Transforming Istio into an enterprise-ready service mesh for Amazon ECS

This post is authored by John Howard(Senior Architect, Solo.io), Petr McAllister(Engineer on the Partner Team, Solo.io), Christian Posta(VP, Global Field CTO, Solo.io) and Jooyoung Kim (Senior Containers Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS).

Introduction

Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) is a fully managed service that streamlines the deployment, management, and scaling of containerized applications. Although Amazon ECS has deep integration with other AWS services, it also offers compatibility with open source projects, particularly those under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). The Amazon ECS support for CNCF projects allows enterprises to use the flexibility of open source technologies alongside the powerful native AWS services, making it a versatile choice for organizations looking to balance ease of use with open standards and extensibility.

Istio is recognized as the most widely deployed, mature, and stable service mesh available today. It provides an …