Introducing Istio

6/22/2017

This blog post introduces Istio, an open-source service mesh platform designed to connect, secure, and control microservices running on different platforms. It discusses the challenges of managing microservices and highlights the benefits of using Istio to simplify service communication, improve observability, and enhance security. The post explains the key features and components of Istio, such as sidecar proxies, traffic management, and policy enforcement. It also provides examples and use cases to demonstrate how Istio can help address common microservices architecture challenges. Overall, the blog post serves as a comprehensive introduction to Istio and its role in managing microservices.

istio ꞏ service mesh ꞏ microservices ꞏ cloud-native ꞏ containerization ꞏ kubernetes ꞏ networking ꞏ traffic management ꞏ security ꞏ observability ꞏ monitoring ꞏ distributed systems ꞏ service discovery ꞏ load balancing ꞏ resilience ꞏ fault tolerance ꞏ scalability ꞏ performance ꞏ api management ꞏ service governance ꞏ circuit breaking ꞏ rate limiting ꞏ tracing ꞏ metrics ꞏ logging ꞏ distributed tracing