Deploying Apache Pulsar for Cloud Native IoT Platforms - From Legacy to Modern Architecture

Explore a conference talk from Pulsar Summit NA 2023 detailing Cisco's two-year journey to modernize their IoT Control Center platform by implementing Apache Pulsar. Learn how one of the world's largest IoT platforms, managing hundreds of millions of devices across multiple continents, successfully transitioned from legacy message queue services to a cloud-native GitOps architecture. Discover the step-by-step process of evolving from a basic StreamNative Pulsar distribution to a sophisticated, fully automated deployment across multiple Kubernetes clusters. Gain insights into integrating CI/CD pipelines with FluxCD for seamless upgrades, implementing security measures through Istio and JWT, establishing disaster recovery with active-active geo-replication, and connecting with cloud-native infrastructure components. Understand how this transformation led to significant performance improvements, reduced operational overhead, and decreased OPEX costs in managing IoT devices like connected cars and wireless phones.