helm-starter-istio

An Istio starter template for Helm.

Stop fiddling with Istio and Kubernetes YAML and start building. This starter sets up everything you need to get a container running in Istio correctly the first time.

Features

• Fastest way to get a new service into the Istio mesh
• Simplified Istio ingress configuration
• Simplified Istio port configuration
• ConfigMap driven by values.yaml, to facilitate easy Helm value overriding
• Creates the following Kubernetes and Istio objects
  • Service
  • Deployment
  • ConfigMap
  • VirtualService
  • DestinationRule

Installation

• Clone into ~/.helm/starters or,
• Install with the helm-starter plugin.
  • helm plugin install https://github.com/salesforce/helm-starter.git
  • helm starter fetch https://github.com/salesforce/helm-starter-istio.git

Usage

# Create a helm chart from the starter
> helm create NAME --starter helm-starter-istio

# Deploy the helm chart to kubernetes
> helm template NAME | kubectl -apply -f -