Sat.Jul 08, 2023

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What Is Envoy Gateway, and Why Is It Required for Kubernetes?

DZone

Envoy proxy, the data plane of Istio service mesh, is used for handling east-west traffic ( service-to-service communication within a data center). However, to make Istio manage a network of multicloud applications, Envoy was configured as a sidecar proxy for handling north-south traffic (traffic in and out of data centers). It was observed that application developers found it difficult to configure Envoy proxy as an API gateway and ingress controller.

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Sufficiently Advanced Monitoring is Indistinguishable from Testing

Abhishek Tiwari

In today's digital landscape, where user experience is paramount, organizations must ensure their applications and systems are functioning optimally at all times. Traditional testing and monitoring practices have long been relied upon to achieve this goal. However, the line between testing and monitoring is becoming increasingly blurred with the emergence of synthetic monitoring.