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title: "Discussion on \"Istio Service Mesh: Why, When, and How It Is Used in Kubernetes\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Istio Service Mesh: Why, When, and How It Is Used in Kubernetes\". Understand how Istio manages traffic, secures service-to-service communication, enables canary deployments, and improves observability in Kubernetes."
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# [Istio Service Mesh: Why, When, and How It Is Used in Kubernetes](https://rojadaasari.hashnode.dev/istio-service-mesh-why-when-and-how-it-is-used-in-kubernetes?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Understand how Istio manages traffic, secures service-to-service communication, enables canary deployments, and improves observability in Kubernetes.

Sep 28 · 13 min read · rojadaasari.hashnode.dev  
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## Written by

[Rojarani Daasari](https://hashnode.com/@RojaraniDaasari)

@RojaraniDaasari · Hyderabad

  
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DevOps Engineer | Automating Infrastructure & CI/CD Pipelines | AWS |Docker | Kubernetes

Hi, I'm Rojarani Daasari. I'm a Devops Engineer with 2.9 years of experience in automated deployments, CI/CD Pipelines, cloud infrastructure and configuration management.

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[indiainfranotes](https://hashnode.com/@indiainfranotes)

[Sep 28](https://hashnode.com/posts/istio-service-mesh-why-when-and-how-it-is-used-in-kubernetes/6aba366420bd74b72c033af8/comment/6aba79069d44e34e29abf923)

good writeup. one sharper ask for production stacks: when a deploy lands, can you query a receipt of the exact change set later, or only scroll chat history?

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