Protocol detection and opaque ports in Linkerd
Guest post originally published on Linkerd’s blog by Charles Pretzer The upcoming Linkerd 2.10 release adds a new opaque ports feature that further extends Linkerd’s ability to provide zero-config mutual TLS for all TCP traffic. There have been quite a…
SearchITOperations: “Linkerd ‘opt-in,’ developer accessibility sway IT pros”
DevOps teams with Linkerd in production have bypassed the pain that plagues many Istio deployments. The service mesh architecture helps IT teams manage complex networks through a web of specialized code components called sidecar proxies. It has gained…
Kubernetes network policies with Cilium and Linkerd
Guest post originally published on Buoyant’s blog by Zahari Dichev Applying L4 network policies with a service mesh In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to run Linkerd and Cilium together and how to use Cilium to apply L3…
How a $4 billion retailer built an enterprise-ready Kubernetes platform powered by Linkerd
Guest post by Henry Hagnäs, Enterprise Cloud Architect at Elkjop Nordic AS, and Fredrik Klingenberg, Senior Consultant at Aurum AS In this article, we discuss how Elkjøp, the largest electronics retailer in the Nordics, built an internal Kubernetes…
Guest post originally published on Linkerd’s blog by William Morgan, CEO at Buoyant Why Linkerd doesn’t use Envoy In this article I’m going to describe why Linkerd isn’t built on Envoy. This is a bit of a weird article…
SearchITOperations: “Linkerd service mesh’s steady updates outlast Istio’s flash”
As service mesh adoption goes mainstream, early adopters of Linkerd say it allowed them to start small and grow in scale and sophistication as needed.
A guide to setting up Kubernetes Service Level Objectives (SLOs) with Prometheus and Linkerd
Guest post originally published on Buoyant’s blog by Kevin LeimkuhLer SLOs are a lot easier with a service mesh in hand In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to easily create service health SLOs on Kubernetes with Prometheus, an open…
CNCF Releases Free Training Course Covering Basics of Service Mesh with Linkerd
Introduction to Service Mesh with Linkerd is the newest training course from CNCF and The Linux Foundation. This course, offered on the non-profit edX learning platform, can be audited by anyone at no cost. The course is designed…
Announcing Linkerd 2.9: mTLS for all, ARM support, and more!
Project blog, cross-posted from Linkerd, written by William Morgan We’re very happy to announce the release of Linkerd 2.9, the best Linkerd version yet! This release extends Linkerd’s zero-config mutual TLS (mTLS) support to all TCP connections, allowing…
What’s New in Linkerd 2.9: mTLS for all TCP connections, ARM support, and more
The Linkerd 2.9 release is a huge milestone for fans of zero-trust security: it extends Linkerd’s zero-config mutual TLS (mTLS) support to all TCP connections. This means Linkerd can encrypt and authenticate all TCP connections in the cluster…