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DevSecOps in Practice with VMware Tanzu

By : Parth Pandit, Robert Hardt
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DevSecOps in Practice with VMware Tanzu

By: Parth Pandit, Robert Hardt

Overview of this book

As Kubernetes (or K8s) becomes more prolific, managing large clusters at scale in a multi-cloud environment becomes more challenging – especially from a developer productivity and operational efficiency point of view. DevSecOps in Practice with VMware Tanzu addresses these challenges by automating the delivery of containerized workloads and controlling multi-cloud Kubernetes operations using Tanzu tools. This comprehensive guide begins with an overview of the VMWare Tanzu platform and discusses its tools for building useful and secure applications using the App Accelerator, Build Service, Catalog service, and API portal. Next, you’ll delve into running those applications efficiently at scale with Tanzu Kubernetes Grid and Tanzu Application Platform. As you advance, you’ll find out how to manage these applications, and control, observe, and connect them using Tanzu Mission Control, Tanzu Observability, and Tanzu Service Mesh. Finally, you’ll explore the architecture, capabilities, features, installation, configuration, implementation, and benefits of these services with the help of examples. By the end of this VMware book, you’ll have gained a thorough understanding of the VMWare Tanzu platform and be able to efficiently articulate and solve real-world business problems.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Part 1 – Building Cloud-Native Applications on the Tanzu Platform
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Part 2 – Running Cloud-Native Applications on Tanzu
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Part 3 – Managing Modern Applications on the Tanzu Platform

GSLB with NSX-T Advanced Load Balancer and Tanzu Service Mesh

One particular day-2 task that is worthy of its own section is implementing GSLB with Tanzu Service Mesh and NSX Advanced Load Balancer.

NSX Advanced Load Balancer

NSX Advanced Load Balancer (NSX-ALB) is a product that, while not technically part of the Tanzu portfolio, complements it very well. You can learn more about it, especially as it pertains to GSLB, here: https://avinetworks.com/docs/20.1/gslb-architecture-terminology-object-model/#gslbsites.

In short, NSX-ALB is a powerful software load balancer that’s completely API-driven, allowing for tight integrations with other API-driven technologies such as Kubernetes or Tanzu Service Mesh. In addition to enabling the usual functions of an enterprise load balancer such as VIPs, traffic policies, and WAF, it also provides a robust DNS implementation, which makes it especially useful for GSLB. The following is a rough diagram of how Tanzu Service Mesh and...