Currently Tetrate Istio Distro runs on Linux and MacOS. To deploy Tetrate Istio Distro, all you need is this one simple command:
curl -sL https://istio.tetratelabs.io/getmesh/install.sh | bash
Please follow GetMesh and Istio for detailed instruction on downloading and subsequent steps to have Tetrate Istio Distro up and running in your machine.
Supported Istio Versions
Tetrate Istio Distro tracks Istio upstream releases. As part of Tetrate Istio Distro build pipeline, a series of tests are run to ensure the Istio distro works well on the underlying Kubernetes platform.
Tetrate Istio Distro certified Istio distro has been tested against the following Kubernetes distros (exact support varies on version of Istio used):
- EKS - 1.25 - 1.19
- GKE - 1.25 - 1.19
- AKS - 1.25 - 1.19
While the core features of Istio have been tested and certified against different Kubernetes distros, users are advised to recognize that certain features of Istio stipulate a minimum Kubernetes version (for example K8S CSR API to sign istio workload needs Kubernetes 1.18+) and certain other features would need provider specific configurations to be set (for example enabling Istio CNI plugin)
There are additional download of Istio distributions and istioctl binaries for Linux, MacOS and Windows that you can find in this page. We recommend using GetMesh to obtain the required files.
GetMesh ensures that all Istio releases are supported for at least 14 months from release date.
Below is the summary of Istio releases, security patches and minor updates. Please make sure that the version you're running include the security updates available. Also please plan upgrades when your version is planned to be out of support.Currently supported releases are 1.17, 1.16, 1.15, 1.14, 1.13, 1.12, 1.11 and 1.10.
Istio Binaries Download
FIPS compliant Distros access
FIPS compliant distros are only available to Tetrate Istio Subscription customers.
- new customers order FIPS compliant distribution.
- existing customers - please reach out to Tetrate’s support to obtain the required binaries.
Linux Istio Distros (non-FIPS)
Below you can find direct URL for Istio and istioctl distros:
| Distribution type | Istio version | Release Notes | Full Istio download URL | Istioctl download URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tetrate-v0 | 1.17.2 | Release Notes 1.17.2 |
Istio Distro amd64 arm64 armv7 |
istioctl amd64 arm64 armv7 |
| istio-v0 | 1.17.2 | Release Notes 1.17.2 |
Istio Distro amd64 arm64 armv7 |
istioctl amd64 arm64 armv7 |
| tetrate-v0 | 1.16.4 | Release Notes 1.16.4 |
Istio Distro amd64 arm64 armv7 |
istioctl amd64 arm64 armv7 |
| istio-v0 | 1.16.4 | Release Notes 1.16.4 |
Istio Distro amd64 arm64 armv7 |
istioctl amd64 arm64 armv7 |
| tetrate-v0 | 1.15.7 | Release Notes 1.15.7 |
Istio Distro amd64 arm64 armv7 |
istioctl amd64 arm64 armv7 |
| istio-v0 | 1.15.7 | Release Notes 1.15.7 |
Istio Distro amd64 arm64 armv7 |
istioctl amd64 arm64 armv7 |
| tetrate-v0 | 1.14.6 | Release Notes 1.14.6 |
Istio Distro amd64 arm64 armv7 |
istioctl amd64 arm64 armv7 |
| istio-v0 | 1.14.6 | Release Notes 1.14.6 |
Istio Distro amd64 arm64 armv7 |
istioctl amd64 arm64 armv7 |
| tetrate-v0 | 1.13.7 | Release Notes 1.13.7 |
Istio Distro amd64 arm64 armv7 |
istioctl amd64 arm64 armv7 |
| istio-v0 | 1.13.7 | Release Notes 1.13.7 |
Istio Distro amd64 arm64 armv7 |
istioctl amd64 arm64 armv7 |
| tetrate-v0 | 1.12.8 | Release Notes 1.12.8 |
Istio Distro amd64 arm64 armv7 |
istioctl amd64 arm64 armv7 |
| istio-v0 | 1.12.8 | Release Notes 1.12.8 |
Istio Distro amd64 arm64 armv7 |
istioctl amd64 arm64 armv7 |
| tetrate-v0 | 1.11.8 | Release Notes 1.11.8 |
Istio Distro amd64 arm64 armv7 |
istioctl amd64 arm64 armv7 |
| istio-v0 | 1.11.8 | Release Notes 1.11.8 |
Istio Distro amd64 arm64 armv7 |
istioctl amd64 arm64 armv7 |
| tetrate-v0 | 1.10.3 | Release Notes 1.10.3 |
Istio Distro amd64 arm64 armv7 |
istioctl amd64 arm64 armv7 |
| istio-v0 | 1.10.3 | Release Notes 1.10.3 |
Istio Distro amd64 arm64 armv7 |
istioctl amd64 arm64 armv7 |
MacOS Istio Distros
Below you can find direct URL for Istio and istioctl distros:
Windows Istio Distros
Below you can find direct URL for Istio and istioctl distros: