# Used to locate istiod.
    istioNamespace: istio-system

    externalIstiod: false
    remotePilotAddress: ""

    # Platform where Istio is deployed. Possible values are: "openshift", "gcp".
    # An empty value means it is a vanilla Kubernetes distribution, therefore no special
    # treatment will be considered.
    platform: ""

  volumes: []

  # A list of `VolumeMounts` added into the Gateway Pods. See
  # https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/volumes/.
  volumeMounts: []

  # Configure this to a higher priority class in order to make sure your Istio gateway pods
  # will not be killed because of low priority class.
  # Refer to https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/pod-priority-preemption/#priorityclass

    affinity: {}

    # Custom annotations on pod level, if you need them
    podAnnotations: {}

    # Deploy the config files as plugin chain (value "true") or as standalone files in the conf dir (value "false")?
    # Some k8s flavors (e.g. OpenShift) do not support the chain approach, set to false if this is the case
    chained: true

    # Custom configuration happens based on the CNI provider.

  meshConfig:
    defaultConfig:
      proxyMetadata: {}

  # This value defines:
  # 1. how many seconds kube waits for ztunnel pod to gracefully exit before forcibly terminating it (this value)
  # 2. how many seconds ztunnel waits to drain its own connections (this value - 1 sec)
  # Default K8S value is 30 seconds
  terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30