Best Practices for a Service Mesh – based on Istio

The more extensive and intertwined a microservices architecture becomes, the more confusing it becomes. This is referred to as “service mesh“. Today, such architectures are developed natively in the cloud and special requirements are placed on those who are to manage these microservices. Istio is the tool which helps keep the overview and reduce the complexity of these deployments. Benefit from Istio’s features and run a distributed microservice architecture efficiently.

As a follow-up to our previous cheat sheet featuring the most important commands and functions, DevOpsCon speaker Michael Hofmann has put together the 8 best practices you should keep in mind when using Istio.