Istio extends the Kubernetes API with a number of objects using its CRDs. Refer to the Introducing Kubernetes API objects section in Chapter 15, Introduction to Kubernetes, for a recap of the Kubernetes API. In this chapter we will use the following Istio objects:
- Gateway is used to configure how to handle incoming traffic to, and outgoing traffic from, the service mesh. A gateway depends on a virtual service routing the incoming traffic to Kubernetes services. We will use a gateway object to accept incoming traffic to the DNS name, minikube.me, using HTTPS. Refer to the Kubernetes Ingress resource replaced with Istio Ingress Gateway as an edge server section for details.
- VirtualService is used to define routing ...