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Istio Installation Guide

Istio is an open source service mesh that layers transparently onto existing distributed applications.
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Install Istio with Default Profile
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istioctl install
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Enable Istio Injection for Namespace
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kubectl label namespace default istio-injection=enabled
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Install Observability Add-ons
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kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/istio/istio/release-1.25/samples/addons/kiali.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/istio/istio/release-1.25/samples/addons/prometheus.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/istio/istio/release-1.25/samples/addons/jaeger.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/istio/istio/release-1.25/samples/addons/grafana.yaml
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Access Kiali Dashboard
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kubectl port-forward svc/kiali 20001:20001 -n istio-system
# or for Grafana
kubectl port-forward svc/grafana 20001:3000 -n istio-system

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Uninstall Istio

This will completely remove Istio from your cluster.
istioctl uninstall --purge