Summary

In this chapter, we did a very comprehensive study of service meshes on Kubernetes. Service meshes are here to stay. They are simply the right way to operate a complex distributed system. Separating all the operations concerns out to the proxies and having the service mesh to control them is a paradigm shift. Kubernetes, of course, is designed primarily for complex distributed systems, so the value of the service mesh becomes clear right away. It is also great to see that there are many options for service meshes on Kubernetes. While most service meshes are not specific to Kubernetes, it is one of the most important deployment platforms. In addition, we did a thorough review of Istio – arguably the service mesh with the most momentum – and took it through its paces. We demonstrated many of the benefits of service meshes and how they integrate with various other systems. You should be able to evaluate how useful a service mesh can be for your system and if you...