Open Service Mesh

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Open Service Mesh (OSM)
Original author Microsoft
Developer Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Initial release2020;5 years ago (2020)
Stable release
v1.2.4 [1] / April 21, 2023;2 years ago (2023-04-21)
Repository github.com/openservicemesh/osm
Written in Go
Platform Unix-like
Type Service mesh
License MIT License
Website openservicemesh.io

Open Service Mesh (OSM) was a free and open source cloud native service mesh developed by Microsoft [2] that ran on Kubernetes. [3] [4]

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Overview

OSM was written in the Go programming language and designed to be a reference implementation of the Service Mesh Interface (SMI) specification, a standard interface for service meshes on Kubernetes. [5] The software was based on the Envoy proxy server and allowed users to uniformly manage, secure, and get out-of-the-box observability features for highly dynamic microservice environments. [6]

The source code is licensed under MIT License and available on GitHub. [7] Microsoft donated OSM to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation to ensure that it is community-led and has open governance. [5] [8] On May 4, 2023, the project announced it would be archived, ending CNCF investment in the project so that its contributors could focus on Istio. [9]

See also

References

  1. "openservicemesh/osm". GitHub.
  2. Carey, Scott (August 7, 2020). "Microsoft breaks ranks with its own service mesh". InfoWorld.
  3. "Microsoft announces Kubernetes-based Open Service Mesh (OSM)". August 7, 2020.
  4. "Microsoft Open Service Mesh Targets Market Mess - SDxCentral". August 7, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Microsoft launches Open Service Mesh based on Envoy". 5 August 2020.
  6. "Taking on Google's Istio, Microsoft debuts Open Service Mesh". August 5, 2020.
  7. "openservicemesh/osm". October 28, 2020 via GitHub.
  8. "Microsoft introduces Open Service Mesh for Kubernetes, plans quick donation to CNCF". www.theregister.com.
  9. "OSM Project Update". openservicemesh.io. Retrieved 2023-11-16.