Connect, secure, control and observe microservices at scale
Easy path to Kubernetes
Istio is an open technology that provides a way for developers to seamlessly connect, manage and secure networks of different microservices — regardless of platform, source or vendor. Istio is currently one of the fastest-growing open source projects based on Github contributors, and its strength is its community. IBM is proud to be a founder and contributor of the Istio project and a leader of Istio Working Groups.
A single click runs Istio core components and tracing, monitoring and visualization tools.
IBM Cloud updates all Istio components and manages the control-plane components lifecycle.
Istio runs ideally with IBM Cloud® Log Analysis and IBM Cloud® Monitoring.
Istio on IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service is offered as a managed add-on that integrates Istio directly with your Kubernetes cluster. A single click deploys a tuned, production-ready Istio instance on your IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service cluster.
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