---
title: "Typha"
description: "Reference content for the Typha component in Calico Enterprise that scales Felix connections to the Kubernetes API datastore."
product: "Calico Enterprise"
version: "3.23 (latest)"
section: "Reference"
canonical_url: "https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/reference/component-resources/typha/"
---

# Typha

## [📄️Reduce node impacts on datastore](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/reference/component-resources/typha/overview.md)

[Reference overview of the Typha daemon in Calico Enterprise explaining how it reduces datastore load and scales Felix to large clusters.](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/reference/component-resources/typha/overview.md)

## [📄️Configuring Typha](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/reference/component-resources/typha/configuration.md)

[Reference for Typha configuration parameters in Calico Enterprise covering environment variables and config file options for scaling the Kubernetes datastore.](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/reference/component-resources/typha/configuration.md)

## [📄️Monitoring Typha with Prometheus](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/reference/component-resources/typha/prometheus.md)

[Prometheus metrics reference for Typha in Calico Enterprise covering connection counts, cache health, and fan-out metrics.](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/latest/reference/component-resources/typha/prometheus.md)