In the previous section, we delved into the Istio architecture, how to install it, and hands-on exercises regarding traffic management, security, policies, and observability. Istio is a highly configurable feature-rich service mesh. However, some may find that Istio is a bit difficult to start with. In this chapter, we will discuss another open source service mesh called Linkerd (pronounced Linker-Dee).
The architecture of Linkerd can alleviate some complexities of Istio's deployment, proxy injection, traffic management, observability, and basic security practices. Linkerd is an incubating project of CNCF with many contributors. In this section of the book, we will perform a deep dive and explain significant Linkerd capabilities that are run and managed on a Kubernetes environment. By the end of this chapter, you will have a strong sense...