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CloudNative Academy offers Service Mesh Implementation to master service-to-service communication in distributed applications. This 16-hour intensive course teaches you to manage, secure, and observe microservices using Istio. The curriculum covers Envoy, a high-performance sidecar proxy that intercepts traffic for fine-grained routing and load balancing. You will also learn about Istiod, the control plane providing service discovery and mTLS certificate management. Additionally, we explore Ztunnel, a lightweight Rust-based proxy for ambient mode zero-trust security. This training is ideal for platform engineers and SREs seeking consistent traffic control and deep observability without modifying application logic.
Kubernetes Fundamentals
Deploy and manage pods, services and namespaces in Kubernetes
Service Networking
Configure named ports and service discovery in Kubernetes environments
Sidecar Injection
Enable and validate automatic Envoy proxy injection in pods
mTLS Security
Implement mutual TLS and certificate management in service communication
RBAC Configuration
Apply role-based access control to service mesh components
Traffic Management
Define routing rules and policies for service-to-service traffic
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CKACertified Kubernetes Administrator
CKSCertified Kubernetes Security Specialist
HCCAHashiCorp Certified: Consul Associate
KCNAKubernetes and Cloud Native Associate
LFCNALinux Foundation Certified Cloud Network Engineer
GCP-NETGoogle Cloud Professional Cloud Network Engineer
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| Entry Price (Fundamentals) | ~$745 · best value | Free | $15-30/mo | ~$1,500+ | ~$1,200 | — |
| Verified Learner Reviews | 18,400+ · 4.9★ | 50,000+ · 4.7★ | 100,000+ · 4.5★ | Limited | Limited | — |
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