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Solve Container Networking Challenges with NSX Container Plugin

By Susan Wu, Senior Product Marketing Manager and Yasen Simeonov, Senior Technical Product Manager, Networking and Security Business Unit

Kubernetes has become mainstream in the enterprise. In the latest Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) survey [1], 78% of the companies surveyed use Kubernetes in production. Containers are not only the norm but are running at scale with 34% of the organizations using 1,000 containers or more.

Given the rise in deployment, challenges remain as organizations attempt to operationalize Kubernetes.

Address Top Challenges in Containers Networking

With the latest release of VMware NSX-T and the NSX Container Plugin (NCP) we continue to address our customers’ top challenges such as security, complexity, and networking.

NSX provides the full stack networking and security across container orchestration platforms including VMware vSphere 7 with Kubernetes, Tanzu, OpenShift and upstream Kubernetes. NSX-T automates network services (distributed switching, routing, firewalling, load balancing/ingress, IPAM), and applies associated firewall policies directly at the pod level as soon as the cluster is spun up using standard Kubernetes commands. This level of simplicity and automation helps manage Kubernetes and the underlying software-defined data center (SDDC) infrastructure providing a common framework for virtualization admins and developers.

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DockerCon LIVE 2020: Captains on Deck!

This is a guest post from Docker Captain Bret Fisher, a long-time DevOps sysadmin and speaker who teaches container skills with his popular Docker Mastery courses Docker Mastery, Kubernetes Mastery, Docker for Node.js, and Swarm Mastery, weekly YouTube Live shows. Bret also consults with companies adopting Docker. Join Bret and other Docker Captains at DockerCon LIVE 2020 on May 28th, where they’ll be live all day hanging out, answering questions and having fun. 

When Docker announced in December that it was continuing its DockerCon tradition, albeit virtually, I was super excited and disappointed at the same time. It may sound cliché but truly, my favorite part of attending conferences is seeing old friends and fellow Captains, meeting new people, making new friends, and seeing my students in real life. 

Can a virtual event live up to its in-person version? My friend Phil Estes was honest about his experience on Twitter and I agree… it’s not the same. Online events shouldn’t be one-way information dissemination. As attendees, we should be able to *do* something, not just watch.

Well, challenge accepted. We’ve been working hard for months to pull together a great event for you – and Continue reading

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50% of Firefox Users Still Have Flash installed

Really, 50% ? Say its not true.

The post 50% of Firefox Users Still Have Flash installed appeared first on EtherealMind.

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A Look at the Landscape after Nvidia Acquires Cumulus Networks

For the second time this year, there is news of an acquisition that impacts open networking and the broader SDN...

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Was DHCP the first Intent Networking feature ?

A key aspect of intent based networking is user transparency. That is, the network connects the user without any knowledge of why it works During a recent discussion on DHCP I realised that this process is a near perfect expression of intent. A workstation connects to the physical network and makes a configuration request An […]

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BGP peer groups, dynamic update peer groups and BGP templates

The post BGP peer groups, dynamic update peer groups and BGP templates appeared first on Noction.

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Internet Society-Chatham House Collaboration: How Is Consolidation Changing the Internet?

For the past couple of years, here, at the Internet Society, we have been thinking about Internet consolidation. After releasing the 2019 Global Internet Report: Consolidation in the Internet Economy, we understood our limitations and the complexity of the issue. To this end, we decided to partner with Chatham House and reach out to the community of researchers and academics, seeking their input to learn more. This resulted in a long process to create a special issue of the Journal of Cyber Policy, including more than 40 proposals for articles, various peer-review cycles and many edits from the authors.

The selection process was tough. We had to weigh in a broad range of ideas and perspectives, which touched virtually all aspects of the Internet economy. And while hard choices had to be made, we are also confident we made the right ones. The level of quality, creativity, and interest that is incorporated in each and every research paper is truly outstanding. For this we are also grateful for the amazing support we have received from our community in spreading the word, for submitting proposals, and to the broad range of experts who have participated in the review of Continue reading

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Example: Deploy a Web Server in AWS

The third hands-on exercise in our Networking in Public Cloud Deployments online course asks the students to deploy a web server in a public cloud of their choice using infrastructure-as-code principles.

Not surprisingly, Erik Auerswald created another fantastic writeup when solving that exercise, including exploring the problem space, detailed description of his Terraform-based solution, and testing procedures. Enjoy!

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Cumulus content roundup: April 2020

April has come and gone but you know what hasn’t? New content and useful resources from us! If you missed out on it earlier, catch up with this month’s edition of the Cumulus Content Roundup. We’ve got all the details on recent announcements like our NetQ 3.0 product launch, new podcast episodes for you listen, and so much more.

