To complete the exercises in this chapter, you will need the following:
- A Windows 10 PC or laptop or an Apple MacBook, as per the minimum configuration requirements
- A Kubernetes environment
- Internet access to your host machine so that you can download applications in the VM running Kubernetes
The GitHub page for this chapter is https://github.com/servicemeshbook/istio/ labeled Chapter 08 - Installing a Demo Application and will be updated as per the release schedules of Kubernetes.
You need to have a fair understanding of Kubernetes before diving into the code exercises provided in this chapter. Please refer to the books mentioned in the Further reading section for more information. For detailed information regarding the installation of Kubernetes, please refer to Chapter 6, Building Your Own Kubernetes Environment.