Docker containers are clearly transforming nearly every aspect of IT these days – and networking is no exception. At the DockerCon 2016 conference last week, Docker Inc. and many of its partners took ...

Microservices in general, and container networking technology in particular, are all the rage these days, but new survey data shows that container networking technology remains a fundamental challenge ...

Windows containers use virtual and/or physical host networks to implement networking for applications. You can execute Windows container networking functions almost the same way you do for VMs, but ...

There are five Windows network drivers available for containers to choose from: NAT, transparent, L2 Bridging, L2 Tunneling and overlay networks. Make sure you understand their use cases before ...

Networking is a crucial component in the container ecosystem, providing connectivity between containers running on the same host as well as on different hosts. Containers have emerged over the past ...

Networking, observability, and security for Kubernetes and container networks involve substantial processing overhead. eBPF promises more efficiency, visibility, and control. “No man is an island,” ...

Networking has always been one of the most persistent headaches when working with containers. Even Kubernetes—fast becoming the technology of choice for container orchestration—has limitations in how ...

In software-defined data centers, software networking can help container environments talk to each other and maintain network policies without needing admins to respond to each change. With increasing ...

Cilium, an open-source technology used to manage software containers’ network traffic, today graduated from the CNCF’s incubation program. The CNCF, or Cloud Native Computing Foundation, is a Linux ...

Three containers for managing homelab networking looks like a lot, but look at each one individually, and every single one makes sense. Something handles the ingress, something handles routing, and ...