Install Istio with kubectl

To install Istio on EKS with kubectl, we will need to use helm to generate the manifest and use kubectlto apply.

Install Istio Init

curl -L https://git.io/getLatestIstio | ISTIO_VERSION=1.3.3 sh -
cd istio-1.3.3
helm template install/kubernetes/helm/istio-init --namespace istio-system | kubectl apply -f -

Install Istio Demo

kubectl apply -f install/kubernetes/istio-demo.yaml

Output

$ kubectl get pods -n istio-system
NAME                                      READY   STATUS      RESTARTS   AGE
grafana-9bdbcc98d-gzntp                   1/1     Running     0          23m
istio-citadel-6759c5c4d4-7wlnw            1/1     Running     0          23m
istio-egressgateway-c7776cf56-zjnx8       1/1     Running     0          23m
istio-galley-8544f4ff94-9qj4m             1/1     Running     0          23m
istio-grafana-post-install-1.3.3-l989d    0/1     Completed   0          23m
istio-ingressgateway-8469cb69c5-kjvkc     1/1     Running     0          23m
istio-pilot-748dd866dc-rh25k              2/2     Running     0          23m
istio-policy-5c564f5bfb-8hvgc             2/2     Running     1          23m
istio-security-post-install-1.3.3-7pp5z   0/1     Completed   0          23m
istio-sidecar-injector-59c8999585-lqlj7   1/1     Running     0          23m
istio-telemetry-5fc579cb56-sjd9d          2/2     Running     1          23m
istio-tracing-6f585d8877-24974            0/1     Running     10         23m
kiali-5764f9c44d-c7ftg                    1/1     Running     0          23m
prometheus-85d75b5f6b-fn7f2               1/1     Running     0          23m

Bookinfo application

kubectl label ns istio-system  istio-injection=disabled
kubectl label ns istio-demo  istio-injection=enabled
kubectl apply -f samples/bookinfo/platform/kube/bookinfo.yaml

$ kubectl get pods
NAME                             READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
details-v1-c5b5f496d-p5lr7       1/2     Running   0          98m
helloworld-v1-7bb88866c4-hj8m2   2/2     Running   0          108m
helloworld-v2-6cd449dff4-mxjwn   1/2     Running   0          108m
productpage-v1-c7765c886-tbd2c   2/2     Running   0          98m
ratings-v1-f745cf57b-qpthv       2/2     Running   0          98m
reviews-v1-75b979578c-6hslt      2/2     Running   0          98m
reviews-v2-597bf96c8f-q92v7      2/2     Running   0          98m
reviews-v3-54c6c64795-9gc9q      2/2     Running   0          98m

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Install Istio with kubectl

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Bookinfo application

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