### Step 1: Ensure Elasticsearch minimum requirements are met

MinIO requires a 5.x series version of Elasticsearch. This is the latest major release series. Elasticsearch provides version upgrade migration guidelines [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup-upgrade.html).

### Step 2: Add Elasticsearch endpoint to MinIO

controller as the CLI command `istioctl install` running in a loop in a pod in the cluster and using the config
from the in-cluster IstioOperator custom resource (CR).
There are two major differences:

1. The controller does not accept any dynamic user config through flags. All user interaction is through the
IstioOperator CR.