Sidecarless — 3 Technical Articles

Jul 23, 2025 · Cloud Native

How Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh’s Ambient Mode Boosts Performance and Cuts Costs

Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh (ASM) 1.25 introduces Ambient mode, a sidecar‑less architecture that decouples the mesh from pods, enabling instant mTLS, lower latency, reduced resource consumption, and optional Waypoint proxies for advanced L7 features, all without redeploying applications.

Alibaba CloudKubernetesPerformance

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How Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh’s Ambient Mode Boosts Performance and Cuts Costs

Alibaba Cloud Native

Nov 22, 2023 · Cloud Native

Build a Sidecarless AI Application with Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh ASM – Step‑by‑Step Guide

This guide walks you through creating a sidecarless AI demo on Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh ASM, covering environment setup, multi‑model serving with KServe, PVC storage, InferenceService configuration, business service deployment, gateway and waypoint creation, traffic routing rules, and OIDC single sign‑on integration.

AIASMKServe

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Build a Sidecarless AI Application with Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh ASM – Step‑by‑Step Guide

Qingyun Technology Community

Jan 17, 2022 · Cloud Native

Can eBPF and Wasm Replace Sidecars? Exploring the Future of Service Mesh Data Planes

This article examines how eBPF and WebAssembly are reshaping service mesh data planes by offering sidecar‑less architectures, discussing their benefits, challenges, and the ongoing debate among vendors about performance, security, and programmability.

SidecarlessWebAssemblyeBPF

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Can eBPF and Wasm Replace Sidecars? Exploring the Future of Service Mesh Data Planes