Service Mesh Implementation

Handles the deployment and configuration of service meshes like Istio and Linkerd for managing microservice communication in Kubernetes. You get traffic routing, mutual TLS between services, circuit breakers, and distributed tracing integration. The skill covers the full setup from namespace configuration and Istio operator specs to virtual services, destination rules, and authorization policies. Worth noting it emphasizes mTLS enforcement and proper observability from the start, which is the right call since retrofitting security and monitoring into an existing mesh is painful. The reference guides walk through both the infrastructure pieces and the actual traffic management patterns you'll need for canary deployments and service versioning.