Deploy sample apps

These sample apps are used throughout the documentation to help test connectivity, such as in the traffic management, security, and resiliency policy guides.

Bookinfo link

1. Create the bookinfo namespace.

     kubectl create ns bookinfo
     

   For more information, see the Istio on OpenShift documentation.

   1. Create the bookinfo project.

        kubectl create ns bookinfo
        

   2. Create a NetworkAttachmentDefinition custom resource for the bookinfo project.

        cat <<EOF | oc -n bookinfo create -f -
      apiVersion: "k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1"
      kind: NetworkAttachmentDefinition
      metadata:
        name: istio-cni
      EOF
        

   3. Elevate the permissions of the bookinfo service account to allow the Istio sidecars to make use of a user ID that is normally restricted by OpenShift.

        oc adm policy add-scc-to-group anyuid system:serviceaccounts:bookinfo
        

2. Deploy the Bookinfo app.

     # deploy bookinfo application components for all versions less than v3
   kubectl -n bookinfo apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/istio/istio/1.24.1/samples/bookinfo/platform/kube/bookinfo.yaml -l 'app,version notin (v3)'
   # deploy an updated product page with extra container utilities such as 'curl' and 'netcat'
   kubectl -n bookinfo apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/solo-io/gloo-mesh-use-cases/main/policy-demo/productpage-with-curl.yaml
   # deploy all bookinfo service accounts
   kubectl -n bookinfo apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/istio/istio/1.24.1/samples/bookinfo/platform/kube/bookinfo.yaml -l 'account'
     

3. Verify that the Bookinfo app is deployed successfully.

     kubectl get pods -n bookinfo
   kubectl get svc -n bookinfo
     

httpbin link

The httpbin sample app is a simple tool to test HTTP requests and responses. Unlike curl, you can see not only the response headers, but also the request headers.

1. Create an httpbin namespace.

     kubectl create ns httpbin
     

   1. Create the httpbin project.

        kubectl create ns httpbin
        

   2. Create a NetworkAttachmentDefinition custom resource for the httpbin project.

        cat <<EOF | oc -n httpbin create -f -
      apiVersion: "k8s.cni.cncf.io/v1"
      kind: NetworkAttachmentDefinition
      metadata:
        name: istio-cni
      EOF
        

   3. Elevate the permissions of the httpbin service account to allow the Istio sidecars to make use of a user ID that is normally restricted by OpenShift.

        oc adm policy add-scc-to-group anyuid system:serviceaccounts:httpbin
        

2. Deploy the httpbin app.

     kubectl -n httpbin apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/solo-io/gloo-mesh-use-cases/main/policy-demo/httpbin.yaml
     

3. Verify that the httpbin app is running.

     kubectl -n httpbin get pods
     

Next link

Create an HTTP listener on your gateway and set up routing for the sample apps.