use Istio-vet to validate Istio config before applying it on the mesh about meshery

[venilnoronha]

I've created PR meshery/meshery-istio#6 to address this.

[nrjpoddar]

Hi @leecalcote, can we jump on a short meeting to discuss how meshery can use istio-vet & also enhancements you would like to see in istio-vet?

[leecalcote]

[leecalcote]

Potentially of interest, @venilnoronha?

[venilnoronha]

@leecalcote yes, thanks!

[venilnoronha]

@nrjpoddar I believe istio-vet does a runtime analysis of the environment. Can it do a static analysis of Istio yaml configuration?

[nrjpoddar]

Yes, that is correct. Istio currently provides static analysis logic in istioctl, galley & pilot which are scattered all over and we didn't want to copy that logic again in istio-vet.

I believe static analysis belongs in galley and/or istioctl. As galley is registered as admission webhook it can reject invalid configuration.

[leecalcote]

Hi @nrjpoddar, yes, it'd be great to collaborate with you here. Your guidance and counsel on the approach to the integration would be ideal. If convenient, we hold a weekly community meeting on Fridays at 2pm Central (currently). Details here - https://layer5.io/meshery/#contributing

If this time doesn't work, yes, let's catch up separately. There's a community slack here - http://slack.layer5.io