Embracing the Hybrid Cloud: Unlocking Success with Open Source Technologies

A service in GCP goes down. Traffic instantly fails over to AWS with zero application changes. See how it's done.

#1about 7 minutes

Understanding the core challenges of hybrid cloud environments

Diverse environments like public cloud, on-premise, and edge create challenges in secure interconnection, cloud migration, vendor lock-in, and scaling for traffic spikes.

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Comparing connectivity solutions for hybrid cloud

Different methods for connecting hybrid environments, including public IPs, VPNs, and cloud-native networking, have drawbacks like high cost, complexity, and vendor lock-in.

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Introducing Skupper for application layer connectivity

Skupper is an open-source project that provides secure, developer-friendly application connectivity across clusters using a Layer 7 overlay network, avoiding network-level complexity.

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Understanding Skupper's router and virtual service architecture

Skupper uses routers in each environment to create a secure, bidirectional service network, exposing remote services as local Kubernetes services for transparent communication.

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Setting up a multi-cluster network with the Skupper CLI

A Skupper network can be established across multiple clusters using four CLI commands: init, token create, link, and expose.

#6about 8 minutes

Live demo of automatic multi-cloud failover

A live demonstration shows how Skupper automatically reroutes traffic from a failed backend service in GCP to a healthy one in AWS without any changes to the frontend application.

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Exploring the key benefits of using Skupper

Skupper simplifies hybrid cloud by requiring no code or network changes, operating without admin privileges, and making the network portable, secure, and GitOps-friendly.

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Achieving high availability with smart cost-based routing

Skupper intelligently routes traffic to find the optimal path based on cost and locality, enabling high availability by automatically finding alternative paths during failures.

#9about 5 minutes

Q&A on hybrid cloud strategy and data management

Common challenges like managing stateful data across clouds can be addressed by starting with stateless services and using cloud-native databases.

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Q&A on team skills and workload balancing

A solid foundation for hybrid cloud requires fast deployment pipelines, balancing workloads based on cost and security, and fostering collaboration between Dev and Ops teams.