I've been building a homelab Kubernetes cluster on Talos with Cilium and am trying to understand the practical purpose of mutual TLS, especially when using a service mesh…
I'm running Kubernetes on AWS with Istio traffic mirroring and need a reliable way to match each mirrored request with the original request. Previously, a gateway added a…
I'm running Kubernetes on AWS with Istio and using Istio's traffic mirroring feature. Previously, a gateway added a unique header before splitting the traffic, so correlating the original…
We run a small five-worker-node RKE2 cluster with Calico, Istio, and MetalLB. Istio handles mTLS and ingress, while MetalLB provides the load balancer IP pool. Our networking team…
I'm learning how Istio sidecars handle traffic between pods and external services. I understand that the sidecar uses iptables rules to intercept connections, apply routing, retries, mTLS, and…
I have a Go application running in an AKS pod that uploads the same in-memory file to two different Azure Blob Storage paths at the same time. Each…
My frontend and backend work normally in every browser, and the same application also works when I emulate a phone in Chrome. However, requests sent while using Firefox's…
I'm currently using Istio Ambient Mesh and need a secure setup for a specific namespace I've named 'ai-namespace'. My goal is to ensure that the applications within this…
I'm facing a networking challenge in our Kubernetes setup and could use some help. We have a specific requirement for a group of our pods regarding egress traffic.…
Hey everyone! I'm curious to hear from those who are using CloudNativePG (CNPG) alongside Istio's mTLS feature. Specifically, have you experienced any challenges while running CNPG clusters with…
Hi there! I'm managing a Talos-based Kubernetes cluster and I'm exploring the possibility of installing **Istio in Ambient mode** without sidecars. I wanted to reach out to see…
Hey everyone! I'm gearing up for a technical interview for a Platform Engineer position at an international company in the payment sector. The job description asks for 3-5…
Hey everyone! I have a technical interview coming up for a Platform Engineer role at a foreign company in the payment domain. The job description mentions needing 3…
I'm curious if anyone has successfully configured end-to-end encryption with an Istio Gateway specifically on AWS. I'm currently trying to use an ACM certificate on the Network Load…
Hey everyone, I wanted to share a method our team has been perfecting and see what you all think, especially since testing microservices on Kubernetes can be tricky.…
I've taken over an EKS cluster that uses an ELB created by Istio for its LoadBalancer resource. Now, my company's security team wants me to set up WAF…
I'm working in an enterprise environment with two EKS clusters for production, both running the same applications and using AWS ALB for load balancing. We're looking to implement…