Learning Istio

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This repository provides a comprehensive set of hands-on Istio tutorials, designed to guide you through practical exercises and demonstrations. Whether you are new to Istio or looking to deepen your understanding, these tutorials cover a range of topics, including:

Tutorials

Deploy Microservices without Service Mesh

• Session 0

Deploy Microservices with Service Mesh

Learn the essentials of configuring and setting up the Istio environment to kickstart your deployment.

• Session 1

Observability

Explore the powerful features of the Kiali dashboard and jaeger for monitoring and tracing the service mesh.

• Session 2
  • Kiali
  • Jaeger

Traffic Management

Gain insights into Istio's traffic management capabilities, including routing, load balancing, and traffic shaping.

• Session 3

  • Gateways
  • Virtural Service
  • Destination Rules
  • Faul Injection
  • Circuit Breaker
  • A/B Testing
  • Timemout
  • Retries

Security

Delve into Istio's security features, covering topics such as mTLS (mutual Transport Layer Security), access control, and policy enforcement.

• Session 4

  • Authentication
  • Authorization
  • Certificate Management

Debugging / Troubelshooting

Understand how to use Istio CLI to troubleshoot issues with your mesh.

• Session 5

  • Istio Injection
  • Istioctl Tools
  • Dry Run
  • Authorization
  • Kiali

ICA (Istio Certified Associate)

Preparing for the ICA. Here, I will review the exam questions and provide answers.