istio.io/istio@v0.0.0-20240520182934-d79c90f27776/samples/sleep/README.md (about) 1 # Simple sleep service 2 3 This sample consists of a simple service that does nothing but sleep. 4 It's a ubuntu container with curl installed that can be used as a request source for invoking other services 5 to experiment with Istio networking. 6 7 To use it: 8 9 1. Install Istio by following the [istio install instructions](https://istio.io/docs/setup/). 10 11 1. Start the sleep service: 12 13 If you have [automatic sidecar injection](https://istio.io/docs/setup/additional-setup/sidecar-injection/#automatic-sidecar-injection) enabled: 14 15 ```bash 16 kubectl apply -f sleep.yaml 17 ``` 18 19 Otherwise manually inject the sidecars before applying: 20 21 ```bash 22 kubectl apply -f <(istioctl kube-inject -f sleep.yaml) 23 ``` 24 25 1. Start some other services, for example, the [Bookinfo sample](https://istio.io/docs/examples/bookinfo/). 26 27 Now you can `kubectl exec` into the sleep service to experiment with Istio networking. 28 For example, the following commands can be used to call the Bookinfo `ratings` service: 29 30 ```bash 31 export SLEEP_POD=$(kubectl get pod -l app=sleep -o jsonpath={.items..metadata.name}) 32 kubectl exec -it $SLEEP_POD -c sleep -- curl http://ratings.default.svc.cluster.local:9080/ratings/1 33 {"id":1,"ratings":{"Reviewer1":5,"Reviewer2":4}} 34 ``` 35 36 You can also use the sleep service to test accessing services outside of the mesh. 37 See [configuring egress](https://istio.io/docs/tasks/traffic-management/egress/) for details.