#Service Mesh Fundamentals

Infrastructure layer for service-to-service communication.

#What is a Service Mesh?

Handles:

• Traffic management
• Security (mTLS)
• Observability
• Resilience

#Architecture

[Service A] ──▶ [Sidecar] ──▶ [Sidecar] ──▶ [Service B]
                   │              │
                   └──────────────┘
                   Control Plane

#Popular Tools

[!TIP] Pro Tip: Start with Linkerd for simplicity, Istio for features!