Securely Decoupling Kubernetes-based Applications on Amazon EKS using Kafka with SASL/SCRAM
Securely decoupling Go-based microservices on Amazon EKS using Amazon MSK with IRSA, SASL/SCRAM, and data encryption
As organizations scale and mature, they frequently endeavor to move away from a monolithic application architecture toward a distributed, microservices-based paradigm. As part of this transition, organizations regularly embrace modern programming languages and frameworks, adopt containerization, acquire a preference for open-source software components, and opt for asynchronous event-driven communication models. Regardless of the final architecture, organizations must continuously maintain a high level of application and infrastructure security.
Introduction
This post will explore a simple Go-based application deployed to Kubernetes using Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS). The microservices that comprise the application communicate asynchronously by producing and consuming events from Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK).
