium.io/en/stable/observability/metrics/