Networking strategies for Kubernetes (KUB406)

Simplifying Cluster Operations with Amazon EKS

Key Takeaways:

  • Leveraging Amazon EKS to simplify cluster operations and networking components
  • Using Amazon VPC CNI to take advantage of AWS VPC capabilities
  • Automating load balancer deployment with the AWS Load Balancer Controller

Improving Network Resiliency

  • Integrating Amazon EKS with AWS ARN (Amazon Recovery Controller) to enable faster failover during availability zone failures
  • Automating chaos engineering testing to improve application resilience

Adopting Service Mesh with AWS App Mesh

  • Benefits of a service mesh architecture for observability, security, and reliability
  • Using AWS App Mesh Ambient Mode to enable mutual TLS without modifying applications
  • Leveraging App Mesh Waypoint proxies for advanced traffic routing and observability

Embracing the Kubernetes Gateway API

  • Limitations of Ingress and the advantages of the Kubernetes Gateway API
  • Integrating the Gateway API with Amazon VPC PrivateLink for cross-cluster networking
  • Enabling blue-green deployments and canary releases using the Gateway API

Resources for Further Learning

  • EKS Workshop for self-paced learning
  • EKS Best Practices Guide for networking recommendations
  • Reaching out to AWS account managers for EKS Workshop access

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