Travels Demo - Multicluster

Learn how to configure and use Kiali in an Istio multicluster scenario.

This tutorial will demonstrate Kiali capabilities for Istio multicluster, particulary for the primary-remote cluster model.

For more information, check our documentation for multicluster.

Observe the Travels application deployed in multiple clusters with the new capabilities of Kiali.

How to prepare for running the tutorial.

Deploy the East cluster which will be the primary cluster

Install Istio on the primary cluster

Install Kiali on the primary cluster

Install the Travels application just on East cluster

Deploy the West cluster which will be the remote cluster

Install Istio on the remote cluster

In this section we will add some configuration for Kiali to start observing the remote cluster.

Install new services of the Travels application in the remote cluster.