imagePullSecrets: []

    # 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: ""

      -
        name: Login to GCR
        uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a # v2.1.0
        with:
          registry: gcr.io
          username: _json_key
          password: ${{ secrets.GCP_CREDS }}
      -
        name: Generate variables for cache busting and tag naming
        run: |
          echo "DATE=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
          # Converts r2.9 to just 2.9

      -
        name: Login to GCR
        uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a # v2.1.0
        with:
          registry: gcr.io
          username: _json_key
          password: ${{ secrets.GCP_CREDS }}
      -
        name: Grab the upcoming TF version to tag this container
        run: |
          # [[:digit:]] searches for numbers and \+ joins them together

        uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a # v2.1.0
        with:
          registry: gcr.io
          username: _json_key
          password: ${{ secrets.GCP_CREDS }}
      -
        name: Grab the date to do cache busting (assumes same day OK to keep)
        run: |
          echo "DATE=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
        id: date
      -