Istio

Bookstore Demo

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1. Install Istio (Demo Profile with Tracing)

ISTIOCTL=$PWD/bin/istioctl

$ISTIOCTL install \
  --set profile=demo \
  --set meshConfig.defaultConfig.tracing.zipkin.address=splunk-otel-collector.istio-system.svc.cluster.local:9411 \
  -y

Enable automatic sidecar injection for the default namespace:

kubectl label namespace default istio-injection=enabled

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2. Deploy the Bookinfo Application

kubectl apply -f samples/bookinfo/platform/kube/bookinfo.yaml

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3. Deploy the Istio Gateway

kubectl apply -f samples/bookinfo/networking/bookinfo-gateway.yaml

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4. Access the Application

Get the external address for the product page:

NODEPORT=$(kubectl get svc -n istio-system -o json \
  | jq -r '.items[].spec.ports[]? | select(.port == 80 and .nodePort) | .nodePort')

NODELST=$(kubectl get nodes -o json \
  | jq -r '.items[].status.addresses[] | select(.type=="InternalIP") | .address')

for ip in $NODELST; do
  echo "http://$ip:$NODEPORT/productpage"
done