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Apache Dubbo vs Gatekeeper: What are the differences?
Developers describe Apache Dubbo as "A high performance Java RPC framework". It is a high-performance, light weight, java based RPC framework. Dubbo offers three key functionalities, which include interface based remote call, fault tolerance & load balancing, and automatic service registration & discovery. On the other hand, Gatekeeper is detailed as "*K8s Gatekeeper Policy Manager, Easily Visualize Policies and Violations *". It is a simple to use, open-source, web-based tool to see the OPA Gatekeeper's policies deployed in your cluster and their status.
Apache Dubbo and Gatekeeper are primarily classified as "Remote Procedure Call (RPC)" and "Container" tools respectively.
Some of the features offered by Apache Dubbo are:
- Transparent interface based RPC
- Intelligent load balancing
- Automatic service registration and discovery
On the other hand, Gatekeeper provides the following key features:
- An extensible, parameterized policy library
- Native Kubernetes CRDs for instantiating the policy library
- Native Kubernetes CRDs for extending the policy library
Apache Dubbo is an open source tool with 32.2K GitHub stars and 21K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Apache Dubbo's open source repository on GitHub.
