This intensive two-day hands-on course is designed to provide technology professionals with a comprehensive introduction to the Istio service mesh using the Envoy proxy on Kubernetes. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of how Istio and Envoy provide a powerful and resilient integrated Kubernetes service mesh.
Upon completion of the course, attendees will have the skills and information necessary to begin working with Istio and designing practical service mesh-based solutions to solve real-world problems.
Delivery
Available for Instructor-Led (ILT) in-person/onsite training or Virtual Instructor-Led training (VILT) delivery; Open Enrollment options may be available.
Who Should Attend
Site/Service Reliability Engineers (SRE), Architects, Developers, QA Staff, Technical Managers, DevOps and Information Technology (IT) personnel
What Attendees will learn
Students will gain hands-on experience with Istio, configuring a complete Istio/Envoy/Kubernetes environment on their personal lab system. The course covers key facets of Istio including:
- Traffic management
- Observability
- Policy enforcement
- Service authentication and authorization
Prerequisites
Students should take the “Docker Foundation” and “Kubernetes Foundation” courses or have equivalent knowledge prior to taking this class. Each attendee must provide their own laptop with the ability to run a 64 bit virtual machine. Unconstrained internet access is also required to complete the labs.