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Each Istio release includes a release archive which contains:

A release archive is built for each supported processor architecture and operating system.

Download Istio

  1. 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 >}}

  2. 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 the bin/ directory.
  3. Add the istioctl client to your path (Linux or macOS):

    {{< text bash >}} $ export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH {{< /text >}}