imagePullSecrets: []

    # Used to locate istiod.
    istioNamespace: istio-system

    externalIstiod: false
    remotePilotAddress: ""

    # Platform where Istio is deployed. Possible values are: "openshift", "gcp".
    # An empty value means it is a vanilla Kubernetes distribution, therefore no special
    # treatment will be considered.
    platform: ""

	creds, err := google.FindDefaultCredentials(ctx, "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform")
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("finding default GCP credentials: %w", err)
	}
	return &oauth2.Transport{
		Base:   tr,
		Source: creds.TokenSource,
	}, nil

      -
        name: Login to GCR
        uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a # v2.1.0
        with:
          registry: gcr.io
          username: _json_key
          password: ${{ secrets.GCP_CREDS }}
      -
        name: Generate variables for cache busting and tag naming
        run: |
          echo "DATE=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
          # Converts r2.9 to just 2.9

      -
        name: Login to GCR
        uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a # v2.1.0
        with:
          registry: gcr.io
          username: _json_key
          password: ${{ secrets.GCP_CREDS }}
      -
        name: Grab the upcoming TF version to tag this container
        run: |
          # [[:digit:]] searches for numbers and \+ joins them together

        uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a # v2.1.0
        with:
          registry: gcr.io
          username: _json_key
          password: ${{ secrets.GCP_CREDS }}
      -
        name: Grab the date to do cache busting (assumes same day OK to keep)
        run: |
          echo "DATE=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
        id: date
      -

      statusPort: 15020
      # Specify which tracer to use. One of: zipkin, lightstep, datadog, stackdriver, none.
      # If using stackdriver tracer outside GCP, set env GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS to the GCP credential file.
      tracer: "none"
    proxy_init:
      # Base name for the proxy_init container, used to configure iptables.
      image: proxyv2

	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/serializer/versioning"
	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth" //  to avoid 'No Auth Provider found for name "gcp"'
	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api"
	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api/latest"

	"istio.io/istio/istioctl/pkg/cli"
	"istio.io/istio/istioctl/pkg/util"

| [Gemalto KeySecure /Thales CipherTrust](https://github.com/minio/kes/wiki/Gemalto-KeySecure) | Local KMS. MinIO and KMS On-Premises.                             |
| [Google Cloud Platform SecretManager](https://github.com/minio/kes/wiki/GCP-SecretManager)   | Cloud KMS. MinIO in combination with a managed KMS installation   |

      statusPort: 15020

      # Specify which tracer to use. One of: zipkin, lightstep, datadog, stackdriver, none.
      # If using stackdriver tracer outside GCP, set env GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS to the GCP credential file.
      tracer: "none"

    proxy_init:
      # Base name for the proxy_init container, used to configure iptables.
      image: proxyv2

* fluentd-gcp addon: Fix fluentd deployment on GCP when custom resources are set. ([#55950](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/55950), [@crassirostris](https://github.com/crassirostris))