Mastering Service Mesh

Using the command-line interface (CLI)

The command-line interface of Linkerd's control plane is a Linkerd tool that helps users accomplish various tasks when it comes to installing Linkerd's control plane.

The following steps are at a conceptual level and point out the operational simplicity of Linkerd. Don't try out these commands yet. In the next chapter, we will walk through Linkerd's installation in more detail:

1. Check if Linkerd's prerequisites have been met or not. This checker will validate your current virtual machine and provide an output of all the passed or failed checks. Then, deploy the service mesh:

$ linkerd check --pre$ linkerd install | kubectl apply -f -

2. Launch the Linkerd dashboard locally through your client machine: ...