LABINTERMEDIATE
Ingress and Egress Traffic
Configure Istio Ingress Gateway for external access and control outbound traffic with Egress Gateway and ServiceEntry.
50 minutes
service-mesh/istio
Lab Overview
This hands-on lab teaches you how to manage traffic entering and leaving your service mesh.
You'll learn to:
- Configure Istio Ingress Gateway for external HTTP traffic
- Create Gateway and VirtualService resources for routing
- Set up host-based routing for multiple services
- Configure ServiceEntry for external service access
- Control egress traffic with Egress Gateway
- Understand the difference between ALLOW_ANY and REGISTRY_ONLY modes
Traffic management at the mesh edge is a core ICA exam topic (35% of exam).
Key Resources:
Prerequisites
ica-istio-installation-configuration
basic-kubernetes-knowledge
Technologies Covered
istioingressegressgatewayservice-entryica-certification
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This lab is part of the Istio Certified Associate (ICA) Exam Preparation course
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