About the Event
In this presentation, we’ll explain how a Kubernetes cluster can use a service mesh to abstract the network away, which can resolve many of the challenges arising from talking to remote endpoints.
A service mesh is a tool that inserts security, observability and reliability features to applications at the platform layer instead of the application layer. It:
- controls the delivery of service requests to other services
- performs load balancing
- encrypts data
- discovers other services.
Service mesh is not a network service for establishing connectivity between the microservices. Instead, it has policies and controls that are applied on top of an existing network to govern how microservices interact.
Speaker
- Ping Chen, Research DevOps Systems Engineer, ARDC
Who Should Attend
- Research software engineers
- Research platform developers and architects
- Coders
- Other interested parties
Recording
This session will be recorded, and the recording will be provided to all registrants. Please register even you are unable to attend the live session.
ARDC and Kubernetes
The ARDC is now a Kubernetes Certified Service Provider (KCSP), joining a roll-call of global leaders in supporting the use of containers for software deployment.
The KCSP program is run by the Linux Foundation and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), the world-leading bodies of the open-source and cloud-native software initiatives. It is a pre-qualified tier of vetted service providers with deep experience helping enterprises successfully adopt Kubernetes (K8s).
The KCSP status establishes ARDC leadership and expertise in helping research projects adopt containers and Kubernetes, and boosts our intention to provide a managed Kubernetes service on the ARDC Nectar Research Cloud.
We’re holding the 2024 Australian Research Container Orchestration Service (ARCOS) Symposium in Melbourne and online on 27 June. ARCOS is an ARDC-facilitated community driven by various national institutions with the aim of establishing a national Kubernetes service and promoting use of containers in research. The symposium will cover:
- Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management using the ClusterAPI
- research project talks on Kubernetes implementation, including from the Australian Imaging Service (AIS)
- containers use cases on HPC infrastructure
- industry or CNCF topics.
Further Resources
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