linkerd

2022-03-25 · 1 min read

• #linkerd
• #kubernetes
• #service-mesh
• #devops

Site: https://linkerd.io/

Docs: https://linkerd.io/2.11/overview/

• Linkerd is a service mesh for kubernetes.
• Proxies all inbound and outbound communication for every pod.
• Adds security, observability, and reliability features to every pod transparently.
• Add Linkerd to get instant
  • API health metrics (request rate, success rate, error rate, latency, volume, etc...) without changing application code.
  • Reliability features (latency-aware load balancing, request retries, timeouts, blue-green deploys).
  • Service routing (deployment-aware routing, locality-aware routing, etc...)
• "Minimalist" design
• Their core "micro-proxy" uses Rust : )