Install Kiali

14.1.3 Install Kiali

When you download the Istio installation bundle, it contains kiali.yaml, a basic sample installation to quickly get Kiali up and running. The kiali.yaml file is available in the samples/addon folder at the location where you have downloaded the Istio installation files.

Alternatively, install Kiali separately. See https://kiali.io/docs/installation/.

To install Kiali using the YAML file that is available in the Istio package directory:

Move to the Istio package directory. For example, if the package is istio-1.15.0:
```
cd istio-1.15.0
```

Install Kiali.

kubectl apply -f samples/addons/kiali.yaml

Sample response

serviceaccount/kiali created
configmap/kiali created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/kiali-viewer created
clusterrole.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/kiali created
clusterrolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/kiali created
role.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/kiali-controlplane created
rolebinding.rbac.authorization.k8s.io/kiali-controlplane created
service/kiali created
deployment.apps/kiali created

Run the following command to verify that Kiali was installed.

kubectl -n istio-system get svc kiali

Sample response

NAME    TYPE        CLUSTER-IP      EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)              AGE
kiali   ClusterIP   10.100.214.26   <none>        20001/TCP,9090/TCP   62s

Open the Kiali dashboard.
```
istioctl dashboard kiali
```

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