IBM Cloud

Follow these instructions to prepare an IBM Cloud cluster for Istio.

IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (IKS)

Replace <cluster-name> with the name of the cluster you want to use in the following instructions.

1. Create a new lite or paid Kubernetes cluster.

   Lite cluster:

   $ ibmcloud cs cluster-create --name <cluster-name>

   Paid cluster:

   $ ibmcloud cs cluster-create --location <location> --machine-type u2c.2x4 \
     --name <cluster-name>

2. Retrieve your credentials for kubectl.

   $(ibmcloud cs cluster-config <cluster-name>|grep "export KUBECONFIG")

IBM Cloud Private

Configure kubectl to access the IBM Cloud Private Cluster.