Linkerd, the world s lightest and fastest service mesh, today announced the release of
Linkerd 2.10. The newest version extends the maintainers dedication to minimalism, composability, and building on top of the existing ecosystem, introducing new opt-in extensions that pare down Linkerd s default control plane install and allow for third-party augmentation. This release also extends Linkerd s seamless, secure multi-cluster support to all TCP connections, and adds opaque ports to make it easier to apply mTLS to all protocols. Linkerd 2.10 now weighs in at under 200mb at startup, down from ~500mb in Linkerd 2.9, shedding non-critical components that previously shipped by default. Complexity is the enemy. Despite what other projects would have you believe, the service mesh doesn t have to be complex. We are fanatically dedicated to making Linkerd as small and simple as possible while delivering the features necessary to build secure, reliable applications on Kubernetes, said Will
Buoyant Wins Tech Ascension Award Recognizing Linkerd Service Mesh as Best Open Source DevOps Tool of 2020
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Buoyant, the creators of
Linkerd, today announced that Linkerd was named the Best Open Source DevOps Tool of 2020 by the
Tech Ascension Awards. This award recognizes the ability of Linkerd to address a core challenge faced by engineers building modern cloud native applications: adding and maintaining critical security, reliability, and observability features to their applications without changing code.
The pioneer of the service mesh category, Linkerd remains the fastest, smallest service mesh on the market. Its unique human-centric approach prioritizes simplicity, speed and security, in stark contrast to the complexity commonly associated with competitive service mesh solutions. With minimal resource consumption, Linkerd installs in minutes, requires zero configuration, and can be incrementally extended to the application one micros