---
name: service-mesh
description: Service mesh technologies including Istio, Linkerd, Consul, and Envoy for microservices communication
sasmp_version: "1.3.0"
bonded_agent: 03-containers-orchestration
bond_type: SECONDARY_BOND
---

# Service Mesh Skill

## MANDATORY
- Service mesh fundamentals and sidecar pattern
- Istio installation and configuration
- Traffic management (routing, load balancing)
- mTLS and security policies
- Observability features (tracing, metrics)

## OPTIONAL
- Linkerd lightweight mesh
- Consul Connect
- Envoy proxy configuration
- Circuit breaking and retries
- Canary deployments with mesh

## ADVANCED
- Multi-cluster mesh federation
- Custom Envoy filters
- Performance tuning
- Zero-trust security architecture
- Service mesh for VMs

## Assets
- See `assets/service-mesh-config.yaml` for Istio templates