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network_stuff:service_mesh

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Intimately related to k8s and microservices

  • Is an infra layer to connect services (via application layer (restapi,URLs..). All in the application layer, we don't worry about l1,l2,l3. Network connectivity is abstracted and gave it for granted.
  • A set of transparent proxies/sidecars (eg ngnix) intercept all Layer 7 traffic (basically https requests). The proxy is itself a container
  • Use cases:
  • Load balance traffic. More in the application level than anything.
    • For some part of the world, expose a version of the application, for the other one expose, let's say, the beta version.
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