How do I right-size resources for Istio?

Right-sizing resources for Istio involves analyzing the performance of your applications, monitoring resource usage, and scaling your Kubernetes clusters appropriately to ensure optimal performance while minimizing costs. Properly sizing Istio's components such as Envoy proxies and Istiod can lead to improved application efficiency and better resource allocation.

// Example of a Kubernetes deployment configuration for Istio apiVersion: apps/v1 kind: Deployment metadata: name: istio-ingressgateway namespace: istio-system spec: replicas: 2 selector: matchLabels: app: istio-ingressgateway template: metadata: labels: app: istio-ingressgateway spec: containers: - name: istio-proxy image: docker.io/istio/proxyv2:1.10.0 resources: requests: cpu: "500m" memory: "128Mi" limits: cpu: "1" memory: "256Mi"

Keywords: Istio right-sizing resources Kubernetes performance analysis scaling clusters