Setup

    Istio 1.4 has been tested with these Kubernetes releases: 1.13, 1.14, 1.15.

    Visit our tolearn how to evaluate and try Istio’s basic features quickly.

    Istio offers multiple installation flowsdepending on your platform and whether or not you intend to use Istio in production.At a high level, the basic flow is the same regardless of platform:

    Download the Istio release which includes installation files, samples and a command line utility.

    • Go to the page todownload the installation file corresponding to your OS. Alternatively, on a macOS orLinux system, you can run the following command to download andextract the latest release automatically:
    • Move to the Istio package directory. For example, if the package is:

    The installation directory contains:

    • Installation YAML files for Kubernetes in install/kubernetes
    • Sample applications in

    Installing Istio

    Istio is installed in its own istio-system namespace and can manageservices from all other namespaces. Choose one of the following installation options, depending on your intended use:

    • :This option is ideal to install Istio for production use or for performance evaluation.

    • Cloud provider installation instructions:This option is ideal if your cloud provider has native support for Istio-enabled clusterswith a configuration profilecorresponding to your intended use. Refer to your cloud provider’s documentation for details.

    After choosing an option and installing Istio on your cluster, you can deployyour own applications or experiment with some of our and examples.

    When you’re ready to consider more advanced Istio use cases, check out the following resources:

    • To install using Istio’s Container Network Interface(CNI) plugin, visit our .

    • To perform a multicluster setup, visit ourmulticluster installation documents.

    • To add services using sidecar injection, see ourto learn more.

    Getting Started

    Download, install, and try out Istio.

    Deployment Models

    Describes the system models that impact your overall Istio depolyment.

    平台安装

    在安装 Istio 之前如何准备各种 Kubernetes 平台。

    安装指南

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    升级

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