What are Linkerd Service Profiles used for?

Service Profiles allow you to define per-route metrics, enabling you to monitor success rates and latencies for specific HTTP paths, as well as configuring retries and timeouts.

Can this skill help with multi-cluster Kubernetes environments?

Yes, it includes specific templates for linking multiple clusters, installing multicluster extensions, and exporting services across different geographic regions.

How does Linkerd differ from other service meshes like Istio?

Linkerd is designed to be significantly lighter and simpler to manage than Istio, focusing on a 'security-first' approach with automatic mTLS and minimal performance overhead.

How do I verify if my Linkerd installation is healthy?

The skill provides patterns for using 'linkerd check' at various stages (pre-install, post-install, and proxy-level) to ensure the control plane and data plane are functioning correctly.

Linkerd Service Mesh Patterns

Name: Linkerd Service Mesh Patterns
Author: EngineerWithAI

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Cloud Infrastructure

Implements production-grade Linkerd service mesh patterns to enable automatic mTLS, traffic management, and zero-trust security in Kubernetes.

About

This skill provides a comprehensive toolkit for deploying and managing Linkerd, the industry's lightest and security-focused service mesh for Kubernetes. It offers standardized templates for the entire mesh lifecycle, from initial installation and namespace injection to advanced configurations like canary deployments via TrafficSplit and per-route observability through ServiceProfiles. Whether you are implementing zero-trust networking with automatic mTLS or orchestrating complex multi-cluster communication, this skill ensures your infrastructure follows Linkerd best practices for performance and reliability.

Key Features

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Automatic mTLS and Zero-Trust Security Configuration
Per-route Observability with Service Profiles and Golden Metrics
Advanced Traffic Splitting for Canary and Blue-Green Deployments
Fine-grained Server Authorization and Access Control Policies
Multi-cluster Mesh Orchestration and Service Mirroring

Use Cases

Enforcing mutual TLS (mTLS) across all internal microservices
Configuring advanced traffic routing and retries for resilient systems
Implementing a lightweight service mesh with minimal latency overhead

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Key Features

0 GitHub stars
Automatic mTLS and Zero-Trust Security Configuration
Per-route Observability with Service Profiles and Golden Metrics
Advanced Traffic Splitting for Canary and Blue-Green Deployments
Fine-grained Server Authorization and Access Control Policies
Multi-cluster Mesh Orchestration and Service Mirroring

Use Cases

Enforcing mutual TLS (mTLS) across all internal microservices
Configuring advanced traffic routing and retries for resilient systems
Implementing a lightweight service mesh with minimal latency overhead