ISTIO bootcamp - Complete Service Mesh Explained: Traffic Management, Security, Observability

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This video is a foundational introduction to Istio, explaining why a service mesh is required in Kubernetes-based microservices environments. It first briefly revisits monolithic and microservices architecture only to establish context, then focuses on the real operational gaps in Kubernetes around service-to-service communication, advanced load balancing, observability, resiliency, and zero-trust security. The video clarifies what Kubernetes provides by default and what it cannot handle at an enterprise level, and then explains how Istio addresses these gaps by adding intelligent proxies, traffic management, retries, circuit breaking, distributed tracing, and mutual TLS without requiring application code changes, establishing a clear understanding of Istio’s purpose and value in production systems.

0:00 - Introduction and course context
1:00 - Why microservices architecture became necessary
6:00 - Core challenges in microservices (communication, scaling, security)
13:30 - What microservices expect from the platform
15:30 - Kubernetes role in microservices architecture
16:30 - Why Kubernetes alone is not sufficient
21:20 - Traffic management and load balancing requirements
23:30 - Observability needs (metrics, tracing, logs)
26:40 - Resiliency concepts (timeouts, retries, circuit breaking)
37:20 - Kubernetes networking and security limitations
48:40 - Need for an advanced solution on top of Kubernetes
49:00 - Introduction to Istio and why it exists
56:10 - What Istio provides (traffic, security, observability)
58:30 - Key takeaway: Istio vs Kubernetes responsibilities

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Istio traffic management
Istio virtual service destination rule
Istio traffic routing and shifting
Istio canary deployment
Istio load balancing retries circuit breaker
Istio ingress egress gateway
Istio fault injection error handling
Istio observability metrics tracing logs
Istio Prometheus Grafana Jaeger Zipkin
Istio telemetry and access logs
Istio security mTLS
Istio authentication authorization policies
Zero trust service mesh Istio
Istio architecture control plane data plane
Istio sidecar proxy Envoy

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