Topic: service mesh
Kong brings updated universal service mesh Kuma to CNCF
Kong has announced a significant upgrade to its open-source universal service mesh. Kuma 0.6 features a “hybrid universal mode” that will enable the service mesh to support complex applications in heterogeneous environments such as VMs, Kubernetes clusters, and multiple data centers. With the new release, Kong also announced it will be donating Kuma to the … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Service Mesh Hub
Earlier this week, software company Solo.io revealed a new open-source project called Service Mesh Hub. Service Mesh Hub is a dashboard that can be used to install, discover, operate, and extend service meshes. “Service Mesh Hub was designed to be able to scale your operations, from a single mesh on a single Kubernetes cluster, to … continue reading
Report: Cloud-native projects now the norm in production
Cloud-native deployments are now the norm. According to CNCF’s community survey, cloud-native projects are increasingly being deployed in production. The CNCF community survey was conducted in September and October 2019, and the company received 1,337 responses. The goal of the community survey is to understand where and how cloud native technologies are being adopted, the … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Kuma
Earlier this week, Kong announced that it was releasing a new open-source service mesh, Kuma. Kuma is based on the Envoy proxy, which is an open-source edge and service proxy. “It’s been amazing to see how quickly Envoy has been adopted by the tech community, and I’m super excited by Kong’s new ‘Kuma’ project,” said … continue reading
F5-NGINX deal and how it might impact emerging service mesh architectures
While F5 Networks claimed its recent deal to acquire NGINX will “bridge the divide” between DevOps and NetOps, the acquisition also promises to accelerate both companies’ goals to create new service mesh architectures. In agreeing to acquire NGINX for $670 million, F5 is paying a premium for a rival with $26 million in revenues last … continue reading
It took longer than expected, but Istio 1.1 is coming with a boost in performance and scalability
The first major upgrade of Istio, the open-source service mesh for orchestrating, securing and monitoring microservices in Kubernetes, has taken longer to arrive than expected, but is finally now available. Istio 1.1 comes eight months after the original 1.0 release last summer and will bring improved scalability, enhanced multi-clustering and a simplified approach to implementing … continue reading
Istio open-source service mesh launches
Istio, an open-source project formed last year by Google, IBM and the ride-sharing service Lyft to create a consistent way to connect, manage, secure and monitor Kubernetes-based clusters of microservices, is now ready for production. The creators of the spec today announced the official release of Istio 1.0, which defines a common way to manage … continue reading
Protecting the service mesh with Istio
Kubernetes has rapidly become the de facto standard for container orchestration, management and security. Now moving up the stack at an equally fast pace is Istio. Riding on the coattails of Kubernetes, Istio is an open-source project designed to enable service meshes. Istio was originally developed by the ride-sharing service Lyft. Google and IBM began … continue reading
HashiCorp extends its service mesh capabilities with a new feature in HashiCorp Consul
Cloud infrastructure automation company HashiCorp has extended its service mesh capabilities with a major update for HashiCorp Consul. The new capability, Consul Connect, allows users to efficiently secure service-to-service communications in hybrid environments. According to the company, modern application architectures often include public clouds, microservices, and container schedulers, and these architectures often require a service … continue reading
