Before You Begin Egress

Before you begin

• Setup Istio by following the instructions in the Installation guide.

  {{< tip >}} The egress gateway and access logging will be enabled if you install the demo configuration profile. {{< /tip >}}

• Deploy the [curl]({{< github_tree >}}/samples/curl) sample app to use as a test source for sending requests. If you have automatic sidecar injection enabled, run the following command to deploy the sample app:

  {{< text bash >}} $ kubectl apply -f @samples/curl/curl.yaml@ {{< /text >}}

  Otherwise, manually inject the sidecar before deploying the curl application with the following command:

  {{< text bash >}} $ kubectl apply -f <(istioctl kube-inject -f @samples/curl/curl.yaml@) {{< /text >}}

  {{< tip >}} You can use any pod with curl installed as a test source. {{< /tip >}}

• Set the SOURCE_POD environment variable to the name of your source pod:

  {{< text bash >}} $ export SOURCE_POD=$(kubectl get pod -l app=curl -o jsonpath={.items..metadata.name}) {{< /text >}}