By Alex PollittJun 13, 2019Calico, eBPF, Networking, Open Source
Calico provides users flexibility by detecting and choosing the right tool for the right job. One of our core values at Tigera is Our customer is the hero of our story. We consider the OpenSource users of Project Calico our customers and we intently listen to their...
By Shaun CramptonJun 4, 2019Calico, Cybersecurity, Networking
In this article, we’ll explore Calico’s denial-of-service (DoS) mitigation features, including XDP-optimisation support introduced in Calico v3.7. Using Calico Policy for DoS mitigation During a DoS attack, a cluster can receive massive numbers of...
By Alex PollittApr 18, 2019Kubernetes, Networking
kube-proxy is a key component of any Kubernetes deployment. Its role is to load-balance traffic that is destined for services (via cluster IPs and node ports) to the correct backend pods. Kube-proxy can run in one of three modes, each implemented with different data...
By Vince LauFeb 4, 2019Calico, Networking
We are excited about Calico v3.5 release. This release provides more control and allows much finer-grained dynamic IP management vs the static allocation of a fixed set of addresses to each node in native Kubernetes. Here are the details: IP address allocation based...
By Bob KillenJan 4, 2019DevOps, Guest Blog, Kubernetes, Networking
By far one of the most common questions we receive in the monthly Kubernetes Office Hours is: “How do you properly expose a StatefulSet externally?”Usually this question is asked in the form of: “How do I allow connections to a particular instance of Mongo or Postgres...
By Christopher LiljenstolpeDec 27, 2018Kubernetes, Networking
How to connect Kubernetes pods to on-premises infrastructure Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, you probably know that Tigera’s Project Calico and Tigera’s Secure Enterprise Edition use BGP to connect the pods in your on-prem Kubernetes...
