Hi, I want to integrate spicedb with
# spicedbb
Bharat
07/14/2025, 5:11 PMHi, I want to integrate spicedb with Istio service mesh for Authorization. I believe web assembly could help me . Does anyone have any suggestions or GitHub link for the same.
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yetitwo
07/14/2025, 8:02 PMyou're gonna have to provide more context
yetitwo
07/14/2025, 8:02 PMwe do use a wasm build of SpiceDB in the playground repo if that's something that would give you some context
yetitwo
07/14/2025, 8:03 PMbut i wouldn't run real SpiceDB without a backing datastore, and i'm not sure running in wasm supports that
yetitwo
07/14/2025, 8:03 PMwhat are you trying to do?
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Bharat
07/15/2025, 2:03 AMI am running spicedb with postgre and want to use it as Authorization before entering any service. When a request comes to microservices, it should be directed to spicedb for Authorization, if Authorization is successful, requests should be forwarded to actual service else block it.
Bharat
07/15/2025, 2:06 AMI want to integrate wasm plugin with the Istio sidecar . Not sure if going in the right direction
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yetitwo
07/15/2025, 2:44 AMthe more common way to integrate spicedb is to have the services call out to it after they receive the request
yetitwo
07/15/2025, 2:44 AMchecks can theoretically be done by ingress, but list logic can't
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Bharat
07/15/2025, 4:13 AMFor check before reaching to service, any practical examples or recommendations
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yetitwo
07/15/2025, 4:53 AMwill your service have list logic?
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Bharat
07/15/2025, 5:03 AMNo. My service would have yes/no for Authorization
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yetitwo
07/15/2025, 2:46 PMyou're saying your service will not have endpoints that return lists of objects?
yetitwo
07/15/2025, 2:46 PMif that's the case, then yeah, you can probably get away with doing something in the service mesh
yetitwo
07/15/2025, 2:47 PMbut i don't know of anyone doing things that way and i don't have any examples or guidance for you (not that i think it's a bad idea; just that i haven't heard of it yet)
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Bharat
07/15/2025, 2:48 PMNot a problem. I was checking if anyone did it before
Bharat
07/15/2025, 2:48 PMIt would be great help
Bharat
07/15/2025, 2:49 PMI am exploring external Authorization and websssembly as of now