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type: docs
title: "Running Dapr and Open Service Mesh together"
linkTitle: "Open Service Mesh"
weight: 4000
description: "Learn how to run both Open Service Mesh and Dapr on the same Kubernetes cluster"
---

## Overview

[Open Service Mesh (OSM)](https://openservicemesh.io/) is a lightweight, extensible, cloud native service mesh that allows users to uniformly manage, secure, and get out-of-the-box observability features for highly dynamic microservice environments.

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## Dapr integration

Users are able to leverage both OSM SMI traffic policies and Dapr capabilities on the same Kubernetes cluster. Visit [this guide](https://docs.openservicemesh.io/docs/integrations/demo_dapr/) to get started.

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## Example

Watch the OSM team present the OSM and Dapr integration in the 05/18/2021 community call:

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## Additional resources

- [Dapr and service meshes]({{< ref service-mesh.md >}})