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Introduction to monitoring in Istio

Introduction to monitoring in Istio - Kubernetes Tutorial

From the course: Kubernetes: Service Mesh with Istio

Introduction to monitoring in Istio

- [Instructor] We've got our BookInfo application, where the product page connects to details, reviews, and rating service. It works great. But as more people use it, things can start to go wrong, like slower pages or services not working. When that happens, the big question is: What's causing the problem? Is the rating service too slow? Did the review service crash? Or is it something else? In this video, we'll see how Istio makes it easier to figure out what's going on and help you keep everything running smoothly. Observability is all about knowing what's happening inside your app. It's like having a clear view into your system, showing you how things are working behind the scene. And with Istio, this visibility becomes even more powerful. In an ambient mesh, Istio collects important data from two key parts, the ztunnel and waypoint proxies. This data shows how well your services are working and helps you find problems fast. Istio breaks down this data into three main parts. First,…

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