Cloud Native Applications with Docker and Kubernetes: Design and Build Cloud Architecture and Applications with Microservices, EMQ, and Multi-Site Configurations

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J. BartlettCloud Native Applications with Docker and Kuberneteshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8876-4_17

17. Extended Cloud Topologies

Jonathan Bartlett¹  

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Tulsa, OK, USA

 

In this chapter, we will cover extended cloud topologies. The topology of a cloud is the general interconnectedness of physical and logical components of a cloud.

In a typical Kubernetes configuration, the topology is a relatively simple or “flat” topology . There is a series of Nodes which are presumably all sitting in the same data center. These Nodes are connected together internally with a Pod network , utilizing a set of “internal” IP addresses that are only routable to Pods ...