Traditionally network functions were getting deployed on specialized hardware appliances. But with the advent of Network Function Virtualization, these infrastructure services are now getting deployed as software inside VMs. This talk is about how Flotilla’s framework could be used to deploy these Network Functions inside containers and in doing so, understanding the benefits and challenges. Flotilla primarily provides three important features which are: 1. It acts as a self-service network function portal connecting multiple branch offices to the cloud. 2. It helps to establish dynamic vpn tunnels between the cloud and the branch offices. 3. It acts as a containerized network function deployer at the branch office, thereby bringing down the capital and operational expenses as well as decreasing the time for deployment and modifications required for the network functions.
