Ystio: Open-Source Service Mesh
An open-source service mesh for microservices and Kubernetes environments, providing traffic management, security, and observability features.
What is Ystio?
Ystio is an open-source service mesh built to manage complex microservices communication. It provides a uniform way to secure, connect, and monitor microservices on Kubernetes and other environments. Key features of Ystio include:
- Traffic Management - Ystio automatically controls load balancing, routing, failure recovery, metrics, and monitoring for microservices communication.
- Security - It enables encryption, role-based access control, and certificate management out of the box to protect microservices traffic.
- Observability - Ystio offers visibility into the microservices ecosystem with tracing, metrics, and logs. Developers get insights about the internal working and health of microservices.
- Platform Support - In addition to Kubernetes, Ystio works with cloud platforms like VMware Tanzu, public clouds including AWS, GCP and Azure, and bare metal environments.
- Configuration - Ystio uses a declarative configuration model which simplifies operations. Policies like access control rules, rate limits, quotas are version controlled.
With all these capabilities integrated together, Ystio makes it easier to develop, deploy and manage microservices applications at scale. It is a suitable service mesh platform for organizations adopting cloud-native architectures.