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href="/v0.7/docs/setup/kubernetes/sidecar-injection.html">Installing the Istio Sidecar</a></li><li> <a title="Instructions for integrating VMs and bare metal hosts into an Istio mesh deployed on Kubernetes." href="/v0.7/docs/setup/kubernetes/mesh-expansion.html">Istio Mesh Expansion</a></li><li> <a title="This guide demonstrates how to upgrade the Istio control plane and data plane independently." href="/v0.7/docs/setup/kubernetes/upgrading-istio.html">Upgrading Istio</a></li></ul></li><li class="sublist"> <label class='tree-toggle'> <i class='fa fa-lg fa-caret-right'></i> <a class="" title="Instructions for installing the Istio control plane in a Consul based environment, with or without Nomad." href="/v0.7/docs/setup/consul">Nomad & Consul</a> </label><ul class="tree collapse"><li> <a title="Quick Start instructions to setup the Istio service mesh with Docker Compose." href="/v0.7/docs/setup/consul/quick-start.html">Quick Start on Docker</a></li><li> <a title="Instructions for installing the Istio control plane in a Consul based environment, with or without Nomad." href="/v0.7/docs/setup/consul/install.html">Installation</a></li></ul></li><li class="sublist"> <label class='tree-toggle'> <i class='fa fa-lg fa-caret-right'></i> <a class="" title="Instructions for installing the Istio control plane in a Eureka based environment." href="/v0.7/docs/setup/eureka">Eureka</a> </label><ul class="tree collapse"><li> <a title="Quick Start instructions to setup the Istio service mesh with Docker Compose." href="/v0.7/docs/setup/eureka/quick-start.html">Quick Start on Docker</a></li><li> <a title="Instructions for installing the Istio control plane in an Eureka based environment." href="/v0.7/docs/setup/eureka/install.html">Installation</a></li></ul></li><li class="sublist"> <label class='tree-toggle'> <i class='fa fa-lg fa-caret-right'></i> <a class="" title="Instructions for installing the Istio control plane in Cloud Foundry." 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class="collapse" data-parent="#sidebar" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="header39"><div class="card-body"><ul class="tree"><li class="sublist"> <label class='tree-toggle'> <i class='fa fa-lg fa-caret-right'></i> <a class="" title="Describes tasks that demonstrate traffic routing features of Istio service mesh." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management">Traffic Management</a> </label><ul class="tree collapse"><li> <a title="This task shows you how to configure dynamic request routing based on weights and HTTP headers." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management/request-routing.html">Configuring Request Routing</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows how to inject delays and test the resiliency of your application." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management/fault-injection.html">Fault Injection</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows you how to migrate traffic from an old to new version of a service." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management/traffic-shifting.html">Traffic Shifting</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows you how to setup request timeouts in Envoy using Istio." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management/request-timeouts.html">Setting Request Timeouts</a></li><li> <a title="Describes how to configure Istio Ingress on Kubernetes." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management/ingress.html">Istio Ingress</a></li><li> <a title="Describes how to configure Istio to route traffic from services in the mesh to external services." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management/egress.html">Control Egress Traffic</a></li><li> <a title="Describes how to configure Istio to route TCP traffic from services in the mesh to external services." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management/egress-tcp.html">Control Egress TCP Traffic</a></li><li> <a title="This task demonstrates the circuit-breaking capability for resilient applications" href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management/circuit-breaking.html">Circuit Breaking</a></li><li> <a title="Demonstrates Istio's traffic shadowing/mirroring capabilities" href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management/mirroring.html">Mirroring</a></li></ul></li><li class="sublist"> <label class='tree-toggle'> <i class='fa fa-lg fa-caret-right'></i> <a class="" title="WIP - Describes tasks that demonstrate traffic routing features of Istio service mesh." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management-v1alpha3">Traffic Management (v1alpha3)</a> </label><ul class="tree collapse"><li> <a title="This task shows you how to configure dynamic request routing based on weights and HTTP headers." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management-v1alpha3/request-routing.html">Configuring Request Routing</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows how to inject delays and test the resiliency of your application." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management-v1alpha3/fault-injection.html">Fault Injection</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows you how to migrate traffic from an old to new version of a service." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management-v1alpha3/traffic-shifting.html">Traffic Shifting</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows you how to setup request timeouts in Envoy using Istio." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management-v1alpha3/request-timeouts.html">Setting Request Timeouts</a></li><li> <a title="Describes how to configure Istio to expose a service outside of the service mesh." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management-v1alpha3/ingress.html">Control Ingress Traffic</a></li><li> <a title="Describes how to configure Istio to route traffic from services in the mesh to external services." