Sidecars and Service Meshes
Instead of hardcoding retry logic, TLS certificates, and rate limiting inside your service code, we route traffic through sidecar proxies (like Envoy) managed by a control plane (like Istio).
Instead of hardcoding retry logic, TLS certificates, and rate limiting inside your service code, we route traffic through sidecar proxies (like Envoy) managed by a control plane (like Istio).
What is a sidecar proxy?
Tap card to flipA helper proxy deployed alongside the main application container to handle network routing, security, and logging.
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What is a sidecar proxy?
Tap card to flipA helper proxy deployed alongside the main application container to handle network routing, security, and logging.
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