You're reading from Kubernetes and Docker - An Enterprise Guide Effectively containerize applications, integrate enterprise systems, and scale applications in your enterprise

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839213403

Length 526 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Docker

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Authors (2):

Marc Boorshtein

Scott Surovich

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Docker and Container Fundamentals

2. Chapter 1: Docker and Container Essentials FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Working with Docker Data

4. Chapter 3: Understanding Docker Networking

5. Section 2: Creating Kubernetes Development Clusters, Understanding objects, and Exposing Services

6. Chapter 4: Deploying Kubernetes Using KinD

7. Chapter 5: Kubernetes Bootcamp

8. Chapter 6: Services, Load Balancing, and External DNS

9. Section 3: Running Kubernetes in the Enterprise

10. Chapter 7: Integrating Authentication into Your Cluster

11. Chapter 8: RBAC Policies and Auditing

12. Chapter 9: Deploying a Secured Kubernetes Dashboard

13. Chapter 10: Creating PodSecurityPolicies

14. Chapter 11: Extending Security Using Open Policy Agent

15. Chapter 12: Auditing using Falco and EFK

16. Chapter 13: Backing Up Workloads

17. Chapter 14: Provisioning a Platform

18. Assessments

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Deploying the dashboard with a reverse proxy

Proxies are a common pattern in Kubernetes. There are proxies at every layer in a Kubernetes cluster. The proxy pattern is also used by most service mesh implementations on Kubernetes, creating side cars that will intercept requests. The difference between the reverse proxy described here and these proxies is in their intent. Microservice proxies often do not carry a session, whereas web applications need a session to manage state.

The following diagram shows the architecture of a Kubernetes Dashboard with a reverse proxy:

Figure 9.6 – Kubernetes Dashboard with a reverse proxy

The reverse proxy shown in Figure 9.6 performs three roles:

Authentication: The reverse proxy intercepts unauthenticated requests (or stale sessions) and triggers the authentication process with an OpenID Connect identity provider to authenticate the user.
Session management: Kubernetes' Dashboard is a user-facing...