PANTHEON.tech 2020: A Look Back

PANTHEON.tech 2020: A Look Back

Join us in reminiscing and reminding you, what PANTHEON.tech has managed to create, participate in, or inform about in 2020. Project: CDNF.io In the first quarter of the year, we have made our latest project, CDNF.io, accessible to the public. Cloud-native functions...
[Thoughts] On Karaf & Its Future

[Thoughts] On Karaf & Its Future

These thoughts were originally sent on the public karaf-dev mailing list, where Robert Varga wrote a compelling opinion on what the future holds for Karaf and where its currently is headed. The text below was slightly edited from the original. With my various...
[OpenDaylight] Binding-Independent & Binding-Aware

[OpenDaylight] Binding-Independent & Binding-Aware

From the get-go, the MD-SAL architecture was split into two distinct worlds: Binding-Independent (BI, DOM) and Binding-Aware (BA, Binding). This split comes from two competing requirements: Type-safety provided by Java, for application developers who interact with...
Road to Cloud-Native Network Functions

Road to Cloud-Native Network Functions

We have come a long way to enjoy all the benefits that cloud-native network functions bring us – lowered costs, agility, scalability & resilience. This post will break down the road to CNFs – from PNF to VNF, to CNF. What are PNFs (physical network...
[Release] lighty.io 13

[Release] lighty.io 13

With enterprises already deploying lighty.io in their networks, what are you waiting for? Check out the official lighty.io website, as well as references.     13 is an unlucky number in some cultures – but not in the case of the 13th release of...
[NSO Guide] Cisco NSO® with lighty.io

[NSO Guide] Cisco NSO® with lighty.io

by Samuel Kontriš | Leave us your feedback on this post! This is a continuation of our guide on the Cisco Network Service Orchestrator. In our previous article, we have shown you how to install and run Cisco NSO with three virtual devices. We believe you had time to...
[Free Tool] NETCONF Device Simulator & Monitoring

[Free Tool] NETCONF Device Simulator & Monitoring

by Martin Bugáň | Leave us your feedback on this post! You can simulate hundreds or thousands of NETCONF devices within your development or CI/CD. We are of course talking about our lighty NETCONF Simulator, which is now available on GitHub! This tool is free &...
[What Is] Declarative vs. Imperative Approach

[What Is] Declarative vs. Imperative Approach

by Filip Čúzy | Leave us your feedback on this post! A DevOps paradigm, programmatic approach, or Kubernetes management. The decision between a declarative or imperative approach is not really a choice – which we will explain in this post. The main difference...
[What Is] SDN & NFV

[What Is] SDN & NFV

by Filip Čúzy | Leave us your feedback on this post! For newcomers to our blog – welcome to a series on explanations from the world of PANTHEON.tech software development. Today, we will be looking at what software-defined networking is – what it stands...