This article explains how to use my Spring Boot Istio library to generate Istio resources on a Kubernetes cluster at app startup.

Piotr Minkowski TechBlog

A Spring Boot library called `spring-boot-istio` (istio-spring-boot-starter) automates the generation of Istio resources on Kubernetes at application startup. By adding the dependency and annotating the main class with `@EnableIstio`, developers can automatically create VirtualServices, Gateways, and DestinationRules without writing Istio YAML manually. The tutorial walks through setting up Minikube with Istio, deploying a sample Spring Boot app, enabling fault injection, and implementing header-based traffic routing between two application versions (v1/v2). The library is aimed at simplifying Istio onboarding for Java developers, especially in development environments.

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