Thank you for sending your enquiry! One of our team members will contact you shortly.
Thank you for sending your booking! One of our team members will contact you shortly.
Course Outline
Introduction to Service Mesh
- Challenges associated with managing microservices at scale.
- How a service mesh addresses these challenges.
- Comparing Istio with other service mesh solutions (Linkerd, Consul).
Kubernetes Networking Fundamentals
- Core Kubernetes networking model.
- Services, Ingress, and load balancing mechanisms.
- Limitations of native Kubernetes networking.
Istio Features and Architecture
- Distinction between the control plane and data plane.
- The role of Envoy sidecars.
- Key Istio components: Pilot, Citadel, Mixer (legacy), and Istiod.
Installing Istio on Kubernetes
- Preparing a Kubernetes cluster for Istio.
- Installing Istio using Helm and Istioctl.
- Verifying installation and sidecar injection.
Working with Istio Traffic Management
- Configuring routing, retries, and failovers.
- Implementing blue/green and canary deployments.
- Utilizing the Istio Gateway for ingress traffic.
Service Mesh Security with Istio
- Mutual TLS (mTLS) for service-to-service authentication.
- Authorization policies (RBAC and ABAC).
- Implementing Zero Trust architecture in Istio.
Observability and Monitoring
- Integrating Prometheus and Grafana with Istio.
- Distributed tracing using Jaeger and Zipkin.
- Analyzing metrics, logs, and traces.
Integrating Istio with Calico
- Advanced network policy enforcement.
- Securing pod-to-pod communication.
- Best practices for deploying Istio alongside Calico.
Troubleshooting and Best Practices
- Common issues encountered during Istio deployments.
- Debugging sidecar proxies.
- Operational best practices for production service meshes.
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- A foundational understanding of networking concepts.
- Experience using the Linux command line.
- Knowledge of containers and Kubernetes.
Audience
- Developers.
- Cloud architects.
- DevOps engineers.
- Network engineers.
- System administrators.
14 Hours
Testimonials (1)
the technical preparation of teachers