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Re:Istio – An open platform to connect, manage, and secure m... by outworlder on Monday February 04, 2019 @03:55PM (#19080540)
> They end up bypassing cluster IPs and dealing directly with pod IPs

Why the heck are they even using Kubernetes then? Just deploy a bunch of docker containers with the autorestart flag.

This is terrible design.

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Re:Istio – An open platform to connect, manage, and secure m... by parasubvert on Monday February 04, 2019 @11:47PM (#19083084)
No, it isn't terrible design, it's a requirement. Try running any distributed data services without direct pod accessibility. This is why StatefulSets and headless services exist.
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