Istio Service Mesh

Learn how to manage the challenges posed by distributed systems using service mesh technologies such as Envoy Proxy and the Service Mesh Interface (SMI) specification.

Course Details

Who is it for

This course is designed for DevOps engineers, site reliability engineers, and platform engineers adopting microservice architectures.

What You’ll Learn

The course introduces the challenges of distributed systems, strategies for managing these challenges, and the architecture of service meshes. It also covers key concepts such as data plane vs. control plane and the evolution of ingress.

What It Prepares You For

After completing this course, you will be prepared to roll out and manage microservice architectures and distributed systems.

Lab Info

To successfully complete the lab exercises in this course, access to a Linux server or Linux desktop/laptop is required. Access to a public cloud provider, or VirtualBox on your machine is also needed. Detailed instructions to set up your lab environment are provided in the course.

If using a cloud provider like GCP or AWS, you should be able to complete the lab exercises using the free tier or credits provided to you. However, you may incur charges if you exceed the credits initially allocated by the cloud provider, or if the cloud provider’s terms and conditions change.

Benefits

Istio is a powerful open-source service mesh that simplifies and enhances the management of microservices in cloud-native environments. It provides advanced features like traffic management, security, and observability, making it a valuable tool for Kubernetes and cloud ecosystems.

Syllabus

To make the most of this course, you will need to have:

  • Experience with Kubernetes and Docker
  • Familiarity with command line tools
  • Experience with Linux systems
  • Understanding Kubernetes services
  • Overview of Kubernetes services: ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer
  1. Understanding monoliths vs. microservices
    • Characteristics of monolithic architectures
    • Advantages and drawbacks of monoliths
    • Introduction to microservices architecture
    • Benefits and challenges of microservices
  2. Exploring the concept of service mesh
    • Definition and purpose of service mesh
    • Key components of a service mesh
    • How service mesh solves challenges in microservices communication?
  3. Introduction to Istio
    • Overview of Istio service mesh
    • Key features of Istio: traffic management, security, observability
    • Benefits of using Istio for microservices orchestration
  4. Step-by-step guide: installing Istio
    • Pre-installation requirements and considerations
    • Installing Istio control plane components
    • Verifying Istio installation and setup
  5. Installing and configuring Istioctl
    • Overview of Istioctl command-line tool
    • Installation and setup of Istioctl
    • Common Istioctl commands and use cases
  6. Setting up Istio on your Kubernetes cluster
    • Integrating Istio with Kubernetes
    • Configuring Istio resources for Kubernetes cluster
  7. Deploying your first application on Istio
    • Creating a sample application for deployment
    • Configuring Istio for application traffic management
    • Verifying application deployment and Istio integration
  8. Visualizing service mesh using Kiali
    • Introduction to Kiali: features and functionality
    • Installing and configuring Kiali dashboard
    • Exploring Kiali visualizations for service mesh insights
  9. Installing and configuring Kiali
    • Pre-installation requirements and compatibility
    • Installation methods for Kiali dashboard
    • Configuring Kiali for integration with Istio
  10. Creating traffic into your mesh for testing
    • Generating traffic for load testing
    • Configuring traffic patterns and scenarios
    • Analyzing traffic patterns and performance metrics with Istio and Kiali
  1. Introduction to traffic management in Istio
    • Overview of traffic management concepts
    • Importance of traffic management in microservices architectures
  2. Configuring gateways for ingress and egress traffic
    • Understanding Istio gateways: ingress and egress
    • Setting up gateways for external and internal traffic
  3. Defining virtual services for service routing and load balancing
    • Overview of virtual services in Istio
    • Configuring routing rules for service communication
    • Load balancing strategies in virtual services
  4. Implementing destination rules for traffic splitting and mirroring
    • Introduction to destination rules
    • Configuring traffic splitting for blue-green deployments
    • Implementing traffic mirroring for observability
  5. Injecting faults: understanding fault injections in Istio
    • Importance of fault injection for resilience testing
    • Types of faults: delay, abort, and response modification
    • Configuring fault injection policies in Istio
  6. Configuring timeouts for handling slow or unresponsive services
    • Setting up timeout policies for service calls
    • Handling slow or unresponsive services with timeouts
  7. Implementing retries for resilient service communication
    • Understanding retry mechanisms in Istio
    • Configuring retry policies for service calls
  8. Utilizing circuit breaking for fault tolerance
    • Introduction to circuit-breaking patterns
    • Configuring circuit breakers in Istio
    • Benefits of circuit breaking for microservices resilience
  9. A/B testing: deploying and managing multiple versions of services
    • Introduction to A/B testing in microservices architectures
    • Configuring A/B testing scenarios in Istio
    • Analyzing A/B test results with Istio metrics and observability tools
  1. Understanding security features in Istio
    • Overview of Istio security capabilities
    • Importance of security in microservices environments
  2. Overview of Istio security architecture
    • Components of Istio security architecture: Citadel, Pilot, Mixer
    • How Istio enforces security policies in service mesh
  3. Configuring authentication policies in Istio
    • Authentication methods supported by Istio: JWT, mTLS
    • Configuring authentication policies for service-to-service communication
  4. Implementing authorization policies for access control
    • Role-based access control (RBAC) in Istio
    • Defining authorization policies for service access
  1. Visualizing metrics: integrating Prometheus with Istio for monitoring
    • Introduction to Prometheus monitoring system
    • Setting up Prometheus for monitoring Istio metrics
    • Visualizing metrics with Prometheus dashboards
  2. Utilizing Grafana dashboards for analyzing Istio metrics
    • Overview of Grafana: features and benefits
    • Integrating Grafana with Istio for advanced visualization
    • Analyzing Istio metrics with Grafana dashboards
  3. Implementing distributed tracing with Jaeger: understanding tracing in Istio
    • Introduction to distributed tracing concepts
    • Setting up Jaeger for tracing Istio service calls
    • Analyzing traces for troubleshooting and performance optimization

Details:

Experience Level

Intermediate

Instructor

Corporate Trainers

Course Duration

25 hours

Limited Students

5 - 10 / batch

Language:

English,

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Corporate Learning

Empower your team with hands-on expertise in Istio service mesh for microservices management, traffic control, and enhanced security. Learn to deploy, configure, and optimize Istio in Kubernetes environments with real-world use cases. Elevate your organization’s cloud-native capabilities with advanced observability and automation practices.

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Onsite group training delivers immersive and insightful learning experiences right in the comfort of your office.

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Certification

This Course involves – Training and Certification from CubenSquare

  • Hands on Training
  • Real Time Projects
  • Assisgnments 
  • Course Completion Certificate
  • Job Assistance

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2023-12-14
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2023-12-13
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2023-12-13
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2023-12-13
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