Download the Istio release

Each Istio release includes a release archive which contains:

• the istioctl binary
• installation profiles and Helm charts
• samples, including the Bookinfo application

A release archive is built for each supported processor architecture and operating system.

Download Istio

1. Go to the Istio release page to download the installation file for your OS, or download and extract the latest release automatically (Linux or macOS):

   $ curl -L https://istio.io/downloadIstio | sh -

2. Move to the Istio package directory. For example, if the package is istio-1.28.0:

   $ cd istio-1.28.0

   The installation directory contains:

   • Sample applications in samples/
   • The istioctl client binary in the bin/ directory.

3. Add the istioctl client to your path (Linux or macOS):

   $ export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH