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Virtual: A Crash Course in mTLS and Authorization for Kubernetes with Linkerd

2021-10-11

Authors:   William Morgan


Abstract

mTLS (mutual TLS) and policy are two hot topics in the Kubernetes world. In this 10-minute crash course, Linkerd creator William Morgan will teach you 90% of what you need to know about these two security concepts. He'll walk you through what mTLS is, how it works, and how to build authorization policy on top of it. He'll show you how to get mTLS and authz policy in about 5 minutes using Linkerd, the CNCF's flagship service mesh, and point out some common pitfalls and gotchas to avoid.

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