Measure Twice, Cut Once: Dive Into Network Foundations for Cloud-Native Ecosystems

Dive into the foundations of cloud-native networking in this comprehensive 1.5-hour tutorial led by Marino Wijay and Jason Skrzypek from Solo.io. Explore the critical aspects of distributed computing networks, focusing on how data moves between applications in cloud-native ecosystems. Gain a deep understanding of traffic flow, application communication, network protocol deciphering, and various transactions present in microservices deployed on container systems like Kubernetes. Learn about essential cloud-native networking tools such as CoreDNS, Envoy, Istio, CNI, and Cilium, while developing expertise in the Linux networking stack to troubleshoot failure conditions. Discover the intricacies of packet structure, microservice data flow, network communication tracking, DNS importance, service mesh benefits, and the implications of shifting from IPtables to eBPF for network performance. This workshop equips you with the knowledge needed to navigate networks effectively and excel in networking technologies prevalent at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon.