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Introduction to Istio (LFS144x)

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Course Features

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Duration

25 hours

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Delivery Method

Online

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Available on

Limited Access

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Accessibility

Mobile, Desktop, Laptop

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Language

English

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Subtitles

English

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Level

Beginner

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Teaching Type

Self Paced

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Video Content

25 hours

Course Description

This course provides a hands-on introduction to Istio intended for those who want to expand their knowledge about Linux, Docker, and Kubernetes to understand how to set up and manage the service mesh, and comprehend the advantages of deploying and running distributed applications within the service mesh environment.

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Skills You Will Gain

Prerequisites/Requirements

Knowledge of Kubernetes fundamentals and Kubernetes CLI

Basic Linux concepts and command line

What You Will Learn

Learn how Istio supports canary deployments and other scenarios and makes your distributed applications more resilient through retries, timeouts, and circuit breakers

The final chapter covers more advanced topics, including onboarding workloads running on VMs and how Istio provides for extensibility through WebAssembly plugins

This course begins with an overview of service meshes in general and Istio in particular

You will experience and learn how Istio facilitates system observability by collecting and publishing metrics and allows you to control how traffic is routed to your application

You will learn what problems service meshes solve, and explain Istio's architecture, how Istio functions, and how the environment around a deployed application is configured to allow the application to join the mesh

Target Students

Security professionals who already have familiarity and experience with Kubernetes and who wish to take their first steps towards learning and understanding Istio.

Systems operators

Application developers

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