Explore the critical role of NGINX as a Kubernetes Ingress Controller in this 32-minute conference talk by Michael Pleshakov, Platform Integration Engineer at NGINX. Learn how to effectively load balance HTTP and TCP/UDP applications on Kubernetes using the NGINX Ingress controller, combining the benefits of Kubernetes control plane with NGINX's performance and reliability. Discover installation methods through Kubernetes manifests and Helm, configuration techniques for various applications, monitoring with Prometheus, troubleshooting strategies, and advanced extensions. Gain insights into service discovery, Ingress resources, configuration management, and the advantages of NGINX Plus Ingress Controller. Perfect for beginning to intermediate Kubernetes users aiming to deploy applications in production environments.
Overview
Syllabus
- Using NGINX as a K8s Ingress Controller
- Kubernetes is Great
- K8s Ecosystem is Great
- NGINX for Kubernetes
- Service Discovery
- Ingress Resource
- Configuration Management
- Demo
- Installation on GKE
- Regular Install Ingress Controller
- Install Ingress Controller with Helm
- Demo
- Config Generation - ConfigMap
- Config Generation - Ingress
- Config Generation - Annotations
- Snippets - ConfigMap
- Snippets - Annotations
- Custom Templates
- Config Generation Summary
- Custom Annotations
- Monitoring with Prometheus
- TCP/UDP Load Balancing
- Benefits NGINX Plus Ingress Controller
- NGINX Ingress Controllers
- Q&A
Taught by
NGINX, Inc
