From the course: Kubernetes: Service Mesh with Istio

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Environment setup

Environment setup - Kubernetes Tutorial

From the course: Kubernetes: Service Mesh with Istio

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Environment setup

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- [Instructor] In this video, we'll get everything ready to install Istio using M. Think of this as our preparation phase, getting the tools we need in place before diving into the fun part. Here's what you'll need to follow along. Minikube, Kubectl and Helm. Plus, make sure your system has at least four CPU cores, 8 GB of RAM and around 20 GB of free disk space. And at the time of this recording, it still supports Kubernetes version 1.28 through 1.31. So make sure your version is in that range. Minikube is a lightweight tool that lets you run Kubernetes on your local machine. It's perfect for testing and development. To install it, head over to the official documentation page where you'll find step-by-step instruction for Linux, MacOS and Windows. Click on the get started section. Scroll down and select the installation method specific to your operating system. I'm using MacOS so if you are also on MacOS, you can use Homebrew which is a package manager for MacOS, and it makes the…

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