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service-mesh-observability

Implement comprehensive observability for service meshes including distributed tracing, metrics, and visualization. Use when setting up mesh monitoring, debugging latency issues, or implementing SLOs for service communication.

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Service Mesh Observability

Complete guide to observability patterns for Istio, Linkerd, and service mesh deployments.

When to Use This Skill

  • Setting up distributed tracing across services
  • Implementing service mesh metrics and dashboards
  • Debugging latency and error issues
  • Defining SLOs for service communication
  • Visualizing service dependencies
  • Troubleshooting mesh connectivity

Core Concepts

1. Three Pillars of Observability

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                  Observability                       │
├─────────────────┬─────────────────┬─────────────────┤
│     Metrics     │     Traces      │      Logs       │
│                 │                 │                 │
│ • Request rate  │ • Span context  │ • Access logs   │
│ • Error rate    │ • Latency       │ • Error details │
│ • Latency P50   │ • Dependencies  │ • Debug info    │
│ • Saturation    │ • Bottlenecks   │ • Audit trail   │
└─────────────────┴─────────────────┴─────────────────┘

2. Golden Signals for Mesh

SignalDescriptionAlert Threshold
LatencyRequest duration P50, P99P99 > 500ms
TrafficRequests per secondAnomaly detection
Errors5xx error rate> 1%
SaturationResource utilization> 80%

Templates and detailed worked examples

Full template library and detailed worked examples live in references/details.md. Read that file when you need the concrete templates.

Best Practices

Do's

  • Sample appropriately - 100% in dev, 1-10% in prod
  • Use trace context - Propagate headers consistently
  • Set up alerts - For golden signals
  • Correlate metrics/traces - Use exemplars
  • Retain strategically - Hot/cold storage tiers

Don'ts

  • Don't over-sample - Storage costs add up
  • Don't ignore cardinality - Limit label values
  • Don't skip dashboards - Visualize dependencies
  • Don't forget costs - Monitor observability costs

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