Enterprises are increasingly using Kubernetes to run modern applications and AI workloads. As these workloads move into production, organizations need a consistent approach to application delivery and security.
F5 NGINX Enterprise and Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) bring together Kubernetes infrastructure, application delivery, and security for modern applications and AI workloads.
Nutanix Kubernetes Platform provides an enterprise Kubernetes platform that helps reduce operational complexity and establish consistency across any environment.
Building on that Kubernetes foundation, F5 Gateway Fabric for NGINX Enterprise provides application connectivity using the Gateway API, while integrations with F5 WAF and F5 AI Guardrails extend security to applications and LLM traffic.
See the Joint Solution in Action
Watch this demo video to see F5 NGINX Enterprise and Nutanix Kubernetes Platform working together to deliver and secure modern applications and AI workloads on Kubernetes.
The demo highlights F5 Gateway Fabric for NGINX Enterprise and its integrations with F5 WAF and F5 AI Guardrails, demonstrating:
- Kubernetes application connectivity
- Application protection
- Runtime security for LLM traffic
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Kubernetes Connectivity with F5 Gateway Fabric for NGINX Enterprise
F5 Gateway Fabric for NGINX Enterprise provides modern Kubernetes connectivity built on the Kubernetes Gateway API, delivering a standards-based approach to routing and managing application traffic with the performance and efficiency of NGINX.
For workloads running on NKP, F5 Gateway Fabric for NGINX Enterprise provides Kubernetes-native application connectivity while integrating with F5 WAF and F5 AI Guardrails to extend security to applications and LLM traffic.
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Protecting Kubernetes Applications with F5 WAF
In addition to application connectivity, workloads need comprehensive application-layer security.
F5 Gateway Fabric for NGINX Enterprise integrates with F5 WAF to provide web application firewall protection for applications running on Kubernetes. WAF policies are deployed to the data plane, where they are enforced on incoming traffic to protect applications from malicious requests.
F5 WAF provides application-layer security against a broad range of web application and API threats, including OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, API attacks, and application-specific threats.
Securing LLM Traffic with F5 AI Guardrails
AI workloads introduce additional security considerations. Organizations need security controls to inspect and govern the content exchanged with Large Language Models (LLMs).
F5 Gateway Fabric for NGINX Enterprise integrates with F5 AI Guardrails to extend security to LLM traffic by offloading traffic to F5 AI Guardrails for inspection. Prompts can be inspected before they reach the model, while model responses can be inspected before they reach the client.
F5 AI Guardrails provides runtime security and governance through policy-based enforcement, with built-in guardrails addressing AI risks such as prompt injection, jailbreaks, PII exposure, restricted topics, and more. Organizations can also create custom guardrails to tailor enforcement to specific applications and use cases. F5 AI Guardrails also provides visibility and traceability across AI interactions through observability, scanning, and logging.
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F5 and Nutanix: Better Together
The joint solution from F5 and Nutanix brings together Kubernetes infrastructure with application delivery and security. Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) provides the Kubernetes platform for deploying and managing containerized workloads across environments, while F5 Gateway Fabric for NGINX Enterprise provides Kubernetes-native application connectivity and traffic management using the Kubernetes Gateway API.
Integrated with F5 WAF and F5 AI Guardrails, F5 Gateway Fabric for NGINX Enterprise extends security to applications and LLM traffic, providing application-layer protection and runtime inspection and policy enforcement for LLM prompts and responses.
Together, F5 NGINX Enterprise and Nutanix Kubernetes Platform provide a strong foundation for delivering and securing modern applications and AI workloads on Kubernetes.