Download the Istio release
Each Istio release includes a release archive which contains:
- the
istioctl
binary - installation profiles and Helm charts
- samples, including the Bookinfo application
A release archive is built for each supported processor architecture and operating system.
Download Istio
Go to the Istio release page to download the installation file for your OS, or download and extract the latest release automatically (Linux or macOS):
$ curl -L https://istio.io/downloadIstio | sh -
Move to the Istio package directory. For example, if the package is
istio-1.23.0
:$ cd istio-1.23.0
The installation directory contains:
- Sample applications in
samples/
- The
istioctl
client binary in thebin/
directory.
- Sample applications in
Add the
istioctl
client to your path (Linux or macOS):$ export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH