So you think you can mesh? Scaling ING's service mesh by Jens Kat

ING Bank serves 37 million customers in over 40 countries, powered by 2000 microservices behind the scenes.In this talk, I will share how we scaled our service mesh from 1 to 10,000 running instances across multiple regions and deployment types (containers and VMs) over the past 8 years. I will explain the core concepts that make our service mesh manageable and scalable.Key topics we will cover:- Authorization Model: How we handle permissions and enforcement.- Runtime Considerations: Configuring workloads to ensure observability, resilience, and security in multi-region deployments.- Staying Up-to-Date: Adopting market standards and keeping our service mesh current.Takeaways:By the end of this talk, you will have a thorough understanding of the benefits a service mesh provides in a microservices architecture. You will also learn best practices from ING's 8 years of production experience to apply to your own service mesh.