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management-v1alpha3/egress.html">Control Egress Traffic</a></li><li> <a title="Describes how to configure Istio to route TCP traffic from services in the mesh to external services." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management-v1alpha3/egress-tcp.html">Control Egress TCP Traffic</a></li><li> <a title="This task demonstrates the circuit-breaking capability for resilient applications" href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management-v1alpha3/circuit-breaking.html">Circuit Breaking</a></li><li> <a title="This task demonstrates the traffic shadowing/mirroring capabilities of Istio" href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/traffic-management-v1alpha3/mirroring.html">Mirroring</a></li></ul></li><li class="sublist"> <label class='tree-toggle'> <i class='fa fa-lg fa-caret-right'></i> <a class="" title="Describes tasks that demonstrate policy enforcement features." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/policy-enforcement">Policy Enforcement</a> </label><ul class="tree collapse"><li> <a title="This task shows you how to use Istio to dynamically limit the traffic to a service." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/policy-enforcement/rate-limiting.html">Enabling Rate Limits</a></li></ul></li><li class="sublist"> <label class='tree-toggle'> <i class='fa fa-lg fa-caret-right'></i> <a class="" title="Describes tasks that demonstrate how to collect telemetry information from the service mesh." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/telemetry">Metrics, Logs, and Traces</a> </label><ul class="tree collapse"><li> <a title="How to configure the proxies to send tracing requests to Zipkin or Jaeger" href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/telemetry/distributed-tracing.html">Distributed Tracing</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows you how to configure Istio to collect metrics and logs." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/telemetry/metrics-logs.html">Collecting Metrics and Logs</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows you how to configure Istio to collect metrics for TCP services." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/telemetry/tcp-metrics.html">Collecting Metrics for TCP services</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows you how to query for Istio Metrics using Prometheus." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/telemetry/querying-metrics.html">Querying Metrics from Prometheus</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows you how to setup and use the Istio Dashboard to monitor mesh traffic." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/telemetry/using-istio-dashboard.html">Visualizing Metrics with Grafana</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows you how to generate a graph of services within an Istio mesh." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/telemetry/servicegraph.html">Generating a Service Graph</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows you how to configure Istio to log to a Fluentd daemon" href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/telemetry/fluentd.html">Logging with Fluentd</a></li></ul></li><li class="sublist"> <label class='tree-toggle'> <i class='fa fa-lg fa-caret-right'></i> <a class="" title="Describes tasks that help securing the service mesh traffic." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/security">Security</a> </label><ul class="tree collapse"><li> <a title="This task shows you how to verify and test Istio's automatic mutual TLS authentication." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/security/mutual-tls.html">Testing Istio mutual TLS authentication</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows how to control access to a service using the Kubernetes labels." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/security/basic-access-control.html">Setting up Basic Access Control</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows how to securely control access to a service using service accounts." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/security/secure-access-control.html">Setting up Secure Access Control</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows how to set up role-based access control for services in Istio mesh." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/security/role-based-access-control.html">Setting up Istio Role-Based Access Control</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows how to change mutual TLS authentication for a single service." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/security/per-service-mtls.html">Per-service mutual TLS authentication enablement</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows how operators can plug existing certificate and key into Istio CA." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/security/plugin-ca-cert.html">Plugging in CA certificate and key</a></li><li> <a title="This task shows how to enable Istio CA health check." href="/v0.7/docs/tasks/security/health-check.html">Enabling Istio CA health check</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card-header" role="tab" id="header78"> <a data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse78" title="Guides include a variety of fully working example uses for Istio that you can experiment with." role="button" aria-controls="collapse78"><div> Guides</div></a></div><div id="collapse78" class="collapse" data-parent="#sidebar" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="header78"><div class="card-body"><ul class="tree"><li> <a title="This guide deploys a sample application composed of four separate microservices which will be used to demonstrate various features of the Istio service mesh." href="/v0.7/docs/guides/bookinfo.html">Bookinfo</a></li><li> <a title="This guide demonstrates how to use various traffic management capabilities of an Istio service mesh." href="/v0.7/docs/guides/intelligent-routing.html">Intelligent Routing</a></li><li> <a title="This sample demonstrates how to obtain uniform metrics, logs, traces across different services using Istio Mixer and Istio