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How I passed Istio Certified Associate, ICA

The Istio Certified Associate, ICA is a challenging and practical hands on exam. To help learn a capability I like the idea of an exam based goal, it’s achievable and ensures I attain a strong understanding of the system. Building a question and problem solving routine I used the following workflow, to methodically tackle each question. I found the routine helpful as it developed muscle memory and was one less thing to have to remember.

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Local Development using Istio on Kind

This document outlines the setup for a local developer environment running a Kind (Kubernetes in Docker) cluster with Istio installed. Overview The environment is managed by a single script, manage-cluster.sh, which automates the creation, configuration, and teardown of the entire stack. This setup is ideal for testing and developing with Istio service mesh on a local machine. The script handles the following: Kind Cluster Creation: Sets up a multi-node Kubernetes cluster.

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