Source: thenewstack.io
Ambient Mesh: Sidestepping the Sidecar
Last fall, Solo.io and Google introduced Istio ambient mesh, a new mode for Istio that leverages a mesh data plane instead of deploying sidecar proxies, without sacrificing key strengths such as zero trust security. Cilium Service Mesh, he noted, also offers the option of running without sidecars.
According to Solo.io vice president and global field CTO https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceposta/, the two key benefits of ambient mesh are ease of application onboarding and of managing upgrades.
“Since nothing is in the app, whatever steps you have to take to upgrade the service mesh, you don’t have to restart any of the applications,” Posta said.
You can restart and upgrade the ambient mesh waypoint proxies, Posta said, without the applications even being aware of the change.
According to Solo.io vice president and global field CTO https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceposta/, the two key benefits of ambient mesh are ease of application onboarding and of managing upgrades.
“Since nothing is in the app, whatever steps you have to take to upgrade the service mesh, you don’t have to restart any of the applications,” Posta said.
You can restart and upgrade the ambient mesh waypoint proxies, Posta said, without the applications even being aware of the change.
Related Articles
Community Partners
DevOps Careers