sidecar." href="/v0.7/docs/guides/telemetry.html">In-Depth Telemetry</a></li><li> <a title="This sample deploys the Bookinfo services across Kubernetes and a set of virtual machines, and illustrates how to use the Istio service mesh to control this infrastructure as a single mesh." href="/v0.7/docs/guides/integrating-vms.html">Integrating Virtual Machines</a></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="card"><div class="card-header" role="tab" id="header83"> <a data-toggle="collapse" href="#collapse83" title="The Reference section contains detailed authoritative reference material such as command-line options, configuration options, and API calling parameters." role="button" aria-controls="collapse83"><div> Reference</div></a></div><div id="collapse83" class="collapse show" data-parent="#sidebar" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="header83"><div class="card-body"><ul class="tree"><li class="sublist"> <label class='tree-toggle'> <i class='fa fa-lg 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col-md-9 col-lg-7 col-xl-8"><p class="d-md-none"> <label class="sidebar-toggler" data-toggle="offcanvas"> <i class="fa fa-chevron-right"></i> </label></p><main role="main"><h1>istioctl</h1><p> Istio configuration command line utility.</p><p>Create, list, modify, and delete configuration resources in the Istio system.</p><p>Available routing and traffic management configuration types:</p><p> [routerule ingressrule egressrule destinationpolicy]</p><p>See https://istio.io/docs/reference/ for an overview of routing rules and destination policies.</p><p></p><table class="command-flags"><thead><th>Flags</th><th>Shorthand</th><th>Description</th></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>--istioNamespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-i</code></td><td>Istio system namespace (default `istio-system`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--kubeconfig &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-c</code></td><td>Kubernetes configuration file (default `$KUBECONFIG else $HOME/.kube/config`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_as_json</code></td><td></td><td>Whether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_callers</code></td><td></td><td>Include caller information, useful for debugging</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_output_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level of messages to output, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `info`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_age &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_backups &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_size &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_stacktrace_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level at which stack traces are captured, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `none`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_target &lt;stringArray&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The set of paths where to output the log. This can be any path as well as the special values stdout and stderr (default `[stdout]`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--namespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-n</code></td><td>Config namespace (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--platform &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-p</code></td><td>Istio host platform (default `kube`)</td></tr></tbody></table><h2 id="istioctl context-create">istioctl context-create</h2><p>Create a kubeconfig file suitable for use with istioctl in a non kubernetes environment</p><pre class="language-bash"><code>istioctl context-create --api-server http://&lt;ip&gt;:&lt;port&gt; [flags]
</code></pre><table class="command-flags"><thead><th>Flags</th><th>Shorthand</th><th>Description</th></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>--api-server &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>URL for Istio api server (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--context &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>Kubernetes configuration file context name (default `istio`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--istioNamespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-i</code></td><td>Istio system namespace (default `istio-system`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--kubeconfig &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-c</code></td><td>Kubernetes configuration file (default `$KUBECONFIG else $HOME/.kube/config`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_as_json</code></td><td></td><td>Whether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_callers</code></td><td></td><td>Include caller information, useful for debugging</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_output_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level of messages to output, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `info`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_age &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_backups &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_size &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_stacktrace_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level at which stack traces are captured, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `none`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_target &lt;stringArray&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The set of paths where to output the log. This can be any path as well as the special values stdout and stderr (default `[stdout]`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--namespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-n</code></td><td>Config namespace (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--platform &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-p</code></td><td>Istio host platform (default `kube`)</td></tr></tbody></table><h3 id="istioctl context-create Examples">Examples</h3><pre class="language-bash"><code># Create a config file for the api server.
