Workshop (October 23rd, 2024) - 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Istio 0 to 60


Synopsis:
This workshop will get you up to speed on Istio via a hands-on tour.I will cover what the Istio service mesh is, and then you will work through installing Istio into a Kubernetes cluster and then deploy and configure a microservice application.After completing this workshop, you’ll be able to:

  • Understand the architecture and components of Istio
  • Deploy Istio on a Kubernetes cluster
  • Expose an application using an Istio gateway
  • Use traffic routing for blue-green and canary deployments
  • Use Grafana, Zipkin, and Kiali for service observability
  • Understand the basics of security in Istio and control access to your workloads
If you want to get a better understanding of Istio, this workshop might be right for you!


Requirements for the lab: Basic understanding of Kubernetes, Docker, and Linux command line. Laptop with curl, docker, kubectl and istioctl installed.

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Speaker:

Cloud Native Summit - Liam Byrne

Liam Byrne

Software Engineer at Tetrate

Liam is an engineer at Tetrate, building Tetrate Service Bridge (TSB), a networking platform built on Istio and Envoy. He uses Istio every day, including in multicluster environments, and has made open source contributions to Istio. Liam has wide range of expertise over the last decade, from architecture, global scale distributed systems at Google, to web & mobile apps, and embedded software.

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