PWOD - Pilot WithOut Dataplane for Istio

Requirements

• docker or podman
• kind
• kubectl
• istioctl
• kwokctl

Set up Cluster

kwokctl create cluster --runtime kind

Create Node

kubectl apply -f https://kwok.sigs.k8s.io/examples/node.yaml

Deploy Istio

istioctl install -y

Migrate Controllers to Real Node

kubectl patch deploy istiod -n istio-system --type=json -p='[{"op":"add","path":"/spec/template/spec/nodeName","value":"kwok-kwok-control-plane"}]'

Start pwod and watch the logs

kubectl port-forward svc/istiod -n istio-system 15017:443 15010:15010

go run ./cmd/pwod

Test

kubectl label namespace default istio-injection=enabled
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com.zsm.io/istio/istio/master/samples/bookinfo/platform/kube/bookinfo.yaml

Clean up

kwokctl delete cluster