Service Mesh

• A10 NetworksA10 Networks
• VampVamp
• HashiCorpHashiCorp
• BuoyantBuoyant
• F5F5
• IBMIBM

KumaKuma, developed by Kong, is a service mesh. Kong defines the product as a “service mesh alternative called platform-agnostic control plane.” Kuma is built on the open-sourced Envoy proxy and provides networking features for security, routing, and communications observation. Kuma is natively compatible with Kong, which allows for simple implementation for enterprises using the Kong API.

Network Service Mesh (NSM) is a service mesh developed by Cloud Native Computing FoundationCloud Native Computing Foundation, as a sandbox project, specifically for telcos and ISPs, providing a layer for adding low-level networking capability Kubernetes. NSM was built on “exotic” protocols and heterogeneous configurations, making it optimal for edge computing, 5G networks, and IoT devices industries.

Various companies and communities have launched open-source or community-driven service mesh codes for use in developer built applications, where others have developed service mesh produced built around the available open-source proxies such as Envoy, TraefikTraefik, and others.

Amazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services developed the AWS App Mesh for application-level networking. App Mesh uses the open-source Envoy proxy to control traffic in and out of service containers, and it supports HTTP/2 gRPC services. App Mesh integrates into numerous pre-existing infrastructures, including AWF Fargate, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (ECS), and Kubernetes on EC2, which includes App Mesh at no additional cost.

ServiceComb-mesher is the service mesh developed by The Apache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation. It is described by the company as a high-performance mesh written in Go, based on Go Chassis, a microservices development framework, and runs on the sidecar design methods. ServiceComb supports HTTP and gRPC and has application in various infrastructure types, including Docker, Kubernetes, virtual machines, and bare-metal environments.

Consul Connect is the service mesh developed by HashiCorpHashiCorp, which focuses on segmentation and providing service-to-service networking features through application-level sidecar proxy. Consul is offered through two different proxy options: its proprietary built-in layer for proxy testing and the other being Envoy. HashiCorp has an open-sourced option for Consul Connect but also offers an enterprise-level version of the product.

ServiceComb-mesher is the service mesh developed by The Apache Software Foundation. It is described by the company as a high-performance mesh written in Go, based on Go Chassis, a microservices development framework, and runs on the sidecar design methods. ServiceComb supports HTTP and gRPC and has application in various infrastructure types, including DockerDocker, Kubernetes, virtual machines, and bare-metal environments.

Istio is an example of an extensible open-sourced service mesh built on the Envoy proxy, which allows teams to secure, control, observe, and connect services. Istio remains an ongoing collaboration between IBM and GoogleGoogle.

Kuma, developed by KongKong, is a service mesh. Kong defines the product as a “service mesh alternative called platform-agnostic control plane.” Kuma is built on the open-sourced Envoy proxy and provides networking features for security, routing, and communications observation. Kuma is natively compatible with Kong, which allows for simple implementation for enterprises using the Kong API.

IstioIstio is an example of an extensible open-sourced service mesh built on the Envoy proxy, which allows teams to secure, control, observe, and connect services. Istio remains an ongoing collaboration between IBM and Google.

Istio is an example of an extensible open-sourced service mesh built on the Envoy proxy, which allows teams to secure, control, observe, and connect services. Istio remains an ongoing collaboration between IBMIBM and Google.

OpenShift Service Mesh is the service mesh product developed by Red HatRed Hat. The company describes it as a hybrid cloud enterprise Kubernetes platform with numerous abilities for enterprise adaptation from its open-sourced code. OpenShift was built atop the open-sourced Istio, which allowed for an integration between the two platforms. OpenShift additionally uses Jaeger for distributed tracing for better tracking of how requests are handled between application services.

OpenShift Service Mesh is the service mesh product developed by Red Hat. The company describes it as a hybrid cloud enterprise Kubernetes platform with numerous abilities for enterprise adaptation from its open-sourced code. OpenShift was built atop the open-sourced Istio, which allowed for an integration between the two platforms. OpenShift additionally uses JaegerJaeger for distributed tracing for better tracking of how requests are handled between application services.