We are planning to integrate a microservices platform which is running in Kubernetes and the architecture will be similar to the below reference architecture.
https://www.ibm.com/devops/method/content/architecture/microservices/1_0
What are the core components which can be replaces by Istio on the above Kubernetes microservices architecture?
I understand it can help in request routing, traffic management, policies and control.
If I need to migrate one of the similar project what are the components which is available in Istio which can be replaced in Kubernetes or vice versa?
It doesn’t replace any kubernetes core components. ISTIO is add-on for kubernetes to manage the micro service. In the IBM article you can use ISTO for routing instated of Ingress Controller.