- sends UDS events to ztunnel via a socket whenever a pod is enabled for ambient mesh (whether from CNI plugin or node watcher), instructing ztunnel to create the "tube" socket.

The ambient CNI agent is the only place where ambient network config and pod redirection machinery happens.

1. Set env $WATCH_NAMESPACE (default value is "istio-system") and $LEADER_ELECTION_NAMESPACE (default value is "istio-operator")

1. Create the `WATCH_NAMESPACE` and `LEADER_ELECTION_NAMESPACE` if they are not created yet.

```bash
kubectl create ns $WATCH_NAMESPACE --dry-run -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
kubectl create ns $LEADER_ELECTION_NAMESPACE --dry-run -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
```

## Installing the Chart

Before installing, ensure CRDs are installed in the cluster (from the `istio/base` chart).

To install the chart with the release name `istiod`:

```console
kubectl create namespace istio-system
helm install istiod istio/istiod --namespace istio-system
```

## Uninstalling the Chart

To uninstall/delete the `istiod` deployment:

```console

    - **Galley** - Responsible for validating, ingesting, aggregating, transforming and distributing config within Istio.

- **Operator** - The component provides user friendly options to operate the Istio service mesh.

## Repositories

The Istio project is divided across a few GitHub repositories:

- [istio/api](https://github.com/istio/api). This repository defines

helm repo update
```

_See [helm repo](https://helm.sh/docs/helm/helm_repo/) for command documentation._

## Installing the Chart

To install the chart with the release name `istio-base`:

```console
kubectl create namespace istio-system
helm install istio-base istio/base -n istio-system
```

### Profiles

Istio Helm charts have a concept of a `profile`, which is a bundled collection of value presets.