Configure Istio traffic management including routing, load balancing, circuit breakers, and canary deployments. Use when implementing service mesh traffic policies, progressive delivery, or resilience patterns.
Comprehensive guide to Istio traffic management for production service mesh deployments.
| Resource | Purpose | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| VirtualService | Route traffic to destinations | Host-based |
| DestinationRule | Define policies after routing | Service-based |
| Gateway | Configure ingress/egress | Cluster edge |
| ServiceEntry | Add external services | Mesh-wide |
Client → Gateway → VirtualService → DestinationRule → Service
(routing) (policies) (pods)
apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1beta1