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Waypoint proxies

Waypoint proxies - Kubernetes Tutorial

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Waypoint proxies

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- [Instructor] In the previous videos, we learned about how Istio handles traffic. Now let's talk about something pretty cool in ambient mode, waypoint proxies. When you're using ambient mode, you don't need the usual sidecar proxies. Instead, we use waypoint proxies to manage the traffic between services. These proxies make things simpler. They improve security and give you a better view of what's happening in your services. And the best part, you don't have to deploy a sidecar with every service. So what exactly are waypoint proxies? They are envoy-based proxies that manage Layer 7 traffic in ambient mode. Unlike sidecars, these don't sit with every service. Instead, they handle traffic for multiple services at once. This make things easier because you don't need to add extra stuff to each service. But do you always need a waypoint proxy? No, not really, because the ambient mesh is flexible. Here is how it usually works. You start with no mesh at all. Then you add the ztunnel layer…

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