postStart:
        exec:
          command:
          - pilot-agent
          - wait
  {{- else if $nativeSidecar }}
    {{- /* preStop is called when the pod starts shutdown. Initialize drain. We will get SIGTERM once applications are torn down. */}}
    lifecycle:
      preStop:
        exec:
          command:
          - pilot-agent
          - request

      postStart:
        exec:
          command:
          - pilot-agent
          - wait
  {{- else if $nativeSidecar }}
    {{- /* preStop is called when the pod starts shutdown. Initialize drain. We will get SIGTERM once applications are torn down. */}}
    lifecycle:
      preStop:
        exec:
          command:
          - pilot-agent
          - request

- clusterName: agent
  endpoints:
  - lbEndpoints:
    - endpoint:
        address:
          socketAddress:
            address: 127.0.0.1
            portValue: 15020
        healthCheckConfig: {}
      healthStatus: HEALTHY
      loadBalancingWeight: 1
    locality: {}
  policy:
    overprovisioningFactor: 140
- clusterName: outbound|9402||cert-manager-istio-csr-metrics.cert-manager.svc.cluster.local
  endpoints:
  - lbEndpoints:

  {{- end }}
  {{- if .Values.global.logAsJson }}
    - --log_as_json
  {{- end }}
    lifecycle:
      postStart:
        exec:
          command:
          - pilot-agent
          - wait
          - --url=http://localhost:15020/healthz/ready
    env:
    - name: ISTIO_META_GENERATOR
      value: grpc
    - name: OUTPUT_CERTS
      value: /var/lib/istio/data

LINUX_AGENT_BINARIES:=./cni/cmd/istio-cni \
  ./cni/cmd/install-cni \
  $(AGENT_BINARIES)

BINARIES:=$(STANDARD_BINARIES) $(AGENT_BINARIES) $(LINUX_AGENT_BINARIES)

# List of binaries that have their size tested
RELEASE_SIZE_TEST_BINARIES:=pilot-discovery pilot-agent istioctl envoy ztunnel client server

	"istio.io/istio/pkg/monitoring"
)

var (
	eventTypeTag = monitoring.CreateLabel("type")
	EventTotals  = monitoring.NewSum(
		"nodeagent_reconcile_events_total",
		"The total number of node agent reconcile events.",
	)
)

type K8sHandlers interface {
	GetPodIfAmbient(podName, podNamespace string) (*corev1.Pod, error)
	GetAmbientPods() []*corev1.Pod
	Start()
}

type InformerHandlers struct {

				if err != nil {
					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Skip the agent in Pod %s due to the error: %s\n", namespacedName, err.Error())
					continue
				}
				responses = append(responses, resp)
			}
			token = list.ListMeta.GetContinue()
			if token == "" {
				break
			}
		}
	} else {
		// If there is a specific pod name in ResourceName, use the agent in the pod.
		if len(dr.ResourceNames) != 1 {

# Istio CNI Node Agent

The Istio CNI Node Agent is responsible for several things

- Install an Istio CNI plugin binary on each node's filesystem, updating that node's CNI config in e.g (`/etc/cni/net.d`), and watching the config and binary paths to reinstall if things are modified.

  # Revision tags are aliases to Istio control plane revisions
  revisionTags: []

  # For Helm compatibility.
  ownerName: ""

  # meshConfig defines runtime configuration of components, including Istiod and istio-agent behavior
  # See https://istio.io/docs/reference/config/istio.mesh.v1alpha1/ for all available options
  meshConfig:
    enablePrometheusMerge: true

  global:
    # Used to locate istiod.

		if cfg.InstallConfig.AmbientEnabled {
			// Start ambient controller

			// node agent will spawn a goroutine and watch the K8S API for events,
			// as well as listen for messages from the CNI binary.
			log.Info("Starting ambient node agent with inpod redirect mode")
			ambientAgent, err := nodeagent.NewServer(ctx, watchServerReady, cfg.InstallConfig.CNIEventAddress,
				nodeagent.AmbientArgs{