Cisco Systems, Inc.
Application-layer service traffic communication using datacenter network fabric as proxy

Abstract:

A system for providing services for microservices applications is described herein. In an embodiment, a system comprises a plurality of container environments, each of which comprising a host node. A virtual fabric edge instance executes on each host node. The host nodes are interconnected through a plurality of switches. A fabric controller manages the plurality of switches and implements policies through the virtual fabric edge instances executing on each host node. The fabric controller additionally provides services for the application instances through the virtual fabric edge instances by routing traffic, data, queries from an application or proxy instance to another application or proxy instance in the container environment through the virtual fabric edge instances.