Service meshes and Ingresses
Almost every containerized application needs to be routed in one way or another – whether it’s so outside users can use the application, applications can talk to each other, or one application needs to connect to another. Routes and Services are extremely important in Kubernetes, which is why service meshes and Ingresses play a huge part.
In many cases, you’ll need better visuals into what’s happening with services, how traffic is being routed, and what applications are routing to which load balancers and IP addresses. You’ll also eventually want a way to encrypt traffic between services, which Kubernetes doesn’t give you out of the box.
Service meshes and Ingresess are typically more advanced-level topics, but in this book and possibly at this stage in your career, you’ll be ready to dive in and fully understand the pros and cons of using these two tools, plugins, and platforms.
