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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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Monitoring / Networking / Technology / Contributed

How IT Should Rethink Their ‘Networking Game Plan’

5 Apr 2019 9:34am, by Sean Armstrong

Microservices / Networking

Kong Applies Machine Learning to Microservice Management

1 Apr 2019 9:11am, by Susan Hall

Kubernetes / Microservices / Networking / Service Mesh

How the Service Mesh Redefines Cloud Native Computing

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Networking / Contributed

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28 Mar 2019 3:00am, by Adam Casella

Edge / IoT / Networking

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Networking / Technology

F5 to Buy NGINX to Enhance Cloud Native and Multicloud Capabilities

11 Mar 2019 3:38pm, by Lawrence E Hecht and Joab Jackson

Cloud Native / Cloud Services / Networking / Contributed

Operation Multicloud: Embracing Openness in this Era of IT

4 Mar 2019 7:00am, by Michael Bushong

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22 Feb 2019 10:16am, by Zach Jory

Edge / IoT / Microservices / Networking / Service Mesh / Technology / Contributed

Envoy and the Programmable Edge: Edge Proxies and the Developer Experience

13 Feb 2019 11:07am, by Daniel Bryant

Cloud Native / Networking

NeuVector Adds Enhanced Security to Service Meshes

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Networking / Technology

CN-NOS: A Cloud Native Network Operating System

12 Feb 2019 9:49am, by Susan Hall

Kubernetes / Networking / Technology

Rancher Supports Running Apps Across Multiple Kubernetes Clusters

5 Feb 2019 10:04am, by Susan Hall

Cloud Services / Networking

Perform Canary Deployments with AWS App Mesh on Amazon EKS

1 Feb 2019 9:35am, by Janakiram MSV

Cloud Native / Microservices / Networking

SuperGloo Unifies Management of Multiple Service Meshes

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Cloud Services / Networking / Service Mesh

AWS App Mesh: Amazon’s Own Service Mesh for Microservices

25 Jan 2019 3:00am, by Janakiram MSV

Cloud Native / Networking

CoreDNS Joins the Ranks of CNCF Graduates

24 Jan 2019 9:36am, by Mike Melanson

Networking

HTTP/3 Replaces TCP with UDP to Boost Network Speed, Reliability

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DevOps Demands NetOps

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The Envoy Proxy Finds a Home at the CNCF, Amazon Web Services

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Disaggregation’s Role for a Uniform Multicloud Experience

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Cloud Native / Networking

Traefik: A Dynamic Reverse Proxy for Kubernetes and Microservices

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29 Nov 2018 3:00am, by Patrick Moore

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Build Real-World Microservices with gRPC

27 Nov 2018 10:24am, by Kasun Indrasiri

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Machine Learning for Operations

14 Nov 2018 3:00am, by Mary Branscombe

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