Linkerd Foundation

This intensive two day hands-on course is designed to provide technology professionals with a comprehensive introduction to the Linkerd service mesh. Attendees will gain hands-on experience with Linkerd and how it provides a powerful and resilient integrated Kubernetes service mesh solution. Students will gain hands-on experience with Linkerd, configuring a complete open source Linkerd solution in their personal Kubernetes lab environment. The course covers key facets of Linkerd including, traffic management, observability, mTLS, policy enforcement, and troubleshooting. Upon completion of the course attendees will have the skills and information necessary to begin working with open source Linkerd and using practical service mesh-based solutions for real world problems.

This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of Linkerd including:

• Install and configure common Linkerd deployments
• Configure traffic management
• Secure workload traffic
• Facilitate credential rotation
• Observe service mesh activity
• Troubleshoot service mesh problems
• Work with authorization policies
• Adhere to service mesh best practices