It caugt me a little by surprise last week when Microsoft released a Service Mesh: We are beyond excited to introduce Open Service Mesh (OSM), a lightweight and extensible #servicemesh that implements @SMI_spec and runs on @kubernetesio @EnvoyProxy! Check out what we’ve been up to here:https://t.co/l6fy4OUorO — Open Service Mesh (@openservicemesh) August 5, 2020 The […]
Category: Networking
Maintaining client IP on a Service in the Azure Kubernetes Service
Did you know that if you’re running a service in Kubernetes without additional configuration that you lose the client’s IP address? If you’re answer was ‘no’, you’re in the same boat I was last weekend. Tim Hockin from Google made a nice presentation about connecting into a Kubernetes cluster that opened my eyes to this […]
Setting up a Private Link service as a service provider
Azure Private Link allows you to connect to public services over a private connection. I have already written about using Private Link with blob and the Azure Kubernetes Service. You can also use Private Link to expose your own custom services, and act as a service provider. This means you would build a service in […]
How to connect VNETs in different Azure regions?
When discussing Azure networking, a question that frequently comes up is how to connect different Azure regions. More specifically, this question typically boils down to how to connect VNETs that are in different regions. There are three options to achieve this connection, which we’ll discuss in this post: Global VNET peering VNET-to-VNET connection Expressroute Although […]
Changing from Let’s Encrypt to an App Service Managed Certificate
A couple of months ago, I moved my blog from wordpress.com to my own hosting on Azure. Afterwards, I setup SSL using a Let’s Encrypt free certificate. This process is using an opensource plugin into App Service to communicate to Let’s Encrypt. Recently, Microsoft announced free certificates for App Service custom domains. These certs are […]