Linkerd Training Overview
This Linkerd with AKS course teaches learners how to install, configure, and integrate Linkerd with AKS. Learners gain practical experience deploying and managing Linkerd in an AKS environment, mastering microservices' observability, security, and reliability for enhanced application performance and resilience.
Location and Pricing
Accelebrate offers instructor-led enterprise training for groups of 3 or more online or at your site. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private corporate training on-site or online, please contact us.
In addition, some courses are available as live, instructor-led training from one of our partners.
Objectives
- Understand the role of a service mesh in modern microservices architecture
- Deploy and configure Linkerd in an AKS environment
- Secure service-to-service communication using mTLS with Linkerd
- Leverage Linkerd's observability tools to monitor and debug microservices
- Optimize traffic management with features such as retries, timeouts, and traffic splitting
- Integrate Linkerd with third-party tools like Prometheus and Grafana for enhanced monitoring
- Troubleshoot common issues encountered with Linkerd in AKS
Prerequisites
All participants must have taken Introduction to Docker and Kubernetes or have equivalent experience.
Outline
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Introduction to Service Mesh and Linkerd
- What is a service mesh?
- Linkerd vs. other service meshes (Istio, Consul, etc.)
- Use cases and benefits of Linkerd
Setting Up AKS
- Overview of AKS
- Configuring kubectl and Azure CLI for AKS
Installing Linkerd in AKS
- Pre-requisites for Linkerd installation
- Installing Linkerd CLI and validating the environment
- Deploying Linkerd control plane in AKS
- Installing and configuring Linkerd data plane on services
Securing Communication with mTLS
- Introduction to mutual TLS (mTLS)
- Enabling and validating mTLS in Linkerd
- Verifying secure communication between services
Observability with Linkerd
- Built-in observability features: Dashboard, CLI tools, and service tap
- Monitoring services and debugging issues with Linkerd
Traffic Management
- Configuring retries and timeouts
- Traffic splitting for canary deployments
- Using Linkerd for blue-green deployments
Integrating Third-Party Tools
- Setting up Prometheus and Grafana with Linkerd
- Visualizing metrics and creating dashboards
- Using Jaeger for distributed tracing with Linkerd
Scaling and Optimizing Linkerd in AKS
- Best practices for running Linkerd in production
- Scaling the control and data planes.
- Fine-tuning resource allocations for Linkerd
Troubleshooting and Debugging
- Common issues with Linkerd in AKS and their solutions
- Debugging service failures and performance bottlenecks
Training Materials
All AKS training attendees receive comprehensive courseware.
Software Requirements
Attendees will not need to install any software on their computers for this class. The class will be conducted in a remote environment that Accelebrate will provide; students will only need a local computer with a web browser and a stable Internet connection. Any recent version of Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome will work well.
