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Load Balancing TCP and UDP Traffic in Kubernetes with NGINX [Editor– This post is an extract from our comprehensive eBook, Managing Kubernetes Traffic with F5 NGINX: A Practical Guide. Download it for free today.] Along with HTTP traffic, NGINX Ingress Controller load balances TCP and UDP traffic, so you can use it to manage traffic for a wide range of apps and utilities based on those protocols, including: MySQL, LDAP, and MQTT – TCP‑based apps used by many popular applications DNS, syslog, and RADIUS – UDP‑based utilities used by edge devices and non‑transactional applications TCP and UDP load balancing with NGINX Ingress Controller is also an effective solution for distributing network traffic to Kubernetes applications in the following circumstances: You are using end-to-end encryption (EE2E) and having the application handle encryption and decryption rather than NGINX Ingress Controller You need high‑performance load balancing [ more… ]

Secure Your API Gateway with NGINX App Protect WAF As monoliths move to microservices, applications are developed faster than ever. Speed is necessary to stay competitive and APIs sit at the front of these rapid modernization efforts. But the popularity of APIs for application modernization has significant implications for app security. APIs are vulnerable attack targets, exposing application logic and sensitive data to other apps or third parties. As API usage grows, so does the need for API gateways.   According to F5’s 2021 State of Application Strategy Report, organizations are using various methods to modernize, and APIs top these modernization efforts: 58% are adding a layer of APIs to enable modern user interfaces 51% are adding modern application components (e.g. Kubernetes) 47% are refactoring (modifying application code itself) 40% are moving to public cloud (lift and shift) without modernizing [ more… ]

Introducing F5 NGINX for Azure – Load Balancing Available Natively as a SaaS Offering on Microsoft Azure High-performing cloud and development teams working in Microsoft Azure have come to appreciate the benefits of putting F5 NGINX Plus to work in their cloud environment. But high performance isn’t a destination – it’s an ongoing journey. Cloud architects and DevOps teams have asked us to take the powerful combination of NGINX Plus and Azure even further. At the top of their wish lists, customers have asked for a native Azure software as a service (SaaS) experience with NGINX products and the flexibility of Bring Your Own Configuration (BYOC) on Azure. Microsoft and F5 NGINX have listened and taken those wishes to heart, joining forces for the past two years to collaborate on fulfilling them. Today, we are excited to announce that NGINX Plus is now native [ more… ]