Talks

Set Sail for a Ship_Shape Istio Release

Slides: 2021-02-Set_Sail_For_A_Ship-Shape_Istio_release.pptx

Recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZD1I54yj1o

This talk was given with Eric Van Norman at Istiocon 2021 with the summary:

Another Istio release is out! You may be nervous, but we have been continuously improving our release qualification process to hopefully ease your concerns. In 2020, we collected feedback and used it to focus on producing higher quality and more consistent releases. We created a Definition of Done to determine what it means for releases and features to be considered stable. This has led to release notes tooling, standardized feature maturity levels and release gates. We also created a new Upgrade Workgroup to improve the stability, user experience, and test infrastructure around Istio upgrades. This talk will explore what each of these new additions means for you as a user and whether you can trust that new release or feature in your production environment. We’ll be sure to leave some time for feedback. We’d love to know how these changes are or are not addressing your concerns as well as other improvements you would like to see.

Istio Product Security Working Group - What is it and why it’s important

Slides: Istio_Product_Security_Working_Group

Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejRLkVXtoV8

This talk was given with Jacob Delgado at Istiocon 2021 with the summary:

The Istio Product Security Working Group operates behind a bit of secrecy given the nature of the group’s work; mostly triaging security reports and threats. In 2020, there were over 11 security bulletins released that spanned from Istio 1.3 to Istio 1.8. In this talk, we will explain why the group was created, how it operates, and its mission to make Istio more secure. Namely, we will discuss:

  • A brief history of how the group was formed
  • Why it was necessary for the group to be created
  • A look at Istio security vulnerabilities in 2020
  • How we triage security reports and fix them
  • Pro-active measures the group is working on to make Istio more secure
  • Please join us to learn about the responsibilities of the Product Security Working Group and how to stay informed about the security of your environments.

Introduction to Istio For New Contributors

Slides: 2020-10-GovHackWeek-Introduction_to_Istio_For_New_Contributors.pptx

Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKYToYYwEmQ

This talk was first given with Neeraj Poddar and Jason van Brackel for GovHackWeek. The goal was to help individuals interested in the event to help get started working on Istio.

Workshops

OpenShift Service Mesh in Action Workshop

Slides: None

Content: lab-ossm

Events

This workshop was presented at OpenShift Summit. It was presented as an interactive, hosted lab, where attendees could access a laptop and follow through a set of modules to learn about Istio in the context of OpenShift Service Mesh. This was presented with Dmitri Dolguik, Bill Decoste, and Jaafar Chraibi.