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
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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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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.
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Usage instructions
Quick Start
- Launch on t3.medium or larger
- Access Kuma API: http://YOUR_PUBLIC_IP/
- Access GUI: http://YOUR_PUBLIC_IP/gui
- 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
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