Ambient

Deep Dive into Istio 1.22: New Features and Practical Application Advice

Explore the new features and practical advice of Istio 1.22, including the delta xDS, path template support, and API upgrades, to optimize service mesh management.

Why Does Istio Ambient Mode Enforce mTLS?

Deep dive into the technical principles, architectural differences, and practical recommendations behind Istio Ambient Mode’s mandatory mTLS enforcement.

Istio CNI Unveiled: Streamlining Service Mesh Connectivity

This article provides a detailed explanation of the design principles, implementation methods, and how to enhance security and permission management through Ambient Mode in the Istio CNI plugin.

Analysis of the Limitations of Istio Ambient Mode

In-depth discussion on the Ambient mode in Istio 1.22, comparison with the traditional Sidecar mode, and its limitations.

Istio 1.18 Released, Now with Ambient Mode Available

This article introduces Istio 1.18, the latest release of the service mesh platform. It highlights the new features and improvements, such as ambient mode, which allows Istio to run on any Kubernetes cluster without requiring a dedicated control plane. It also explains how to get started with Istio 1.18 using Tetrate’s distribution and support.

Using Geneve Tunnels to Implement Istio Ambient Mesh Traffic Interception

This article introduces Geneve tunnels, a network virtualization protocol that can intercept Istio ambient mesh traffic more flexibly and securely than VXLAN. It also explains how Istio Ambient Mesh uses Geneve tunnels and the new eBPF mode in Istio 1.18.

L7 Traffic Path in Ambient Mesh

This article describes in detail the L7 traffic path in Ambient Mesh in both diagrammatic and hands-on form.

How Istio's Ambient Mode Transparent Proxy - tproxy Works Under the Hood

Tproxy is used to intercept traffic in Istio Ambient mode.

Transparent Traffic Intercepting and Routing in the L4 Network of Istio Ambient Mesh

This article details transparent traffic intercepting and L4 traffic paths in Ambient Mesh in both diagrammatic and hands-on form.