Kuma 1.8: Universal Service Mesh Maturity

Introduction

Kuma 1.8, released on October 2, 2024, advances universal service mesh with improved multi-platform support, enhanced policy capabilities, better performance, and expanded integration options. This release makes Kuma more powerful for managing service mesh across platforms.

Multi-Platform Support

• Kubernetes integration improvements provide seamless integration with Kubernetes.
• VM support enhancements enable better VM integration.
• Multi-cluster improvements provide better multi-cluster support.
• Hybrid deployments enable deployment across Kubernetes and VMs.

Policy Capabilities

1. Traffic policy improvements provide better traffic management policies.
2. Security policy enhancements enable better security policies.
3. Observability policy improvements provide better observability policies.
4. Policy validation provides better validation of policy configurations.

Performance Optimizations

• Latency reductions minimize the overhead of service mesh operations.
• Throughput improvements enable better handling of high-traffic workloads.
• Resource usage optimizations reduce CPU and memory consumption.
• Scaling improvements enable better handling of large deployments.

Integration Options

• Gateway integration enables integration with API gateways.
• Observability integration provides integration with observability tools.
• CI/CD integration enables integration with CI/CD pipelines.
• API improvements enable better programmatic access to Kuma capabilities.

Getting Started

# Install Kuma
kubectl apply -f https://docs.konghq.com/mesh/install.sh?os=kubernetes

Summary

Kuma 1.8 continues to evolve as a leading universal service mesh, providing teams with powerful capabilities for managing service mesh across platforms.