viper.SetConfigName(configName)
	viper.SetConfigType(configType)
	viper.AddConfigPath(configPath)
	viper.SetEnvKeyReplacer(strings.NewReplacer("-", "_"))
	err := viper.ReadInConfig()
	// Ignore errors reading the configuration unless the file is explicitly customized
	if root.IstioConfig != defaultIstioctlConfig {
		return err
	}

	return nil
}

func init() {

	registerStringParameter(constants.RepairSidecarAnnotation, "sidecar.istio.io/status",
		"An annotation key that indicates this pod contains an istio sidecar. All pods without this annotation will be ignored."+
			"The value of the annotation is ignored.")
	registerStringParameter(constants.RepairInitContainerName, "istio-validation",
		"The name of the istio init container (will crash-loop if CNI is not configured for the pod)")