Istio

Istio is an open source service mesh that is used frequently to connect and secure microservices within a cluster. The below instructions will install istio from the helm repository chart.

caution

You can skip these steps if you have already installed the recommended Istio version on the cluster.

Install Istio

Install Istio on all worker cluster(s) participating in the configuration:

1. Switch the context to the worker cluster that will be registered with the KubeSlice Controller.

   kubectx <cluster name>
2. Create the istio-system namespace using the following command:

   kubectl create ns istio-system
3. Install the istio-base chart from the helm repository using the following command:

   helm install istio-base kubeslice/istio-base -n istio-system
4. Install the istio-discovery chart from the helm repository using the following command:

   helm install istiod kubeslice/istio-discovery -n istio-system

Validate Istio Installation

Validate the installation of Istio by checking the pod status. Use the following command to check if the pods are running:

kubectl get pods -n istio-system

Example Output

NAME                          READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
istiod-66f576dd98-jtshj       1/1     Running   0          60s