Cloud Native Design Patterns

Patterns are essentially atomic designs with one or more components made in composed into an atomic, reusable design. Patterns are a way to apply the DRY principle when managing the configuration of cloud native infrastructure.

Use Meshery to Deploy a Cloud Native Pattern

Use Meshery to deploy a cloud native pattern. Cloud native patterns are detailed as a YAML file. See the Configuration Management guide.

Pattern Repository

See Meshery Catalog.

You may bring your own patterns or find them available through your chosen provider. Each cloud native pattern carries a unique identifier for reference. The patterns in this repository serve in an educational capacity, facilitating learning, and also serve in an operational capacity, facilitating implementation and validation of your cloud native deployment’s adherence to a pattern.

Importing Patterns

You can import a pattern using mesheryctl or Meshery UI. Patterns can be imported from your local filesystem, an HTTP/S endpoint, or from GitHub. When provided a GitHub location (org/repo), Meshery will recursively search the given directory (or the entire repository) for existing pattern files.

Using Meshery CLI

To import a pattern, execute this command:

$ mesheryctl pattern import -f <path to the pattern>
Importing pattern…
Pattern successfully imported.

Using Meshery UI:

From Meshery UI, patterns can be imported from your local filesystem or imported from a remote URL.

To upload from url click the link icon

To deploy a pattern, execute this command:

$ mesheryctl pattern apply -f <path to the pattern>
Deploying pattern…
Pattern successfully applied.

From here, output and behavior will vary based upon the specific pattern you’re deploying. Should you find that your pattern is not successfully deployed, refer to the pattern troubleshooting guide in the Meshery documentation.

As you step through each pattern, you might choose to modify the pattern to suit your specific environment and workload, exploring in-context of your specific situation. Optionally, you may choose to use a plugin like MeshMap, or another visual cloud native topology tool, to facilitate your comprehension of the patterns and to literally see the patterns in-action.

Take time to explore. Try deploying one cloud native’s sample application onto a different cloud native and compare differences in behavior and each cloud native’s ability to manage it. If using Meshery to do so, execute the following commands as an example to deploy the sample application, BookCatalog, onto Open cloud native:

$ mesheryctl pattern apply -f book-catalog
Deploying application “BookCatalog”...
Deployed. Endpoint(s) available at: http://localhost:8000/catalog

Related Reading

• mesheryctl pattern

Suggested Reading

• Configuring your Cloud Native Infrastructure and Applications - Learn how to use Meshery Designs effectively
• Creating a Meshery Design - Learn how to create a Meshery design from scratch or from a template.
• Envoy WASM Filter Management - Meshery provides the ability to manage WASM filters for data plane proxies for agility, maintainability, diversity, reliability and isolation, security, and speed.
• Importing Designs - Learn how to import your existing designs and your existing infrastructure configurations into Meshery as you to manage, operate, and observe your cloud native infrastructure more effectively.
• Push or Pull a Model Image - Push or pull a model image to or from an OCI-compatible image repository.