Linkerd Service Mesh Patterns

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This skill provides a comprehensive library of production-ready Linkerd patterns to streamline the deployment and management of a lightweight service mesh. It simplifies the configuration of mutual TLS (mTLS) for zero-trust security, enables sophisticated traffic routing for canary deployments, and provides deep observability through per-route metrics. Whether you are performing a fresh installation, configuring advanced traffic policies, or debugging cross-cluster connectivity, this skill offers the specific YAML templates and CLI commands needed to optimize Linkerd's minimal-overhead architecture with production-grade best practices.

Key Features

• Multi-cluster service mesh setup and cross-cluster service exporting
• Automated mTLS and zero-trust security configuration
• Service Profile generation for per-route observability and retries
• Granular Server and ServerAuthorization policy management
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• Advanced traffic splitting for canary and A/B deployments

Use Cases

• Implementing zero-trust networking with automatic mTLS across microservices
• Executing controlled canary rollouts using TrafficSplit and SMI resources
• Configuring resilient service communication with retries, timeouts, and retry budgets