Installation

To install Envoy:

1. Obtain the Envoy Authorizer zip archive from PlainID Support.
2. Unpack the Authorizer archive.
3. Configure authz image versions:

• Update the appVersion value in Chart.yaml file: Set tag of the authz-operator image from the images.txt file.
• Update spec.container.image value tag in samples/authz_v1_plainidinjector.yaml file: Set tag of authz-envoy-sidecar
  image from file images.txt

4. Update specific settings in values.yaml.
5. Update specific settings of the PlainidSidecar kind (example in samples/sidecar-echo.yaml).
6. Install Helm if not installed (Helm | Helm ).
7. Install using the Helm Chart:
   helm install sidecar-test authz-envoy
8. Label target namespace for PlainID Injection.
   kubectl label namespace default pid-injection=enabled
9. Deploy authz-sidecar injector.
   kubectl apply -f samples/authz_v1_plainidinjector.yaml
10. Deploy authz-sidecar configuration (PlainidSidecar kind).
    kubectl apply -f samples/sidecar-echo.yaml
11. Restart a pod with the target microservice, so authz-sidecar will be injected.
    kubectl delete pod echo
12. Configure Service Mesh to Integrate with the Authorizer.