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Istio and Envoy are open-source projects that are commonly used together to manage and secure microservices-based applications within Kubernetes or other containerized environments. Envoy: Envoy is a high-performance, open-source proxy designed for cloud-native applications. It’s often deployed as a sidecar proxy alongside each service instance in a microservices architecture. Envoy acts as a transparent intermediary between microservices, handling traffic routing, load balancing, service discovery, encryption, and observability. Key features of Envoy include dynamic configuration, automatic service discovery, advanced load balancing algorithms, circuit breaking, and rich metrics collection. Istio: Istio is a service mesh platform built on top of Envoy, which provides a layer of infrastructure that facilitates communication, security, and observability between services. Istio uses Envoy as its data plane proxy, handling all network communication between services. Key features of Istio include traffic management (such as traffic splitting and routing), security (including mTLS encryption, access control, and policy enforcement), and observability (metrics, logs, and distributed tracing). Istio also offers advanced features like fault injection, rate limiting, and distributed request tracing for troubleshooting and debugging microservices-based applications. Together, Envoy and Istio provide a powerful set of tools for managing and securing microservices architectures, improving reliability, scalability, and maintainability of modern cloud-native applications. They allow developers and operators to implement complex networking and security requirements without modifying application code, enabling greater agility and flexibility in deploying and operating microservices-based systems. The post Istio Envoy Advance Demo Video appeared first on DevOpsSchool.com. View the full article

In the dynamic landscape of microservices and cloud-native architectures, the role of service meshes has become increasingly crucial. These programmable frameworks empower users to seamlessly connect, secure, and observe their microservices, relieving them of the complexities associated with these critical tasks within their applications. Istio, a leading service mesh project, has been at the forefront […]View the full article

In enterprises, SREs, DevOps, and cloud architects often discuss which platform to choose for observability for faster troubleshooting of issues and understanding about performance of their production systems. There are certain questions they need to answer to get maximum value for their team, such as: Will an observability tool support all kinds of workloads and heterogeneous systems? Will the tool support all kinds of data aggregation, such as logs, metrics, traces, topology, etc..? Will the investment in the (ongoing or new) observability tool be justified? In this article, we will provide the best way to get started with unified observability of your entire infrastructure using open-source Skywalking and Istio service mesh. View the full article

Developing software applications that follow the microservice architecture patterns has become the de-facto standard for greenfield projects. In addition to that, these days, migrating from monolithic to microservices is a trend. View the full article