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We are thrilled to share that last week during the ONE Summit North America, we launched Paraglider as an open source project under the Linux Foundation.
Paraglider is the result of a collaboration between teams at UC Berkeley's NetSys Lab, Microsoft Azure Networking, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and IBM Cloud, to define a streamlined cloud networking experience that aims at reducing the knowledge necessary for developers and network operators to set up and manage cloud networks for their applications. At a basic level, Paraglider works by deriving network configurations from connectivity requirements at each endpoint rather than following the traditional approach of assembling networks out of cloud-specific low-level building blocks.
Besides the members of the working group, for the official announcement, we also had support from Aarna Networks, Broadcom, Intel, and Uber:
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Paraglider streamlines cloud networking across multiple cloud providers and simplifies operations within cloud networks.
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With initial support for connecting virtual machines and entire Kubernetes clusters, automatic provisioning of NSGs/firewall rules, virtual network peerings, and VPN gateways across Azure, GCP, and IBM cloud, Paraglider is still in early stages of development and has a considerable backlog. Nevertheless, the project is getting a very positive reception, and we are excited to continue developing it in the open under the Linux Foundation and to have the opportunity to gather feedback from potential customers and the open source community.