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                    Istio has an active community that supports its use and on-going development. We'd love for you
                    to join us and get involved!
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                    <h3>For Operators and IT Professionals</h3>
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                        If you're using Istio in your environment, there are different channels where
                        to find information and community help.
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                                <h4><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/istio">Stack Overflow</a></h4>
                                <p>Our user forum is a great place to go for community support.</p>
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                                <h4><a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/istio-user">Mailing List</a></h4>
                                <p>Join the istio-user mailing list to get announcements and participate in discussions about
                                    configuring and operating Istio.
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                    <h3>For Developers</h3>
                    <p>Istio has an active community of developers from Google, IBM, and Lyft who are contributing
                        to the project. If you're a developer and you've got great ideas to improve Istio, we'd
                        love to have you join the fun and help to grow our ecosystem and capabilities.
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                                <h4><a href="https://github.com/istio">GitHub</a></h4>
                                <p>Check out the source code and consider contributing.</p>
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                                <h4><a href="https://istio-dev.slack.com">Slack</a></h4>
                                <p>Our Slack channel is the best way to contact our engineers and share your ideas with them.</p>
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                                <h4><a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/istio-dev">Mailing List</a></h4>
                                <p>Any questions or suggestions? Just want to be in the loop of what is going on with the
                                    project? Join the istio-dev mailing list.
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