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Glossary of terms
Paul Wright edited this page Jul 20, 2021
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- build
- Building skupper involves a cli and some images, see building.
- gilligan
- The [project](https://github.com/skupperproject/gilligan) for the Skupper user interface. See cli.
- operator
- The [project](https://github.com/skupperproject/skupper-operator) for configuring Skupper using custom resources.
- protocol adapter
- The technique of translating HTTP/TCP/etc to AMQP messages for transport across the service network.
- proxy
- A Skupper proxy allows you extend your service network
- router
- This component provides AMQP messaging to transfer data between sites. See router.
- scraper
- A tool that analyses log files, see https://github.com/apache/qpid-dispatch/blob/main/tools/scraper/README.md
- service controller
- As you expose services across the service network, this pod syncs the metadata about those services.
- service network
- A Skupper service network enables communication between services running in different network locations, aka virtual application network (VAN).
- site
- A Skupper site is a namespace in a kubernetes cluster that can communicate across the service network.
- site controller
- The k8s pod that controls each element (site) within a service network.
- skewer
- The [project](https://github.com/skupperproject/skewer) for generating, testing and documenting Skupper examples.
- VAN
- See service network.
- Virtual Application Network
- See service network.