Solo Academy Course: Istio Basics

Demystifying Istio, the cloud-native open-source service mesh

In this free video-led beginner course, learn about istio and how it helps provide control over distributed workloads and applications with powerful insights and security features.

Learn how to leverage Istio as you progress through your cloud-mative journey whether it is fine-tuning your microservices architecture to upgrading your service mesh capabilities with Istio.

What You’ll Learn

• Understand what Istio is and how it functions as a critical service network layer, automating communication between your microservices.
• Explore Istio's architecture, including its control plane and data plane components (like the Envoy Proxy)
• How they work together to manage traffic and enforce policies.
• Learn about Istio's powerful features for traffic management (routing, error handling), robust security (authentication, encryption), and comprehensive observability (insights into service mesh deployments)

Who Should Attend

Course material is ideal for technology professionals new to Istio and with elementary understanding of service mesh and the cloud native ecosystem.

This course is designed to provide a concise, practical overview of the basics around service mesh and takes approximately 45 minutes to complete.

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