Istio is open source service mesh. It adds an abstraction layer to the network. It also provides capabilities to connect, manage and secure microservices.
Istio provides built-in configuration profiles. But for production environment, we need to :
improve performance by using tuned settings. enable SDS to secure gateways. integrate with Prometheus operator, Grafana, Jaeger and Kiali. Now we’ll set up Istio on Kubernetes for production environment.
Install a istio using tuned settings Download Istio release.
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