Service mesh evaluation Framework (Internship / Diploma Thesis)

In a context of digital transformation where enterprises must provide services online and quickly adapt to business changes, new architecture patterns emerge, i.e. API and microservices architecture.

API are façades on top of downstream services implementing business functions, e.g. order management. Their exposition to consumers is well managed and secured through API management solutions. We call it north/south traffic management.

Downstream services can be organized as a set of microservices interacting with each other in order to implement business functions. The management of these interactions, known as east/west traffic, is quite complex and requires specific architecture patterns and tools. This is where the concept of service mesh comes into play. Service meshes are quite mature but still new, and the market is moving fast. In this context, ELCA aims at providing an evaluation of different mesh implementations.