istioctl context-create --api-server http://127.0.0.1:8080
</code></pre><h2 id="istioctl create">istioctl create</h2><p>Create policies and rules</p><pre class="language-bash"><code>istioctl create [flags]
</code></pre><table class="command-flags"><thead><th>Flags</th><th>Shorthand</th><th>Description</th></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>--file &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-f</code></td><td>Input file with the content of the configuration objects (if not set, command reads from the standard input) (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--istioNamespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-i</code></td><td>Istio system namespace (default `istio-system`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--kubeconfig &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-c</code></td><td>Kubernetes configuration file (default `$KUBECONFIG else $HOME/.kube/config`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_as_json</code></td><td></td><td>Whether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_callers</code></td><td></td><td>Include caller information, useful for debugging</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_output_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level of messages to output, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `info`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_age &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_backups &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_size &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_stacktrace_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level at which stack traces are captured, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `none`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_target &lt;stringArray&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The set of paths where to output the log. This can be any path as well as the special values stdout and stderr (default `[stdout]`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--namespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-n</code></td><td>Config namespace (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--platform &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-p</code></td><td>Istio host platform (default `kube`)</td></tr></tbody></table><h3 id="istioctl create Examples">Examples</h3><pre class="language-bash"><code>istioctl create -f example-routing.yaml
</code></pre><h2 id="istioctl delete">istioctl delete</h2><p>Delete policies or rules</p><pre class="language-bash"><code>istioctl delete &lt;type&gt; &lt;name&gt; [&lt;name2&gt; ... &lt;nameN&gt;] [flags]
</code></pre><table class="command-flags"><thead><th>Flags</th><th>Shorthand</th><th>Description</th></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>--file &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-f</code></td><td>Input file with the content of the configuration objects (if not set, command reads from the standard input) (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--istioNamespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-i</code></td><td>Istio system namespace (default `istio-system`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--kubeconfig &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-c</code></td><td>Kubernetes configuration file (default `$KUBECONFIG else $HOME/.kube/config`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_as_json</code></td><td></td><td>Whether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_callers</code></td><td></td><td>Include caller information, useful for debugging</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_output_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level of messages to output, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `info`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_age &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_backups &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_size &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_stacktrace_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level at which stack traces are captured, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `none`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_target &lt;stringArray&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The set of paths where to output the log. This can be any path as well as the special values stdout and stderr (default `[stdout]`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--namespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-n</code></td><td>Config namespace (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--platform &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-p</code></td><td>Istio host platform (default `kube`)</td></tr></tbody></table><h3 id="istioctl delete Examples">Examples</h3><pre class="language-bash"><code># Delete a rule using the definition in example-routing.yaml.
istioctl delete -f example-routing.yaml
# Delete the rule productpage-default
istioctl delete routerule productpage-default
</code></pre><h2 id="istioctl deregister">istioctl deregister</h2><p>De-registers a service instance</p><pre class="language-bash"><code>istioctl deregister &lt;svcname&gt; &lt;ip&gt; [flags]
</code></pre><table class="command-flags"><thead><th>Flags</th><th>Shorthand</th><th>Description</th></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>--istioNamespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-i</code></td><td>Istio system namespace (default `istio-system`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--kubeconfig &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-c</code></td><td>Kubernetes configuration file (default `$KUBECONFIG else $HOME/.kube/config`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_as_json</code></td><td></td><td>Whether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_callers</code></td><td></td><td>Include caller information, useful for debugging</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_output_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level of messages to output, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `info`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_age &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_backups &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_size &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_stacktrace_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level at which stack traces are captured, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `none`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_target &lt;stringArray&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The set of paths where to output the log. This can be any path as well as the special values stdout and stderr (default `[stdout]`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--namespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-n</code></td><td>Config namespace (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--platform &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-p</code></td><td>Istio host platform (default `kube`)</td></tr></tbody></table><h2 id="istioctl experimental">istioctl experimental</h2><p>Experimental