Lightbend has introduced a brand new model of Akka, its platform for constructing responsive distributed apps.
Akka 3 has been in growth since 2018, in line with the corporate, and it makes use of many different Lightbend tasks, resembling Lagom, Play Framework, Cloudstate, Cloudflow, Akka Streams, and Kalix.
There are three most important themes within the Akka 3 launch. First, it has multi-master replication, which permits a single entity to have cases working in a number of areas. That is achieved through the use of replicated occasion logging, CRDTs, and a protocol that runs on gRPC to ensure supply of occasions.
Second, and constructing on prime of multi-master replication, builders can migrate apps to completely different clouds with out downtime or disruption. “These options additionally imply that operations can do upgrades of the appliance, particular person companies, or knowledge mannequin with none disruption,” Jonas Bonér, founder and CTO of Lightstep, wrote in a put up.
And at last, Akka 3 additionally has an app resilience assure the place Lightstep pays prospects for any losses incurred by app downtime. “It’s a part of the SLA you get, which implies that it’s on us to fret about. We will confidently do that: Akka apps have by no means had a Sev1 as a result of Akka. It’s rock stable and hardened,” stated Bonér.
Along with this launch, the corporate additionally introduced some main model adjustments. It’s unifying its whole portfolio into Akka, and is altering its title from Lightbend to Akka to replicate this variation.
In keeping with the corporate, Kalix.io and Lightbend.com shall be retired, however all present buyer companies will proceed working uninterrupted.
“The Akka libraries that you’ve used over the past 15 years are additionally included within the new Akka, will all the time be part of Akka, and can indefinitely have new characteristic investments. The Akka libraries are foundational to our firm, our enterprise, and our merchandise,” Tyler Jewell, CEO of the corporate, wrote in a put up.
The corporate can be internet hosting a webinar subsequent Wednesday, November twentieth at 11 AM ET to undergo the adjustments in Akka 3.
