Cloud Service Mesh is a fully managed service that simplifies the management of service communications across various platforms, including VMs, containers, and serverless environments. It leverages open-source technologies like Istio and Envoy to provide a unified service mesh solution.

Key Features

• Traffic Control: Manage traffic flows and API calls between services for reliability and visibility.
• Security: Implement a zero-trust security model with features for authentication, authorization, and encryption.
• Fault Injection: Test service resilience by injecting faults into requests.
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Easily manage access permissions for services.

Benefits

• Fully Managed: Reduces operational burden by letting Google manage the service mesh.
• Hybrid and Multicloud Support: Supports workloads across Google Cloud, other public clouds, and on-premises deployments.
• Incremental Modernization: Can be introduced incrementally for existing services.