Course Outline
Introduction to Service Mesh
- Challenges of managing microservices at scale
- What a service mesh solves
- Comparing Istio with other service meshes (Linkerd, Consul)
Kubernetes Networking Fundamentals
- Core Kubernetes networking model
- Services, Ingress, and load balancing
- Limitations of native Kubernetes networking
Istio Features and Architecture
- Control plane vs data plane
- Role of Envoy sidecars
- Key Istio components: Pilot, Citadel, Mixer (legacy), Istiod
Installing Istio on Kubernetes
- Preparing a Kubernetes cluster for Istio
- Installing Istio with Helm and Istioctl
- Verifying the installation and sidecar injection
Working with Istio Traffic Management
- Configuring routing, retries, and failovers
- Blue/green and canary deployments
- Using Istio Gateway for ingress traffic
Service Mesh Security with Istio
- Mutual TLS (mTLS) for service-to-service authentication
- Authorization policies (RBAC and ABAC)
- Zero Trust architecture in Istio
Observability and Monitoring
- Using Prometheus and Grafana with Istio
- Distributed tracing with Jaeger and Zipkin
- Analyzing metrics, logs, and traces
Integrating Istio with Calico
- Advanced network policy enforcement
- 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
- An understanding of networking concepts
- Experience with Linux command line
- Knowledge of containers and Kubernetes
Audience
- Developers
- Cloud architects
- DevOps engineers
- Network engineers
- System administrators
Delivery Options
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