# Istio Service Mesh API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/istio-service-mesh-api/  
**Provider:** Scalable Architecture — https://apis.io/providers/scalable-architecture/

Istio Service Mesh API is one of 8 APIs that [Scalable Architecture](https://apis.io/providers/scalable-architecture/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include CNCF, Kubernetes, Microservices, Observability, and Security. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, a changelog, and a getting-started guide.

Istio is the leading open-source service mesh providing traffic management, security (mTLS), and observability for microservices. The Istio API includes VirtualService, DestinationRule, Gateway, and ServiceEntry custom resources for controlling service-to-service communication in Kubernetes. Graduated CNCF project.

## Machine-readable artifacts (6)

- **Documentation** — https://istio.io/latest/docs/
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/istio/istio
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/istio/api/master/networking/v1alpha3/virtual_service.proto
- **ChangeLog** — https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/
- **GettingStarted** — https://istio.io/latest/docs/setup/getting-started/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/scalable-architecture/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Scalable Architecture APIs (7)

- [Linkerd API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/linkerd-api/)
- [Envoy Proxy Admin API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/envoy-proxy-admin-api/)
- [Apache Kafka REST Proxy API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/apache-kafka-rest-proxy-api/)
- [Redis REST API (Redis Stack)](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/redis-rest-api-redis-stack/)
- [RabbitMQ Management HTTP API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/rabbitmq-management-http-api/)
- [Kubernetes API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/kubernetes-api/)
- [Argo Workflows API](https://apis.io/apis/scalable-architecture/argo-workflows-api/)

## Tags

CNCF, Kubernetes, Microservices, Observability, Security, Service Mesh, Traffic Management

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