This post is going to attempt to demystify the several layers of networking operating in a kubernetes cluster. Kubernetes is a powerful platform embodying many intelligent design choices, but discussing the way things interact can get confusing: pod…

Understanding kubernetes networking: services

In the first post of this series I looked at how kubernetes employs a…

In the first post of this series I described the network that enables pods to connect to each other across nodes in a kubernetes cluster. The second focused on how the service network provides load balancing for pods so that clients inside the cluster…

If you’ve read my introduction to Kubernetes, you should have a good foundational understanding of the basic pieces that make up Kubernetes. If you’re anything like me, however, you won’t fully understand a concept until you get hands on with it. This article is…