Create the Meshed Application

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Create Mesh Object

Configure namespace with App Mesh Labels and deploy Mesh Object

kubectl apply -f deployment/mesh.yaml  


namespace/prodcatalog-ns configured 
mesh.appmesh.k8s.aws/prodcatalog-mesh created

Confirm the Mesh object and Namespace are created

kubectl describe namespace prodcatalog-ns


Name:         prodcatalog-ns
Labels:       appmesh.k8s.aws/sidecarInjectorWebhook=enabled
            gateway=ingress-gw
            mesh=prodcatalog-mesh
Annotations:  Status:  Active

kubectl describe mesh prodcatalog-mesh


Status:
Conditions:
    Last Transition Time:  2020-11-02T16:43:03Z
    Status:                True
    Type:                  MeshActive

Create App Mesh Resources for the services

kubectl apply -f deployment/meshed_app.yaml


virtualnode.appmesh.k8s.aws/prodcatalog created 
virtualservice.appmesh.k8s.aws/prodcatalog created 
virtualservice.appmesh.k8s.aws/proddetail created 
virtualrouter.appmesh.k8s.aws/proddetail-router created 
virtualrouter.appmesh.k8s.aws/prodcatalog-router created 
virtualnode.appmesh.k8s.aws/proddetail-v1 created 
virtualnode.appmesh.k8s.aws/frontend-node created 
virtualservice.appmesh.k8s.aws/frontend-node created

Get all the Meshed resources for your application services, you should see below response.

kubectl get virtualnode,virtualservice,virtualrouter -n prodcatalog-ns


NAME                                        ARN                                                                                                     AGE
virtualnode.appmesh.k8s.aws/frontend-node   arn:aws:appmesh:us-west-2:$ACCOUNT_ID:mesh/prodcatalog-mesh/virtualNode/frontend-node_prodcatalog-ns   3m4s
virtualnode.appmesh.k8s.aws/prodcatalog     arn:aws:appmesh:us-west-2:$ACCOUNT_ID:mesh/prodcatalog-mesh/virtualNode/prodcatalog_prodcatalog-ns     35m
virtualnode.appmesh.k8s.aws/proddetail-v1   arn:aws:appmesh:us-west-2:$ACCOUNT_ID:mesh/prodcatalog-mesh/virtualNode/proddetail-v1_prodcatalog-ns   35m

NAME                                           ARN                                                                                                                          AGE
virtualservice.appmesh.k8s.aws/frontend-node   arn:aws:appmesh:us-west-2:$ACCOUNT_ID:mesh/prodcatalog-mesh/virtualService/frontend-node.prodcatalog-ns.svc.cluster.local   3m4s
virtualservice.appmesh.k8s.aws/prodcatalog     arn:aws:appmesh:us-west-2:$ACCOUNT_ID:mesh/prodcatalog-mesh/virtualService/prodcatalog.prodcatalog-ns.svc.cluster.local     35m
virtualservice.appmesh.k8s.aws/proddetail      arn:aws:appmesh:us-west-2:$ACCOUNT_ID:mesh/prodcatalog-mesh/virtualService/proddetail.prodcatalog-ns.svc.cluster.local      35m

NAME                                               ARN                                                                                                            AGE
virtualrouter.appmesh.k8s.aws/prodcatalog-router   arn:aws:appmesh:us-west-2:$ACCOUNT_ID:mesh/prodcatalog-mesh/virtualRouter/prodcatalog-router_prodcatalog-ns   35m
virtualrouter.appmesh.k8s.aws/proddetail-router    arn:aws:appmesh:us-west-2:$ACCOUNT_ID:mesh/prodcatalog-mesh/virtualRouter/proddetail-router_prodcatalog-ns    35m

Go to Console and check the App Mesh Resources information

App Mesh virtual nodes virtual services virtual routers