Lab 1 - Installing Istio
In this module, you will use the Managed Istio add-on to install Istio on your cluster.
Managed Istio is available as part of IBM Cloud™ Kubernetes Service. The service provides seamless installation of Istio, automatic updates and lifecycle management of control plane components, and integration with platform logging and monitoring tools.
Download the
istioctl
CLI and add it to your PATH:curl -L https://istio.io/downloadIstio | ISTIO_VERSION=1.5.6 sh -
export PATH=$PWD/istio-1.5.6/bin:$PATH
Enable Managed Istio on your IKS cluster:
ibmcloud ks cluster addon enable istio --cluster $MYCLUSTER
The install can take up to 10 minutes. Ensure the corresponding pods are all in
Running
state before you continue.kubectl get pods -n istio-system
Sample output:
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE istio-egressgateway-6c966469cc-52t6f 1/1 Running 0 69s istio-egressgateway-6c966469cc-qq5qd 1/1 Running 0 55s istio-ingressgateway-7698c7b4f4-69c24 1/1 Running 0 68s istio-ingressgateway-7698c7b4f4-qttzh 1/1 Running 0 54s istiod-cbb98c74d-2wvql 1/1 Running 0 54s istiod-cbb98c74d-kcr4d 1/1 Running 0 67s
Before you continue, make sure all the pods are deployed and either in the
Running
orCompleted
state. If they're inpending
state, wait a few minutes to let the installation and deployment finish.Check the version of your Istio:
istioctl version
Sample output:
client version: 1.5.6 control plane version: 1.5.6 data plane version: 1.5.6 (4 proxies)
Congratulations! You successfully installed Istio into your cluster.
Last updated
Was this helpful?