Simplifying Service Mesh Operations with Flux and Flagger

Explore how to simplify service mesh operations using Flux and Flagger in this 36-minute conference talk presented by Mitch Connors from Google and Stefan Prodan from Weaveworks at a CNCF event. Learn about the challenges faced by early adopters of service meshes and discover how following GitOps principles can address operational complexities. Understand the importance of defining service meshes declaratively, including installation, proxy injection, and configuration. Gain insights into continuous reconciliation of declarative configs with the latest service mesh releases to stay protected against CVEs. Discover how progressive delivery tools enable seamless version transitions of service meshes with minimal traffic impact. Delve into strategies for ensuring proper proxy distribution, safe upgrades and rollbacks, and network configuration validation without risking production outages.