Using Linkerd with YugabyteDB

This blog post explores the integration of Linkerd, a lightweight service mesh solution for Kubernetes, with YugabyteDB, a distributed SQL database. The authors guide readers through installing Linkerd on their cluster, provisioning a YugabyteDB cluster using Helm, running a sample application against the YugabyteDB cluster, verifying that communication between services is secured with mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS), and viewing the Linkerd dashboard to monitor the setup. The post concludes by discussing how to clean up resources after completing the setup. Throughout the post, the authors emphasize how service meshes like Linkerd can simplify the process of implementing reliability, security, and observability features in Kubernetes applications, allowing developers to focus on building new features while leaving operations teams to handle performance, security, and scale.