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P4 Network Programming Language — what is it all about?

The programming language P4 is gaining in popularity in the network industry and is considered the next step in the SDN evolution. In this blog post, I will take a closer look at P4 and try to show why it is so important. Network devices like switches or routers are most commonly designed ”bottom-up.” The switch vendors that offer products to their clients usually rely on external chips from 3rd party silicon vendors. The chip is the heart of the system and in practice determines how device OS is realized and what functionality it can offer.
Paweł Parol

Paweł Parol

on Apr 22, 2020
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UX principles for complex network applications

Every application has essential elements that together lead to great user experience. Information-heavy network applications are no exception here. Yet in many cases their usability is poor due to technological debt or lack of UX expertise during the design phase. In this blog post I will highlight UX best practices in designing applications for network monitoring that will enhance user experience. The very first thing a user appreciates in an app is its smooth navigation, the real backbone of sound user experience.
Łukasz Wawrzkiewicz

Łukasz Wawrzkiewicz

on Apr 15, 2020
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A traffic generator for measuring network performance

It is probably the cloud that first comes to mind when you think about the architecture of modern services. It is an obvious choice for building large, distributed systems from scratch, as well as for the many enterprises migrating their infrastructure and services to the cloud. It is all very appealing, and modern, and intelligent. But that does not mean there are not serious challenges in going cloud. How should the infrastructure in use be tested? How can network performance be measured reliably in a cloud environment?
R&D Team

R&D Team

on Mar 31, 2020
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Continuous monitoring and observability in CI/CD

Deploying a CI/CD pipeline is only a half success. To complete the deployment, you need to establish continuous monitoring and observability which will allow you to collect metrics and actionable insights. In this blogpost you will learn about the principles of monitoring and observability, how they are related and how automation can streamline the entire deployment process. DevOps culture is a good starting point here, as understanding the DevOps advantages and its principles will allow you to contextualize continuous monitoring and observability.
Damian Fedeczko

Damian Fedeczko

on Mar 18, 2020
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How to build a test automation framework in the cloud

Have you ever wondered how to set up a test automation framework directly in the cloud? Well, in this blog post you will learn about everything you’ll need to successfully create such a framework. We’re going to look at the pros and cons of preconfigured testing environments and those that are created dynamically. We’ll then show you how to include software testing in a CI/CD pipeline and achieve high level automation. Finally, we’ll break down what a message broker is and how it can be used when creating a testing architecture.
Marek Bobcow

Marek Bobcow

on Jan 9, 2020
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Kubernetes workloads — using multiple networks

Since there is no separate networking object among Kubernetes objects enabling the running of multiple networks, a workaround is required. Using a Container Network Interface (CNI) is a good place to start. Read this blog post to learn how you can use it to get multiple networks for Kubernetes workloads. I also describe my proposal for changes in source code that will enable native handling of multiple networks in Kubernetes. This blog post is based on the presentation which Doug Smith from Red Hat and I gave at the KubeCon+CloudNativeCon North America 2019 conference.
Piotr Skamruk

Piotr Skamruk

on Nov 28, 2019
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Seamlessly transitioning to CNFs with Tungsten Fabric

Cloud-native Network Functions (CNFs), by all appearances, seem to be the next big trend in network architecture. They are a logical step forward in the evolution of network architecture. Networks were initially based on physical hardware like routers, load balancers and firewalls. Such physical equipment was then replaced by today’s standard, VMs to create Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs). Now, a lot of research is going into moving these functions into containers. In such a scenario, a container orchestration platform would be responsible for hosting CNFs.
Jarosław Ganczarenko

Jarosław Ganczarenko

on Sep 26, 2019
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Uncontainerizable VNFs in a CNF environment

Cloud-native network functions (CNFs, for short) are a hot topic in network architecture. CNFs use containers as the base for network functions and thus would replace today’s most widely used standard, Virtual Network Functions (VNFs). In such a scenario, a container orchestration platform--Kubernetes, say--could be responsible not only for orchestrating the containers, but also for directing network traffic to proper pods. While this remains an area under research, it has aroused considerable interest among industry leaders.
Piotr Skamruk

Piotr Skamruk

on Sep 14, 2019
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How can DPDK access devices from user space?

DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit) is a set of libraries for implementing user space drivers for NICs (Network Interface Controllers). It provides a set of abstractions which allows a sophisticated packet processing pipeline to be programmed. But how does DPDK work? How is it able to access the hardware directly? How does it communicate with the hardware? Why does it require a UIO module (Userspace input-output)? What are hugepages and why are they so crucial? In this blog post I will try to explain, with a reasonable amount of detail, how a standard kernel space NIC driver works, how a user space program can access hardware and what can be gained from having it do so.
Dariusz Sosnowski

Dariusz Sosnowski

on Aug 22, 2019
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Security in Kubernetes — overview of admission webhooks

This blog post is a continuation of two previous posts on security mechanisms in Kubernetes. If you have not yet read them, click here for part 1 and part 2 to see how you can provide an adequate level of security in Kubernetes deployments. Existing admission controllers are very useful, as they allow you to validate or modify requests to a Kubernetes API server. However, they have two limitations: They have to be compiled into an API server and can be configured only on the API server startup. The flexibility of admission webhooks helps solve these problems.Once enabled, their behavior depends on the special application running inside the Kubernetes cluster.
Marcin Szumilak

Marcin Szumilak

on Jun 23, 2019
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