linkerd-patterns

1# Linkerd Patterns
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3Production patterns for Linkerd service mesh - the lightweight, security-first service mesh for Kubernetes.
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5## When to Use This Skill
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7- Setting up a lightweight service mesh
8- Implementing automatic mTLS
9- Configuring traffic splits for canary deployments
10- Setting up service profiles for per-route metrics
11- Implementing retries and timeouts
12- Multi-cluster service mesh
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14## Core Concepts
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16### 1. Linkerd Architecture
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18```
19┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
20│                Control Plane                 │
21│  ┌─────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ │
22│  │ destiny │ │ identity │ │ proxy-inject │ │
23│  └─────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────────┘ │
24└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
25                      │
26┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
27│                 Data Plane                   │
28│  ┌─────┐    ┌─────┐    ┌─────┐             │
29│  │proxy│────│proxy│────│proxy│             │
30│  └─────┘    └─────┘    └─────┘             │
31│     │           │           │               │
32│  ┌──┴──┐    ┌──┴──┐    ┌──┴──┐            │
33│  │ app │    │ app │    │ app │            │
34│  └─────┘    └─────┘    └─────┘            │
35└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
36```
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38### 2. Key Resources
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40| Resource                | Purpose                              |
41| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
42| **ServiceProfile**      | Per-route metrics, retries, timeouts |
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