Getting Started with Istio Service Mesh: Manage Microservices in Kubernetes (1st ed.)

By: Rahul Sharma and Avinash Singh

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Synopsis: Build an in-depth understanding of the Istio service mesh and see why a service mesh is required for a distributed application. This book covers the Istio architecture and its features using a hands-on approach with language-neutral examples. To get your Istio environment up and running, you will go through its setup and learn the concepts of control plane and data plane. You will become skilled with the new concepts and apply them with best practices to continuously deliver applications. What You Will LearnDiscover the Istio architecture components and the Envoy proxyMaster traffic management for service routing and application deploymentBuild application resiliency using timeout, circuit breakers, and connection poolsMonitor using Prometheus and GrafanaConfigure application security Who This Book Is For Developers and project managers who are trying to run their application using Kubernetes. The book is not specific for any programming language even though all examples will be in Java or Python.