Now that the Nginx Ingress Controller for Kubernetes is deprecated, a lot of organizations are re-evaluating how they are going to expose Kubernetes services to the outside world. Gateway API is the obvious successor of Ingress and in this presentation Thijs will introduce the brand new Varnish Gateway Controller for Kubernetes. Varnish is a well-known reverse caching proxy that accelerates any type of HTTP workload. The open source project has been around for more than 15 years and is often deployed inside Kubernetes clusters to accelerate individual services. In this presentation Thijs will show how the power of Varnish adds caching to Kubernetes at the Gateway API level, while still supporting all the routing capabilities that a Gateway Controller is known for.
As the Technical Evangelist at Varnish Software, Thijs Feryn focuses on web performance, software scalability, and content delivery. He demonstrates content-driven and technical messaging through presentations, videos, books, blog posts, social media posts, podcasts, and other media. Thijs is a published author and wrote Getting Started with Varnish Cache and Varnish 6 by Example. As a public speaker, he has a track record of over 380 presentations in 26 different countries, where he is often praised for his energetic and engaging presentation style. As an evangelist, Thijs is also active in many open-source communities, most notably the Varnish and PHP community. He has contributed to various communities for over 15 years both technically and as an organizer and facilitator. Prior to joining Varnish Software, Thijs Feryn spent 15 years in the web hosting industry, tackling web performance and scalability issues on a daily basis and evangelizing these topics. For more information about Thijs’ past & upcoming presentations, please visit https://feryn.eu/speaking.
