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Networking

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For cloud native computing, networking is an essential component, a stack of communications software that allows microservices to communicate with one another and with the world at large. The dynamic nature of container-based workloads puts new pressure on the networking layers of this stack, demanding extremely low-latency as well as rapid lookup times to find services.

Those operating Kubernetes workloads can look to an emerging class of software called a service mesh, which takes care of a lot of the issues around service discovery, authentication, and observability. Thus far, Istio — created by  Google and IBM in partnership with the Envoy team from Lyft — has proved to be the service mesh most talked about, though Linkerd and even enhanced API Gateways such as Kong or NGINX are being pressed into service mesh duties as well.

The communication protocols themselves must be more nimble too, given the large amount of traffic going back and forth across a microservices architecture. To this end, Google has devised another technology, called gRPC, specifically for low-latency communications. On for connects on the Internet of Things, IBM’s MQTT is proving to be a robust protocol for low-bandwidth devices.

Finally, there are challenges around managing containers themselves. A  kernel technology, they must share the Internet Protocol number with their host operating systems. As a result, managing containers must be done either through an overlay network or some other modification.


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Edge / IoT / Machine Learning / Networking

Kentik Turns AIOps Spotlight on Network Data, Workflows

29 Jul 2019 9:51am, by Susan Hall

Networking / Technology / Contributed

SD-WAN Must Tackle the Multidomain Problem

16 Jul 2019 6:00am, by Chris Wade

Microservices / Networking

WSO2 Updates Microgateway to Boot Faster, Serve Multiple Microservices

16 Jul 2019 3:00am, by Susan Hall

Cloud Services / Data / Networking

AWS Debuts an Event Bus, Programmable Infrastructure Support

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Networking

HashiCorp’s Consul Adds Layer 7 to Become a Full-Fledged Service Mesh

10 Jul 2019 8:21am, by Mike Melanson

Networking / Contributed

Distributed Application Architecture for Edge-Based Service Delivery

10 Jul 2019 4:30am, by Sagar Nangare

Microservices / Networking

NATS 2.0: Like Containers for Messaging

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Cloud Services / Networking / Sponsored

AWS Virtual Private Cloud Now Offers Traffic Mirroring

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Microservices / Networking

Implementing Service Discovery of Microservices with Consul

26 Jun 2019 10:09am, by Janakiram MSV

Kubernetes / Networking

HAProxy 2.0 Adds Kubernetes, Pushes ‘Polyglot Extensibility’

20 Jun 2019 10:11am, by Mike Melanson

Cloud Services / Networking / Contributed

How to Implement Enterprise WAN in a Multicloud Strategy

17 Jun 2019 1:32pm, by Michael Bushong

Kubernetes / Networking / Sponsored

Context: How Kubernetes Is Actually Used, the Practical Service Mesh

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Networking

Tigera Harnesses eBPF to Give Calico Kernel-Level Functionality

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Networking / Security / Sponsored / Contributed

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11 Jun 2019 9:49am, by Kris Beevers

Networking / Sponsored

Tip for Installing a Service Mesh: Start with the Pain Points

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Cloud Native / Microservices / Networking

Linkerd 2.0: The Service Mesh for Service Owners, Platform Architects, SREs

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Barcelona Pancake Podcast: Service Mesh and the Evolving Network

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Networking / Sponsored

What’s Next for Service Meshes

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Networking / Technology

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Kubernetes / Microservices / Networking

GitLab Deploys the Crossplane Control Plane to Offer Multicloud Deployments

20 May 2019 12:16pm, by B. Cameron Gain

Networking

Larry Peterson Identifies How Service Mesh Can Help Telcos as They Move into Microservices

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Cloud Native / Networking / Service Mesh

Linkerd’s Service Mesh Software: What You Need to Know

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Networking / Service Mesh

Tutorial: Explore Istio’s Traffic Rules and Telemetry Capabilities

26 Apr 2019 3:00am, by Janakiram MSV

Networking / Service Mesh / Sponsored

Project Calico and the Challenge of Cloud Native Networking

25 Apr 2019 5:00pm, by Joab Jackson

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How AIOps Supports a DevOps World

8 Apr 2019 12:00pm, by Jiayi Hoffman

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