⬅ Back to Intro | Next → Part 6 - Security with mTLS and AuthorizationPolicies 💡 This post is part of my Istio Hands-on Series — a practical journey into Kubernetes Service Mesh. Each post builds on the previous one with hands-on labs, real command outputs, and clear explanations aimed at learning Istio by doing, not just reading. Objective In this post, you’ll set up and explore Istio’s observability stack — powered by: ...

⬅ Back to Intro | Next → Part 5 - Observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and Kiali 💡 This post is part of my Istio Hands-on Series — a practical journey into Kubernetes Service Mesh. Each post builds on the previous one with hands-on labs, real command outputs, and clear explanations aimed at learning Istio by doing, not just reading. Objective In this post, we’ll learn how to use Istio’s traffic management features — specifically: ...

⬅ Back to Intro | Next → Part 4 - Traffic Management with VirtualService and DestinationRule 💡 This post is part of my Istio Hands-on Series — a practical journey into Kubernetes Service Mesh. Each post builds on the previous one with hands-on labs, real command outputs, and clear explanations aimed at learning Istio by doing, not just reading. Objective In this part, we dive into the heart of Istio’s data plane — the sidecar proxy — and understand how traffic actually flows inside the mesh. ...

⬅ Back to Intro | Next → Part 3 – Understanding Sidecar Injection and Traffic Flow 💡 This post is part of my Istio Hands-on Series — a practical journey into Kubernetes Service Mesh. Each post builds on the previous one with hands-on labs, real command outputs, and clear explanations aimed at learning Istio by doing, not just reading. Objective In this post, we’ll set up our local playground for the Istio Hands-on series.You’ll learn how to: ...

The best way to learn is by doing — and sharing what you learn. 👋 Introduction Over the past few years, Kubernetes has become the de-facto standard for running microservices. It simplifies deployment, scaling, and management — but as applications grow, so does the complexity of how those services talk to each other. Things like observability , traffic control , and secure service-to-service communication suddenly become hard problems . That’s exactly where a Service Mesh comes in. ...