Althoughmicroservices-basedapplicationssupportDevOpsandcontinuousdelivery,theycanalsoaddtothecomplexityoftestingandobservability.Theimplementationofaservicemesharchitecture,however,allowsyoutosecure,manage,andscaleyourmicroservicesmoreefficiently.Withthehelpofpracticalexamples,thisbookdemonstrateshowtoinstall,configure,anddeployanefficientservicemeshformicroservicesinaKubernetesenvironment.You'llgetstartedwithahands-onintroductiontotheconceptsofcloud-nativeapplicationmanagementandservicemesharchitecture,beforelearninghowtobuildyourownKubernetesenvironment.Whileexploringlaterchapters,you'llgettogripswiththethreemajorservicemeshproviders:Istio,Linkerd,andConsul.You'llbeabletoidentifytheirspecificfunctionalities,fromtrafficmanagement,security,andcertificateauthoritythroughtosidecarinjectionsandobservability.Bytheendofthisbook,youwillhavedevelopedtheskillsyouneedtoeffectivelymanagemodernmicroservices-basedapplications.