Istio
A service mesh for observability, security in depth, and management.
Istio is an open-source service mesh that extends Kubernetes to provide programmable, application-aware networking for cloud-native and traditional workloads. It delivers standard traffic management, telemetry, and security across complex deployments, supporting both sidecar and ambient (sidecarless) modes. Istio is a graduated project of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and is backed by a broad ecosystem of providers and consultants.
Istio deploys proxy infrastructure (Envoy sidecars or zero-trust tunnels) alongside workloads to intercept and manage all network traffic, enforcing policies and collecting telemetry transparently.
platform engineers and DevOps teams running cloud-native workloads on Kubernetes
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- open-source
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