Lnav Microservices Access Proxy
The logs spilled errors like blood. Services were up, network stable, yet requests kept failing in the dark space between them. That gap is where the Lnav Microservices Access Proxy belongs. It is not another layer of complexity. It is the control point between microservices, the single source of truth for who can talk to what, when, and how.
Microservices invite chaos if communication is left unchecked. Every service has its own permissions, secrets, and endpoints. Without a proxy to centralize access, you end up with brittle custom code, duplicated logic, and blind spots in your observability stack. The Lnav Access Proxy solves this by placing a lightweight, high-performance gate at the boundary of each service. Requests flow through it. Policies are enforced before they hit the service. Audit logs are captured without guesswork.
Performance is critical. Lnav runs close to the wire. Latency overhead is negligible, measured in microseconds. It scales horizontally, making it fit for workloads that spike under unpredictable traffic. This keeps your microservices free to focus on their jobs, while the proxy handles authentication, authorization, and service-to-service routing.
Security is systemic. Lnav uses strict TLS everywhere, token-based authentication, and fine-grained role definitions. You can block entire classes of requests without touching the service code. You can open temporary channels for debugging, then close them instantly. You control access at runtime with no redeploys.
Observability is built in. Every request through the proxy is logged. Logs integrate directly with Lnav tooling, so you can live-tail them, filter by user or service, and spot anomalies before they spread. Combined with tracing data, this makes the Access Proxy both a defensive wall and a diagnostic weapon.
Integration is straightforward. Drop it into your existing Kubernetes ingress, sidecar it with services, or run it standalone. No rewrites. No fragile pipelines. Configuration is clear and declarative, with policies expressed in YAML or JSON. CI/CD hooks let you push changes with commit-based control.
If you are building or scaling a microservices architecture, think beyond direct service calls. Insert control. Insert visibility. Insert speed. That’s what the Lnav Microservices Access Proxy delivers.
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