Kubernetes Network Observability and Security | Network Plugin vs Service Mesh

In this Meetup, we compare the observability and security abilities of a popular network plugin compared to a popular service mesh. Both have similar features but how difficult are they to implement? Do I need to change my applications or do they work out of the box? How much configuration is necessary? The talks will try to answer these questions for you.

THIS MEETUP WILL BE HYBRID. Please register at Zoom Events if you'd like to attend remotely.

*** AGENDA ***

• 6.30 PM | Doors open. Grab some snacks & drinks.
• 6.45 PM | Welcome & Intro
• 7.00 PM | Kubernetes with Cilium in AWS - Experience Report!, Bernhard Schaidhammer
• ~7.45 PM | Service Mesh: Pain & Gain - Experiences from a client project, Markus Zimmermann
• afterwards: More snacks & drinks, and a lot of time for networking with all attendees and speakers.

*** ABSTRACTS ***

Kubernetes with Cilium in AWS – Experience Report!
Cilium is a powerful tool for network policies and also encryption between the Kubernetes nodes. Cilium hooks deep into Kubernetes in the network stack as an plugin and can even replace the AWS CNI Plugin. This talk will share our project experiences.
Topics involve:

• Network Policies
• Encryption
• Hubble (Observability)
• Installation
• CLI Usage (Hubble / Cilium)

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Service Mesh: Pain & Gain – Experiences from a client project
The topic of service mesh is still present at every major DevOps conference and is the subject of controversial discussions. A service mesh comes with the promise of implementing cross-functional requirements of microservices such as observability or secure communication without changes within the services. The operational effort and the integration of the services within the service mesh should also be problem-free. But do the common service mesh implementations keep these promises? In a client project we have gained experience with Linkerd and can say: we did not achieve the benefits without pain. We want to share these experiences and what you can take away for your next project!

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