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Kubernetes – An Enterprise Guide - Second Edition

You're reading from  Kubernetes – An Enterprise Guide - Second Edition

Product type Book
Published in Dec 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803230030
Pages 578 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
Marc Boorshtein Marc Boorshtein
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Scott Surovich Scott Surovich
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface 1. Docker and Container Essentials 2. Deploying Kubernetes Using KinD 3. Kubernetes Bootcamp 4. Services, Load Balancing, ExternalDNS, and Global Balancing 5. Integrating Authentication into Your Cluster 6. RBAC Policies and Auditing 7. Deploying a Secured Kubernetes Dashboard 8. Extending Security Using Open Policy Agent 9. Node Security with GateKeeper 10. Auditing Using Falco, DevOps AI, and ECK 11. Backing Up Workloads 12. An Introduction to Istio 13. Building and Deploying Applications on Istio 14. Provisioning a Platform 15. Other Books You May Enjoy
16. Index

Understanding the Istio components

Similar to a standard Kubernetes cluster, Istio refers to two separate planes, the control plane and the data plane. Historically, the data plane included 4 different services, Pilot, Galley, Citadel, and Mixer – all broken out in a true microservices design. This design was used for multiple reasons including the flexibility to break out the responsibilities to multiple teams, the ability to use different programming languages, and to scale each service independently of the others.

Istio has evolved quickly since its initial release. The team made the decision that breaking out the core services had little benefit, and in the end, made Istio more complex. This led the team to redesign Istio and starting with Istio 1.5, Istio includes the components that we will discuss in this section.

Making the Control Plane Simple with Istiod

Just as Kubernetes bundled multiple controllers into a single executable, the kube-controller-manager...

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