be used for reference. All K8s overlay values are also validated in the operator.

### Customizing the old values.yaml API

The new platform install API above deals with K8s level settings. The remaining values.yaml parameters deal with Istio
control plane operation rather than installation. For the time being, the operator just passes these through to the Helm
charts unmodified (but validated through a

- [Project Conventions](https://github.com/istio/istio/wiki/Development-Conventions) - describes the conventions we use within the code base
- [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

WARNING: when installing over an existing deployment, the two deployments will be merged together by Helm, which may lead to unexpected results.

#### Legacy Gateway Helm charts

Istio historically offered two different charts - `manifests/charts/gateways/istio-ingress` and `manifests/charts/gateways/istio-egress`.