Preparing your workstation for Istio installation

We will be using minikube for installing and playing with Istio in the first few chapters. In later chapters, we will install Istio on AWS EKS to mimic real-life scenarios. First, let’s prepare your laptop/desktop with minikube. If you already have minikube installed in your environment, it is strongly recommended to upgrade to the latest version.

If you don’t have minikube installed, then follow the instructions to install minikube. minikube is a local Kubernetes installed on your workstation that makes it easy for you to learn and play with Kubernetes and Istio, without needing a contingent of computers to install a Kubernetes cluster.

System specifications

You will need Linux or macOS or Windows. This book will primarily follow macOS as the target operating system. Where there is a big difference in commands between Linux and macOS, you will find corresponding steps/commands in the form of little notes. You...