commands that may be modified or deprecated</p><table class="command-flags"><thead><th>Flags</th><th>Shorthand</th><th>Description</th></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>--istioNamespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-i</code></td><td>Istio system namespace (default `istio-system`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--kubeconfig &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-c</code></td><td>Kubernetes configuration file (default `$KUBECONFIG else $HOME/.kube/config`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_as_json</code></td><td></td><td>Whether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_callers</code></td><td></td><td>Include caller information, useful for debugging</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_output_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level of messages to output, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `info`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_age &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_backups &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_size &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_stacktrace_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level at which stack traces are captured, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `none`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_target &lt;stringArray&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The set of paths where to output the log. This can be any path as well as the special values stdout and stderr (default `[stdout]`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--namespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-n</code></td><td>Config namespace (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--platform &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-p</code></td><td>Istio host platform (default `kube`)</td></tr></tbody></table><h2 id="istioctl experimental convert-networking-config">istioctl experimental convert-networking-config</h2><p>Converts sets of v1alpha1 configs to v1alpha3 equivalents on a best effort basis. The output should be considered a starting point for your v1alpha3 configs and probably require some minor modification. Warnings will (hopefully) be generated where configs cannot be converted perfectly, or in certain edge cases. The input must be the set of configs that would be in place in an environment at a given time. This allows the command to attempt to create and merge output configs intelligently.Output configs are given the namespace and domain of the first input config so it is recommended that input configs be part of the same namespace and domain.</p><pre class="language-bash"><code>istioctl experimental convert-networking-config [flags]
</code></pre><table class="command-flags"><thead><th>Flags</th><th>Shorthand</th><th>Description</th></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>--filenames &lt;stringSlice&gt;</code></td><td><code>-f</code></td><td>Input filename (default `[]`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--istioNamespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-i</code></td><td>Istio system namespace (default `istio-system`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--kubeconfig &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-c</code></td><td>Kubernetes configuration file (default `$KUBECONFIG else $HOME/.kube/config`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_as_json</code></td><td></td><td>Whether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_callers</code></td><td></td><td>Include caller information, useful for debugging</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_output_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level of messages to output, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `info`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_age &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_backups &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_size &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_stacktrace_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level at which stack traces are captured, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `none`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_target &lt;stringArray&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The set of paths where to output the log. This can be any path as well as the special values stdout and stderr (default `[stdout]`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--namespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-n</code></td><td>Config namespace (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--output &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-o</code></td><td>Output filename (default `-`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--platform &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-p</code></td><td>Istio host platform (default `kube`)</td></tr></tbody></table><h3 id="istioctl experimental convert-networking-config Examples">Examples</h3><pre class="language-bash"><code>istioctl experimental convert-networking-config -f v1alpha1/default-route.yaml -f v1alpha1/header-delay.yaml
</code></pre><h2 id="istioctl gen-deploy">istioctl gen-deploy</h2><p>istioctl gen-deploy produces deployment files to run the minimum Istio control for the set of features requested by the --feature flag. If no features are provided, we create deployments for the default control plane: Pilot, Mixer, CA, and Ingress Proxies, with mTLS enabled.</p><pre class="language-bash"><code>istioctl gen-deploy [flags]
</code></pre><table class="command-flags"><thead><th>Flags</th><th>Shorthand</th><th>Description</th></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>--debug</code></td><td></td><td>If true, uses debug images instead of release images</td></tr><tr><td><code>--features &lt;stringArray&gt;</code></td><td><code>-f</code></td><td>List of Istio features to enable. Accepts any combination of &#34;mtls&#34;, &#34;telemetry&#34;, &#34;routing&#34;, &#34;ingress&#34;, &#34;policy&#34;, &#34;sidecar-injector&#34;. (default `[]`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--helm-chart-dir &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The directory to find the helm charts used to render Istio deployments. -o yaml uses these to render the helm chart locally. (default `.