}
	}

	var hosts string
	if netutil.IsValidIPAddress(ingressIP) {
		hosts = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s\n", ingressIP, IstiodHost(istioNamespace, revision))
	} else {
		log.Warnf("Could not auto-detect IP for %s/%s. Use --ingressIP to manually specify the Gateway address to reach istiod from the VM.",
			IstiodHost(istioNamespace, revision), istioNamespace)
	}
	return os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "hosts"), []byte(hosts), filePerms)
}