Michael Pleshakov, Platform Integration Engineer at NGINX, Inc.
The Ingress controller is one of the most critical parts of Kubernetes platform, acting as the entry point for all incoming traffic to applications running on Kubernetes. That’s why it must be built on top of a proven and reliable load‑balancing technology, such as NGINX. The NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes combines the benefits of using the Kubernetes control plane to manage load‑balancing configuration with the performance, reliability, and advanced features of NGINX and NGINX Plus. Additionally, the NGINX Ingress controller integrates NGINX with cloud‑native tools such as Helm and Prometheus, which are rapidly gaining adoption in production Kubernetes environments.
In his session at NGINX Conf 2018, designed for beginning or intermediate Kubernetes users who are looking to deliver applications on Kubernetes in production, Michael shows how to successfully load balance HTTP and TCP/UDP applications on Kubernetes with the NGINX Ingress Controller for Kubernetes. Topics include:
- Installation through Kubernetes manifests or Helm
- Configuration of load balancing for HTTP and TCP/UDP applications
- Monitoring using Prometheus
- Troubleshooting in case of problems
- Extensions that support advanced requirements
