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    • Istioctl tool

    Alauda Service Mesh 2 supports istioctl, the official command line utility for the Istio project that includes many diagnostic and debugging utilities.

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    Installing the Istioctl tool

    Install the istioctl command-line utility to debug and diagnose Istio service mesh deployments.

    Prerequisites

    • The Alauda Service Mesh 2 Operator is installed and running.
    • You have created at least one Istio resource.

    Procedure

    1. Confirm which version of the Istio resource runs on the installation by running the following command:

      kubectl get istio -ojsonpath="{range .items[*]}{.spec.version}{'\n'}{end}" | sed s/^v// | sort

      If there are multiple Istio resources with different versions, choose the latest version. The latest version is displayed last.

    2. Navigate to https://github.com/istio/istio/releases.

    3. Locate the appropriate version and os arch from GitHub releases page.

    4. Extract the istioctl binary file.

      a. If you are using a Linux or Apple Mac operating system, run the following command:

      tar xvf istioctl-<VERSION>-<OS>-<ARCH>.tar.gz

      b. If you are using a Microsoft Windows operating system, use the zip software to extract the archive.

    5. Add the istioctl client to the path by running the following command:

      export PATH=$PWD:$PATH

    6. Confirm that the istioctl client version and the Istio control plane version match or are within one version by running the following command:

      istioctl version

      Example output

      client version: 1.28.1
control plane version: 1.28.1-asm-r0
data plane version: 1.28.1-asm-r0