Downloading the Release

Customizable Install with Helm

Download istio files and install istioctl

cd ~/Downloads
curl -L <https://git.io/getLatestIstio> | ISTIO_VERSION=1.1.7 sh -
cd istio-1.1.7
sudo mv bin/istioctl /usr/local/bin/

Install

for i in install/kubernetes/helm/istio-init/files/crd*yaml; do kubectl apply -f $i; done
kubectl apply -f install/kubernetes/istio-demo.yaml

Verify Installation

kubectl get svc -n istio-system
kubectl get pods -n istio-system

Remove via Helm

kubectl delete -f install/kubernetes/istio-demo.yaml
for i in install/kubernetes/helm/istio-init/files/crd*yaml; do kubectl delete -f $i; done