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Service Mesh Interface Structure
Service Mesh Interface Structure
Logical structure of the four SMI API groups and their resource kinds. Documents the conceptual API surface of an archived CNCF specification.
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Service Mesh Interface Structure is a JSON Structure definition published by Service Mesh Interface (SMI). It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/schema/v1 meta-schema.
Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/schema/v1
JSON Structure
{
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/schema/v1",
"$id": "https://api-evangelist.github.io/service-mesh-interface/json-structure/service-mesh-interface-structure.json",
"title": "Service Mesh Interface (SMI) Structure",
"description": "Logical structure of the four SMI API groups and their resource kinds. Documents the conceptual API surface of an archived CNCF specification.",
"version": "0.6.0",
"status": "archived",
"archivalDate": "2023-10-20",
"successor": "Kubernetes Gateway API (GAMMA Initiative)",
"successorUrl": "https://gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io/mesh/gamma/",
"apiGroups": [
{
"group": "access.smi-spec.io",
"version": "v1alpha3",
"concern": "Traffic Policy / Authorization",
"kinds": ["TrafficTarget"],
"relations": {
"TrafficTarget.spec.rules": "references specs.smi-spec.io kinds (HTTPRouteGroup, TCPRoute, UDPRoute)",
"TrafficTarget.spec.sources": "Kubernetes ServiceAccount references",
"TrafficTarget.spec.destination": "Kubernetes ServiceAccount reference"
}
},
{
"group": "specs.smi-spec.io",
"version": "v1alpha4",
"concern": "Traffic Specs / Routing",
"kinds": ["HTTPRouteGroup", "TCPRoute", "UDPRoute"],
"relations": {
"HTTPRouteGroup": "consumed by TrafficTarget.rules and TrafficSplit.matches",
"TCPRoute": "consumed by TrafficTarget.rules",
"UDPRoute": "consumed by TrafficTarget.rules"
}
},
{
"group": "split.smi-spec.io",
"version": "v1alpha4",
"concern": "Traffic Management / Progressive Delivery",
"kinds": ["TrafficSplit"],
"relations": {
"TrafficSplit.spec.service": "root Kubernetes Service",
"TrafficSplit.spec.backends[].service": "backend Kubernetes Service with integer weight",
"TrafficSplit.spec.matches": "optional HTTPRouteGroup references for header-based segmentation"
}
},
{
"group": "metrics.smi-spec.io",
"version": "v1alpha1",
"concern": "Traffic Telemetry / Observability",
"kinds": ["TrafficMetrics", "TrafficMetricsList"],
"exposure": "Kubernetes APIService aggregation layer at /apis/metrics.smi-spec.io/v1alpha1",
"scopedResources": ["Pod", "Deployment", "Namespace"],
"metrics": [
"p99_response_latency",
"p90_response_latency",
"p50_response_latency",
"success_count",
"failure_count"
]
}
]
}
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