Routing application control and data-plane traffic in support of cloud-native applications

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• establishing a traffic flow associated with an application such that:
• control-plane traffic of the traffic flow is sent to a control-plane node associated with the application;
• and
• data-plane traffic of the traffic flow is sent to a data-plane node associated with the application;
• receiving, from a client device, a first packet including a first hostname that is associated with the application;
• based at least in part on the first packet including the first hostname, sending the first packet to the control-plane node associated with the application;
• receiving, from the client device, a second packet including a second hostname that corresponds with the data-plane node associated with the application, the second hostname provided to the client device by the control-plane node;
• and
• based at least in part on the second packet including the second hostname, sending the second packet to the data-plane node associated with the application.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• establishing a traffic flow associated with an application such that:
• control-plane traffic of the traffic flow is sent to a control-plane node associated with the application;
• and
• data-plane traffic of the traffic flow is sent to a data-plane node associated with the application;
• receiving, from a client device, a first packet including a first hostname that is associated with the application;
• based at least in part on the first packet including the first hostname, sending the first packet to the control-plane node associated with the application;
• receiving, from the client device, a second packet including a second hostname that corresponds with the data-plane node associated with the application, the second hostname provided to the client device by the control-plane node;
• and
• based at least in part on the second packet including the second hostname, sending the second packet to the data-plane node associated with the application.