```yaml
apiVersion: install.istio.io/v1alpha1
kind: IstioOperator
spec:
  profile: /usr/home/bob/go/src/github.com/ostromart/istio-installer/data/profiles/default.yaml
  installPackagePath: /usr/home/bob/go/src/github.com/ostromart/istio-installer/data/charts/
```

You can mix and match these approaches. For example, you can use a compiled-in configuration profile with charts in your
local file system.

**NOTE:** The environment variable `ISTIO_CLUSTER_ISGKE` is assumed to be set to `true` if the cluster
is a GKE cluster.

```bash
ISTIO_CNI_ARGS=
# TODO: What k8s data can we use for this check for whether GKE?
if [[ "${ISTIO_CLUSTER_ISGKE}" == "true" ]]; then
    ISTIO_CNI_ARGS="--set cni.cniBinDir=/home/kubernetes/bin"
fi
iop kube-system istio-cni $IBASE/istio-cni/ ${ISTIO_CNI_ARGS}

microservices](https://istio.io/latest/docs/examples/microservices-istio/), manage [traffic flow](https://istio.io/latest/docs/concepts/traffic-management/) across microservices, enforce policies
and aggregate telemetry data. Istio's control plane provides an abstraction
layer over the underlying cluster management platform, such as Kubernetes.

Istio is composed of these components: