The `values.yaml` API is intended to maintain a *minimal core set of configuration* that most users will use.
For bespoke use cases, [Helm Chart Customization](https://istio.io/latest/docs/setup/additional-setup/customize-installation-helm/#advanced-helm-chart-customization) can be used
to allow arbitrary customizations.

If the change truly is generally purpose, it is generally preferred to have broader APIs. For example, instead of providing

    enableTracing: true
    # This is the ingress service name, update if you used a different name
    ingressService: istio-ingress
    connectTimeout: 1s
    defaultConfig:
      ### ADVANCED SETTINGS #############
      # Where should envoy's configuration be stored in the istio-proxy container
      configPath: "/etc/istio/proxy"
      binaryPath: "/usr/local/bin/envoy"

  # the same changes in start up args in istio-ingress pods.
  #
  # TCP connection timeout between Envoy & the application, and between Envoys.
  connectTimeout: 1s
  #
  ### ADVANCED SETTINGS #############
  # Where should envoy's configuration be stored in the istio-proxy container
  configPath: "/etc/istio/proxy"
  binaryPath: "/usr/local/bin/envoy"
  # The pseudo service name used for Envoy.

- [Creating Fast and Lean Code](https://github.com/istio/istio/wiki/Writing-Fast-and-Lean-Code) - performance-oriented advice and guidelines for the code base

You'll find many other useful documents on our [Wiki](https://github.com/istio/istio/wiki).

## Introduction