Simple Getting Started Istio Helm Install

Question

I'm trying to follow either of the following instructions:

    ~ helm repo add istio.io https://storage.googleapis.com/istio-prerelease/daily-build/master-latest-daily/charts

    ~ helm repo list

    NAME        URL                                                                                   
    stable      https://kubernetes-charts.storage.googleapis.com                                      
    local       http://127.0.0.1:8879/charts                                                          
    istio.io    https://storage.googleapis.com/istio-prerelease/daily-build/master-latest-daily/charts

    ~ helm repo update

    ~ helm install install/kubernetes/helm/istio --name istio --namespace istio-system
    Error: failed to download "install/kubernetes/helm/istio" (hint: running `helm repo update` may help)

    ~ helm dependency update install/kubernetes/helm/istio

    Error: could not find <current directory>/install/kubernetes/helm/istio: stat 
    <current directory>/install/kubernetes/helm/istio: no such file or directory

clay clay · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-15T17:00:21

To answer my own question for anyone else with the same issue:

Don't use the public helm repo.

Download a release archive from:

https://github.com/istio/istio/releases

Unpack it, navigate into the istio root directory, then you can successfully do:

Helm 2.x syntax:

helm install install/kubernetes/helm/istio --name istio --namespace istio-system

Helm 3.x syntax:

helm install istio install/kubernetes/helm/istio --namespace istio-system

Simple Getting Started Istio Helm Install

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