Alibaba Cloud

Follow these instructions to prepare anAlibaba Cloud Kubernetes Container Servicecluster for Istio.You can deploy a Kubernetes cluster to Alibaba Cloud quickly and easily in theContainer Service console, which fully supports Istio.

To install and configure an Istio mesh in the Alibaba Cloud Kubernetes Container Serviceusing the Application Catalog module, follow theAlibaba Application Catalog instructionsinstead.

Prerequisites

• Follow the Alibaba Cloud instructionsto activate the following services: Container Service, Resource OrchestrationService (ROS), and RAM.

Procedure

• Log on to the Container Service console, and click Clusters underKubernetes in the left-side navigation pane to enter the Cluster List page.

• Click the Create Kubernetes Cluster button in the upper-right corner.

• Enter the cluster name. The cluster name can be 1–63 characters long andit can contain numbers, Chinese characters, English letters, and hyphens (-).

• Select the region and zone in which the cluster resides.

• Set the cluster network type. Kubernetes clusters only support the VPCnetwork type now.

• Configure the node type, Pay-As-You-Go and Subscription types are supported.

• Configure the master nodes. Select the generation, family, and type for themaster nodes.

• Configure the worker nodes. Select whether to create a worker node or add anexisting ECS instance as the worker node.

• Configure the logon mode, and configure the Pod Network CIDR and ServiceCIDR.

The image below shows the GUI where you complete all the previous steps:

Console