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Introduction to Istio

Course Summary

This course is designed for professionals aiming to elevate their skills in microservices management and enhance their knowledge of Istio, an open-source service mesh platform. Participants explore Istio features, gaining hands-on experience in deploying, securing, and monitoring microservices.

Purpose
Learn about Istio as a service mesh solution for improving microservices management
Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of networking concepts and protocols
- Familiarity with the Linux commands
- Foundational understanding of Kubernetes
- Familiarity with microservices

Role
System Administrators | Developers 
Skill level
Intermediate
Style
Lecture | Hands-on Activities
Duration
3 days
Related technologies
Kubernetes

 

Learning Objectives
  • Understand key Istio features, and architecture and how it integrates
  • Setup Istio within a Kubernetes cluster, customize deployments, and verify the readiness of Istio for microservices management
  • Implement Istio to address traffic management, security, and observability challenges in complex microservices architectures

What you'll learn:

In this course, you'll learn:

Review of Kubernetes Basics

  • Refreshing fundamental concepts of Kubernetes
  • Pods, Services, Labels, and Deployments in Kubernetes
  • How Kubernetes manages containerized applications

Introduction to Istio

  • Overview of microservices and challenges in managing them
  • Introduction to Istio as a service mesh solution
  • Key Istio features and benefits

Istio Architecture and Components

  • Understanding the core components of Istio: Envoy, Pilot, Mixer, and Citadel
  • How Istio integrates with Kubernetes and other orchestration platforms
  • Istio's data plane and control plane

Istio Installation and Setup

  • Hands-on setup of Istio in a Kubernetes cluster
  • Configuration and customization of Istio deployments
  • Verifying Istio installation and readiness

Traffic Management

  • Working with virtual services
  • Implementing Istio Ingress Gateway
  • Request routing
  • Load balancing
  • Network resilience and testing

Istio Security Features

  • Securing microservices communication
  • Authentication and authorization
  • Certificate management

Observability: Monitoring and Tracing

  • Leveraging Istio's telemetry and observability features
  • Collecting metrics with Prometheus and visualizing with Grafana
  • Distributed tracing with Jaeger and Zipkin

Introduction to Istio

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