linkerd-patterns

# Linkerd Patterns Production patterns for Linkerd service mesh - the lightweight, security-first service mesh for Kubernetes. ## When to Use This Skill - Setting up a lightweight service mesh - Implementing automatic mTLS - Configuring traffic splits for canary deployments - Setting up service profiles for per-route metrics - Implementing retries and timeouts - Multi-cluster service mesh ## Core Concepts ### 1. Linkerd Architecture ``` ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Control Plane │ │ ┌─────────┐ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────────┐ │ │ │ destiny │ │ identity │ │ proxy-inject │ │ │ └─────────┘ └──────────┘ └──────────────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Data Plane │ │ ┌─────┐ ┌─────┐ ┌─────┐ │ │ │proxy│────│proxy│────│proxy│ │ │ └─────┘ └─────┘ └─────┘ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ┌──┴──┐ ┌──┴──┐ ┌──┴──┐ │ │ │ app │ │ app │ │ app │ │ │ └─────┘ └─────┘ └─────┘ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ``` ### 2. Key Resources | Resource | Purpose | | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------ | | **ServiceProfile** | Per-route metrics, retries, timeouts | | **TrafficSplit** | Canary deployme...