Seamless multi-cluster Communication and Observability with Linkerd

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A GDPR-protected telco application is migrated to a Kubernetes multi-cluster mesh using Linkerd gateways. The work uses gateway-based cluster discovery, local-cluster endpoint resolution, and exported services to enable cross-cluster calls and application-aware routing via Linkerd traffic-splitting; Linkerd extensions provide tracing and observability. A proof-of-concept demonstrating end-to-end functionality across regional (EU) and cloud clusters was implemented in about four days.

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1. 0:00Multi-cluster with Linkerd
2. 6:35Cluster networking
3. 10:32Native services & clients
4. 16:13Cross-cluster setup
5. 20:57Gateway routing
6. 25:17Backend integration
7. 30:08Implementation & production
8. 33:17Cloud/remote DC use cases
9. 35:21Cluster naming & services
10. 37:47Proxy & security

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