Network Service Mesh
The Hybrid/Multi-cloud IP Service Mesh
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Enlightning - Understanding Network Service Mesh
Read more...What it is
Network Service Mesh (NSM) is the Hybrid/Multi-cloud IP Service Mesh enabling:
L3 Zero Trust
Per workload granularity
Per Network Service Connectivity/Security/Observability
No changes to K8s
Works with your existing CNI
No changes to your workloads
Use Cases
Examples:
- A common flat vL3 domain allowing DBs running in multiple clusters/clouds/hybrid to communicate just with each other for DB replication
- A single L7 Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd/Consul/Kuma) connecting workloads running in multiple clusters/clouds/on-prem
- A single workload connecting to multiple L7 Service Meshes
- Workloads from multiple companies connecting to a single ‘collaborative’ Service Mesh for cross company interactions
How it works
Network Service Mesh frees individual Kubernetes Pods to network with other workloads across multiple clusters/clouds using a simple set of APIs designed to facilitate attaching those Pods to zero or more “Network Services” that provide exactly the
- Connectivity
- Security
- Observability
they need - independent of where they are running.
Network Service Mesh is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation sandbox project
