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cluster-istio Cluster Chart : Istio

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This helm chart is used to configure Istio at the cluster level.

This chart is part of the cluster-xxx startx helm chart series that doesn’t necessarily deploy pods but rather represent a cluster configuration state orchestrated by gitops tools like ArgoCD.

Requirements and guidelines

Read the startx helm-repository homepage for more information on how to use theses resources.

Deploy this helm chart on openshift

1. Connect to your Openshift cluster

oc login -t <token> <cluster-url>

2. Install the repository

helm repo add startx https://helm-repository.readthedocs.io/en/latest/repos/stable/

3. Get information about this chart

helm show chart startx/cluster-istio

4. Install this chart

helm install cluster-istio startx/cluster-istio

Default values

Complete deployment of a project with the following characteristics :

  • 1 namespace: named openshift-distributed-tracing without constraints
  • 1 operator: named servicemeshoperator configured with
  • The stable channel for community release
  • The v2.6.17 version
  • Deployed under the openshift-operators project
  • 1 operator: named jaeger-product configured with
  • The stable channel for community release
  • The v1.65.0 version
  • Deployed under the openshift-distributed-tracing project
  • 1 operator: named kiali-ossm configured with
  • The stable channel for community release
  • The v2.22.5 version
  • Deployed under the openshift-operators project
  • 1 operator: named loki-operator configured with
  • The stable-6.2 channel for community release
  • The 6.2.1 version
  • Deployed under the openshift-operators-redhat project
  • 1 operator: named elasticsearch-operator configured with
  • The stable channel for community release
  • The 5.8.19 version
  • Deployed under the openshift-operators-redhat project
# Create the project
helm install cluster-gpu-project startx/cluster-gpu --set project.enabled=true,operator.enabled=false,gpu.enabled=false
# Deploy the istio operator
helm install cluster-gpu-operator startx/cluster-gpu --set project.enabled=false,operator.enabled=true,gpu.enabled=false && sleep 10
# Configure default istio resources
helm install cluster-gpu-instance startx/cluster-gpu --set project.enabled=false,operator.enabled=false,gpu.enabled=true

Other available values

  • startx : Startx Istio service configuration using service-mesh operator (see values-startx.yaml)
helm install cluster-istio startx/cluster-istio -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/startxfr/helm-repository/master/charts/cluster-istio/values-startx.yaml

Deploy with ArgoCD

AppProject

git clone https://gitlab.com/startx1/helm.git
cd helm-repository/charts/cluster-istio/examples/argocd/
oc apply -k .

Applications

History

Release Date Description
16.19.59 2024-12-09 Align all chart to the 16.19.59 release
17.14.19 2025-03-12 Align all chart to the 17.14.19 release
17.14.90 2025-04-30 Publish stable release for 4.17 version
18.11.71 2025-11-27 Align all charts to the same releas
18.23.0 2026-02-28 Start 4.19 branch
19.23.15 2026-03-02 Prepare upgrading dependency to 19.23.11
19.23.17 2026-03-02 Align all dependencies to chart v19.23.11
20.14.7 2026-03-02 Update dependencies to version 20.14.0
20.14.15 2026-03-02 Update all chrat to OCP version 4.20.14
21.3.0 2026-03-02 Update all chart to OCP version 4.21.3
21.3.1 2026-03-02 Prepare release 21.3.x with 21.x dependencies
21.3.3 2026-03-02 Upgrade dependencies to v21.3.0
21.3.4 2026-06-17 21.3.9
21.3.11 2026-06-17 publish stable update for the full repository
21.3.12 2026-06-18 Improve cluster-istio options
21.3.27 2026-06-19 publish stable update for the full repository
21.3.55 2026-06-19 publish stable update for the full repository
21.3.67 2026-06-20 publish stable update for the full repository
21.3.68 2026-06-20 update basic dependencies to v21.3.70
21.3.68 2026-06-20 update all charts dependencies to v21.3.70
21.3.68 2026-06-20 update all charts dependencies to v21.3.70
21.3.102 2026-06-20 publish stable update for the full repository
21.3.103 2026-06-21 publish stable update for the full repository
21.3.103 2026-06-21 publish stable update for the full repository
21.3.104 2026-06-21 publish stable update for the full repository
21.3.105 2026-06-21 publish stable update for the full repository
21.3.105 2026-06-21 publish stable update for the full repository
21.3.105 2026-06-21 publish stable update for the full repository
21.3.106 2026-06-21 publish stable update for the full repository
21.3.167 2026-06-23 publish stable update for the full repository
21.3.181 2026-06-23 publish stable update for the full repository
21.3.182 2026-06-23 publish stable update for the full repository