Setup Istio Github Action

Install Istio

Usage

Istio requires a Kubernetes cluster to run. You can use any Github Actions that installs a Kubernetes cluster before running this action. An example is shown below.

Basic

name: Example workflow
on: [push]
jobs:
  example:
    name: Create Istio service mesh
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v1
      - name: Setup Minikube
        uses: manusa/actions-setup-minikube@v2.0.0
        with:
          minikube version: 'v1.11.0'
          kubernetes version: 'v1.17.7'
          start args: '--embed-certs'
      - name: Get kubeconfig
        id: kubeconfig
        run: a="$(cat ~/.kube/config)"; a="${a//'%'/'%25'}"; a="${a//$'\n'/'%0A'}"; a="${a//$'\r'/'%0D'}"; echo "::set-output name=config::$a"
      - name: Install Istio
        uses: huang195/actions-install-istio@v1.0.0
        with:
          kubeconfig: "${{steps.kubeconfig.outputs.config}}"
          istio version: '1.6.3'
      - name: Interact with the cluster
        run: kubectl get all --all-namespaces

Required input parameters

Parameter	Description
kubeconfig	Kubeconfig file that kubectl uses

Optional input parameters

Parameter	Description
istio version	Istio version to deploy
istio profile	Istio profile during installation
istio args	Istio arguments during installation