GetIstio was released this week. It is an
open source project, and you can use it to install, operate, and upgrade Istio installation on your cluster.
It uses a vetted, upstream distribution of Istio - a hardened image of Istio with continued support that is simpler to install, manage, and upgrade.
The first version integrates with GCP and AWS certificate managers. So if you ever wanted your workloads to use certificates signed by your private certificate authority, you can do it with GetIstio with a single command.
If you check the certs on your workload, you'll see your own certificate useD:
Certificate:
Data:
Version: 3 (0x2)
Serial Number:
55:7f:b3:00:f8:b2:24:50:dc:51:7c:e5:85:5a:14:7a:65:28:26:38
Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
Issuer: C = US, L = Redmond, O = LearnCloudNative, CN = getistio.learncloudnative.com
Validity
Not Before: Feb 10 17:24:51 2021 GMT
Not After : Feb 10 17:24:51 2022 GMT
Subject: C = US, L = Redmond, O = LearnCloudNative, CN = getistio.learncloudnative.com
Subject Public Key Info:
Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption
RSA Public-Key: (2048 bit)
...
You can check out the articles here explaining how to integrate it with
GCP and
AWS.
Free Istio Fundamentals Course
In addition to the GetIstio CLI, the launch also includes a
free, online course on
Istio Fundamentals. The course has eight modules that take you from installing Istio, managing traffic, troubleshooting, and advanced features, such as connecting virtual machines' workloads to your Istio Service mesh.
Zack Butcher will introduce the GetIstio project, and Christoph Pakulski will talk about GetEnvoy. Additionally, there will also be a demo of new features in Istio 1.9.
No need to register ahead. You can join through Zoom on February 18th at 9 AM via
this link.