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Course Outline
Introduction to Envoy Proxy
- The role of Envoy in modern infrastructures
- Comparing Envoy Proxy with NGINX, HAProxy, and Traefik
- Its adoption in Istio, Consul, and cloud-native platforms
Envoy Architecture and Features
- Listeners, clusters, and endpoints
- Filter chains and extensibility
- xDS APIs for dynamic configuration
Installing and Running Envoy
- Standalone installation
- Running Envoy in Docker and Kubernetes
- Basic configuration walkthrough
Traffic Management with Envoy
- Load balancing strategies
- Retries, circuit breaking, and failover
- Advanced routing rules and header-based routing
Security and Zero Trust with Envoy
- Setting up TLS and mutual TLS (mTLS)
- Authentication and authorization filters
- Implementing Zero Trust networking
Observability and Monitoring
- Access logs and metrics
- Tracing with Jaeger and Zipkin
- Integrating Envoy with Prometheus and Grafana
Extending Envoy
- Introduction to WASM filters
- Developing custom extensions for Envoy
- Best practices for maintainability
Envoy in a Service Mesh
- Utilizing Envoy as a sidecar proxy
- Envoy in Istio and Consul service meshes
- Case study: Envoy as a universal data plane
Troubleshooting and Best Practices
- Debugging configuration issues
- Health checks and resilience testing
- Operational guidelines for production environments
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- A foundational understanding of microservices development and networking.
- Proficiency with the Linux command line.
- Familiarity with containers and orchestration tools like Kubernetes is advantageous.
Audience
- Developers
- Cloud architects
- DevOps engineers
- Network engineers
- System administrators
14 Hours
