Overview

    Kuma helps implement a service mesh approach to distributed deployments as part of the move from monolithic architectures to microservices. You can run a service mesh with Kuma before you start decomposing your monolith, which helps keep your network secure and observable as your architecture changes. Kuma is:

    • Universal and Kubernetes-native: Platform-agnostic, can run and operate anywhere.
    • Envoy-based: Powered by Envoy sidecar proxies, without exposing the complexity of Envoy itself.
    • Horizontally scalable

    Bundling as the data plane, Kuma can instrument any L4/L7 traffic to secure, observe, route and enhance connectivity between any services or databases. It can be used natively in Kubernetes via CRDs or via a RESTful API across other environments.

    Example of a multi-zone deployment for multiple Kubernetes clusters, or a hybrid Kubernetes/VM cluster:

    The core maintainer of Kuma is Kong, the maker of the popular open-source Kong Gateway 🦍.