Istio Service Mesh on Kubernetes (k8s) cluster brings in quite a few architectural patterns off the shelf. In this article , I want to show you how we can quickly implement Canary Releases and Dark Releases using Istio service mesh
As a developer, it is imperative that you are able to install a k8s cluster and try out. With the latest release of Kops, it is pretty straightforward to fire up a new K8s cluster on AWS. I have created a series of steps and commands in my repo here - Kubernetes-AWS-Istio, which you can follow to create it on AWS. I have also kept istio installation file that you can apply using kubectl to start Istio pods on cluster. You do not need to install Istioctl to install Istio if you use the file provided by me. The Istio installation file on my repo is a standard K8s YAML.