istioctl

Istio service mesh CLI

high risk

interactive breakdown — edit the command and press Explain

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⚠ Risks & cautions

Install/uninstall and mTLS changes affect production traffic.

What it does

Install, analyze and debug Istio. See the flags and examples below, and run `man istioctl` for the full reference.

Examples

istioctl analyzeCheck config · explain & risk-check →

istioctl proxy-statusSidecar sync · explain & risk-check →

Related

Open the full explainer →More in Kubernetes & Helm

Reference text is hand-written and may be incomplete — check man istioctl for your version. Test destructive commands on a non-production system first.