// +optional
  optional bytes patch = 4;

  // The type of Patch. Currently we only allow "JSONPatch".
  // +optional
  optional string patchType = 5;

  // AuditAnnotations is an unstructured key value map set by remote admission controller (e.g. error=image-blacklisted).
  // MutatingAdmissionWebhook and ValidatingAdmissionWebhook admission controller will prefix the keys with

defines install time parameters like component and enablement and namespace, and K8s settings like resources, HPA spec etc. in a structured way.
The simplest customization is to turn components on and off. For example, to turn on cni ([samples/cni-on.yaml](samples/cni-on.yaml):

```yaml
apiVersion: install.istio.io/v1alpha1
kind: IstioOperator
spec:

  // +optional
  optional bytes patch = 4;

  // The type of Patch. Currently we only allow "JSONPatch".
  // +optional
  optional string patchType = 5;

  // AuditAnnotations is an unstructured key value map set by remote admission controller (e.g. error=image-blacklisted).
  // MutatingAdmissionWebhook and ValidatingAdmissionWebhook admission controller will prefix the keys with

# Architecture of Istiod

This document describes the high level architecture of the Istio control plane, Istiod.
Istiod is structured as a modular monolith, housing a wide range of functionality from certificate signing, proxy configuration (XDS), traditional Kubernetes controllers, and more.

## Proxy Configuration

  // and services.
  // More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/labels
  // +optional
  map<string, string> labels = 11;

  // Annotations is an unstructured key value map stored with a resource that may be
  // set by external tools to store and retrieve arbitrary metadata. They are not
  // queryable and should be preserved when modifying objects.

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[default profile](../manifests/profiles/default.yaml) is used. Each profile is defined as a
set of defaults for `IstioOperatorSpec`, for both the restructured fields (K8s settings, namespaces and enablement)
and the Helm values (Istio behavior configuration).

1. The fields defined in the user CR override any values defined in the configuration profile CR.  The