`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--hyperkube-hub &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The container registry to pull Hyperkube images from (default `quay.io/coreos/hyperkube`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--hyperkube-tag &lt;Hyperkube&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The tag to use to pull the Hyperkube container (default `0.4.0`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--ingress-node-port &lt;uint16&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>If provided, Istio ingress proxies will run as a NodePort service mapped to the port provided by this flag. Note that this flag is ignored unless the &#34;ingress&#34; feature flag is provided too. (default `0`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--istioNamespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-i</code></td><td>Istio system namespace (default `istio-system`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--kubeconfig &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-c</code></td><td>Kubernetes configuration file (default `$KUBECONFIG else $HOME/.kube/config`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_as_json</code></td><td></td><td>Whether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_callers</code></td><td></td><td>Include caller information, useful for debugging</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_output_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level of messages to output, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `info`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_age &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_backups &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_size &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_stacktrace_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level at which stack traces are captured, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `none`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_target &lt;stringArray&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The set of paths where to output the log. This can be any path as well as the special values stdout and stderr (default `[stdout]`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--namespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-n</code></td><td>Config namespace (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--out &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-o</code></td><td>Output format. Acceptable values are&#39;helm&#39; to produce contents of values.yaml or &#39;helm&#39; to produces Kubernetes deployments (default `helm`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--platform &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-p</code></td><td>Istio host platform (default `kube`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--values &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>Path to the Helm values.yaml file used to render YAML deployments locally when --out=yaml. Flag values are ignored in favor of using the file directly. (default ``)</td></tr></tbody></table><h3 id="istioctl gen-deploy Examples">Examples</h3><pre class="language-bash"><code>istioctl gen-deploy --features routing,policy,sidecar-injector -o helm
</code></pre><h2 id="istioctl get">istioctl get</h2><p>Retrieve policies and rules</p><pre class="language-bash"><code>istioctl get &lt;type&gt; [&lt;name&gt;] [flags]
</code></pre><table class="command-flags"><thead><th>Flags</th><th>Shorthand</th><th>Description</th></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>--istioNamespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-i</code></td><td>Istio system namespace (default `istio-system`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--kubeconfig &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-c</code></td><td>Kubernetes configuration file (default `$KUBECONFIG else $HOME/.kube/config`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_as_json</code></td><td></td><td>Whether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_callers</code></td><td></td><td>Include caller information, useful for debugging</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_output_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level of messages to output, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `info`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_age &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_backups &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_size &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_stacktrace_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level at which stack traces are captured, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `none`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_target &lt;stringArray&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The set of paths where to output the log. This can be any path as well as the special values stdout and stderr (default `[stdout]`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--namespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-n</code></td><td>Config namespace (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--output &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-o</code></td><td>Output format. One of:yaml|short (default `short`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--platform &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-p</code></td><td>Istio host platform (default `kube`)</td></tr></tbody></table><h3 id="istioctl get Examples">Examples</h3><pre class="language-bash"><code># List all route rules
istioctl get routerules
# List all destination policies
istioctl get destinationpolicies
# Get a specific rule named productpage-default
istioctl get routerule productpage-default
</code></pre><h2 id="istioctl kube-inject">istioctl kube-inject</h2><p></p><p>kube-inject manually injects envoy sidecar into kubernetes workloads. Unsupported resources are left unmodified so it is safe to run kube-inject over a single file that contains multiple Service, ConfigMap, Deployment, etc. definitions for a complex application. Its best to do this when the resource is initially created.</p><p>k8s.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-overview/#pod-templates is updated for Job, DaemonSet, ReplicaSet, and Deployment YAML resource documents. Support for additional pod-based resource types can be added as necessary.</p><p>The Istio project is continually evolving so the Istio sidecar configuration may change unannounced. When in doubt re-run istioctl kube-inject on deployments to get the most up-to-date changes.</p><p>To override the sidecar injection template built into istioctl, the parameters --injectConfigFile or --injectConfigMapName can be used. Both options override any other template configuration parameters, eg. --hub and --tag. These options would typically be used with the file/configmap created with a new Istio release.</p><pre class="language-bash"><code>istioctl kube-inject [flags]
