A Packet Eye View of the Istio Ambient Mesh

Explore the innovative sidecarless architecture of Istio Ambient Mesh in this 40-minute conference talk presented by Justin Pettit from Google and Lin Sun from Solo.io at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023. Delve into the challenges of traditional sidecar patterns in service mesh adoption, including application disruptions, resource inefficiencies, and upgrade complexities. Discover how the new sidecarless approach addresses these concerns while maintaining essential service mesh functions like security, observability, traffic management, and resiliency. Through live demonstrations and an in-depth architectural analysis, gain a packet-level understanding of the Istio Ambient Mesh and its compatibility with existing sidecar-based workloads. Learn how to implement this groundbreaking architecture in your own Istio deployments, revolutionizing your service mesh implementation without compromising on functionality or performance.