Istio: Install

Setup and Configure

Download Istio by running the following command:

curl -L https://istio.io/downloadIstio | sh -

Move to the Istio package directory. For example, if the package is istio-1.11.2:

cd istio-1.14.1

Add the istioctl client tool to the PATH for your workstation.

export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH

Validate if the cluster meets Istio install requirements by running the precheck:

istioctl x precheck

Output should look simalar to:

✔ No issues found when checking the cluster. 
Istio is safe to install or upgrade!

Install and Adding Integration

• Istio

istioctl install

• Prometheus and Grafana

kubectl apply -f samples/addons/prometheus.yaml
kubectl apply -f samples/addons/grafana.yaml

• Jaeger

kubectl apply -f samples/addons/jaeger.yaml

• Kiali

kubectl apply -f samples/addons/kiali.yaml

Dashboards

istioctl dashboard <service>

Where <service> is one of:

• prometheus
• grafana
• jaeger
• kaili

Additional Setup

Gateway

Install the Gateway

kubectl create namespace istio-ingress
helm install istio-ingress istio/gateway -n istio-ingress