Google Kubernetes Engine

Follow these instructions to prepare a GKE cluster for Istio.

1. Create a new cluster.

   $ gcloud container clusters create <cluster-name> \
     --cluster-version latest \
     --machine-type=n1-standard-2 \
     --num-nodes 4 \
     --zone <zone> \
     --project <project-id>
   

2. Retrieve your credentials for kubectl.

   $ gcloud container clusters get-credentials <cluster-name> \
       --zone <zone> \
       --project <project-id>
   

3. Grant cluster administrator (admin) permissions to the current user. To create the necessary RBAC rules for Istio, the current user requires admin permissions.

   $ kubectl create clusterrolebinding cluster-admin-binding \
       --clusterrole=cluster-admin \
       --user=$(gcloud config get-value core/account)