# Istio Installer

Note: If making any changes to the charts or values.yaml in this dir, first read [UPDATING-CHARTS.md](UPDATING-CHARTS.md)

Istio installer is a modular, 'a-la-carte' installer for Istio. It is based on a
fork of the Istio helm templates, refactored to increase modularity and isolation.

Goals:
- Improve upgrade experience: users should be able to gradually roll upgrades, with proper

# Istio CNI Node Agent

The Istio CNI Node Agent is responsible for several things

- Install an Istio CNI plugin binary on each node's filesystem, updating that node's CNI config in e.g (`/etc/cni/net.d`), and watching the config and binary paths to reinstall if things are modified.