Unified solution simplifies and enhances application connectivity, management and security functions across the hybrid cloud
Connecting and orchestrating different clouds, including those in a hybrid environment, will no longer be a problem for organizations of different sizes and large ambitions. With Red Hat Connectivity Link, a solution launched by Red Hat earlier this week, companies can integrate advanced traffic management and role-based control (RBAC) directly into the Kurbenetes system, improving security and compliance across the IT sector.
Additionally, Red Hat Connectivity Link enables application development and platform engineering teams to manage application connectivity across single or multi-cluster Kubernetes environments — streamlining the definition, management, and visibility of connectivity configurations and policies. The platform also enables organizations to reduce complexity by consolidating functions such as traffic routing, security, and policy management into a single Kubernetes-native solution.
For Sarwar Raza, vice president and general manager of Red Hat’s Developer Applications business unit, the software represents a leap forward in the way organizations think about their technology journey. “Application connectivity within and across infrastructure environments is critical to developing and scaling cloud-native workloads such as generative AI applications. With Red Hat Connectivity Link, platform engineers and application developers can streamline operations, scale more efficiently across multiple environments, and increase security and compliance management across multiple layers of infrastructure using new cloud-native standards,” he said.
Reducing complexity through a unified approach
The adoption of cloud-native architectures, containers, and Kubernetes has driven an explosion of applications, services, and endpoints. This in turn has increased both the need for and the challenges of configuring and governing connections between these components. Applications can span Kubernetes clusters, data centers, and cloud providers. Technology developments in generative AI (gen AI) and edge deployments are bringing more complexity and introducing new requirements for security and traffic management. With many organizations running applications across on-premises and multiple clouds, and deploying containers and virtual machines, managing application connectivity is complicated, costly, and error-prone.
Historically, organizations have had to implement individual tools for tasks such as API security and rate limiting, service meshes, and application networking. Relying on multiple solutions requires product-specific skills and time spent integrating these solutions with each other and with the Kubernetes environment. This leads to layers of complexity in configuring and administering these environments. Red Hat Connectivity Link provides a new path to application connectivity with a unified environment for development teams and a platform to manage connectivity through a single solution.
Based on the Kuadrant open source project, Red Hat Connectivity Link is a Kubernetes-native solution designed to provide a cohesive experience and efficient approach to managing application traffic. It leverages the new Kubernetes standard API Gateway and the widely adopted Envoy proxy technology to create an integrated functionality and management experience for single and multi-cluster Kubernetes environments. Red Hat Connectivity Link’s approach addresses the connectivity challenges faced by modern IT organizations with a single, integrated solution rather than a complex, layered, multi-product approach.
OpenShift users can leverage Red Hat Connectivity Link for a more consistent and efficient connectivity management experience across clusters. With support for orchestrators such as Istio and OpenShift Service Mesh, users have greater compatibility and flexibility in managing application connectivity across a wide range of Kubernetes environments.
Availability
Red Hat Connectivity Link is now available. More information can be found at on here. Red Hat Connectivity Link is now available. More information can be found on here. Red Hat Connectivity Link is now available. More information can be found on here.
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