Istio: The Past, Present and Future of the Project and Communi...
Talkat KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 · on Thursday, 2025-04-03· at 14:15· Level 3 | ICC Capital Suite 14-16·
summary
Istio announces GA ambient mode with a two‑layer ambient sidecar-less data plane (zero‑trust layer 4 tunnel plus layer‑7 waypoint proxy), claiming highest TCP throughput in community perf tests; migration steps used at Forbes include Gateway API, Helm installs, STS CNI, external DNS and a phased label/restart flow across seven GKE clusters and 500+ services, eliminating sidecar restarts. Known gotchas: Argo CD sync loops, 64‑listener gateway limit, early stuck pods (fixed), and upcoming Windows and inference (gateway API) integrations.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00History and evolution of Istio
- 2:53Introduction to ambient mode
- 5:58Adopting Istio at Forbes
- 9:15Migration steps and configuration
- 13:02Implementation and validation
- 17:16Lessons learned and troubleshooting
- 21:10Future innovations in Istio
- 26:44Advanced waypoint capabilities
- 29:28Demo and community Q&A
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