Home / Companies / Fly.io / Blog / Post Details
Content Deep Dive

JIT WireGuard

Blog post from Fly.io

Post Details
Company
Date Published
Author
Lillian Berry
Word Count
1,681
Company Posts That Month
3
Language
English
Hacker News Points
485
Post removed?
No
Summary

Fly.io uses containers transformed into VMs with the help of Firecracker alchemy, running them worldwide. They extensively use WireGuard in their customer API. The company has made recent improvements to make WireGuard faster and more scalable for its users. One issue they faced was NATS not guaranteeing delivery, leading to unreliable gateways. Another problem was the accumulation of stale peer connections on the gateways, slowing down kernel operations. To solve these issues, Fly.io implemented a system where peers are only added to the kernel when clients want to connect and can be removed easily. This has led to faster connection setups and reduced state held by gateways.

Trends Found in this Post
Trend Post Mentions Total Month Mentions Posts Companies MoM
Secrets Management 1 429 73 42 -43%
Use This Data

Use this post, company, and trend context to find content marketing opportunities, perform competitive analysis, or address product feature gaps via the Plushcap MCP server or the Plushcap API.