KubeSphere Container Platform

This page was last updated March 9, 2021.

Follow these instructions to prepare the KubeSphere Container Platform for Istio. You can download KubeSphere to easily install a Kubernetes cluster on your Linux machines.

Prerequisites

A Linux machine that is either a virtual machine or bare metal. This machine requires at a minimum:

  • Hardware:

    • CPU: at least 2 Cores
    • Memory: at least 4 GB
  • Operating Systems:

    • CentOS 7.4 ~ 7.7 (64-bit)
    • Ubuntu 16.04/18.04 LTS (64-bit)
    • RHEL 7.4 (64-bit)
    • Debian Stretch 9.5 (64-bit)

Provisioning a Kubernetes cluster

  1. Download KubeSphere to your Linux machine, move to the KubeSphere directory. For example, if the created directory is kubesphere-all-v2.1.1:

    $ curl -L https://kubesphere.io/download/stable/latest > installer.tar.gz
    $ tar -xzf installer.tar.gz
    $ cd kubesphere-all-v2.1.1/scripts
    
  2. Execute the installation script, it will create a standard Kubernetes cluster. Select the “1) All-in-one” option when prompted:

    $ ./install.sh
    
  3. Installation may take 15 ~ 20 minutes. Wait until all pods are running. Access the console using the account information obtained from the installation logs:

    #####################################################
    ###              Welcome to KubeSphere!           ###
    #####################################################
    Console: http://192.168.0.8:30880
    Account: admin
    Password: It will be generated by KubeSphere Installer
    

    KubeSphere Console

Enable installing Istio on Kubernetes

KubeSphere will install Istio within Kubernetes. Now reference Enable Service Mesh to enable Istio.

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