devops-basics

1. What is Istio?

What is a Service Mesh?

• A service mesh is a dedicated infrastructure layer that you can add to your applications. It allows you to transparently add capabilities like observability, traffic management, and security, without adding them to your own code
• Source: what-is-a-service-mesh

Overview

• Istio is a service mesh
• Istio extends Kubernetes to establish a programmable, application-aware network using the powerful Envoy service proxy.
• Working with both Kubernetes and traditional workloads, Istio brings standard, universal traffic management, telemetry, and security to complex deployments.

Istio Architecture

(Source image: https://istio.io/latest/docs/ops/deployment/architecture/)

Official website documentation of Istio

• Visit https://istio.io/latest/

2. Installation

How to install Istio?

• https://istio.io/latest/docs/setup/install/

3. Basics of Istio

Getting started with Istio

• https://istio.io/latest/docs/setup/getting-started/

4. Beyond the Basics

Exploring Advanced Examples

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5. More…

Istio cheatsheet

• https://istio.io/latest/docs/reference/commands/

Istio with Azure

• https://github.com/Azure-Samples/aks-istio-addon-bicep
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/istio-about

Google Cloud Platform Istio Demo

• service-mesh-istio

Recommended Books

• None

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