Linkerd lightweight service mesh. Use for service networking.
Linkerd is a lightweight Service Mesh. It focuses on simplicity and performance (Rust-based proxies). v2.15 (2025) enables Mesh Expansion to VMs.
Linkerd uses a specialized Rust proxy (not Envoy) that is tiny and fast.
A dashboard and Prometheus instance pre-configured to show mesh metrics (Success Rate, Latency).
Define retry logic and timeouts per route.
Do:
cert-manager to rotate the mTLS root CA automatically.Don't: