This component accomplishes that in the following ways:

1. By installing a separate, very basic "CNI plugin" binary onto the node to forward low-level pod lifecycle events (CmdAdd/CmdDel/etc) from whatever node-level CNI subsystem is in use to this node agent for processing via socket.
1. By running as a node-level daemonset that:

# Helm Profiles

This folder provides a variety of "profiles" for helm installation.
While a user can just explicitly pass this with `--values/-f`.

However, Istio also provides a feature to bundle these with the charts, which is convenient when installing from remote charts.
For details, see `copy-templates` Makefile target, and `manifests/zzz_profile.yaml`.

Any changes to this folder should have a `make copy-templates` applied afterwards.

This is a work in progress - building on top of the multi-cluster installer.

As an extreme, the goal is to be possible to run Istio workloads in a cluster without installing any Istio component
in that cluster. Currently, the minimum we require is the security provider (node agent or citadel).

### Install Istio CRDs

# Istio Ztunnel Helm Chart

This chart installs an Istio ztunnel.

## Setup Repo Info

```console
helm repo add istio https://istio-release.storage.googleapis.com/charts
helm repo update
```

_See [helm repo](https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_repo/) for command documentation._

## Installing the Chart

To install the chart:

```console
helm install ztunnel istio/ztunnel
```

## Uninstalling the Chart

creating a [bug or feature request](../BUGS-AND-FEATURE-REQUESTS.md),
or just coming to the weekly [Environments Working Group](https://github.com/istio/community/blob/master/WORKING-GROUPS.md)
meeting to share your ideas.

This document is an overview of how the operator works from a user perspective. For more details about the design and
architecture and a code overview, see [ARCHITECTURE.md](../architecture/environments/operator.md).

## Introduction

# Istiod Helm Chart

This chart installs an Istiod deployment.

## Setup Repo Info

```console
helm repo add istio https://istio-release.storage.googleapis.com/charts
helm repo update
```

_See [helm repo](https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_repo/) for command documentation._

## Installing the Chart

Before installing, ensure CRDs are installed in the cluster (from the `istio/base` chart).

# Istio CNI Helm Chart

This chart installs the Istio CNI Plugin. See the [CNI installation guide](https://istio.io/latest/docs/setup/additional-setup/cni/)
for more information.

## Setup Repo Info

```console
helm repo add istio https://istio-release.storage.googleapis.com/charts
helm repo update
```

_See [helm repo](https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_repo/) for command documentation._

## Installing the Chart

### `image: auto` Information

The image used by the chart, `auto`, may be unintuitive.
This exists because the pod spec will be automatically populated at runtime, using the same mechanism as [Sidecar Injection](istio.io/latest/docs/setup/additional-setup/sidecar-injection).
This allows the same configurations and lifecycle to apply to gateways as sidecars.

- [istio/api](https://github.com/istio/api). This repository defines
component-level APIs and common configuration formats for the Istio platform.

- [istio/community](https://github.com/istio/community). This repository contains
information on the Istio community, including the various documents that govern
the Istio open source project.

- [istio/istio](README.md). This is the main code repository. It hosts Istio's

# Istio base Helm Chart

This chart installs resources shared by all Istio revisions. This includes Istio CRDs.

## Setup Repo Info

```console
helm repo add istio https://istio-release.storage.googleapis.com/charts
helm repo update
```

_See [helm repo](https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_repo/) for command documentation._

## Installing the Chart

To install the chart with the release name `istio-base`:

```console