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Apr 8, 2021 | Jason Morgan

Does Linkerd mesh with GitOps?

Hello folks and welcome! Today we’re going to talk about GitOps and how it relates to the Linkerd service mesh. GitOps is a buzzy topic, and that’s in no small part because it can have a really positive impact on teams working with Kubernetes. Teams that have established effective GitOps pipelines …


Feb 10, 2021 | William Morgan

Announcing Buoyant's Linkerd Production Runbook

Today, we’re happy to announce that we’ve published our Linkerd Production Runbook, freely available to all. As every SRE knows, the “runbook” for a system is where you capture all the hard-earned advice for operating the system in production. Our Linkerd Production Runbook is a distillation of …


Jan 11, 2021 | Risha Mars

Kubernetes observability with a service mesh

In this article we’re going to show you how to accomplish a basic Kubernetes observability task: getting “golden metrics” (or “golden signals”) from the applications running on your Kubernetes cluster. We’ll do this without changing any code or doing any configuration by installing Linkerd, an open …


Dec 23, 2020 | Zahari Dichev

Kubernetes network policies with Cilium and Linkerd

Applying L4 network policies with a service mesh In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to run Linkerd and Cilium together and how to use Cilium to apply L3 and L4 network policies to a cluster running Linkerd. Linkerd is an ultralight, open source service mesh. Cilium is an open source CNI layer for …


Dec 7, 2020 | Uncategorized

KubeCon NA 2020 Wrapup

Service meshes are here — in production, and solving real-world problems! This year, KubeCon NA 2020 and the co-located ServiceMeshCon moved away from previous discussions about choosing a service mesh to focus on real-world implementation stories — a clear reflection of the momentum of the service …


Nov 12, 2020 | Charles Pretzer

CNCF launches new "Intro to Service Mesh with Linkerd" training course

It’s finally arrived! The CNCF’s Introduction to Service Mesh with Linkerd training course is now available. If you’re new to the service mesh, this course covers everything from basic service mesh concepts to practical implementations of Linkerd in a production environment. The service mesh doesn’t …


Nov 3, 2020 | Uncategorized

Linkerd Community Guide to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2020

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2020 Virtual is just around the corner and, as usual, there’s a ton of great Linkerd content from around the globe. Here are a few of our favorite highlights. KubeCon Project Update Keynote On Wednesday, November 18 at 1:54pm EST, Constance Caramanolis will …


Oct 21, 2020 | Kevin Leimkuhler

Setting up Kubernetes SLOs with Prometheus and Linkerd

SLOs are a lot easier with a service mesh in hand In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to easily create service health SLOs on Kubernetes with Prometheus, an open source time-series database, and Linkerd, an open source ultralight service mesh. You’ll see how using a service mesh can solve one of the …


Oct 12, 2020 | Uncategorized

What's a service mesh? And why do I need one?

We’ve wrapped up all the advice in this post—and everything we’ve learned since—into a tailored evaluation process. Click here to begin: Do I need a service mesh? tl;dr: Service meshes like Linkerd and Istio are tools for adding observability, security, and reliability features to applications by …


Sep 24, 2020 | Uncategorized

Why Service Level Objectives (SLOs) Matter for Kubernetes

Service Level Objectives are a hot topic in the world of software reliability. SLOs are usually thought of as a way to balance risk vs. reward for a given application. Should we ship a new feature for this service, even though we might risk an outage? But for Kubernetes adopters, SLOs can provide …


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