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Ignacy Osetek

Software Engineer

Ignacy is a Software Engineer with five years of experience. His expertise lies in his knowledge of two powerful programming languages, Golang and C++. He also specializes in Kubernetes, Istio, and has a deep understanding of Envoy Proxy. Ignacy has worked in projects that aimed to architect and optimize service mesh solutions or tackle complex challenges in cloud-native environments, designing scalable and reliable systems.

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Envoy configuration in a nutshell: Listeners, Clusters and More

In the previous blog post, I briefly discussed what Envoy Proxy is and where it can be used. If you’re not familiar with Envoy I strongly suggest reading the previous piece first. This text is meant for developers or devops engineers who want to learn more about how to make the most of its functionality. We will discuss how Envoy Proxy actually works and how it should be configured. Let’s start with a simple example. This demonstrates the most common situation when the client initiates a connection with Envoy Proxy as it tries to reach the server.
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Ignacy Osetek

on Oct 26, 2022
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Handling L4/L7 traffic with Envoy proxy — Introducing Envoy

One of the most crucial qualities an experienced developer should have is knowing how to avoid reinventing the wheel. When creating a web application, there are a few common functionalities that you need to provide no matter what your application does or what technology you use. Usually you want your application to at least support: Secure connection (TLS), Authentication, High availability, Load balancing, Circuit breaking, Canary deployments, Observability, Rate limiting. In this blog post, I will tell you about Envoy proxy - a solution which will not only provide you with the functionalities described above but also with many other neat features.
Ignacy Osetek

Ignacy Osetek

on Aug 10, 2022