- injects the CNI plugin config to the CNI config file
        - CNI installer will try to look for the config file under the mounted CNI net dir based on file name extensions (`.conf`, `.conflist`)
        - the file name can be explicitly set by `CNI_CONF_NAME` env var
        - the program inserts `CNI_NETWORK_CONFIG` into the `plugins` list in `/etc/cni/net.d/${CNI_CONF_NAME}`

The operator uses the [IstioOperator API](https://github.com/istio/api/blob/master/operator/v1alpha1/operator.proto), which has
three main components:

- [MeshConfig](https://github.com/istio/api/blob/master/mesh/v1alpha1/config.proto) for runtime config consumed directly by Istio
control plane components.
- [Component configuration API](https://github.com/istio/api/blob/00671adacbea20f941cb20cce021bc63cbad1840/operator/v1alpha1/operator.proto#L42-L93), for managing

- More flexibility: the new installer allows multiple 'environments', allowing applications to select
a set of control plane settings and components. While the entire mesh respects the same APIs and config,
apps may target different 'environments' which contain different instances and variants of Istio.

- Better security: separate Istio components reside in different namespaces, allowing different teams or

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

    - **Citadel** - Responsible for certificate issuance and rotation.

    - **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:

* Utilizes Gateway injection, simplifying upgrades, allowing gateways to run in any namespace, and avoiding repeating config for sidecars and gateways.
* Published to official Istio Helm repository.
* Single chart for all gateways (Ingress, Egress, East West).

#### General concerns