Acomprehensive guide to learning container and application hosting capabilitiesin Cisco platforms, and implementing them to achieve higher efficiency innetwork deployments and operations Cisco architectures offer comprehensive compute virtualizationcapabilities to accommodate both native and third-party container hosting, soyou can containerize and instantiate any application or network service andgain unprecedented value from your networks. Direct from Cisco, this is the complete guide to deploying andoperating containerized  application andnetwork services on Cisco platforms. First, the authors review essentialvirtualization and containerization concepts for all network professionals andintroduce leading orchestration tools. Next, they take a deep dive intocontainer networking, introducing Cisco architectural support for containerinfrastructures. You'll find modular coverage of configuration, activation,orchestration, operations, and application hosting for each key Cisco softwareplatform: IOS-XE, IOS-XR, and NX-OS. The authors explore diverse orchestration tools, including LXC,Docker, and Kubernetes, and cover both Cisco and open-source tools for buildingand testing applications. They conclude with multiple use cases that show howcontainerization can improve agility and efficiency in a wide range of networkenvironments.   Reviewthe motivation, drivers, and concepts of computing virtualization Learnhow Cisco platforms are achieving infrastructure virtualization Explorethe Cisco reference model for developing cloud-native services and moving tocloud-native network functions MasterCisco container networking fundamentals, supported modes, and configuration Enable,install, activate, and orchestrate containerized applications in Cisco IOS-XE,IOS-XR, and NX-OS Comparetools and methods for developing, testing, hosting, and orchestratingcontainerized applications Discoverreal-world use cases for Day-0, Day-1, and Day-2 operations, with practicaldeployment examples Previewemerging trends in network containerization

Table of Contents:
    Foreword xxv     Introduction xxvii PartI Virtualization and Containers Chapter1 Introduction to Virtualization 1     History of Computer Evolution 1     History of Virtualization 2     Virtualization—Architecture Definition andTypes 6     Computing Virtualization Elements andTechniques 14     Virtualization Scale and DesignConsideration 18     Multitenancy in Virtualization 19     Summary 20     References in This Chapter 21 Chapter2 Virtualization and Cisco 23     History of Virtualization in Cisco 23     Virtualization in Enterprise and ServiceProvider Environments 30     The Era of Software-Defined Networking 32     SDN Enablers 33     Control Plane Virtualization 33     Summary 58     References in This Chapter 59 Chapter3 Container Orchestration and Management 61     Introduction to the Cloud-Native ReferenceModel 61     The Journey from Virtual Network Function(VNF) to Cloud Native Function (CNF) 63     Container Deployment and OrchestrationOverview 65     Container Deployment and Orchestration 81     Summary 95     References 95 Chapter4 Container Networking Concepts 97     Container Networking—Introduction andEssentials 97     Container Networking 99     Container Network Models and Interfaces 105     Setting Up Container Networking 115     Summary 136     References 137 PartII Container Deployment and Operation in Cisco Products Chapter5 Container Orchestration in Cisco IOS-XE Platforms 139     Cisco IOS-XE Architecture 139     IOS-XE Architecture: Application Hosting146     IOx Applications 149     Developing and Hosting Applications 157     Licensing Requirements 185     Summary 186     References 187 Chapter6 Container Orchestration in Cisco IOS-XR Platforms 189     Cisco IOS-XR Architecture 189     Application Hosting Architecture 192     Hosting Environment Readiness 198     Types of Application Hosting in Cisco XRPlatform 201     Network Configuration and Verification 216     Docker Images and Registry 218     Network Configuration and Verification 224     Application Hosting in VRF Namespace 226     Container Management 232     Summary 234     References 234 Chapter7 Container Orchestration in Cisco NX-OS Platforms 235     Cisco NX-OS Software Architecture 235     Hosting Environment Readiness 239     Container Infrastructure Configuration andInstantiation 242     Bash 256     Summary 288     References 289 Chapter8 Application Developers' Tools and Resources 291     Cisco Development Tool Kits and Resources291     Open-Source and Commercial Tools 336     Building and Deploying Container Images 341     Configuration and Application ManagementTools 345     Summary 357     References 357 Chapter9 Container Deployment Use Cases 361     General Use Cases for Enterprise, ServiceProvider, and Data Center     IOS-XR Use Case: Disaggregated Seamless BFDas a Virtual Network Function for Rapid Failure Detection 384     Seamless BFD Overview 385     Creating and Hosting S-BFD as a VirtualNetwork Function 387     NX-OS Use Case: Control Plane Health CheckUsing an Anomaly Detector 391     NX-OS Use Case: NX-OS Docker Health Check398     Summary 404 Chapter10 Current NFV Offering and Future Trends in Containers 405     App Hosting Services 405     Cisco NFV Offerings 411     Containers and Service Chaining 418     Serverless Computing and Network Functions421     Summary 423     References 423 TOC, 9780135895757, 6/9/2020