Linkerd Courses and Certifications

Linkerd Project Update: VM Support, Ingress, Security on the Edge, and Rust

Discover Linkerd's latest advancements: Rust adoption, mesh expansion for non-Kubernetes environments, enhanced edge security, and upcoming ingress traffic handling features. Learn about the world's fastest service mesh.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Argo vs Flagger - Progressive Delivery with Linkerd

Explore Argo Rollouts and Flagger for cloud native Progressive Delivery. Compare features, GitOps integration, and compatibility with Linkerd. Learn key considerations for choosing the right tool for your project's needs.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Scaling Progressive Delivery at EarnIn: Leveraging Linkerd for Advanced Deployments With Gateway API

Discover how EarnIn transformed deployment processes by implementing Progressive Canary and Blue/Green rollouts using Linkerd service mesh with Gateway API, enabling traffic shifting and mirroring across 600 microservices.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Upgrading Linkerd With Flux - Lightning Talk

Discover the challenges and solutions of upgrading Linkerd from 2.14.10 to 2.16.0 using Flux GitOps, including breaking changes, secret management, and lessons learned from 13 test iterations.

• YouTube
• 11 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Si Vis Pacem, Adde Rete - If You Want Peace, Add a Mesh! Integrating wasmCloud with Linkerd

Discover how to integrate wasmCloud with Linkerd for production-ready WebAssembly applications with enhanced security, reliability, and observability in cloud-native environments.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Introduction to Service Mesh with Linkerd

Learn the basics of the service mesh and get hands-on practical experience with Linkerd, the open source, open governance, ultralight CNCF service mesh for Kubernetes, including transparent mTLS, golden metrics, traffic shifting, and multi-cluster commun…

• edX
• 10 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

What We Learned From the Gateway API - Designing Linkerd's New Policy CRD

Exploring Gateway API's policy attachment pattern and its application in Linkerd's authorization mechanism, enhancing flexibility and extensibility for Kubernetes networking policies.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Federated Services: Straightforward Multicluster

Explore federated services in Linkerd for simplified multicluster Kubernetes operations. Learn how they provide seamless traffic routing across clusters while maintaining operational simplicity through a deep dive and live demonstration.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

It's 2025 - Why Are You OK With an Insecure Network?

Explore why network security remains neglected in 2025 and discover actionable strategies for securing cloud applications using service meshes and operational simplicity principles.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Cost-Efficient Multi-Cluster Monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana and Linkerd

Learn to build a cost-efficient, decentralized monitoring solution for multi-cluster environments using Prometheus, Grafana, and Linkerd's service mirroring capability.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Service Mesh in Production with Linkerd - Cloud Native Live

Explore service mesh implementation with Linkerd, covering installation, configuration, debugging, and best practices for cloud-native applications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Service Mesh 101 - An Introduction with Linkerd

Explore service mesh fundamentals and Linkerd implementation for enhanced microservices communication, security, and observability in cloud-native environments.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Service Mesh at Scale: How Xbox Cloud Gaming Secures 22,000 Pods with Linkerd

Discover how Xbox Cloud Gaming secures 22k pods with Linkerd, implementing mTLS, observability, and reliability across 26 clusters. Learn about their journey, cost savings, and future plans.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Intro - Linkerd

Discover Linkerd: A blazing-fast, lightweight service mesh for Kubernetes. Learn its features, benefits, and how it compares to other options in this informative introduction.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Multi-Cluster is Easier Than You Think with Linkerd and Ambassador

Explore multi-cluster Kubernetes deployments using Linkerd and Ambassador. Learn key concepts, service mirroring, and practical implementation for improved availability and communication.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk