the Istio CNI Node Agent requires privileged node permissions, and will require allow-listing in constrained environments that block privileged workloads by default. If using sidecar repair mode or ambient mode, the node agent additionally needs permissions to enter pod network namespaces and perform networking configuration in them. If either sidecar repair or ambient mode are enabled, on startup the container will drop all Linux capabilities via (`drop:ALL`), and re-add back the ones sidecar repair/ambient...

--set flag. For example, to select the minimal profile:

```yaml
# minimal.yaml

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

If you don't specify a configuration profile, Istio is installed using the `default` configuration profile. All
profiles listed in istio.io are available by default, or `profile:` can point to a local file path to reference a custom