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Duration 14 hours
Course Outline
Introduction to Service Mesh
- The challenges of managing microservices at scale
- The problems a service mesh addresses
- Comparing Istio with other service meshes (Linkerd, Consul)
Kubernetes Networking Fundamentals
- The core Kubernetes networking model
- Services, Ingress, and load balancing
- Limitations of native Kubernetes networking
Istio Features and Architecture
- Control plane versus 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
Managing Traffic with Istio
- Configuring routing, retries, and failovers
- Blue/green and canary deployments
- Using the Istio Gateway for ingress traffic
Security in an Istio Service Mesh
- Mutual TLS (mTLS) for service-to-service authentication
- Authorization policies (RBAC and ABAC)
- Zero Trust architecture within Istio
Observability and Monitoring
- Leveraging Prometheus and Grafana with Istio
- Distributed tracing using Jaeger and Zipkin
- Analyzing metrics, logs, and traces
Integrating Istio with Calico
- Enforcing advanced network policies
- Securing pod-to-pod communication
- Best practices for Istio + Calico deployments
Troubleshooting and Best Practices
- Common issues in Istio deployments
- Debugging sidecar proxies
- Operational best practices for production service meshes
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- A solid understanding of networking concepts
- Proficiency with the Linux command line
- Familiarity with containers and Kubernetes
Target Audience
- Developers
- Cloud architects
- DevOps engineers
- Network engineers
- System administrators
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