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A service mesh isn't a layer on top of K8s, but rather fills gaps in K8s feature set. Service meshes are great for managing traffic between services: authentica

A service mesh isn't a layer on top of K8s, but rather fills gaps in K8s feature set. Service meshes are great for managing traffic between services: authentication, authorization, encryption, traffic shaping, etc.

tyingq 5y ago
It's fine to like them, but it's hard to say a separate control plane, proxies, etc isn't another layer.
- allset_ 5y ago
  It's a layer you need regardless, it's not unique to Kubernetes.