01-00-installation.md

Install Istio

Prerequisites

• Access to a Kubernetes cluster (you can use k3d)
• kubectl
• kubebuilder
• Docker
• Kyma CLI

Install Kyma Istio Operator Manually

1. Clone the project.

git clone https://github.com/kyma-project/istio.git && cd istio

1. Set the Istio Operator image name.

export IMG=istio-operator:0.0.1
export K3D_CLUSTER_NAME=kyma

3. Provision the k3d cluster.

kyma provision k3d

TIP: To verify the correctness of the project, build it using the make build command.

4. Build the image.

make docker-build

5. Push the image to the registry.

k3d

k3d image import $IMG -c $K3D_CLUSTER_NAME

Globally available Docker registry

make docker-push

6. Deploy Istio Operator.

make deploy

Use Kyma Istio Operator to Install or Uninstall Istio

• Install Istio in your cluster.

kubectl apply -f config/samples/operator_v1alpha2_istio.yaml

• Delete Istio from your cluster.

kubectl delete -f config/samples/operator_v1alpha2_istio.yaml