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
   

   

Enable installing Istio on Kubernetes

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