There is no doubt that deploying and maintaining applications in K8s can be harsh for any DevOps team. Services are becoming more and more convoluted, involving several external services, different versions, and several APIs. It is for these reasons that security, authentication, monitoring, and maintenance become difficult and time-consuming tasks.

Istio is gaining popularity among K8s practitioners and DevOps because it simplifies the connectivity between services. With a continuously growing community, it has become a tool you must consider for any production environment.

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