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Download the Istio release | Get the files required to install and explore Istio. | 30 |
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Each Istio release includes a release archive which contains:
- the
istioctl
binary - installation profiles and Helm charts
- samples, including the Bookinfo application
A release archive is built for each supported processor architecture and operating system.
Download Istio
-
Go to the [Istio release]({{< istio_release_url >}}) page to download the installation file for your OS, or download and extract the latest release automatically (Linux or macOS):
{{< text bash >}} $ curl -L https://istio.io/downloadIstio | sh - {{< /text >}}
{{< tip >}} The command above downloads the latest release (numerically) of Istio. You can pass variables on the command line to download a specific version or to override the processor architecture. For example, to download Istio {{< istio_full_version >}} for the x86_64 architecture, run:
{{< text bash >}} $ curl -L https://istio.io/downloadIstio | ISTIO_VERSION={{< istio_full_version >}} TARGET_ARCH=x86_64 sh - {{< /text >}}
{{< /tip >}}
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Move to the Istio package directory. For example, if the package is
istio-{{< istio_full_version >}}
:{{< text syntax=bash snip_id=none >}} $ cd istio-{{< istio_full_version >}} {{< /text >}}
The installation directory contains:
- Sample applications in
samples/
- The
istioctl
client binary in thebin/
directory.
- Sample applications in
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Add the
istioctl
client to your path (Linux or macOS):{{< text bash >}} $ export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH {{< /text >}}