Istio Routing Basics

 Posted on 2 November 2018

When learning a new technology like Istio, it’s always a good idea to take a look at sample apps. Istio repo has a few sample apps but they fall short in various ways. BookInfo is covered in the docs and it is a good first step. However, it is too verbose with too many services for me and the docs seem to focus on managing the BookInfo app, rather than building it from ground up. Read More →
Kubernetes  Istio  Google Cloud Platform  Containers 

Istio 101 (1.0) on GKE

 Posted on 6 August 2018

Istio 1.0 is finally announced! In this post, I updated my previous Istio 101 post with Istio 1.0 specific instructions. Most of the instructions are the same but with a few minor differences about where things live (folder names/locations changed) and also most commands now default to kubectl instead of istioctl. For those of you who haven’t read my Istio 101 post, I show how to install Istio 1.0 on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), deploy the sample BookInfo app and show some of the add-ons and traffic routing. Read More →
Kubernetes  Istio  Google Cloud Platform 

Istio 101 (0.8.0) on GKE

 Posted on 7 June 2018

In one of my previous posts, I showed how to install Istio on minikube and deploy the sample BookInfo app. A new Istio version is out (0.8.0) with a lot of changes, especially changes on traffic management, which made my steps in the previous post a little obsolete. In this post, I want to show how to install Istio 0.8.0 on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), deploy the sample BookInfo app and show some of the add-ons and traffic routing. Read More →
Kubernetes  Istio  Google Cloud Platform 

Codemotion in Amsterdam, Devoxx in London

 Posted on 29 May 2018

After my trip in Istanbul, I visited my parents in Nicosia, Cyprus for a long weekend. Then, I stopped by in Amsterdam for Codemotion before coming back to London for Devoxx 4 cities in 4 countries in 1 week was exhausting but also a lot of fun in many ways. Codemotion Amsterdam Amsterdam is almost a second home to me nowadays. There’s a great tech scene and a lot of tech events throughout the year, as a result, I end up visiting Amsterdam at least 2–3 times a year. Read More →
Conference  Istio  Kubernetes 

Istanbul: The city where the East and the West meet

 Posted on 20 May 2018

Istanbul is one of those crazy dynamic cities with friendly people, amazing history, great shopping and above all, a food heaven. Naturally, I was excited to be back for Java Day Istanbul conference. I came a day early to meet with a partner and visit a customer. They had lots of questions on Kubernetes and hybrid-cloud. It was quite useful for me to hear about their challenges about moving to the cloud and propose some solutions. Read More →
Conferences  Istio  Kubernetes  Travels 

Manchester after 20 years

 Posted on 11 May 2018

After my time in Beijing, I flew back to the UK but instead of London, I went to Manchester for IPExpo conference. The first time I visited Manchester was 20 years ago. I was a 15 year old high school kid and I visited my great aunt and uncle one summer with my sister. I remember I had such a good time back then. Unfortunately, I never had a chance to visit Manchester again and it was quite nostalgic for me to be back. Read More →
Kubernetes  Travels 

Istio 101 with Minikube

 Posted on 24 April 2018

As part of my Istio 101 talk, I like to show demos locally (because conference Wifi can be unreliable) and Minikube is perfect for this. Minikube gives you a local Kubernetes cluster on top of which you can install Istio. In this post, I want to show how to do Istio 101 on Minikube. More specifically, I will show how to install Istio, deploy a sample application, install add-ons like Prometheus, Grafana, Zipkin, ServiceGraph and change traffic routes dynamically. Read More →
Kubernetes  Istio 

Trip Report: Codemotion in Rome

 Posted on 19 April 2018

Last week, I was in one of my favorite cities, Rome, for Codemotion conference. There are many cities to see in the world and normally, I do not like to revisit cities that I’ve been before. However, Rome is a great exception. It was my fifth visit there over the years and it was still as exciting as the first time. I also found out that Google has a small office in Rome, so I paid a quick visit next morning before attending the conference. Read More →
Kubernetes  Istio  Containers  Trip Report  Rome 

Istio + Kubernetes on Windows

 Posted on 19 February 2018

I’ve been recently looking into Istio, an open platform to connect and manage microservices. After Containers and Kubernetes, I believe that Istio is the next step in our microservices journey where we standardize on tools and methods on how to manage and secure microservices. Naturally, I was very excited to get my hands on Istio. While setting up Istio on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is pretty straightforward, it’s always useful to have a local setup for debugging and testing. Read More →
Kubernetes  Istio  Microservices  Windows 

Deploying ASP.NET Core apps on Kubernetes/Container Engine

 Posted on 11 September 2017

In my previous post, I talked about how to deploy a containerised ASP.NET Core app to App Engine (flex) on Google Cloud. App Engine (flex) is an easy way to run containers in production: Just send your container and let Google Cloud figure out how to run it at scale. It comes with some nice default features such as versioning, traffic splitting, dashboards and autoscaling. However, it doesn’t give you much control. Read More →
Google Cloud Platform  Google Container Engine  Kubernetes  Aspnetcore  Aspnet