ssl termination

SSL Options with Kubernetes – Part 2

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In the first post in this series, SSL Options with Kubernetes – Part 1, we saw how to use the Kubernetes LoadBalancer service type to terminate SSL for your application deployed on a Kubernetes cluster in AWS. In this post, we will see how this can be done for a Kubernetes cluster in Azure.

In general, Kubernetes objects are portable across the various types of infrastructure underlying the cluster, i.e. public cloud, private cloud, virtualized, bare metal, etc. However, some objects are implemented through the Kubernetes concept of Cloud Providers. The LoadBalancer service type is one of these. AWS, Azure, and GCP (as well as vSphere, OpenStack and others) all implement a load balancer service using the existing load balancer(s) their cloud service provides. As such, each implementation is different. These differences are accounted for in the annotations to the Service object. For example, here is the specification we used for our service in the previous post.

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Docker Layer 7 Routing – Host Mode

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It’s been nearly 3 months since my last blog about new the Layer 7 Routing (aka Interlock) in Docker Enterprise 2.0. It’s been a journey of up’s and down’s to get this to work, scale, and become stable enough for a production environment. I’m not sure we can declare total success just yet.

Near the end of my previous blog post I mentioned that there is an alternative configuration for Interlock regarding overlay networks. You could utilize Interlock’s host mode networking. Docker states the following:

By default layer 7 routing leverages the Docker Swarm routing mesh, but you don’t have to. You can use host mode networking for maximum performance.

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Interlock for Docker Swarm

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In early 2018 Docker made an announcement of the release of its newest Docker Enterprise 2.0 product.  This newest release provides a significant advancement in the Docker platform in the form of a choice between Swarm and/or Kubernetes orchestration. But that’s not what i want to talk about.

Layer 7 Routing

Another great addition to the platform is the replacement of the HTTP Routing Mesh, known as HRM, with a new Layer 7 routing and load balancing. This latest enhancement is built upon the new Interlock 2.0 architecture which provides a highly scalable and highly available routing solution for Swarm.  Interlock provides the same functionality as HRM but also includes 2 new features: 1) path based routing and 2) SSL termination.
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