</code></pre><table class="command-flags"><thead><th>Flags</th><th>Shorthand</th><th>Description</th></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>--coreDump</code></td><td></td><td>Enable/Disable core dumps in injected Envoy sidecar (--coreDump=true affects all pods in a node and should only be used the cluster admin)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--debug</code></td><td></td><td>Use debug images and settings for the sidecar</td></tr><tr><td><code>--emitTemplate</code></td><td></td><td>Emit sidecar template based on parameterized flags</td></tr><tr><td><code>--filename &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-f</code></td><td>Input Kubernetes resource filename (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--hub &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>Docker hub (default `unknown`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--imagePullPolicy &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>Sets the container image pull policy. Valid options are Always,IfNotPresent,Never.The default policy is IfNotPresent. (default `IfNotPresent`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--includeIPRanges &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>Comma separated list of IP ranges in CIDR form. If set, only redirect outbound traffic to Envoy for IP ranges. Otherwise all outbound traffic is redirected (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--injectConfigFile &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>injection configuration filename. Cannot be used with --injectConfigMapName (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--injectConfigMapName &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>ConfigMap name for Istio sidecar injection, key should be &#34;config&#34;.This option overrides any other sidecar injection config options, eg. --hub (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--istioNamespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-i</code></td><td>Istio system namespace (default `istio-system`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--kubeconfig &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-c</code></td><td>Kubernetes configuration file (default `$KUBECONFIG else $HOME/.kube/config`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_as_json</code></td><td></td><td>Whether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_callers</code></td><td></td><td>Include caller information, useful for debugging</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_output_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level of messages to output, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `info`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_age &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_backups &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_size &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_stacktrace_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level at which stack traces are captured, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `none`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_target &lt;stringArray&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The set of paths where to output the log. This can be any path as well as the special values stdout and stderr (default `[stdout]`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--meshConfigFile &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>mesh configuration filename. Takes precedence over --meshConfigMapName if set (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--meshConfigMapName &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>ConfigMap name for Istio mesh configuration, key should be &#34;mesh&#34; (default `istio`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--namespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-n</code></td><td>Config namespace (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--output &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-o</code></td><td>Modified output Kubernetes resource filename (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--platform &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-p</code></td><td>Istio host platform (default `kube`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--setVersionString &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>Override version info injected into resource (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--sidecarProxyUID &lt;uint&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>Envoy sidecar UID (default `1337`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--tag &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>Docker tag (default `unknown`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--verbosity &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>Runtime verbosity (default `2`)</td></tr></tbody></table><h3 id="istioctl kube-inject Examples">Examples</h3><pre class="language-bash"><code>
# Update resources on the fly before applying.
kubectl apply -f &lt;(istioctl kube-inject -f &lt;resource.yaml&gt;)
# Create a persistent version of the deployment with Envoy sidecar
# injected.
istioctl kube-inject -f deployment.yaml -o deployment-injected.yaml
# Update an existing deployment.
kubectl get deployment -o yaml | istioctl kube-inject -f - | kubectl apply -f -
# Create a persistent version of the deployment with Envoy sidecar
# injected configuration from kubernetes configmap &#39;istio-inject&#39;
istioctl kube-inject -f deployment.yaml -o deployment-injected.yaml --injectConfigMapName istio-inject
</code></pre><h2 id="istioctl proxy-config">istioctl proxy-config</h2><p> Retrieves the static/bootstrap proxy configuration for the specified pod when running in Kubernetes. Support for other environments to follow.</p><pre class="language-bash"><code>istioctl proxy-config &lt;pod-name&gt; [flags]
</code></pre><table class="command-flags"><thead><th>Flags</th><th>Shorthand</th><th>Description</th></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>--istioNamespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-i</code></td><td>Istio system namespace (default `istio-system`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--kubeconfig &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-c</code></td><td>Kubernetes configuration file (default `$KUBECONFIG else $HOME/.kube/config`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_as_json</code></td><td></td><td>Whether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_callers</code></td><td></td><td>Include caller information, useful for debugging</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_output_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level of messages to output, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `info`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_age &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_backups &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_size &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_stacktrace_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level at which stack traces are captured, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `none`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_target &lt;stringArray&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The set of paths where to output the log. This can be any path as well as the special values stdout and stderr (default `[stdout]`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--namespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-n</code></td><td>Config namespace (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--platform &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-p</code></td><td>Istio host platform (default `kube`)</td></tr></tbody></table><h3 id="istioctl proxy-config Examples">Examples</h3><pre class="language-bash"><code># Retrieve config for productpage-v1-bb8d5cbc7-k7qbm pod
istioctl proxy-config productpage-v1-bb8d5cbc7-k7qbm
</code></pre><h2 id="istioctl register">istioctl register</h2><p>Registers a service instance (e.g. VM) joining the mesh</p><pre class="language-bash"><code>istioctl register &lt;svcname&gt; &lt;ip&gt; [name1:]port1 [name2:]port2 ... [flags]
