Introduction to Service Mesh with Linkerd (LFS143x) Course Overview
The 'Introduction to Service Mesh with Linkerd (LFS143x)' course by the Linux Foundation provides essential insights into service mesh architecture, enhancing microservices communication and management. This course benefits developers, system administrators, and DevOps professionals seeking to improve application resilience, observability, and security in cloud-native environments, making it a vital resource for modern software teams.
Course outline & what you'll learn
Overview of Service Mesh
- Importance of Service Mesh in Microservices Architecture
- What is Linkerd?
- Key Features and Benefits of Linkerd
- Components of a Service Mesh
- Data Plane vs. Control Plane
- Prerequisites for Installation
- Step-by-Step Installation Process
- Verifying the Installation
- Proxy and Communication
- Service Discovery
- Load Balancing
- Metrics Collection and Monitoring
- Understanding Linkerd Dashboard
- Distributed Tracing
- Routing Traffic with Linkerd
- Traffic Split and Canary Releases
- Retry and Timeout Policies
- mTLS (Mutual TLS) in Linkerd
- Authentication and Authorization
- Deploying Applications with Linkerd
- Linkerd Annotations and Configuration
- Managing Linkerd in a Kubernetes Environment
- Common Issues and Solutions
- Performance Tuning
- Best Practices for Using Linkerd
- Resources for Further Learning
- Community and Support Channels
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