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Service Mesh Interface (SMI)

Open Source

About Service Mesh Interface (SMI)

Service Mesh Interface is a specification for service mesh capabilities on Kubernetes that provides a standard, provider-agnostic interface.

Key Capabilities

  • ✓Standardized Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions for service meshes
  • ✓Traffic policy enforcement including identity and transport encryption
  • ✓Traffic telemetry capturing metrics like error rates and latency
  • ✓Traffic management for shifting service-to-service communication
  • ✓Provider-agnostic service mesh API enabling interoperability

Integrations

Kubernetes

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Quick Facts

smi-spec.io
CategoryCloud Infrastructure
SubcategoryCloud Networking & CDN
PricingOpen Source
DeploymentOpen Source
Target SizeEnterprise