service-mesh-training
Lab 01, Exercise 01: Get Familiar with Environment
Objective: Launch Service Mesh environment on Instruqt and explore its features.
- Step 1: Create an account on Instruqt
- Step 2: Start workshop track
- Step 3: Explore Instruqt environment
For this workshop, we’ll be using the Instruqt, an online interactive learning platform. All you need is a web browser. Chrome or Firefox recommended. You may need to disable ad blockers or allow-list Instruqt.
Step 1: Create an account on Instruqt
Note: This step is optional but highly recommended.
Navigate to instruqt.com and create an account or sign in if you already have an Instruqt account. Signing in allows your work to be saved in progress.
Step 2: Start workshop track
The track for this workshop is https://instruqt.com/hashicorp/tracks/service-mesh/. Navigate there and click start.
Step 3: Explore Instruqt environment
When the track starts, you’ll see eight (8) tabs:
- Shell: Interactive command line.
- Editor: Visual editor and file navigator.
- Kubernetes: Kubernetes dashboard.
- Grafana: Grafana metrics dashboard and graph editor.
- Prometheus: Prometheus monitoring system.
- Consul: Consul Web UI.
- Emojify: Sample multi-tiered web app deployment we’ll implement a service mesh for.
- Exercises: These exercises, for ease of reference.
When you first begin the track, the Grafana, Prometheus, Consul, and Emojify tabs will display a Connecting to the service... message. This is expected. You’ll configure those services as you proceed through the workshop.
If you prefer command line editors, you’ll be happy to know that vim, emacs, and pico are all available in the Shell tab. If you prefer a visual editor, use the Editor tab. You can also mix and match!
If you’re using the visual editor, the correct directory is already loaded for you.
If you’re using the command line, you’ll need to change into service-mesh-training:
cd service-mesh-training