Istio
Medium
Traffic Management
What is the purpose of Istio's 'outlierDetection' field in DestinationRule?
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Answer: To implement circuit breaking by ejecting unhealthy hosts
Explanation
The 'outlierDetection' field in Istio's DestinationRule is used to implement circuit breaking by ejecting unhealthy hosts from the load balancing pool. It specifies conditions for when a host should be considered unhealthy and removed from the pool.
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