Install Envoy on Ubuntu

Requirements

Envoy is supported on LTS versions of Ubuntu 16.04 and above.

Installation

1. Update apt index.

   $ sudo apt-get update
   

2. Install packages required for apt to communicate via HTTPS.

   $ sudo apt-get install -y \
   apt-transport-https \
   ca-certificates \
   curl \
   gnupg-agent \
   software-properties-common
   

3. Add the Tetrate GPG key.

   $ curl -sL 'https://getenvoy.io/gpg' | sudo apt-key add -
   

4. Verify the key has the fingerprint 5270 CEAC 57F6 3EBD 9EA9 005D 0253 D0B2 6FF9 74DB.

   $ apt-key fingerprint 6FF974DB
   

   pub   4096R/6FF974DB 2019-03-01
     Key fingerprint = 5270 CEAC 57F6 3EBD 9EA9  005D 0253 D0B2 6FF9 74DB
   uid                  GetEnvoy <getenvoy@tetrate.io>
   sub   4096R/7767A960 2019-03-01
   

5. Add the stable repository. To add the nightly repository instead, replace the word stable with nightly.

   $ sudo add-apt-repository \
   "deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.bintray.com/tetrate/getenvoy-deb \
   $(lsb_release -cs) \
   stable"
   

6. Install Envoy binary.

   $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y getenvoy-envoy
   

7. Verify Envoy is installed.

   $ envoy --version