Testing in Production for the Bold and True
In this talk, Rob Crowley explores the gamut of techniques that comprise testing in production including: traffic shadowing at deploy time; feature flags and canarying at release time; as well as chaos testing, A/B tests and tracing post release. Additionally, we will see through a series of live demonstrations how Kubernetes and Istio, a leading open source service mesh, can bring these advanced techniques within reach of mere mortals. By the end of the session, you will not only understand the techniques involved in safely testing in production but also have the knowledge to put them into practice.