{{- 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

# 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

  experimental:
    stableValidationPolicy: false

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

      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

  # 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
  experimental:
    stableValidationPolicy: false
  global:

			cniClient := newCNIClient(conf.CNIEventAddress, constants.CNIAddEventPath)
			if err = PushCNIEvent(cniClient, args, prevResIps, podName, podNamespace); err != nil {
				log.Errorf("istio-cni cmdAdd failed to signal node Istio CNI agent: %s", err)
				return err
			}
			return nil
		}
		log.Debugf("istio-cni ambient cmdAdd podName: %s - not ambient enabled, ignoring", podName)
	}
	// End ambient plugin logic

	pi := &PodInfo{}

		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{

	"istio.io/istio/pilot/pkg/model"
	"istio.io/istio/pilot/pkg/serviceregistry/kube/controller"
	"istio.io/istio/pkg/config/constants"
	"istio.io/istio/pkg/config/schema/gvk"
	"istio.io/istio/pkg/config/validation/agent"
	"istio.io/istio/pkg/kube"
	"istio.io/istio/pkg/kube/labels"
	"istio.io/istio/pkg/log"
	netutil "istio.io/istio/pkg/util/net"
	"istio.io/istio/pkg/util/protomarshal"
	"istio.io/istio/pkg/util/shellescape"
)