Traffic mirroring

Mirror 100% of traffic to v2 shadow service

kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1alpha3
kind: VirtualService
metadata:
  name: myapp
spec:
  hosts:
  - myapp
  http:
  - route:
    - destination:
        host: myapp
        subset: v1
      weight: 100
    mirror:
      host: myapp
      subset: v2
    mirrorPercentage:
      value: 100
EOF

tool: istio19 commands
tags: istio service-mesh mirroring canary

More istio commands

Install Istio (demo profile)

istioctl install --set profile=demo -y

Install Istio with the demo configuration profile
Enable sidecar injection

kubectl label namespace default istio-injection=enabled

Enable automatic Envoy sidecar injection for a namespace
Check proxy status

istioctl proxy-status

Get sync status of all Envoy proxies in the mesh
Analyze config

istioctl analyze

Analyze Istio configuration for potential issues
View Envoy config

istioctl proxy-config all deploy/myapp

Show complete Envoy proxy config for a deployment

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