</code></pre><table class="command-flags"><thead><th>Flags</th><th>Shorthand</th><th>Description</th></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>--annotations &lt;stringSlice&gt;</code></td><td><code>-a</code></td><td>List of string annotations to apply if creating a service/endpoint; e.g. -a foo=bar,test,x=y (default `[]`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--istioNamespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-i</code></td><td>Istio system namespace (default `istio-system`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--kubeconfig &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-c</code></td><td>Kubernetes configuration file (default `$KUBECONFIG else $HOME/.kube/config`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--labels &lt;stringSlice&gt;</code></td><td><code>-l</code></td><td>List of labels to apply if creating a service/endpoint; e.g. -l env=prod,vers=2 (default `[]`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_as_json</code></td><td></td><td>Whether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_callers</code></td><td></td><td>Include caller information, useful for debugging</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_output_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level of messages to output, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `info`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_age &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_backups &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_size &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_stacktrace_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level at which stack traces are captured, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `none`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_target &lt;stringArray&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The set of paths where to output the log. This can be any path as well as the special values stdout and stderr (default `[stdout]`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--namespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-n</code></td><td>Config namespace (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--platform &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-p</code></td><td>Istio host platform (default `kube`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--serviceaccount &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-s</code></td><td>Service account to link to the service (default `default`)</td></tr></tbody></table><h2 id="istioctl replace">istioctl replace</h2><p>Replace existing policies and rules</p><pre class="language-bash"><code>istioctl replace [flags]
</code></pre><table class="command-flags"><thead><th>Flags</th><th>Shorthand</th><th>Description</th></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>--file &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-f</code></td><td>Input file with the content of the configuration objects (if not set, command reads from the standard input) (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--istioNamespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-i</code></td><td>Istio system namespace (default `istio-system`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--kubeconfig &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-c</code></td><td>Kubernetes configuration file (default `$KUBECONFIG else $HOME/.kube/config`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_as_json</code></td><td></td><td>Whether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_callers</code></td><td></td><td>Include caller information, useful for debugging</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_output_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level of messages to output, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `info`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_age &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_backups &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_size &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_stacktrace_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level at which stack traces are captured, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `none`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_target &lt;stringArray&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The set of paths where to output the log. This can be any path as well as the special values stdout and stderr (default `[stdout]`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--namespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-n</code></td><td>Config namespace (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--platform &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-p</code></td><td>Istio host platform (default `kube`)</td></tr></tbody></table><h3 id="istioctl replace Examples">Examples</h3><pre class="language-bash"><code>istioctl replace -f example-routing.yaml
</code></pre><h2 id="istioctl version">istioctl version</h2><p>Prints out build version information</p><pre class="language-bash"><code>istioctl version [flags]
</code></pre><table class="command-flags"><thead><th>Flags</th><th>Shorthand</th><th>Description</th></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>--istioNamespace &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-i</code></td><td>Istio system namespace (default `istio-system`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--kubeconfig &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td><code>-c</code></td><td>Kubernetes configuration file (default `$KUBECONFIG else $HOME/.kube/config`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_as_json</code></td><td></td><td>Whether to format output as JSON or in plain console-friendly format</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_callers</code></td><td></td><td>Include caller information, useful for debugging</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_output_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level of messages to output, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `info`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The path for the optional rotating log file (default ``)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_age &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum age in days of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (0 indicates no limit) (default `30`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_backups &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum number of log file backups to keep before older files are deleted (0 indicates no limit) (default `1000`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_rotate_max_size &lt;int&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The maximum size in megabytes of a log file beyond which the file is rotated (default `104857600`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_stacktrace_level &lt;string&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The minimum logging level at which stack traces are captured, can be one of &#34;debug&#34;, &#34;info&#34;, &#34;warn&#34;, &#34;error&#34;, or &#34;none&#34; (default `none`)</td></tr><tr><td><code>--log_target &lt;stringArray&gt;</code></td><td></td><td>The set of paths where to output the log. 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