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Cut Cross-Zone Networking Costs Without Sacrificing Reliability
In-zone by default. Cross-zone only when necessary.
Multicluster Operations and Failover for Kubernetes
Achieve true multi-cluster resilience with zero-config service mirroring and automated, cross-cluster failover.
Observability and Reliability for Kubernetes
Golden metrics, automated cert rotation, and OpenTelemetry tracing, zero code changes required.
Load Balancing and Reliability for gRPC on Kubernetes
Per-request gRPC load balancing and traffic management, zero code changes.
FIPS-Validated Encryption in Transit for FedRAMP
FIPS-validated encryption across every pod, zero application code changes.
Zero Trust Network Security for Kubernetes
Zero-trust mTLS and deny-by-default authorization for every service, no code changes.
The AI Kubernetes Show
The Kubernetes AI Show dives deep into the real-world challenges of adopting AI on Kubernetes platforms.
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Linkerd, service mesh, and much more!
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Learn how organizations across the world run Linkerd in production.
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Enterprise-focused documents to better inform you about the service mesh
Linkerd vs Istio
How do the two service meshes compare?
Linkerd vs Cilium
Five Key Differences in 2025
Guide to mTLS and Kubernetes
A Kubernetes engineer's guide to mutual TLS.
The AI Kubernetes Show
The Kubernetes AI Show dives deep into the real-world challenges of adopting AI on Kubernetes platforms.
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Service Mesh Academy
Hands-on, engineer-focused training on the fundamentals of Linkerd.
Buoyant Linkerd Forum
Get support for Linkerd from the maintainers, experts, and Linkerd community!
What Is a Service Mesh?
What every software engineer needs to know about the service mesh.
Escape Room: Kube-napping in Amsterdam!
Phippy is gone! Use your Kubernetes and Linkerd skills to solve this high-stakes cloud native service mesh murder mystery and restore her liveness probe.
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Happiness Guaranteed with gRPC & Linkerd!
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Self paced courses
Get service mesh certified with Buoyant’s Service Mesh Academy.
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