Loki - Kubernetes logging

Loki is a Prometheus-inspired logging service for cloud native infrastructure. What is Loki? Open sourced by Grafana Labs during KubeCon Seattle 2018, Loki is a logging backend optimized for users running Prometheus and Kubernetes with great logs search and visualization in Grafana 6.0. Grafana Loki is a set of components, that can be composed into a fully featured logging stack. It builds around the idea of treating a single log line as-is. Continue reading

Setup a production-ready Istio

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. Continue reading