Another Choice for Istio Multi-Cluster and Multi-Network Deployment Model

Explore an innovative approach to Istio multi-cluster and multi-network deployment in this conference talk by Haiwen Zhang and Yongxi Zhang from China Mobile. Learn about the challenges faced in governing traffic across multiple clusters and networks using Istio, including the complexity of onboarding new clusters and limitations in scaling. Discover how China Mobile implemented inter-cluster communication in container networks and introduced multi-cluster configuration discovery and service discovery features in Istiod to address these issues. Gain insights into a streamlined onboarding process that reduces time from minutes to milliseconds and enables management of over 200 clusters with millions of nodes in a single service mesh. Understand the practical solutions developed by the largest telecom provider in China to overcome the complexities of Istio deployment models in large-scale, multi-network environments.