The service mesh revolution is very new, with just over two years to its history. It is continuously evolving, and at the time of writing, there are three leading service mesh providers known as Istio, Linkerd, and Consul. In the upcoming sections, we will introduce these three service mesh providers and look at their architecture and implementation. We will cover hands-on exercises in separate sections of this book.
Istio is covered in detail from Chapter 7, Understanding the Istio Service Mesh, through Chapter 13, Exploring Istio Telemetry Features; Linkerd from Chapter 14, Understanding the Linkerd Service Mesh, through Chapter 18, Exploring the Observability Features of Linkerd; and Consul from Chapter 19, Understanding the Consul Service Mesh, through Chapter 22, Exploring Traffic Management in Consul.
