EP37 | Aviatrix Multicloud and Multicluster Networking and Security for Kubernetes

Main Themes:

• The rise of multicloud 2.0: Organizations are moving beyond a single primary cloud and embracing a true multicloud strategy to leverage best-of-breed services from different providers.
• Kubernetes networking and security challenges: Multicloud Kubernetes deployments face issues with IP address exhaustion, overlapping IPs, egress security, and high-bandwidth secure inter-cluster connectivity.
• Aviatrix solutions for multicloud Kubernetes: Aviatrix offers a controller-based, intent-based networking and security platform that addresses these challenges with dynamic segmentation, secure egress, and hybrid connectivity.

Key Ideas and Facts:

Multicloud 2.0:

• Shifting landscape: The cloud landscape has evolved significantly in the 18 years since AWS launched. Organizations now have access to hyperscalers, regional clouds, and specialized clouds.
• True multicloud strategy: Organizations are adopting a true multicloud strategy to leverage the unique strengths of different cloud providers and enable developers to build better applications and services.
• Cloud 2.0: Many organizations are calling this shift "Cloud 2.0," driven by the need for distributed data, models, and applications, especially with the rise of GenAI and AI/ML applications.

Kubernetes Networking and Security Challenges:

• IP address exhaustion: Kubernetes is "IP hungry," leading to IP address exhaustion and challenges with overlapping IPs, especially in large deployments with thousands of VPCs.
• Egress security: Millions of VPCs have weak or non-existent egress security, posing a significant risk to sensitive data.
• Inter-cluster connectivity: Establishing high-bandwidth, secure connectivity between Kubernetes clusters across different clouds and on-premises environments is complex and challenging.

Aviatrix Solutions:

• Controller-based, intent-based networking: Aviatrix provides a centralized multicloud controller and uses intent-based policies to dynamically segment and secure traffic across Kubernetes clusters, regardless of the underlying IP addresses.
• Secure egress: Aviatrix replaces traditional NAT gateways with secure Aviatrix gateways, offering embedded NAT, visibility, and granular egress security policies based on Kubernetes resources.
• Dynamic scaling: Aviatrix automatically discovers and incorporates new Kubernetes resources into security policies as clusters scale up or down, eliminating manual configuration and ensuring consistent security.
• Hybrid connectivity: Aviatrix facilitates secure connectivity between cloud Kubernetes clusters and on-premises environments, including edge locations, enabling hybrid deployments for AI/ML and other workloads.

Customer Success:

• Large-scale deployments: Aviatrix has customers with thousands of island VPCs and overlapping IP spaces, successfully using its platform to manage their multicloud Kubernetes environments.
• Operational efficiency: Aviatrix simplifies operations with its controller-based approach, dynamic policy updates, and world-class SRE team handling upgrades and troubleshooting.

Key Quotes:

• Anirban Sengupta (Aviatrix): "Today every organization should embrace multicloud. That's the best way to get ahead with their competitors and help their developers."
• Anirban Sengupta (Aviatrix): "Networking and security should be top of mind... without connectivity and without security, you really can't have a multicloud strategy."
• Anirban Sengupta (Aviatrix): "Kubernetes is very IP hungry. There is exhaustion, IP address exhaustion is the key."

Call to Action:

Organizations looking to embrace a true multicloud strategy and overcome the networking and security challenges of Kubernetes should consider Aviatrix's contr