Istio Learning Resources

Istio Basic Sample

https://istio.io/latest/docs/examples/bookinfo/

Learn Microservices using Kubernetes and Istio

https://istio.io/latest/docs/examples/microservices-istio/

• Pre-requisites
• Set up a Kubernetes Cluster
• Set up a Local Computer
• Run a Microservice Locally
• Run ratings in Docker
• Run Bookinfo with Kubernetes
• Test in production
• Add a new version of reviews
• Enable Istio on productpage
• Enable Istio on all the microservices
• Configure Istio Ingress Gateway
• Monitoring with Istio

Beginner Evaluation Tasks

These tasks are a great place for beginners to further evaluate Istio’s features using this demo installation:

• Request routing
• Fault injection
• Traffic shifting
• Querying metrics
• Visualizing metrics
• Accessing external services
• Visualizing your mesh

Production Readiness Resources

Before you customize Istio for production use, see these resources:

• Deployment models
• Deployment best practices
• Pod requirements
• General installation instructions

Additional Official Documentation:

• Istio Best Practices
• Istio Deployment Documentation