SPK CRs

Overview

SPK Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) extend the Kubernetes API, enabling Service Proxy TMM to be configured using SPK’s Custom Resources (CRs). SPK CRs configure TMM to support low-latency 5G application traffic, and apply networking configurations such as interface IP addresses and static routes.

This document describes the available SPK CRs, and offers two installation strategies.

Application traffic CRs

Application traffic CRs configure Service Proxy TMM to proxy and load balance application traffic using protocols such as TCP, UDP, SCTP, DIAMETER, and NGAP. When you install an application traffic CR, Service Proxy TMM receives the following application traffic management objects:

Object Description
Virtual Server An IP address and service port that receives and processes ingress application traffic.
Protocol Profile Provide application traffic intelligence, and options to adapt how connections are handled.
Load Balancing Pool The Service object Endpoints that TMM distributes traffic to using round robin load balancing.

Available traffic management CRs:

Networking CRs

Networking CRs configure TMM’s networking components such as network interfaces and static routes.

Available network management CRs:

  • F5SPKVlan - TMM interface configuration: VLANs, Self IP addresses, MTU sizes, etc.
  • F5SPKStaticRoute - TMM static routing table management.

CR installation strategies

There are two methods for installing SPK CRs into the container platform:

  • Helm - Helm enables the installation of 5G applications with the appropriate SPK CR, simplifying application management tasks such as upgrades, rollbacks and configuration modifications. For a simple Helm installation example, review the Helm CR Integration guide.
  • Kubectl - 5G Applications and their Kubernetes Service object can be deployed first, and the appropriate SPK CR can then be installed using Kubectl. This method is used in the various SPK CR overview guides for simplicity, however, it does not support modifying complex 5G applications and is more error-prone.

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