Kuma

Envoy-based service mesh with a multi-zone control plane; mTLS is opt-in per mesh.

Provider: default
Kind: Service mesh
Category: Operations
Official docs: https://kuma.io/docs/latest/policies/mutual-tls/

Properties · 5 set by this component

property	type	values	required	kind default	this component
circuitBreaking	boolean	—	no	false	▸ false
controlPlanes	integer	—	no	—	inherited
environment · component property	enum	kubernetes \| universal	no	kubernetes	inherited
managed	boolean	—	no	false	▸ false
mtls	boolean	—	no	false	▸ false
multiZone · component property	boolean	—	no	false	inherited
retries	boolean	—	no	false	▸ false
sidecar	boolean	—	no	true	▸ true
trafficPermissionRequired · component property	boolean	—	no	false	inherited

Rules that apply · 0

Every rule whose selector covers this component's kind or its category. Whether a rule fires depends on the design: its properties, its edges and its groups.

No rule reads this kind yet. That is a gap, not a guarantee.

Use it in a design

nodes:
  - { id: "kuma", component: "kuma" }

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Source

1# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
2# Kuma: Envoy sidecar mesh with a universal/Kubernetes control plane. The "Mutual TLS" policy
3# page states mTLS is not enabled by default and must be turned on per mesh.
4schemaVersion: "1"
5type: "component"
6id: "kuma"
7kind: "service-mesh"
8provider: "default"
9docs: "https://kuma.io/docs/latest/policies/mutual-tls/"
10defaults:
11  managed: false
12  sidecar: true
13  mtls: false
14  retries: false
15  circuitBreaking: false
16properties:
17  environment:
18    type: "enum"
19    values: ["kubernetes", "universal"]
20    default: "kubernetes"
21  multiZone:
22    type: "boolean"
23    default: false
24  trafficPermissionRequired:
25    type: "boolean"
26    default: false

The same page as markdown, for an agent: /catalogue/components/kuma.md