 prepare an OKE cluster for Istio.</p><ol><li><p>Create a new OKE cluster within your OCI tenancy. The simplest way to do this is by using the &lsquo;Quick Cluster&rsquo; option within the <a href=https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/iaas/Content/ContEng/Tasks/contengcreatingclusterusingoke.htm>web console</a>. You may also use the <a href=https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/iaas/Content/API/SDKDocs/cliinstall.htm>OCI cli</a> as shown below.</p><pre><code class=language-bash data-expandlinks=true>$ oci ce cluster create