Google Cloud Service Mesh

aid: google-cloud-service-mesh
name: Google Cloud Service Mesh
description: >-
  Google Cloud Service Mesh is Google's managed service mesh solution for GKE and supported GKE Enterprise environments,
  enabling secure, observable, and reliable communication between microservices. It provides a managed Istio control
  plane, Google Cloud-native service routing APIs, mTLS security, and built-in telemetry for distributed applications.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Google Cloud
  - Istio
  - Kubernetes
  - Microservices
  - Service Mesh
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-cloud-service-mesh/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: google-cloud-service-mesh:network-services-api
    name: Google Cloud Network Services API
    description: >-
      The Network Services API provides programmatic configuration of application networking infrastructure for Cloud
      Service Mesh. It manages gateways, meshes, HTTP/gRPC/TCP/TLS routes, endpoint policies, service load balancing
      policies, WebAssembly plugins, and authorization extensions through a REST interface backed by the
      networkservices.googleapis.com service endpoint.
    humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs/reference/network-services/rest
    baseURL: https://networkservices.googleapis.com/
    tags:
      - Networking
      - REST
      - Service Mesh
      - Traffic Management
    properties:
      - url: openapi/google-cloud-service-mesh-openapi.yml
        type: OpenAPI
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs/reference/network-services/rest
      - type: Reference
        url: https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs/reference/network-services/rest/v1/projects.locations.meshes
      - type: Discovery
        url: https://networkservices.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1
  - aid: google-cloud-service-mesh:network-security-api
    name: Google Cloud Network Security API
    description: >-
      The Network Security API manages security policies for Cloud Service Mesh, including authorization policies,
      client TLS policies, and server TLS policies. It provides REST endpoints for creating and managing mTLS
      configuration and fine-grained access control across projects and locations, served from the
      networksecurity.googleapis.com service endpoint.
    humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs/reference/network-security/rest
    baseURL: https://networksecurity.googleapis.com/
    tags:
      - Authorization
      - mTLS
      - Security
      - Service Mesh
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs/reference/network-security/rest
      - type: Reference
        url: >-
          https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs/reference/network-security/rest/v1/projects.locations.authorizationPolicies
      - type: Discovery
        url: https://networksecurity.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1
  - aid: google-cloud-service-mesh:xds-control-plane-api
    name: Google Cloud Service Mesh xDS Control Plane API
    description: >-
      Cloud Service Mesh uses the open-source xDS v3 control plane API to distribute configuration to Envoy sidecar
      proxies and proxyless gRPC clients. Configurations defined via the Network Services and Network Security REST APIs
      are translated and pushed to connected clients through the xDS protocol, supporting Listener Discovery Service
      (LDS), Route Discovery Service (RDS), Cluster Discovery Service (CDS), and Endpoint Discovery Service (EDS).
    humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs/service-routing/xds-control-plane-apis
    baseURL: https://trafficdirector.googleapis.com/
    tags:
      - Control Plane
      - Envoy
      - Service Mesh
      - xDS
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs/service-routing/xds-control-plane-apis
common:
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform
  - type: Website
    url: https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs/onboarding/provision-control-plane
  - type: Reference
    url: https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs/reference/network-services/rest
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh/pricing
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs/release-notes
  - type: Support
    url: https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs/getting-support
  - type: Security
    url: https://cloud.google.com/service-mesh/docs/security-bulletins
  - type: Integrations
    url: https://cloud.google.com/marketplace
integrations:
  - name: Become a Partner
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com