A Look at Service Meshes
Arne Koschel, Marvin Bertram, Richard Bischof, Kevin Schulze, Marc Schaaf, Irina Astrova
Abstract
Service meshes can be seen as an infrastructure layer for microservice-based applications that are specifically suited for distributed application architectures. It is the goal to introduce the concept of service meshes and its use for microservices with the example of an open source service mesh called Istio. This paper gives an introduction into the service mesh concept and its relation to microservices. It also gives an overview of selected features provided by Istio as relevant to the above concept and provides a small sample setup that demonstrates the core features.
Topics & Concepts
MicroservicesPolygon meshComputer scienceService (business)Relation (database)Distributed computingLayer (electronics)Service-oriented architectureWeb serviceCloud computingWorld Wide WebDatabaseOperating systemComputer graphics (images)EconomyEconomicsOrganic chemistryChemistrySoftware System Performance and ReliabilityCloud Computing and Resource ManagementScientific Computing and Data Management