You will get the best out of this chapter if you have the following:
- Istio and the BookInfo microservice installed within Kubernetes
Please take note of the following regarding the Bookinfo microservice application:
- ratings:v1 translates to no stars.
- ratings:v2 translates to black stars.
- ratings:v3 translates to red stars.
- Your own Kubernetes images built on a single node VM, either on a Windows laptop or MacBook prior to installing Istio—to get started, please consult https://github.com/servicemeshbook/byok
- OR – please refer to Chapter 06, Building Your Own Kubernetes Environment, for more information.
Once you have the preceding requirements in place, open a command-line window to follow this chapter so that you can learn about Istio through examples. Clone this book's GitHub directory, as follows:
$ cd # Switch to home directory...