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Glossary of terms
Paul Wright edited this page Oct 1, 2025
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- application network
- A Skupper application network enables communication between services running in different network locations, aka virtual application network (VAN).
- build
- Building skupper involves a cli and some images, see building.
- collector
- A collector provides communication for a server to the application network. See collectors and listeners.
- controller
- As you expose services across the service network, this pod syncs the metadata about those services.
- listener
- A listener provides communication for a client to the application network. See collectors and listeners.
- router
- This component provides transport and routing for traffic between sites. See router.
- site
- A Skupper site is a namespace in a kubernetes cluster or a Linux host that can communicate across the application network.