The need for a Cloud Native Tunnel
summary
A lightweight cloud-native tunneling stack called inlets uses an outbound WebSocket to bridge private networks to cheap cloud hosts (DigitalOcean/Packet) and now offers an inlets operator and inletsctl CLI. The OSS proxy earned ~5k GitHub stars; a Pro edition adds automatic TLS and TCP proxying. A live demo converts a k3d/Minikube LoadBalancer from “pending” to a public IP, obtains a Let’s Encrypt cert on a laptop, and a Swiss customer prototypes connecting radiography scanners across ~10k locations for secure, low-cost access (~$5/month exit nodes).
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:33Agenda
- 1:18The Network
- 3:11The Problem
- 4:36What we needed
- 5:48Alternatives
- 8:44Demo
- 13:38Comparison
- 15:16Community
- 16:30Use cases
- 18:14Realworld use cases
- 18:54Protocols
- 21:39Demonstration
- 26:03Recap
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