Vancouver, BC
May 21-24, 2018

Event Details

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OpenStack Octavia, Kubernetes, and Terraform

Deploying Kubernetes with Terraform on an OpenStack cloud will ultimately lead to the question what to do about load balancing. Both the Kubernetes API and services need to be load balanced. With its reliability and scalability OpenStack Octavia becomes a natural choice for such a deployment and this talk will explore the architecture, the necessary enhancements to Terraform and K8, and general setup of such a solution.


What can I expect to learn?

Attendees wil learn

  • The difference between Neutron LBaaS V2 and Octavia V2 API
  • Architecture of a Kubernetes Deployment with Octavia
  • The Octavia extensions to the OpenStack provider and how to configure it in terraform/tectonic
  • The Octavia extensiona in Kubernetes and how to configure them
Monday, May 21, 1:30pm-2:10pm (8:30pm - 9:10pm UTC)
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Software Engineer
German Eichberger is a Software Engineer with Rackspace and a core reviewer on OpenStack Octavia and Neutron FWaaS. Most recently he has been involved in Rackspace's new Managed Kubernetes offering. He earned a Master in Computer Science from University of Karlsruhe. His interests are Cloud, SDN, and Microservices. FULL PROFILE