content/en/docs/setup/platform-setup/alicloud/index.md
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Follow these instructions to prepare an
Alibaba Cloud Kubernetes Container Service
cluster for Istio.
You can deploy a Kubernetes cluster to Alibaba Cloud quickly and easily in the
Container Service console, which fully supports Istio.
{{< tip >}} Alibaba Cloud offers a fully managed service mesh platform named Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh (ASM), which is fully compatible with Istio. Refer to Alibaba Cloud Service Mesh for details and instructions. {{< /tip >}}
Log on to the Container Service console, and click Clusters under
Kubernetes in the left-side navigation pane to enter the Cluster List page.
Click the Create Kubernetes Cluster button in the upper-right corner.
Enter the cluster name. The cluster name can be 1–63 characters long and it can contain numbers, Chinese characters, English letters, and hyphens (-).
Select the region and zone in which the cluster resides.
Set the cluster network type. Kubernetes clusters only support the VPC network type now.
Configure the node type, Pay-As-You-Go and Subscription types are supported.
Configure the master nodes. Select the generation, family, and type for the master nodes.
Configure the worker nodes. Select whether to create a worker node or add an existing ECS instance as the worker node.
Configure the logon mode, and configure the Pod Network CIDR and Service CIDR.