Diagram Creation Guidelines

    The guide is available as an or as a Google Draw file to allow you to reuse the shapes and styles with ease. Use these guidelines to create SVG diagrams for the Istio website using any vector graphics tool like Google Draw, InkScape, or Illustrator. Please ensure that the text in your diagrams remains editable.

    Our goal is to drive consistency across all diagrams in our website to ensure diagrams are clear, technically accurate, and accessible.

    To create your diagrams, follow these steps:

    1. Refer to the and copy-paste from it as needed.
    2. Connect the shapes with the appropriate style of line.
    3. Add a legend for any labels that apply multiple times.
    4. Contribute your diagram to our documentation.

    If you create the diagram in Google Draw, follow these steps:

    1. When the diagram is complete, export it as SVG and include the SVG file in your PR.
    2. Leave a comment in the Markdown file containing the diagram with the URL to the Google Draw file.

    Thank you for contributing to the Istio documentation!