Automation Suite on Linux installation guide

Last updated Mar 26, 2026

How to enable Istio logging

To debug Istio, you need to enable logging. To do that, perform the following steps:

Find the istio-ingressgateway pod by running the following command. Copy the gateway pod name. It should be something like istio-ingressgateway-r4mbx.
```
kubectl -n istio-system get pods
kubectl -n istio-system get pods
```

Open the gateway Pod shell by running the following command.

kubectl exec -it -n istio-system istio-ingressgateway-r4mbx bash
kubectl exec -it -n istio-system istio-ingressgateway-r4mbx bash

Enable debug level logging by running the following command.

curl -X POST http://localhost:15000/logging?level=debug
curl -X POST http://localhost:15000/logging?level=debug

Run the following command from a server node.

istioctl_bin=$(find /var/lib/rancher/rke2/ -name "istioctl" -type f -perm -u+x   -print -quit)
if [[ -n ${istioctl_bin} ]]
then
echo "istioctl bin found"
  kubectl -n istio-system get cm istio-installer-base -o go-template='{{ index .data "istio-base.yaml" }}'  > istio-base.yaml
  kubectl -n istio-system get cm istio-installer-overlay  -o go-template='{{ index .data "overlay-config.yaml" }}'  > overlay-config.yaml 
  ${istioctl_bin} -i istio-system install -y -f istio-base.yaml -f overlay-config.yaml --set meshConfig.accessLogFile=/dev/stdout --set meshConfig.accessLogEncoding=JSON 
else
  echo "istioctl bin not found"
fi
istioctl_bin=$(find /var/lib/rancher/rke2/ -name "istioctl" -type f -perm -u+x   -print -quit)
if [[ -n ${istioctl_bin} ]]
then
echo "istioctl bin found"
  kubectl -n istio-system get cm istio-installer-base -o go-template='{{ index .data "istio-base.yaml" }}'  > istio-base.yaml
  kubectl -n istio-system get cm istio-installer-overlay  -o go-template='{{ index .data "overlay-config.yaml" }}'  > overlay-config.yaml 
  ${istioctl_bin} -i istio-system install -y -f istio-base.yaml -f overlay-config.yaml --set meshConfig.accessLogFile=/dev/stdout --set meshConfig.accessLogEncoding=JSON 
else
  echo "istioctl bin not found"
fi

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