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    Kuma - Universal Service Mesh Control Plane on EC2

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    CNCF service mesh control plane by Kong. mTLS encryption, traffic routing, observability, and multi-zone support for VMs and containers. Universal mode - no Kubernetes required. Built on Envoy proxy.

    Overview

    Kuma is a universal service mesh control plane built on Envoy proxy, a CNCF graduated project maintained by Kong.

    Key Features:

    • mTLS encryption between services (zero-trust networking)
    • Traffic routing, load balancing, circuit breaking
    • Built-in observability (metrics, traces, logs)
    • Multi-zone deployment for hybrid and multi-cloud
    • Universal mode: works on VMs, bare metal, and containers
    • No Kubernetes required (but supports it too)
    • Web GUI dashboard for mesh visualization
    • Policy-based configuration (MeshTrafficPermission, MeshRetry, etc.)

    Pre-installed on EC2 with Docker. Launch and configure your service mesh.

    Highlights

    • CNCF service mesh with mTLS, traffic routing, and observability - built on Envoy
    • Universal mode works on VMs and containers - no Kubernetes required
    • Multi-zone support for hybrid cloud deployments - maintained by Kong

    Details

    Delivery method

    Delivery option
    64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

    Latest version

    Operating system
    Ubuntu 24.04

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    Kuma - Universal Service Mesh Control Plane on EC2

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    Usage costs (6)

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    Dimension
    Description
    Cost/hour
    t3.medium
    Recommended
    t3.medium instance
    $0.01
    t3.micro
    t3.micro instance
    $0.00
    t3.large
    t3.large instance
    $0.01
    m5.large
    m5.large instance
    $0.01
    r5.large
    r5.large instance
    $0.01
    m5.xlarge
    m5.xlarge instance
    $0.01

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    No refunds. Cancel anytime. Contact support@waltsoft.net .

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    Delivery details

    64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

    Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

    An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.

    Version release notes

    Kuma Service Mesh - kumahq/kuma-cp:2.14.0 with correct 'run' command, E2E verified.

    Additional details

    Usage instructions

    Quick Start

    1. Launch on t3.medium or larger
    2. Access Kuma API: http://YOUR_PUBLIC_IP/
    3. Access GUI: http://YOUR_PUBLIC_IP/gui
    4. Use kumactl or HTTP API to configure your service mesh

    What's Included

    • Kuma Control Plane v2.14.0 (CNCF project by Kong)
    • Universal mode with in-memory store
    • mTLS, traffic routing, observability built-in
    • Web GUI dashboard at /gui

    Ports

    • 80: Kuma CP HTTP API + GUI (mapped from 5681)
    • 22: SSH (ubuntu)

    Configuration

    SSH in: cd /opt/app && docker compose logs kuma-cp For Postgres store: edit docker-compose.yml, set KUMA_STORE_TYPE=postgres

    Documentation

    https://kuma.io/docs/ 

    Support

    https://waltsoft.net/ 

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