Downloading the correct istioctl version

Your Anthos Service Mesh version must match the istioctl client version. This page shows you how to download the installation file to ensure that both versions match.

Downloading the installation file

Linux

Download the Anthos Service Mesh installation file to your current working directory:

curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/gke-release/asm/istio-1.5.10-asm.2-linux.tar.gz

Download the signature file and use openssl to verify the signature:

curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/gke-release/asm/istio-1.5.10-asm.2-linux.tar.gz.1.sig
openssl dgst -verify /dev/stdin -signature istio-1.5.10-asm.2-linux.tar.gz.1.sig istio-1.5.10-asm.2-linux.tar.gz <<'EOF'
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
MFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAEWZrGCUaJJr1H8a36sG4UUoXvlXvZ
wQfk16sxprI2gOJ2vFFggdq3ixF2h4qNBt0kI7ciDhgpwS8t+/960IsIgw==
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
EOF

The expected output is: Verified OK.

Extract the contents of the file to any location on your file system. For example, to extract the contents to the current working directory:
```
 tar xzf istio-1.5.10-asm.2-linux.tar.gz
```
The command creates an installation directory in your current working directory named istio-1.5.10-asm.2 that contains:
- Sample applications in the samples directory.
- The istioctl command-line tool that you use to install Anthos Service Mesh is in the bin directory.
- The Anthos Service Mesh configuration profiles are in the manifests/profiles directory.
Ensure that you're in the Anthos Service Mesh installation's root directory.
```
cd istio-1.5.10-asm.2
```
For convenience, add the tools in the /bin directory to your PATH:
```
export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH
```

Mac OS

Download the Anthos Service Mesh installation file to your current working directory:

curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/gke-release/asm/istio-1.5.10-asm.2-osx.tar.gz

Download the signature file and use openssl to verify the signature:

curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/gke-release/asm/istio-1.5.10-asm.2-osx.tar.gz.1.sig
openssl dgst -sha256 -verify /dev/stdin -signature istio-1.5.10-asm.2-osx.tar.gz.1.sig istio-1.5.10-asm.2-osx.tar.gz <<'EOF'
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
MFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAEWZrGCUaJJr1H8a36sG4UUoXvlXvZ
wQfk16sxprI2gOJ2vFFggdq3ixF2h4qNBt0kI7ciDhgpwS8t+/960IsIgw==
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
EOF

The expected output is: Verified OK.

Extract the contents of the file to any location on your file system. For example, to extract the contents to the current working directory:
```
tar xzf istio-1.5.10-asm.2-osx.tar.gz
```
The command creates an installation directory in your current working directory named istio-1.5.10-asm.2 that contains:
- Sample applications in the samples directory.
- The istioctl command-line tool that you use to install Anthos Service Mesh is in the bin directory.
- The Anthos Service Mesh configuration profiles are in the manifests/profiles directory.
Ensure that you're in the Anthos Service Mesh installation's root directory.
```
cd istio-1.5.10-asm.2
```
For convenience, add the tools in the /bin directory to your PATH:
```
export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH
```

Windows

Download the Anthos Service Mesh installation file to your current working directory:
```
curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/gke-release/asm/istio-1.5.10-asm.2-win.zip
```

Download the signature file and use openssl to verify the signature:

curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/gke-release/asm/istio-1.5.10-asm.2-win.zip.1.sig
openssl dgst -verify - -signature istio-1.5.10-asm.2-win.zip.1.sig istio-1.5.10-asm.2-win.zip <<'EOF'
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
MFkwEwYHKoZIzj0CAQYIKoZIzj0DAQcDQgAEWZrGCUaJJr1H8a36sG4UUoXvlXvZ
wQfk16sxprI2gOJ2vFFggdq3ixF2h4qNBt0kI7ciDhgpwS8t+/960IsIgw==
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
EOF

The expected output is: Verified OK.

Extract the contents of the file to any location on your file system. For example, to extract the contents to the current working directory:
```
tar xzf istio-1.5.10-asm.2-win.zip
```
The command creates an installation directory in your current working directory named istio-1.5.10-asm.2 that contains:
- Sample applications in the samples directory.
- The istioctl command-line tool that you use to install Anthos Service Mesh is in the bin directory.
- The Anthos Service Mesh configuration profiles are in the manifests/profiles directory.
Ensure that you're in the Anthos Service Mesh installation's root directory.
```
cd istio-1.5.10-asm.2
```
For convenience, add the tools in the /bin directory to your PATH:
```
export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH
```