Integration with Apache SkyWalking

This is a quick start for Istio integration with Apache Skywalking in your environment .

For the detailed steps please refer to the blog article on Apache Skywalking website.

To highlight the essential integration steps:

• Install getmesh per documentation
• Deploy Istio using getmesh command and enable Access Log Service (ALS) using the following command:

getmesh istioctl install --set profile=demo \
               --set meshConfig.enableEnvoyAccessLogService=true \
               --set meshConfig.defaultConfig.envoyAccessLogService.address=skywalking-oap.istio-system:11800

• Label the application namespace with

kubectl label namespace <namespace> istio-injection=enabled

• Deploy Apache SkyWalking and the Application per the blog post
• Monitor your application via SkyWalking WebUI