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Observability Guide for Envoy Gateway Data Plane
- Apr 28, 2025
A hands-on guide to configuring observability for the data plane of Envoy Gateway using Prometheus, Loki, and Tempo.
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Leveraging EnvoyPatchPolicy to Extend the Capabilities of Envoy Gateway
- Apr 14, 2025
Learn how to use EnvoyPatchPolicy to dynamically modify xDS resources in Envoy Gateway, including practical examples such as customizing local replies. Based on Envoy Gateway v1.3.2.
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Beyond Sidecar: A Deep Dive into Istio Ambient Mode Traffic Mechanism and Cost Efficiency
- Mar 22, 2025
This post introduces the background, core components, traffic flow mechanisms, and comparisons between Ambient Mode and the traditional Sidecar model in Istio—helping you evaluate and get started with this new feature quickly.
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Understanding L7 Traffic Management in Istio Ambient Mode: From ztunnel to Waypoint Proxy
- Mar 9, 2025
An in-depth exploration of Istio ambient mode’s L7 traffic path, covering transparent interception, policy application, and traffic forwarding from ztunnel to waypoint proxy.
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Advanced Request and Response Processing in Microservice Architecture with Envoy's External Processing Filter
- Feb 7, 2025
Envoy’s ext_proc filter enables flexible request and response processing through gRPC integration.
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About Jimmy Song

Jimmy Song, Tetrate developer advocate, Founder of Cloud Native Community (China) , and CNCF Ambassador . With over a decade of experience in software development, architectural design, and community management, he has worked at iFlytek , TalkingData , and Ant Group .

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