David Garrison, Product Management Engineer

2000 2017

Long-lived

Monolithic and built on a single stack

Deployed to a single server

Development is iterative and continuous

Built from loosely coupled components

Deployed to multiple servers in a cluster

Key Products

Automation

ServiceCreation Time

ServiceLifetime

Data Center Provides

Gen 1Virtualized

Gen 2Cloud

Gen 3Resource Pool

Gen 0Hardware

Hardwareserver running

single service/app

Virtualizedserver running

single service/app

Self-serve virtualized server running

single service/app

Pools of CPU, memory, storage + PaaS Framework

None Little Mixed 100%

Weeks/Ticket Days/Ticket Minutes/Self-Serve+ Autoscale Sub-Second

Years Years Months/Years Seconds

Dell, HP,BIG-IP Hardware

VMWare, Xen,BIG-IP VEs

AWS, OpenStack, Cloud Foundry

Containers: Mesos, Docker, Kubernetes

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• Lightweight alternative to full virtualization

• App runs on any physical machine without dependencies

• Portable between datacenter and clouds

• Gained prominence with open-source DockerReview Using Docker Container Technology with F5 Products and Services on F5.com.

• OpenSource - Built by Google• Container tools including orchestration solution• Supported by Microsoft, RedHat, IBM, Docker & Google

• OpenSource - Apache Mesos started by Univ. of Berkley• Used by Twitter, AirBnB, eBay• Mesos and supporting tools, such as: Orchestration> Marathon

Application Services for ContainersF5 Container Connector

F5 Application Services Proxy

Introducing Dynamic App Services for Containerized Environments

• Lightweight proxy for container traffic • Spin up/down dynamic app services in seconds• Gain end-to-end visibility via analytics integration

F5 ApplicationServices

Proxy

• Native integration in container environments for F5 BIG-IP app delivery/F5 ASP load balancing

• Enable self-service via automation• Scale through automated discovery and insertion

F5 Container Connector

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Dynamic App Services for Container EnvironmentsFrictionless and Automated App Delivery Services Insertion

Benefits: • Frictionless app services for containers

• Enable self-service for DevOps

• Automated discovery and services insertion

• Elastic app services.

• Faster deployment and greater visibility

Problem: Constant manual changes with services causes lack of agility and increases friction.

Node 2Node 1

Container O

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Container Environment

F5 BIG-IP App Delivery and Security Services

F5 Application Services Proxy

Visibility and Analytics

F5 Application Services Proxy F5 C

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Solutions: • F5 Container Connector• F5 Application Services Proxy

Application Delivery Services Across Containers

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• Enables end-to-end visibility and analytics for fast resolution of container traffic anomalies.

• Enhances app insights through integration with Splunk for more in-depth analytics.

Licensed? Location? Open Source?

Container Connector no DockerHub, GitHub yesApplication Services Proxy no DockerStore no

BIG-IP platform per appliance & module F5 no

BIG-IP virtual editions per VE & module F5 noVIPRION chassis per chassis, blade, & module F5 no

• No charge required to run F5 Container Connector or Application Services Proxy• Licensing is for BIG-IP per appliance/chassis/VE and any add-on modules• Support for Container Connector and Application Services Proxy is included with a

BIG-IP services contract• Documentation available at: http://clouddocs.f5.com

LTM

North South Network Services

BIG-IP VE

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