We recently announced Istio ambient mesh which is a sidecar-less data plane for Istio. As stated in the announcement blog, the top concerns we address with ambient mesh are simplified operations, broader application compatibility, reduced infrastructure costs and improved performance. When designing the ambient data plane, we wanted to carefully balance the concerns around operations, cost, and performance while not sacrificing security or functionality. As the components of ambient run outsi...| Istio Blog
Ambient mesh is a new data plane mode for Istio introduced today. Following this getting started guide, you can experience how ambient mesh can simplify your application onboarding, help with ongoing operations, and reduce service mesh infrastructure resource usage. Install Istio with Ambient Mode Download the preview version of Istio with support for ambient mesh. Check out supported environments. We recommend using a Kubernetes cluster that is version 1.21 or newer that has two nodes or mor...| Istio Blog
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