This document discusses service mesh for Kubernetes containers. It introduces Linkerd as a service mesh that provides features like load balancing, tracing, circuit breakers, retries, and more. It also discusses Kubernetes monitoring and logging capabilities as well as existing cluster add-ons for indexing and visualization. The document provides an overview of cloud native computing and common projects under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, including Kubernetes for orchestration, Prometheus for monitoring, and Fluentd for logging.