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Documentation
Documentation
  • Tutorial
    • Get started with charmed Istio ambient
    • Use Istio ambient across different juju models
  • How-to guides
    • Add mesh support to your charm
    • Add service mesh support to coordinated-worker charms
    • Add juju applications and models to the service mesh
    • Manage custom service mesh policies with PolicyResourceManager
    • Charmed istio ambient
      • Monitor istio ambient using
      • Authenticated ingress with the Canonical Identity Platform
      • Use charmed istio ambient with canonical kubernetes
  • Explanation
    • Service mesh
    • Charmed Istio ambient
      • Hardened mode
      • Managed mode
      • Traffic authorization
      • Cross-model mesh
      • Compatibility with Cilium CNI
    • Service mesh in coordinated-worker charms
  • Reference
    • canonical_service_mesh
      • canonical_service_mesh.enums
      • canonical_service_mesh.interfaces
        • canonical_service_mesh.interfaces.istio_ingress_config
      • canonical_service_mesh.k8s
        • canonical_service_mesh.k8s.resource_manager
        • canonical_service_mesh.k8s.types
          • canonical_service_mesh.k8s.types.istio
      • canonical_service_mesh.models
        • canonical_service_mesh.models.istio
      • canonical_service_mesh.utils
        • canonical_service_mesh.utils.istio
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ExplanationΒΆ

These documents provide an explanation of key topics and concepts of the Charmed Service Mesh.

  • Service mesh
    • What is a service mesh?
    • Why do I need a service mesh?
  • Charmed Istio ambient
  • Service mesh in coordinated-worker charms
    • Overview
    • Architecture
    • Cluster-internal policies
    • Label reconciliation
    • External policies
    • Worker telemetry routing
    • Policy reconciliation
    • Worker charm mesh integration
    • Summary
    • Further reading
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  • Explanation