From Cumulus Networks
Modernizing your network has never been easier with Cumulus NetQ Lifecycle Management: To help network operations, we’ve added new lifecycle management capabilities to Cumulus NetQ 3.0, offering a simple GUI-driven workflow for provisioning, operating, maintaining & retiring network switches running Cumulus Linux. Scott Ciccone explains more about the recent product release in his blog here.

Linux Network Observability: Building Blocks: As Linux reigns the “Open-Distributed-Virtualized-Software-Driven-Cloud-Era”— understanding what is available within Linux in terms of observability is essential to our jobs & careers. Linux expert Roopa Prabhu shares what you need to know in this blog.

Kernel of Truth season 3 episode 5: Routing protocols in the datacenter fabric: Special guest Russ White joins the Kernel of Truth podcast to discuss what we should think about when it comes to routing protocols in the datcenter. What are Continue reading

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Daily Roundup: AT&T Recommits to SDN

AT&T recommitted to its SDN goal; Arista will be within striking distance of its $100M campus...

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Remote access needs strategic planning right now

The future of remote work has arrived.With the work-at-home mandates triggered by COVID-19 quarantines, businesses have adapted on-the-fly to create remote-networking environments that maintain corporate security. Largely, they have done so by expanding traditional remote access solutions including VPN infrastructure and services, virtual desktop infrastructure, secure Wi-Fi access points and even SD-WAN for home use.To read this article in full, please click here

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IBM Launches Cloud Satellite to the Edge

The Cloud Satellite service allows users to run their IBM Cloud service in on-premises or edge...

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Unveiling The Hidden Costs of HPC Storage

It is no surprise that the key criteria that organizations look for when shopping for high performance computing storage is performance. …

Unveiling The Hidden Costs of HPC Storage was written by Jeffrey Burt at The Next Platform.

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How HAProxy Streamlines Kubernetes Ingress Control

In 2016, when the digital media arm of the in increasingly large numbers. “I remember the fear that the huge event we were experiencing could bring our platform down,” said recalled at HAProxy 2019. They kept watching the Grafana dashboard, searching for potential anomalies. In the end, however, nothing bad happened. “We ended up drinking beers and eating pizzas,” he said. But Gallissot didn’t want to go through such a stressful experience again, and so started an initiative to move M6 to the cloud. Like many organizations dealing with surges of traffic, M6 decided on Kubernetes as the platform for a multicloud architecture, to ease the process of easily scaling up and down traffic. And one of the most crucial parts of the Kubernetes setup is routing the incoming traffic to the appropriate services. Kubernetes itself offers an option to capture the

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Pandemic Demand Bolsters Server Market

Server shipments reached 3.3 million during the first quarter of 2020, driven by heightened demand...

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Arista On Track to Hit $100M Campus Revenue Target

In addition to reporting earnings, the company also announced a new switch abstraction interface...

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AT&T Recommits to SDN Goal Amid ‘Unprecedented Network Surge’

"Our network teams both kept the current systems running smoothly and have continued to deliver on...

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You Can Do It! Learn How to Extend the Internet to Your Community

Every day, people around the world are caring for their neighbors by bringing them online. A lifeline for so many, the global COVID-19 has shown us that the Internet is now more important than ever. Yet nearly half the world’s population still has no access.

Driven by the desire to connect their communities in any way they can, people around the world are getting involved and building networks in new and innovative ways that complement traditional Internet/telecommunication access solutions. Do-it-yourself solutions built by the community, for the community.

Anyone can help build the Internet.

Not sure where to start? There’s a whole community of people out there who can help you get started. Together you’ll be able to learn how to build a network to serve your community (you CAN do it!), help talk to your government about sound policies to connect your community, or share new ideas. Maybe you’ll be able to create a new solution to connect people to the open Internet.

Your expertise counts. Everyone can get involved and learn from one another.

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Need more inspiration? Here’s a story from Lillian Achom. Lillian started out with nerves and self-doubt about what she could contribute, but over Continue reading

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Day Two Cloud 047: Highlights And Analysis From Cloud Field Day 7

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast storms into your podcast player with product news from VMware, SolarWinds, and startup Pensando. Ethan Banks attended a virtual Cloud Field Day event where vendors with cloudy products showcased their wares. Ethan and Ned share highlights from those presentations, discuss pros and cons of the products, and tease out a theme: solving problems related to distributing computing.

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Day Two Cloud 047: Highlights And Analysis From Cloud Field Day 7

Today's Day Two Cloud podcast storms into your podcast player with product news from VMware, SolarWinds, and startup Pensando. Ethan Banks attended a virtual Cloud Field Day event where vendors with cloudy products showcased their wares. Ethan and Ned share highlights from those presentations, discuss pros and cons of the products, and tease out a theme: solving problems related to distributing computing.

The post Day Two Cloud 047: Highlights And Analysis From Cloud Field Day 7 appeared first on Packet Pushers.