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Training > Cloud & Containers > Istio Service Mesh Essentials (LFS245)

Training Course

Dive into Istio, the secure, feature-rich, service mesh solution for Kubernetes-based microservices architecture.

The course, along with real-world experience and study, will provide the skills and knowledge also tested by the Linux Foundation’s Istio Certified Associate (ICA) exam.

You have three ways to purchase!

1. Course only – $99
2. Interested in ICA? Bundle with a THRIVE-ONE Annual Subscription (includes LFS245 + unlimited access to all e-Learning courses, SkillCreds, and premium Microlearning content) – $495
3. Course + Istio Certified Associate (ICA) certification exam – $299

Who Is It For

This course is for application developers, DevOps engineers and security professionals, familiar with Kubernetes, who need a service mesh layer to effectively operate their containerized systems.

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What You’ll Learn

Learn Istio essentials such as: explaining the basic building blocks of Envoy proxy and how it fits within Istio; using IstioOperator API to install, configure; and secure the mesh; manage traffic using Istio CRDs and Gateway API; and create policies to install Istio across multiple clusters.

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What It Prepares You For

This course, along with real-world experience and additional study, will provide the skills and knowledge tested by the Istio Certified Associate (ICA) exam.

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Course Outline

Chapter 1. Course Introduction

Chapter 2. Introduction to Istio Service Mesh

Chapter 3. Installing and Configuring Istio Service Mesh

Chapter 4. Managing Ingress and Egress Traffic

Chapter 5. Managing Traffic with Istio

Chapter 6. Resiliency and Fault Injection

Chapter 7. Observability in Istio

Chapter 8. Security

Chapter 9. Ambient Mesh

Chapter 10. Advanced Topics

Chapter 11. Troubleshooting Istio

Gain your certification after this course with our ICA Exam

Bundle this course and the exam to save $50

Prerequisites

Before starting this course, you should be familiar with:

Basic Linux concepts and using the command line – we recommend the free Introduction to Linux (LSF101) course
Kubernetes fundamentals and Kubernetes CLI – we recommend the free Introduction to Kubernetes (LFS158) course
A basic introduction to Istio – we recommend the free Introduction to Istio (LFS144) course

Lab Info

For hands-on exercises, access to a Kubernetes cluster is required.

You should be able to complete the lab exercises with a Kubernetes cluster from cloud providers like GCP, AWS, Azure, or Oracle OCI. Some cloud providers offer free tiers or credits, but you may incur charges if you exceed the initially allocated cloud provider credits, or if the cloud provider’s terms and conditions change.

Reviews

Aug 2024

Combining theoretical explanations with labs is great. Explanations are clear.