## Reference

### Design details

Broadly, `istio-cni` accomplishes ambient redirection by instructing ztunnel to set up sockets within the application pod network namespace, where:

- one end of the socket is in the application pod

profiles listed in istio.io are available by default, or `profile:` can point to a local file path to reference a custom
profile base to use as a starting point for customization. See the [API reference](https://github.com/istio/api/blob/master/operator/v1alpha1/operator.proto)
for details.

## Developer quick start

That is, `--set some.field=true` should be passed, not `--set defaults.some.field=true`.

### Examples

#### Configuring mesh configuration settings

Any [Mesh Config](https://istio.io/latest/docs/reference/config/istio.mesh.v1alpha1/) options can be configured like below:

```yaml
meshConfig:
  accessLogFile: /dev/stdout
```

#### Revisions

core components, install artifacts, and sample programs. It includes:

    - [istioctl](istioctl/). This directory contains code for the
[_istioctl_](https://istio.io/latest/docs/reference/commands/istioctl/) command line utility.

    - [operator](operator/). This directory contains code for the
[Istio Operator](https://istio.io/latest/docs/setup/install/operator/).

    - [pilot](pilot/). This directory

Note the name and labels are overridden to match the names of the existing installation.

Warning: the helm charts here default to using port 80 and 443, while the old charts used 8080 and 8443.
If you have AuthorizationPolicies that reference port these ports, you should update them during this process,
or customize the ports to match the old defaults.
See the [security advisory](https://istio.io/latest/news/security/istio-security-2021-002/) for more information.