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Istio Dashboard Collection

The Istio Dashboard Collection refers to a set of pre-configured dashboards available within the Grafana integration for Istio.^[400-devops__07-Monitoring-and-Observability__k8s-istio__samples__addons__README.md] These dashboards allow users to monitor the health of the Service mesh and the applications running within it^[400-devops__07-Monitoring-and-Observability__k8s-istio__samples__addons__README.md].

Included Dashboards

The sample deployment provides specific dashboards tailored to different aspects of the mesh's operation^[400-devops__07-Monitoring-and-Observability__k8s-istio__samples__addons__README.md]:

  • Mesh Dashboard: Offers a high-level overview of all services operating within the mesh^[400-devops__07-Monitoring-and-Observability__k8s-istio__samples__addons__README.md].
  • Service Dashboard: Provides a granular breakdown of Metrics for individual services^[400-devops__07-Monitoring-and-Observability__k8s-istio__samples__addons__README.md].
  • Workload Dashboard: Focuses on Metrics related to specific workloads^[400-devops__07-Monitoring-and-Observability__k8s-istio__samples__addons__README.md].
  • Performance Dashboard: Monitors the resource usage of the mesh^[400-devops__07-Monitoring-and-Observability__k8s-istio__samples__addons__README.md].
  • Control Plane Dashboard: Tracks the health and performance of the control plane components^[400-devops__07-Monitoring-and-Observability__k8s-istio__samples__addons__README.md].
  • WASM Extension Dashboard: Displays the runtime and loading state of WebAssembly extensions across the mesh^[400-devops__07-Monitoring-and-Observability__k8s-istio__samples__addons__README.md].

Deployment

These dashboards are part of the sample telemetry addons provided by Istio^[400-devops__07-Monitoring-and-Observability__k8s-istio__samples__addons__README.md]. They are optimized for quick deployment to get users started immediately, though they may not be configured for production environments without further tuning^[400-devops__07-Monitoring-and-Observability__k8s-istio__samples__addons__README.md].

Sources

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