Forward Proxies and Kubernetes Deployment

On Day 2 of Convoy's Launch Week, the focus is on enhancing the deployment process with updated Helm charts for Kubernetes and integrating forward proxies for added security. The article details configuring Stripe's SmokeScreen and Nginx as forward proxies, discussing the benefits of IP masking and anonymity for webhooks traffic. The new Helm chart version, available on Artifact Hub, simplifies installation and configuration, addressing previous issues like exposed secrets and database management by utilizing Kubernetes secrets and supporting external databases. It also introduces initContainers to handle database migrations efficiently and Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA) to automatically scale components based on CPU and memory utilization. Future plans include expanding support for additional forward proxy platforms like Envoy and OpenResty.

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